Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06
BIG FALL OF RAIN.
1t Caused Disaster at Points in
Southern States.
Rivers Rose Rapidly - Rainfall at
Columbus, Ga., Was Like
CIOudburst 80 E iIrOads
Under Water--Other
Damage Done.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 2s.-The south
eastern gulf states were deluged by
rain Wednesday night and Thursday
The precipitation was very heavy and
at Columbus, Ga, bridge was
swept away last evening. The rain
TALL there was almost a cloudburst,
the Chattahoochie river rising at the
rate of two feet an hour. Several
washouts were reported on number
of roads, and trains out of Columbus
were annulled. There was no loss
of life.
The Columbus bridge broke in two
100 feet from the Georgia shore and
went sweeping down stream at a
frightful pace. Just four and 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 and
Phoenix dam demolished the floating
bridge before it reached it. The
electric light and telephone wires
running over to Phoenix City and
Girard went across on the bridge and
they were snapped like threads. The
water pipes which supplied the city
with water also were on this bridge
and were broken like sticks and car
ried away, leaving the city without
water for time.
The water company has an old sub
merged main across the river and this
was placed in commission, saving the
city from a water famine.
The rain fell in torrents all day.
No trains except the Central of Geor-
gia from Macon have reached Column
bus since noon. A washout near
Scale, Ala, holds the Mobile and Gil
rard passenger train due yesterday
morning. and the departing train ON
that road was annulled. There are
several washouts on the Seaboard
Air Line between here and Albany,
Ga, which stops traffic on that line.
Several washouts are reported on the
Southern between here and Shiloh.
There is a large washout on the
Southern railway in Columbus city
limits.
After an Intermittent rain of 20
days Birmingham was deluged Thurs
day morning. The rain flooded the
streets and many awnings and street
signs were torn away.
The total rainfall in Montgomery,
Ala, up to p. m. was $50 inches
and heavy downpour is reported in
other points of Alabama. The
barometer recorded 1928, the lowest
on record in that city.
The excessive rainfall caused a
rapid rise in the Coosa and Alabama
rivers. At West Point, Ga, the mer-
chants are busy removing their goods
from stores to places of safety.
In Atlanta the rainfall up to s
o'clock last night was 1886 inches.
The barometer was the lowest ever
recorded.
In the southwestern section of this
state the rain and wind storm almost
attained the proportions of cyclone
and it is feared considerable dam
age will result. In Americus trees
and fences were blown down by the
gale.
Tampa. Fla, Feb. 2S.-Eurricane
signals are out here and the wind is
blowing "a miles an hour. All boats
are close in port and a severe storm
is raging in the gulf. Advices from
Martin state that hurricane has
struck that place and scores of
houses in the town have been demol-
ished or damaged by the storm.
There was a clEudburst at that place
also and the town was flooded. Ad-
vices from Key West state that a
heavy blow is in progress.