The Jones County news., 1916-07-13

lchkly comploheu, wire conlmuhlHh-
tion has been re.established and trains
are agsin running In all directions.
Montgomery, Ala--With thousands
OF persons homeless and destitute and
with a growing death list, the federal
government took official notice OF tho
serious flood conditions that have fol.
lowed the tropical hurricane in tho
southern states. At the request OF
Senator Underwood the war depart.
ment has ordered an engineer to In
vestigate conditions IN the Cahaba and
Alabama river valleys, whore 1000
families we're reported without food
or shelter.
The floods have extended into east
ern North Carolina and rivers, creeks
and branches in six southern states
sre out of their banks and flooding
| thousands of acres OF rich farm landil
as result OF unprecedented rain,
fall.
Deaths reported rs total dead and
missing
The damage will total millions oil
dollars.
i AT scores OF places boats are beina
used TO bring mrrooned sufferers from
, their food surrounded homes and from
!, tree tops.
| susnad thx nl0st SERIOUS mspoct. a
| rainfall that continued for moro than
100 hours at some places crippled
wire and rail communication and de
| moraliged business. Railroad yards
and manufacturing plants In Montgom'
cry are threatened by the rising wa
ters Of the Alabama river.
Selma citizens organized relief par
ties for work among the flood victims
along the Cahaba and Alabama river
| valleys, where 1000 families have been
driven from their homes.
Prattville, town Of 300 inhabitants
was for whilo mostly covered by
the waters Of Autauga creek, nomi.
nally stream dozen feet wide
More than hundred convlcts were
for some time marooned at tho stats
convict camp near Montgomery. The
waters OF the Tallapoose, river backed
up more than mile. covering the en-.
| tire state farm.
Geneva county suffered from ths
overflow OF the Cboctawatchie river.
| At Geneva the postoffice floor was ut
one time three feet deep with water,
The Ocmulgee river at East Macon.
, Ca, left its banks, surrounding many
houses, interrupting for time thu
operation Of manufacturing plants and
rendering many families homeless.
Reports from throughout southern
Georgia tell OF serious crop damage
and loss Of live stock.
The wreck Of the fishing smack
Philip Keyes off Dauphin Island, near
Mobile, added eight persons 10 the
death list from the gulf hurricane
Two survivors OF the crew were pick
ed up.
The French Broad river and its tfiR
utaries are at food stage, and haye
seriously damaged crops In BunceIp
be, Henderson aud Transyiyania couB
ties in North Carolina Railroad trad
fio throughout the flooded district IL
badly delayed.
/
rainfall Of 12 inches ia the "a hours
following the gulf storm. and ever
residence and business house in ths
town was damaged. Street cars and
lighting plants were put out OF com
mission.
A number of sawmllls and canning
factories were demolished at Pssca
goula, Mss, and virtually every struo
ture in that place was damaged. Val
liable pecan orchards were partly oil
wholly destroyed.
Extensive damage was done to TIM
Der, sawmilIs and crops near Hstties
burg.
Not more than dozen OF the z4otl
houses In Laurel. Misc. escaped dam
age. The corn crop in that section
ia reported rs per cent. destroyed.
-Four hundred persons are homelesl
. in the Dayton, Tenn, district, on 40
I count fthe overflow OF the. Tennes
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