The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-31

touah time with his division of the L. and N. between here and Mobile. the strange part of the affair being that the track through the marshy swamps near Mobile was practically unhurt and the mgn lands near Montgomery was the sunerer.
 About 2 o'clock Sunday morning train No. 2 the passenger train from New Or- jeans due here e:20 e. m.. found the usual broken Sert Engineer Albert Mason of this 1fSy had charge of the efi- zine. but fortunately he escaped without a scratch, though 1t Is a miracle how he did it. This was q mile this side of Dyas Creek. and right then trafiic of every kind came to an abrupt halt, remaining in that condition until late last night. wrecking crews were put to work ana the deraiIed engine and cars were hauled out of the wet and got as far as Ever green. where they tied up for some time. Not very long after that trouble was found in two more places-at Pintlala and Catoma Creeks. This put the road be- tween here and Mobile entirely out or business, and traffic, both freight ana passenger, was abandoned. Trains came in from the north, but reaching Mont" Somery. they stopped here. Train NO. l. inc fast passenger from the north, ar- rived on time at Ii o'clock Sunday morn ing, but could not get any farther south. There was a through dining car on the train, however, and the Pullman passen- gers were comfortable while the passen- gers In the coaches made for the restau- rants and lunch counters up town. Sum day night that train was sent north, good many of the passengers returning and going round by the Southern Al Ii o'clock yesterday morning the western took an L.. and N. train to Selma, rom which place it went to Mobile by way or the old M. and B. division of the South ern.
 superintendent Mckinney, Chief En- gineer Montfort and an army of laborers spent yesterday at the washes at Ca- toma and Pintlala, and the grocery mer- chants of the city sold out their supply of canvass sacks. Thousands and thous- ands of these sacks were filled with sand and rammed into the breaks, and. by the hardest kind of work. the two bad places were made passable for train 10 o'clock last night. The regular train was sent south last night, and by today 1t iN thought that the track will be open from here to Mobile.
 There was a washout at Rocky Creek bridge, near Mckenzie on the Geneva extension, that tied up that road It was virtually under water anyway.
 The Other Roads.
 The seaboard had a washout at the seventeen mile post that made them run their trains into Montgomery from Amer icus by way of the Central of Georgia. They are all right now. and both the out going and incoming trains last night went all the way over their own rails. The Central had little trouble at Pike Road. but it did not delay things much. The Plant had some minor washouts but their trains ran nearly on time. The Selma division of the Western and the Mobile and Ohio came out of there with whole skins Trains will hardly get through to Atlanta until tomorrow night.
 The little seven miles of road from Cowles Station on the main line of the Western to TalIasse was tied up by the washing away of the approaches to the bridge over the Tallapoosa River. All traffic on that road was, therefore, aban- doned and will be for several days.