Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
MILES FLOODED BY RIVERS

Houses Blown Down, Severe Wash
outs Reported and Traffic in
Some Places Paralyzed.
NORFOLK, Va. March 16.-"Weather
clear and sun shining" was the first re-
port to come from the eastern North
Carolina section when the telegraph wires
began to work today following the pros
tratfon caused by yesterdays severe
storm. Reports from eastern Carolina
counties as much as 100 miles from the
coast today were to the effect that while
the storm was more or less severe, it
did not reach the proportions reported
from the Piedmont section of Carolina.
and the damage done was not serious.
The uprooting of many trees. which fell
across telegraph wires. was the cause OF
much of the wire trouble in the eastern
portion. Some houses were blown down
and others unroofed, but no loss of life
is reported.
Clear weather after the storm prevail
ed today throughout eastern Virginia as
we'll as through eastern Carolina. The
high winds of last night had moderated
today and a fall in the temperature at
Norfolk of Is degrees from maximum
of "a yesterday made the weather crisp
and delightful The winds on the coast,
which reached a maximum of nearly
fifty miles an hour during the height Of
the storm, had moderated to fifteen miles
an hour from the north today. The
maximum wind velocity at Norfalk was
forty-four miles an hour.
Charlotte, the storm center in the Pied
mont, n. c.. section. reports this morn
ing rainfall during the night of 1.5O
inches ON top OF an unprecedented rain
fall of 44O inches up to last night. While
the Piedmont Carolina section has suffer-
ed severely from washouts. and trains are
delayed everywhere, eastern Carolina as
far west as Goldsboro, reports no wash
outs. and trains are operating on practi-
cally scheduled time.
Headland, Ala, Appeals for Help.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. March 16.-.An
from storm-stricken Headland, where
yesterday two score homes were demol-
ished and several lives lost in a tornado
that swept over the town.
The appeal was sent to Montgomery
by William c. Mitchell, the mayor of
Headland 1t read aid us if you can.
This town met with the most serious dis
aster in its history by tornado. in which
several lives were lost and thirty to
forty homes demolished. Many are home
less and pennileSs.
Montgomery people will set to work
Immediately to help their Headland
neighbors. Five persons were killed out
right in Headland, and score or more
hurt Several of these cannot survive,
physicians say.
Streets Covered With Water.
AUGUSTA, Ga. March l6-F,oods that
have been sweeping down the valley for
the last two days and nights have COW
cred many of Augustus streets with
three feet and more OF water. Regular
boat service has been installed on some
of the food-flled streets near the river.
AT o'clock the gauge showed 3D. feet
in the channel and was rising slowly.
a :6-foot mark is predicted before the
crest passes the city. Ordinarily there
is not moore than 80 yards of water at
the wharf. To-Day it stretches a mile
from the Georgia to the Carolina shore.
While property and livestock loss is
expected to be considerable in the low
lands, there has been no loss OF life re-
ported so far Many families have been
forced to abandon their homes. Many
only in boats. Several Augusta car. lines
bave suspended operations temporarily
Railroad Traffic Suspended.
RICHMOND, Va. March l6-High
water in James river has forced the
suspension of al traffic over the flooded
tracks of the river division of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railway.
Old Dominion Steamship Company and
other docks and wharycs arc submerged,
the water being sixteen feet above tide
level and rising. The Old Dominion Com
pany at II o'clock announced suspen-
sion of river service until the flood re-
cedes.
schuylkill River overflows.
PHILAD EIPHlA. Pa, March 16-The
heavy rain of yesterday caused the
Schuylkill river and many smaller
streams in eastern Pennsylvania to go
out of their banks, resulting in heavy
floods in some sections.
The most serious damage was done
along both BANKS Of the Schulkill be-
tween Reading and Philadelphia For a
few hours during the night freight traffic
on the branch lines of the Pennsylvania
railroad paralleling the river was sus-
pended because the tracks We're under
water The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
station in this city also was flooded for
several hours, but traffic on this road
was not seriously delayed.
At Manayunk, in the northwestern Cor
ner of the city, all the mills that line the
river We're Hooded up to their first r.oors.
causing a suspension Of operations today
Many streets in this section were also
flooded. and the occupants of houses had
to move.
The rise of the river was SO rapid north
OF Reading, sixty miles from Philadel-
phia. that people living along the low
lands fled to higher ground. Some of the
industries in Reading were flooded.
The crest of the high water passed
Philadelphia early today and the river
Is slowly falling.
Expect Flood Along the Hudson.
ALBANY, N. Y, March 16.-FIood con.
ditions along the Hudson river are look
ed for within twenty-four hours, accord
ing to the local weather bureau. The
river early today was seven feet above
the normal level and still rising. AL
though ice still covers the channel, it
cannot long Withstand the pressure and
is expected to go out at any time. Heavy
damage may result
Great Damage at Danville, Va.
DANVILLE. Va, March 16.-An almost
continuous and unprecedented rainfall
yesterday in this vicinity. and extending
for many miles in every direction, has