The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-12
FLOOD VOLUME IS
 SLOWLY LESSENING
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CTS a part of North Montgomery and many negroes have been forced to leave their homes. Four miles north of Mont gomery the Tallapoosa backwaters are over the state farm and 100 convicts are marooned on small section of dry land.
 The overflow is receding from the streets of Wetumpka. where the Coosa river reached the flood stage several days ago. The Autauga creek which covered the streets of Prattville, is at a satnd.
 Half the population of Selma is doing relief work among the 200O families made destitute in that region by the overflowing of the Alabama and Ca- haba rivers.
 lished with Brewton. which has been isolated since last Wednesday. Reports say Escambia county was literally inundated for four days by the overflow of the Escambia river and crops in that section were virtually ruined. Every piece of property in Brewton was dam aged.
 Mobile suffered property damage of $1, ,200, 900 in the hurricane. according to conservative estimates furnished by business men there. The loss was prin- cipally to shipping, merchandise, tele- phone and telegraph companies and railroads. No lives were lost in the city proper.
 WADE'S ESTIMATE
 Commissioner of Agriculture Wade at Montgomery today estimated that the damage to growing crops in Alabama on account of the floods and wind storms would be mot less than $5,600,- 900 to S7.000.000." No estimates have been made from other states, but Georgia and Mississippi crops are known to have suffered severely.
 The safe arrival at iloxi today of offset by news from Mobile of the find ing of several additional bodies off the coast and that some small craft have not been accounted for.
 The known death list throughout the storm area is approximately 30 per sons, about equally divided between those drowned in the gulf and those killed by lightning or drowning in the interior of Alabama, Georgia, Missis- all sailors on ships long overdue at gulf ports and known to have been in the path of Wednesdays gale.
 Montgomery, July 11.-Reports from the various sections of Alabama embraced in the flood area late this evening state that the torrential rains have ceased. and but little rain has fallen since midnight Monday. The clearing weather has given encouragement that actual damage may be minimized So far the loss of life has been remarkably small and con fined to negroes. The loss to the crops of the state, as estimated by Commissioners of Agriculture James A. Wade, will ex- ceed $5, 100000.
 "The crop damage in Alabama will not be less than from $5.600.000 to S,0OO,0OO," 7" said the commissioner today, "and may run as high as $14,OO0,OO0. This last fig ure depends upon the length of time the flood waters cover the ground and the actual extent of damage already done in the northern part of the state where lowlands between the natural watersheds are devoted to corn.
 ''I estimate the damage from reports received, at not less than 10 per cent to 15 per cent. Many estimates reach me that 1t may go to 25 per cent. That esti- mate I consider entirely too high
 '"The governments report for last year placed the total corn yield at 10000, O0oO bushels. This. at an average price of 80 cents per bushel, total S56.000,000. Ten per cent means a loss of $5,6o00oo."
 NEED IN SELMA DISTRICT
 Ine greatest neeu TOT dSSlStdHcc uc- veloped during the day came from the Selma district and particularly from the Lake Lanier region of the Cahaba river and it's numerous small feeders. Early this morning Selma appealed to the Uni ted States engineering office here for boat for use in transporting the people from the storm district, and to save as much of their personal property as pos sible. The flood victims volunteer to man the boat and to provide the supplies nee essary in rescuing the other people and their effects. The tow boat Alabama wes sent out immediately. The only informa- tion reaching the engineering office $ that many families are cut off from help by the high waters from the Alabama and Cahaba rivers around the Selma ter ritory.
 All railroads out of Montgomery re- stunned train operations today, except the Montgomery and Mobile division of the Louisville and Nahville from Mobile. This road is sending out trains as far south at Bay Minette, 6t miles this side of Mobile Through traf- fife between this city and Jacksonville. Fla, was resumed this afternoon. In the Elba, Ozark and Eufaula districts, high water still prevents resumption of traffic but conditions are reported improved Through traffic with Macon, Ga. was re- established this afternoon. transfers of passengers. mail and baggage being made at Hatchers-
 COOSA RIVER FALLING