The age-herald., 1902-03-29
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS PRACTICALLY SUSPENDED
 
"A Heavy Wind at Huntsville Blows Down Telegraph Wires, Uproots Trees and Unroofs Buildings.
 Meridian Is Isolated.

accom- panied by a heavy fall Of hail struck here about o'clock this af- ternoon lasting an hour and doing great damage.
 Haywood Roberts, a white man, and Tom Evans, a negro, were killed by live electric wires which were blown down.
 Roberts was in the street and Evans in the Louisville and Nashville shop yard. Two street car mules attached to car were killed and the passengers severely shocked.
 All north bound Louisville and Nash vile trains are laid out here indefinitely No. 2 passenger Is sidetracked here.
 The track washed out two hundred yards above Lynville, Tenn, and the trestle is gone.
 The bridge is washed out at Murfrees- boro.
 The railroad wires are all down and train orders are going by long distance phones.
 No mails came in today on the Southern west of Tuscumbia, Ala.
 There are two washouts between Tus- cumbia and Memphis
 Serious Flood at Mobile.
 Mobile, March 2S.-(Special)-Th rain storm that has caused serious floods in the upper country, set in here today with steady but not heavy rain and high winds. The outer bar is reported as ex- ceedingly rough. No vessels have at- tempted it's passage since last night and no vessels have passed through the ship channel since this morning. The coast steamer Alpha, which is the last to ar- rive, reports very rough experience on the bar.
 The Louisville and Nashville Railroad is operating as usual, no damage report ed. The Southern also reports no dam age. The Mobile and Ohio Is tied up at various points, A 30-foot length of tres tie is gone south of Shuqualak Miss, the track Is under water from Poterville Miss, to Iron Bridge, two miles; and a half mile of the track is washed off the .embankment. The track is washed out in several places between Nankeet and Ta- mola, and south of the Okatibbee switch, as far as can be seen. Minor washouts are reported on the Artesa- Tuscaloosa division A train will be sent out to- morrow morning from Mobile, but 1t is not expected to get beyond Enterprise, Miss.
 Damage at Anniston.
 Anniston, March 28.-(Special.)- )-For the past forty-eight hours there has been an almost incessant downpour of rain and considerable damage has been done. The rainfall is estimated to have been fully four inches in this territory. Traf- fc Is delayed on all of the roads entering this city.
 Yesterday a report reached the city that the Columbiana branch of the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad was under water in several places along the line, but no accidents or washouts were re- ported and two trains run from Shelby on the Alabama Mineral division to Co., lumbiana on the Southern Railroad.
 Severe Storm at Huntsville.
 Huntsville March 2s.-(Special.-A ter rife rain, wind and hail storm passed here late this afternoon, doing much damage. Trees were uprooted, buildings were unroofed and telephone wires blown down. Huntsville Is almost cut off from the world tonight, nearly all telegraph wires being down.
 Selma Cut Off From Meridian. Selma, March 2S.-(Special. )-Traffic be- tween Selma and Meridian has been abandoned for a few days. Trains this afternoon will go only as far as Demop- pls and return tomorrow morning. There was a washout between Demopolis and york and a wreck of three freight cars at York; Superintendent Foreacre left on , special train for the scene of the wreck this morning.
 Meridian Is Isolated.
 Meridian, Miss, March 2S.-(SpeciaD- As far as railroad traffic is concerned tbis city Is cut off from the outside world. Not train has arrived or departed since Tbursday at noon, with the exception of an Alabama Great Southern freight train which arrived this afternoon from
 T11,tr frn4N dGIn rnd nf York on account of slight wreck Thurs day night and succeeded in making its way to this city, a distance of about N miles over track mostly covered with water This train brought mail from an Alabama Great Southern train which is water bound further North. The mail was conveyed over seven miles of water.
 People on House Tops.
 Na1y A1bany Miss, March 28.-The raln- ,o,i for the last "A hours and the wind for the last three hours have been extra ordinary The water in Tallahatchie river , has risen five feet this afternoon, wash ,nee away the long bridge at the end of .he town The water has risen to lofts og a dozen houses and inhabitants are on their roofs awaiting boats, which arc be,ne secured for their rescue. Trains nave been abandoned. Thousands of dol lars worth of damage has been done in the country and the waters are still ris ing.
 Terrific Wind at TupeIo.
 Tupelo, Miss, March 3.-A terrific wind, rain and electrical storm passed through Tupelo and neighbor1ng country this af- ternoon. It approached rapidly from the west and did considerable damage in the town. The wind was terrific and blind ,ne sheet of rain accompanied it. Plate class windows chimneys and many trees that lined the streets were blown down. The telephone exchange suffered consid- erable loss. Seventy-f1ve negro cabins