The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-20
Alabama Visited by Enormous
DOHnpOuf Causing Tres
lies to be Washed Away
ALL BIRMINGHAM TRAINS
WERE LATE YESTERDAY
The Tombigbee River Is on Ramp
age and Was Rising Rapidly Last
Night-Many Trains Were
Detained During Day.

Within the twenty-four hours ending
yesteday morning, Birmingham was visit
ed by the second heaviest rainfall in the
citys history. The local weather bureau
gauges show that during the period men,
toned 4.2s inches of rain fell. The high
est record in the history of the local
bureau is that of February rs, 1903, when
5.6S inches of rain came down within
twenty-four hours.
The rain was general over the entire
south, and reports from all directions
show that rivers are high, bridges have
been swept away, tracks submerged and
telegraph and telephone wires badly dam
aged
Every railroad entering Birmingham has
suffered more or less as result of the
deluge. The water has carried away
bridges on several of the roads and has
caused a number of washouts. All the
streams are reported swollen and the
danger has not yet passed, according to
the railroad men.
Practically All Trains Were Late.
Birmingham yesterday were delayed from
one to four hours and one or two were
even later than that. Passengers, mail
and baggage on the Louisville and Nash
VILE had to be transferred around
washout and a treste washed away at
Parkwood on the main line near Ok
moor.
About one mile of the Alabama Great
Southern tracks between York and Cuba
are submerged by four Or five inches of
water, and all through trains had to be
detoured over tie Mobile and Ohio be-
tween Tuscaloosa and Meridian. The To-
cal trains were turned back at York, The
wrecking train with Stag in abundance
will be sent to York this morning and the
officials expect to have the damages re-
paired by late this afternoon, If they do
not prove too serious. The extent OF the
damage is unknown yet, as the track Is
under water.
The Tombiebee on Rampage.
renort received late yesterday after
noon saws that the Tombigbee river az
Eppes was S5 feet over its bank and high
or than it had ever been before. The re-
mort further stated that the river was
rising at a rate of foot an hour. Bridges
across the river were in danger at that
hour.
Tho Alabama Great Southern also had
a slide in the Irondale cut, north OF BIT
mingham, but the debris was pracucaily
cleared out by 10 o'clock yesterday MORN
ting and the trains were operated through
the cut with the "slow order North OIL
Irordale the road was in good condition
.nd did not seem to be effected By the
rains.
THO Central of Georgia was compelled
~ annul two of it's trains yesterday on
account of the washout at keliyton' De
tween Birmingham and Columbus. Inc
trouble was repaired and the train que IN
birmingham last night passed over the
washout in safety. The trains annulled
rera No 3 due in Birmingham from Sa-
yannah at 1905 noon, yesterday, and NO.
due to leave Birmingham at oclock
Yesterday afternoon. The train due TO
leave this morning will probably go out
on time.
The seaboard had a washout between
Kockmart and Cedartown early yesterday
morning but the track was clear by
O'clock last night One Seaboard train
was detoured over the Southern yesterday
from Atlanta to Cedartown, via. Bremen
The Southern had Bridge washed away
hetween Austell and Atlanta yesterday
afternoon, and three trains were detoured
over the Seaboard from Atlanta to Bre-
men last night, and brought INTO BIZ
mingham. The track was also under wa
fer near Anniston for a while yesterday
morning
parkwood Trestle Washed Out.
The Louisville and Nashville suffered in
several places. A trestle at Parkwood'
near Oxmoor, was carried away and at
late hour last night the damage had
not been repaired. Passengers on train
No. 1. due to leave Birmingham at S:S3
O'Clock yesterday morning and train No.
2, due to arrive in Birmingham at noon
yesterday from New Orleans, were trans
ferred around the washout. The baggage
and the mail were also transferred
There was another washout on the Br-
mingham Southern between Blocton and
Blocton Junction. The accommodation
trains were late as a result OF these wash
outs.
The Louisville and Nashville train due
from New Orleans at $40 O'Clock last
night was over four hours late.
The Frisco escaped trouble until yes
terday afternoon when a bridge just west
Of Jasper caved in under a freight train.
The foundations had been weakened by
the water and the bridge would not bear
the weight of the train. Several cars of
meat and several fiat cars went down with
the bridge, but no one was injured or
killed The engine and the caboose with
cars attached to each. stayed on the track
at either end of the bridge.
Telegraph Companies Handicapped.
Both the telegraph companies reported
wire troubles yesterday morning, but both
were Strengthened out by last night. The
Postal said that most of its trouble was
south and west of Birmingham, on the
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