The age-herald., 1902-03-29
TENNESSEE THE
 DAMAGE IS FEARFUL.


 pleted were blown down.
 IN TENNESSEE THE
 DAMAGE IS FEARFUL.
 Nashville March 2S.-Rain has fallen steadily throughout this section of the state since early morning. and reports from all directions tell of washouts and wrecked bridges, railroad traffic south of Nashville being entirely suspended. Property losses will be extremely heavy, but so far the loss of only one life Is reported, that being w. F. Dillehay, rural route mail carrier, in Maurey County.
 The Louisville and Nashville tracks are badly torn up from Columbia, Tenn, to Athens, Ala, water being from two to five feet over the line at several places. Two bridges north and south of Pulaski are washed out, the bridge at Lynnville is out of line and twelve hundred feet of the Louisville and Nashville tracks arc turned over near Buford station, Giles County, while at Wales, in the same county, 800 feet of track are in a like condition.
 Many Trains Laid Out.
 Tn Rutherford county several trains are laid out on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, being water bound. A long stretch of trestle is Elder water in the vicinity or MurIreeSDOrO, put HdS not given way The bridge at Wartrace Is gone and a pier demolished. A Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis passenger train Is at that place unable to proceed in either direction and will not get away be- fore tomorrow night. Wires are down and the company Is unable to secure de- tails of damage south of Murfreesboro.
 The town of Liberty, DeKalb county, is under water in several sections and fg,, lt.. fN FfAn I while the roads are impassable.
 The Cumberland river at Nashville rose nine feet between noon and dark today and Is still rising.
 Late advices from Columbia say Duck river Is thirty-six feet above low water mark and rising at an alarming rate. The electric light plant there is under water and the city is in darkness.
 At Modon, Madison county, 400 feet or the Illinois Central railroad are washed away.
 REPORTS OF DAMAGE
 THROUGHOUT MISSISSIPPI.
 New Orleans, March 2S.-A special from Hattiesburg, Miss, says:
 Leaf River at this place rose several feet last night In consequence of the heavy rains above. No trains have passed over the Northeastern south or the Gulf and Ship Island today on account of the high water. The Northeastern is washed out in several places between this place and Meridian. A dispatch from Laurel re- ports that three miles of the Northeast ern track is inundated north of Enter prise.
 A special from Hazelhurst, Miss. says:
 This place has been cut off from the rest of the world for the past two days on account of the heavy rains. Many streams in the country overfowed their banks and all passage from the country has been stopped with no trains and no mails. The town has been completely iso- lated. The rain continues to fall and there does not seem to be any present prospect of any let up in the continual downpour. The outlook is very gloomy for the farmers"
 Heavy Damage at Newton.
 A special from Newton, Mississippi says:
 'The amount of rainfall for the twenty four hours ending yesterday evening was perhaps greater than for the same length of time in any year. The amount of dam age cannot be stated as yet. There is lit- tie probability of the trains running through for several days. About ten miles east the water is running over the rail- road track six feet deep and four or five miles wide, and two miles of track has  prostrated in all localities. No mail has been received over the southern routes since the rain. All the bridges over the country roads In this vicinity have been washed away, and the roads cut up so as to be impossible. In some places fences have been swept away. Low lands have been badly washed by the sweeping cur rent.
 Worst Rain In Years.
 An Oxford, Miss, special says:
 The heaviest rain known in this section for forty years fell here last night and today. For twenty-four hours rain and occasionally hail fell with only slight ces- sation. An embankment of the Illinois Central railroad, one mile north of this place, washed away about 10 clock this morning leaving seventy feet of iron rails and crossties suspended about fifty feet in the air. Another washout occurred a mile south of the town. It will be sev- eral days before it Is possible for trains to reach Oxford from either North or South.
 Enterprise a Sea of Water.
 A special from Enterprise. Miss, says:
 Enterprise is again a sea of water. It will be remem bered that during the month known to the oldest inhabitants. visited this place and played havoc with the community. On Wednesday night and Thursday morning at o'clock 1t raihed pretty hard here. but there was no thought that the Chictasaw river would get on a rampage and float the largest sea-soing vessel. Such rains have fre- quently fallen here without the river getting out of its bank Last night when the people quit their places of business and went home the river was In It's naf ria ing when they started out for full days work and beheld the whole face of the earth along the low lands of the Chicka- shaw valley covered with water. no one except the finest artist could picture their feelings and amazement.