The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-28
HEAVY FALL OF RAIN
DOWNTOWN STREETS WERE AL
 MOST FLOODED.
Rivers Expected to Begin Rising Again and Much Damage May Result. Meagre Reports from
 up-COuntry.

| The most terrific rainstorm of the | year visited Montgomery and vicinity | yesterday afternoon and last evening. From shortly before o'clock until 3 o'clock in the evening, the rain fell and during that time there were two showers of over an hours duration each, when the rain came down in tor | rents.
 As result of the deluge, the flood which has been steadily dropping in l the river during the last few days, came to a standstill. and late last evening, a rise of several inches was noted at the foot of Commerce Stree. The showers during the storm were ] remarkable not only for the amount of
 water which fell, but for their long duration of great intensity. During g | both,, pedestrians were forced to seek
 shelter from the rain in doorways and | stores in the downtown districts, ard wait unti ithe worst of the storms had passed. The wind blew the rain in great gusts through the principal streets. blinding those in the doorways, ! and almost completely shutting out
 from view objects fifty or sixty feet away.
 Lightning and thunder added to the wildness of the storm. The flashes came with the rapidity and brilliancy of a midsummer shower. At times the whole street would be lighted up for several seconds.
 The streets were flooded, the gutters running full, and the sewers in one or two places becoming choked from the excess of water. Depressions in side
 walks made little pools often inches
 deep, through which those who were in the downtown streets were forced to wade.
 The storm of yesterday was only a part of a general storm over this sec- ton of Alabama, which was moving in a northeasterly direction from Texas toward the Atlantic Coast. Reports of
 the rainfall from points north of Mont gomery were not obtainable last night and no idea could be gained of the ! amount of precipitation in the upper valleys of the Coosat and Tallapoosa Rivers. It is thought, however, that that region received even more of the storm than the country around Mont gomery, as the center of the storm, when reported yesterday afternoon, was located to the northwest of the city. In this event, 1t is probable that
 another rise in the river will take place today and tomorrow, and the drop in the flood which has been in progress
 for several days will be stayed. This possibility Is rendered almost a
 certainty by reports received from tha upper Coosa yesterday of the rainfall
 on Monday in those sections. It was
 stated that slight rise had been oc-
 casioned in that district, which would
 hold the water at its present high mark
 for day or two Added to this, the
 storm of yesterday, if 1t extended north,
 as was anticipated, will not only keep
 up the present high stage of water. but
 will probably result in a rise of several
 feet at this point which will last until near the end of the week.
 Notwithstanding the severity of the tempest yesterday, no serious damage was reported. although it was said last
 night that a number of dwelling on the outskirts of the city had suffered
 from water running into the cellars.