The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-01
THIRTEEN LIVES LOST
SOUTHERN FLOOD SERIOUS ALONG
TENNESSEE RIVER
Steamboat transportation Handi-
caDed-The Pearl Above the Dan
ger Line-Much Delay to
to Railway Trains.

DECATUR, Ala, March 31-Since the
storm of Friday this has been the North
crn terminal of the Louisville & Nash
vile. All trains are now running As
far north as Elkmont, but it Is said it
will be several days before the road Is
opened to Nashville. No Nashville mail
has been received here since Friday To-
Gay the first mail reached here from Chi
cago, Cincinnati, and other points North,
by way Of Chattanooga.
The Tennessee river is on a rampage,
and much damage is reported. Ben Jones,
a white fisherman, his wife and eleven
children, living in a houseboat near Xiv
erton, are reported drowned The wreck
age of the boat has been found but the
occupants are missing. A white man
named Barber was drowned in Flint
river, and his house swept away. JACOB
Coach a negro, was found drowned in a
sinkhoie. Much live stock has been
drowned, and many residences swept
away. All day stories of loss of life
and destruction of property have been
coming in.
The steamer Decatur No / brought
news this afternoon that the government
canals locks and dams at Mussel shoals,
in the Tennessee river, are rendered prac-
tically useless by the flood since last Fri
days storm. Steamboat transportation
is severely handicapped, if not altogether
suspended. Locks six, seven, eight and
nine are SO damaged that it will be sew
eral months before they will be IN service.
Lock six is the worst damaged, parts of
the heavy stone work being removed and
the gates wrenched off. The 506-foot
steel aaueduct. the only means by which
boats can pass the shoals is moved
some distance off it's abutment and is
leaking badly. The government railroad
at the shoals is destroyed. Several heav-
low the locks.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 31-The food
waters in the overlooked districts of
Mississippi are receding at all points. ex-
cept along Pearl river, which stream is
reported to be above the danger line and
slowly rising. The railway situation con-
tinues to improve and several trains on
the Illinois Central were operated today
on something like schedule time; This
road Is detouring it's trains north from
Jackson to Memphis via the Frisco lines.
Trains on the Southern, Louisville &
Nashville and Nashville, Chattanooga a.
late.
Serious on Pearl River.
JACKSON, Miss. March s1.-The food
situation has again become serious on
account of the continued rising of Pearl
river. which is now out of it's banks from
mouth to source and flooding all the low
country At this place the river is from
seven to nine miles wide, and has wasn-
ed away several miles of the track OF
the Alabama & Vicksburg railway. and
has tied up the Gulf & Ship Island road.
The plant of the water works company Is
under water, and the pumps have been
stopped, causing a water famine all over
the city. and the oil mills and other fac
tories and steam power concerns have
been compelled to shut down Another
pump is being put up and water is prom
ised tomorrow in sufficient quantity To
relieve distress. Traffic IS entirely cut
off between this city and Meridian, ana
will be for several weeks,
Freight Plies Up ia Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 31.-Louis-
vile &, Nashville Passenger Train Nc.
2. which was stopped at Decatur. Ala.
Friday by washouts, came through to-
night. reaching here about midnight. This
is the first through train to reach Nash
vile from the south since Friday Tied
up freights are beginning to move and
the congestion at this point will soon be
relieved. 1t will be tomorrow night be-
fore through service Is resumed on the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis road,
the passengers now being sent by means
of a transfer at Garrison Fork. forty
miles south of here, where bridge has
been destroyed. az
There were something over 1.090 car
loads of freight in the Yards of the Nash
Vile Terminal company tonight awaiting
movement over the Louisville & Nash
vile and Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis systems. 5f 19