The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-04-04
TIE RUIN IS WIDESPREAD
Vast Destruction Done in Southern
States by Heavy Rainfalls
and Cloudbursts.
CITIES AND TOWNS ARE UNDER WATER.
Mississippi and Alabama Are the
Heaviest sufferers-Trafiic Is Tied
Up and Industries Are Cfosed-Loss
of Life Not Great But Many Are in
Peril,

New Orleans, La, March 29.-Heavy
rainfalls accompanied by frequent
cloudbursts over the southern states
have caused widespread ruin and de-
struction and the crops have received
such damage that the financial pros
perity of this section of the country,
especially in Mississippi and Ala
bama, is seriously threatened. On
every hand trains are lost and tracks
washed away, and while the loss of life
thus far reported is not great, it is
feared that in some of the Quilting dis
tricts many of the families now suffer-
ing straits maybe placed in the utmost
peril.
Houses Under Water.
From New Albany, Miss. reports
come that the houses are under water
and that the water in the Tallahatchie
river has risen five feet in two hours,
while at Tupelo the storm assumed cy-
clonic proportions in addition to the
rainfall, and several buildings were
blown down. while scarce pane of
glass remains whole in the city.
Houses have been unroofed and much
merchandise is ruined.
Many Washouts.
Mobile, Ala. reports that traffic is
still suspended by the floods and that
it is feared that more rain is coming.
Ten inches have fallen there in the last
"a hours, and while the damage to prop
erty is not as great in the city as in
some of the adjacent points a slight
further rise of the river will flood the
town. Alabama has suffered. especial
ly in the matter of washouts. Large
trestles have gone down and there re-
main but few railroad bridges across
the larger rivers.
Traffic at stnndstiI1.
Traffic generally is at standstill
The wreck of the Alabama Southern
freight near York, Miss, due to wash
ing of the roadbed, has completely sus-
pended travel on that road and the
Southern between Meridian and Selma.
Two trains We're lost on the Alabama
& Nicksburg, two lost on the Mobile &
Ohio and one lost on the New Orleans
| & Northwestern, 20 miles south of Mer-
idian since Thursday afternoon. Many
| of the telegraph wires are down an6
some points are entirely cut off.
Tennessee Hard Hit.
Nashville, Tenn, March 29.-One OF
the heaviest and most damaging rains
in the history of the country is falling
and both the Louisville & Nashville
and Nashville & Knoxville are abso-
lutely at standstill. Farming opera
tions have received a heavy setback
railroad bridges and trestles have been
washed away and demolished, while
dozens of county bridges have gone
down with the turbulent waters. Sew
eral towns, notably in the upper coun-
try, are cut off from the outside world
several of them badly flooded, being
surrounded by water.
At Murfreesboro the electric light
plant is inundated and the town il
darkness. Over 1000 feet of Louisville
& Nashville track is reported washed
away at Buford and 500 feet is missing
at Wales. The Cumberland river here
is full of drift, parts of houses, fences
and bridges, and is rising very rapidly
The damage will reach at least 81, 900,
600.