Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-28
BAD STORM IN SOUTH.
Floods and Winds Doing Damage
South and East.


Atlanta, Ca, Feb. 2s.-A ratnstorm Is
raging thruout the southeastern states
today. doing extensive damage.
P;ttsburg, Feb. 2s.--Today's rain
storm is causing much apprehension, as
al the rivers are full and still rising.
Much damage has already been done
and fear is entertained that the worst is
yet to come.
Atlanta. Ga, Feb. 2S.-In the south
western section of this state rain and
wind storm Is raging which almost at
tanned the proportions of cyclone, ana
It is feared considerable damage Will
result. In Americus trees and fences
have been blown down by the gale. Al
Savannah, Ga, terrific surf is run
ring. and the wind is blowing nfty
miles an hour on shore.
The southwestern gulf states were
deluged by rain Thursday night and
Yesterday. The precipitation was very
heavy, and at Columbus, Ga, bridge
was swept away at o'clock last even
ing. The rainfall there was almost
cloudburst, the Chattahootchie river
rising at the rate of feet an hour. Sew
eral wash-outs We're reported on 4
number of roads, and trains out OF
Columbus were annulled. There has
been no loss of life.
The Columbus bridge broke in two at
about 100 feet from the Georgia shore
and went sweeping downstream at
frightful pace. Just four and half
blockss below is the other bridge which
crosses to Girard. Ala. and 1t also
would have been carried away had not
the fall over the Eagle and Phoenix
dam demolished the floating bride be-
fore 1t reached II. The electric light and
telephone wires running over to Ph9-
nix City and Girard went across the
bridge. and they We're snapped like
threads. The water pipes which sup
piled the city with water also were on
this bridge and were broken like sticks
and carried away, leaving the city
without water for time. The water
company has an old submerged main
across the river, and this was placed
| In commission last night. saving the
city from water famine.
| The rain has been falling In torrents
all day. No trains except the Central
Columbus since noon. A washout near
Scale, Ala, holds the Mobile & Girard
passenger train. due this morning, and
the departing train on that road was
annulled. There are several washouts
| on the Seaboard Air Line between here
and Albany, Ga, which stop traffic on
| that line Several washouts are re-
ported on the Southern between here
and Shiloh There is large washout
on. the Southern railway in Columbus
City limits. All trains since yesterday
morning have been annuled and there
is little hope of any today.
| After an intermittent rain of twenty
days Birmingham was deluged early
yesterday morning. The rain flooded
the streets and many awnings and
street signs were torn away. Flooded
tracks are interfering seriously with
street railway traffic and last night the
rainfall had not ceased. All streams
are swollen and rapidly rising.
| The total rainfall in Montgomery.
Ala, up to p. m. was 40 inches, and a
heavy downpour is reported in other
points of Alabama. The barometer re-
corded 2.23, the lowest reading on rec
ord in that city.
The excessive rainfall has caused a
rapid rise in the Coosa and Alabama
rivers The director of the weather
bureau has issued warnings for points
below Wetumpka, and advised that
stock be removed from lands subject to
overflow at thirty five foot stage.
| At West Point, Ca, the merchants
are busy removing goods from stores to
places of safety AT Atlanta rain fell
in torrents all day.
The rainfall up to s o'clock last night
was 336 The barometer was the low
est ever recorded. The weather bureau
last night sent flood warnings to all
points in Alabama and Georgia reached
by the Chattahoochee and Alabama
| rivers.