The age-herald., 1902-03-02
Traffic in Souh is Being
 Gradually Resumed
MANY BRIDGES WASHED AWAY
Submerged Tracks Caused Several Ac- cIdcnts and Trains Are Still Having Trouble-Whirl-
 wind at Pulaski, Va.

Atlanta, March 1.--Railway traffic to the east and southwest, which has been almost paralyzed for the past thirty-six hours by the storm that has covered the i southern states, was resumed on nearly all roads today. few lines, however, are stlll suffering from the effects of the storm and several accidents have been reported as a result of the washouts and submerged tracks. Rain Is falling tonight in some sections of the South and all creeks and streams are badly swollen Several rivers have passed all previous high-water marks.
 1 Near Americus, Ga., today the rear half of a freight train fell through a trestle, several members of the trains crew be- ing painfully injured. The seaboard Air Lines bridge over the Savannah river near Calhoun Falls was carried away by last nights storm and washouts have de- layed indefinitely all trains on that road entering this city. With the exception of this road all lines entering the city have resumed their regular schedules, though the Southern is running its trains south over the Central to Macon.
 All trains entering Montgomery, Ala, are running on regular time save the Sea board Air Line. The Alabama river at that city is rising at the rate of inches an hour. Lowlands near Eufaula, Ala, are submerged and many bridges have been washed away, and property in that section has been seriously damaged. Ne grees living along Cowikee creek were rescued from their cabins by the use of beats.
 All communication west of Asheville N. C., has been cut off and miles of track are reported to be washed away. Regular service was resumed on all lines east and south from that city today.
 High Water at Augusta. Augusta, Ga., March 1.-The Savannah river began a very rapid rise in this ] city Friday night. At o'clock tonight 1 1t was at S4 feet and inches and since that hour 1t has been on a standstil. | Easing their calculations on the up-valley | weather news and river history, rivermen and official weather men say there will | be no further rise. The river will be kept full for six or eight hours because of upstream rains but a rapid fall will set in. Water backing from sewers that empty into the river have flooded low streets and filled some cellars Thirty eight feet is the danger point here. Cnlnch Jones, a negro, and Burt Loyal, | a white man, were drowned by falling in | the river. All cars and public utilities are intact and there Is no danger here to | all appearances. Cotton manufactories | are closed down.
 Service Improving In Virginia. | Roanoke, Va, March 1.-The train -- | vice is much improved over what it N j in Southwest Virginia on Friday, though | traffic is still seriously delayed on ac- | count of the many washouts and inun- dated tracks. The Shenandoah tracks are | still under water at Front Royal for | distance of more than mile.
 Scene of Destruction.
 The Norfolk and Western main line west of Roanoke is open to Bristol and as far as Panther, w. ", on the Blueheld side. There Is a washout at Panther, but | 1t is thought that the road at that place | will be opened some time tonight On the | Clinch Valley division bridge at Cedar Bluff is badly damaged, and there is had slide at Riser. These breaks are ex- l nected to be cleared by Sunday Blue stone river near Blueheld, w. Va, Is higher than 1t has ever been known, and | all the bridges crossing that stream for 1 miles have been swept away. There are many coal operations along Bluestone river. but so far there has not been any | damage of consequence reported to min | ing property.
 | The town of Pulaski, Va, presents scene of destruction, the damage caused there by a whirlwind amounting to many | thousands of dollars The entire roof Of Hotel Pulaski was blown away. The dam age to the hotel Is more than 5000. Scores | of other buildings were unroofed. The rich farm lands along the Roanoke river | between Salem and Christiansburg have | been denuded of fences, farm houses ana crops.
 At Clifton Forge last night Guy Craft was standing on a bridge that crossed Jackson river when 1t gave way beneath the pressure of the raging water. Craft was thrown into the stream and drowned
 Car Service Tied Up.
 Norfolk, Va, March 1.-The Norfolk railway and light companies street car service Is tied up today by a strike of the union conductors and motermen. The strike, 1t is said, has been pending for months The first indications of 1t were when the company refused to grant an in- crease in pay. It eliminated when the company demanded 5000 bond from each mploye as security against damages to cars.
 James River Still Rising.
 Richmond, Va, March 1.-James river Is still rising and by tomorrow the lower part of the city will be flooded. One freshet is following another and the pros pect is that the gas supply will be cut of and work stopped at the ship yards. 1 A Hot Springs, Va, special says it will cost s20,OOO to repair the damage caused by the flooding in the Hot Springs valley.
 A force has been put to work on the Hot springs branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and traffic will be re- stunned tomorrow night.