Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-28

glnla, Montgomery Alabama reports
$40 Inches Of rain In the past q hours
ana Atlanta 3,G2 inches
GREAT GoRGEs BREAK.
Pittsburg Pa, Feb. IS. lie great
gorges In the Allegheny river are broN.
on and the Ice IN sweeping down on
the city The first break occurred at
Montrose about 1890 o'clock this morn
lng ana an hour later the gorge near
sandy Creek broke with 'roaf IKE that
OF heavy artillery and began TO move
slowly down the river
caught IN the swiftly moving ice
packs We're two steamboats,. the n.
Watson aud the George Howdy With
u crew Of four The Watson was rel.
ported from Monuosc lighting her
way against the heavy fee In the mid
die Of the river It is considered cX-
tremely doubtful whether she win Dr.
able to revive. The BroNdy is off the
mouth Of Sandy Greek In an exactly
similar position
The residents Of the river towns have
been warned Of the approaching ice
ana preparations have been made to
Zee to higher ground In The event Of
the Ice Forging again, causing the nv
on TO overflow. The water nj this point
has only risen about foot since yes
terday and at 10 O'Clock the river was
ilee from ice, The head of the gorge
not having reached the city.
reports at 10 O'Clock were hat the Ice
had gorged again at Mon,rosc Six Mile
Ferry and Sharpsburg and that II was
sun intact at brilliant station At
Montrose II Is piled thirty feet high
from shore TO shore The Freeport road
Is under two feet of water and all the
houses along the road are partly sub
merged Rope Ferry was completely
wrecked and two sand boats badly
damaged
The lower sections of Verona and
Cheswlck are under water and many
houses flooded.
STORM IN THE SOUTH.
Atlanta Ca Feb Is. The storm
which swept over the southeastern gulf
states yesterday and last night has app
purently passed north aud out to sea
Charleston feeling It's force at 4 o'clock
this morning when the wind there reg
lstered AZ miles an hour The heavy
rains nave raised the waters to hood
height IN the Chattahoochee, Alabama,
Ocmugee and Savannah rivers and
much financial damage Is reported In
Georgia and Alabama -Four lives were
lost as result Of wreck caused n,
the washout near McDon0ugh, Ga. Nu-
merOus freight wrecks occurred from
the same cause At Columbus Ga, a
wagon bridge was carried away last
al q 4. a.
today than in twenty years Nearly all
the manufacturing plants In Columbus
Phoenix city and Grard have closed
down The regular water main sup
plying Columbus was washed away and
an old main which brought into use
burst this morning The city is
without water. Wsshouts are reported
on all railroads and miles OF track are
under water
All trains on the Atlantic q West
Point railway have benn held at West
Point, Ga, since last night on occount
OF a washout near Gabbetsville.
The early warning sent out by the
weather bureau gave the people at
West Point ample time to move their
stores OF goods and cotton 10 places OF
safety Although the river continues
to rise, II has not yet done any damage
there The high wind last night dam
aged the residence Of Edward StrIck-
land near Concord, Ga, and blew down
the houses Of several tenants on. his
plantation Farm lands were badly
washed.
The damage In Lee county. Alabama.
Is reported 10 be $4,000
Telegraph wires are washed away I'm
many places, interfering with regular
channels of communication
All bridges on Mulberry and Standing
Roy creeks In South Georgia were swept
away