The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-08
MT. Horton Says Alabama Caught It Heavier Than
 Any of Adjoining States
RAILROADS STILL SUFFERING FROM
 SERIOUS WASHOUTS
Electric Lines of the City Arc Crippled Because of Overflowed Tracks-Wire COmmunica-
 ton Impaired

The heaviest rainfall in the history of Birmingham has occurred within the past 4S hours. according to E. [. HOr- ton, in charge of the United States government weather bureau.
 The total precipitation in this city between S:3O Wednesday night and S:3O last night equaled 1O.75 inches. The highest amount for any similar period in the city was about eight inches in September. 1906.
 In addition to breaking all records for a period of AS hours. all records for 24-hOur periods were broken between 10:45 Thursday morning and the same hour yesterday morning when the to- tai reached S.S7 for the 24-hour period. The highest previous record was Sep tember 27-2S, 1906. when the total for "A hours was 7.59 inches.
 Birmingham has never seen such a flood of water in any period of the same length and the storm sewers and the drainage ditches were totally un- able to handle the water Birmingham was in the path of the worst part or the gulf storm and it fingered much
 
 ical disturbances. according to the weather departm
 The storm has been moving slowly northward and veering to the east for the past AS hours, and Weather Ob- server Horton forecast late last night that the rain would doubtless cease by morning.
 WORST IN HISTORY
 This is the worst tropical storm in rainfall this distance from the coast is concerned" declared Mir Horton last night. Ordinarily. it has been the cus- tom of these gulf storms to move rap idly northward and soon pass out into | the Atlantic. but this one has fingered far longer than most of them in the past.
 This section has suffered n,ore in | the matter of rainfall than any other, of the disturbance was centered in this viciniy. Tennessee was only slightly hurt. the rainfall in that state not be- ing excessive except in small DOT tion of the eastern part of the state. The territory west of the Mississippi was only slightly touched. although eastern Mississippi had very heavy rains. Georgia was hit pretty hard in some sections. I am of the opinion that the rain will cease tonight and that the storm will pass on to the Atlantic by early tomorrow"
 The interruption of all railroad traf~ fife on some of the lines was still re- ported last night, although many Of the washouts had been repaired. The Louisville and Nashville was still the worst sufferer. The worst damage OH this line was done between Montgom- cry and Mobile. there being six wash outs in that territory.
 The line from New Orleans and Mo bile. which runs for a long distance along the coast, was not so severely damaged as is usual in all coast storms. Train No. 4 on the Louisville Ind Nashville. which was due here at SAY o'clock Wednesday night, has not yet arrived and is still marooned some where in Escambia county.
 TRAIN STILL NARROWED This fast train. With about four Pull man cars. about the same number Of day coaches. and some baggage and express cars, is below Flomaton and up to a late hour yesterday direct com munication had not been had with the LTdln. u WdS IcpOIlCu uiioiiiC that the dining car was still able to supply all the food necessary for all the passengers and that the railroad was paying the bills. It was predicted
 that the line would be cleared within few hours and that the train would soon be able to come on to Montgom- cry and Birmingham.
 All the Louisville and Nashville
 through trains below Mobile were an. nulled and several of their east trains south of Montgomery were forced tt return to Montgomery and Birmingham The Alabama Great Southern made UT a special and carried a number oi
 Pullman cars for the Louisville and Nashville to Mobile by way of Me ridian and the Mobile and Ohio. No pre- diction could be made at the Louis vile and Nashville offices yesterday as
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