The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-05
TREMENDOUS RAINS.
Alabama and Georgia Were Flooded
on Last Thursday.
RESULTS IN GEORGIA.

The Bridge Over the Chattahoochee
at Columbus Washed Away,
Breaking Water Mains and
Electric Light Wires.
Some parts Of South Carolina were
visited by heavy rains on Thursday,
but the Southeastern Gulf States were
deluged. The precipitation was very
heavy and at Columbus, Ga, a bridge
was swept away. The rainfall there
was almost cloudburst, the Chatta-
hoochee rising at the rate Of two feet
an hour. Several Washouts were re-
ported on a number Of roads and trains
out Of Columbus were annulled. There
has been no loss OF life.
The Columbus bridge broke into
about a hundred feet from the Georgia
shore and went sweeping down stream
at frightful pace, and just four and
a half blocks below it is the other
bridge which crosses to Girard, Ala,
and it also would have been carried
away had not the fall over the Eagle
ard Phenix dam demolished the float
ing bridge before it reached it. The
electric lights and telephone wires
running over the Phenix City and
Girard went across on the bridge and
they we're snapped like threads. The
water pipes which supplied the city
with water were also on this bridge
and they too we're 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
into commission Thurday night, say
ing the city from a water famine.
The rain had been falling in tor
rents all day. No trains except the
Central OF Georgia from Macon have
reached Columbus since noon. A wash
out near Scale, Ala; holds the Mobile
and Girard passenger train due Thurs
day morning and the departing train
on that road was annuled. There are
several washouts on the Seaboard Air
Line between here and Albnay which
stops traffic on that line. Several
washouts are reported on the South
ern between here and Shiloh. There
is large washout on the Southern in
Columbus city limits. All trains since
Thoursday morning have been annull-
ed and there is little hope Of any
Friday. Thursday night The Asso-
ciated Press wire is the only one in
operation toward the north.
After al intermittent rain Of 20
days Birmingham was deluged early
Thursday 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 Thursday
night the rainfall had not ceased. All
streams are swollen and rapidly ris-
ing. The total rainfall in Montgom-
cry, Ala, to : p. NJ, vas 4.50 inches
and a heavy downpour is reported in
other parts Of Alabama. The barome-
ter recorded 29. %, the lowest reading
on record in that city. The excessive
rainfall has caused rapid rise in the
Coosa and Alabama rivers. The direc-
tor OF the weather bureau has issued
warnings for points beloWNetumpka
and advised that stock be removed
from lands subject to overflow at a 35
foot stage.
At West Point, Ca, the merchants
are busy removing goods from stores
to places of safety. The unprecedent-
ed rainfall there has rendered the re-
cent improvements along the river
utterly useless. Fancy prices are
being paid for all kinds Of labcG. a
| patrol for all night duty along the
river was established here at 9 p. NJ
In Atlanta rain fell in torrents all
day. The wind damaged ventilatorS
in the dome OF the capitol and blew
in several panes Of glass. The water
damaged many Of the offices and the
plastering fell in several Of them.
The telegraph companies were seri-
ouSly handicapped by the rain and
lightning which was at times inces-
SAINT. The rainfall up to s o'clock
Thursday night was 3.36. The ba-
rometer was the lowest ever recorded.
The Atlanta weather bureau Thurs
day night sent flood warnings to. all
points in Alabama and Georgia reach
ed by the Chattahoochee and Alabama
rivers. In the southwestern section
Of this State rain and wind storm al
most attained proportions OF a cyclone
and it is feared considerable damage
will result. In Americus trees and
fences have been blown down by the
gale.
FOUR KILLED IN A WAsHOCT.
Not in many years has the south
eastern Gulf States experienced dam
age so widespread by storm as that
which Thursday spread over section
Of country embracing Georgia, Ala
bama, Tennessee, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.
AS far as known seven lives were lost
and several persons injured. The
damage is enormous, the railroads be-
ing particularly heavy sufferers. -Four
lives were lost in q wreck near Griffin,
Ga, which was caused by washout.
The other dead were negroes whose
cabins were blown away by the storm.
The rains raised the water to flood
height in the Chattachoochee, Ala
bama, Ccmulgee, Savannah and Oco-
nees, but late Friday night the stage
in all OF them was stationery except
at Columbus, Ca, where the Chatta-
hoochee was rising slowly. Columbus
suffered severely. One bridge was
washed away and another is expected