The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-13
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.na southern states today had re-
yn,ed in receding floods, wide
sui cleanup campaign and partial
sf,-,nrion of railroad traffic and
Iinas of business in most of lie
sffsc.ed territory.
Georgia the highwaters in the
..,,uah. Ocmulgee and Chattahoo-
r:,ers were slowly running out
:. WAGON. where the Ocmulgee spread
- he low sections of the city yes
ID the river had fallen more than
foot today
lfortromery and other points along
80 abama river still were fighting
s;g5 water. but the river was reported
f.IIing at Montgomery. Industries in
his section generally remained par
.I.yed because of the failure of cleo
rr.c generating plants.
conditions in Mississippi, where
rJa+rirshurg. Meridian, Laurel, Enter
~:.a and a number of smaller towns
,.ora affected, were reported greatly
r,nroved with relief work being
mshad rapidly.
,r,,+qonery. Ala, Dec 1.-THE
1aharna river at this point is now re-
..'I5ne slowly from the flood stage of
rbr,rsdav evening. The reading at z
clock this morning was 56.2 the
s,raar1 having fallen nine-tenths of a
go. within the past fourteen hours.
r7bo water will fecede slowly says the
r.aotl,ar observer for the first day or
.,ro and after that the fall will be
much more rapid. The upper Coosa
US reported as still rising, but this
nos not expected to affect the Ala
hama here
montgomery is still engulfed in the
mos difficult maze of flood condi-
t;ons she has faced since 1886 when
the river went still higher than at this
time.
Refugees coming into the city tell
borrowing tales of suffering and pri-
vg-ion. These are mostly negroes and
are beng taken care of by the city and
| raEnty Mayor Gunter asked the citi-
Gems to be ready to give aid to the
suffering. There are large number
which have been unable to reach the
city having been caught on the oppo-
site side of the river.
Macon. Ga, Dec. 1.-THE Ocmulgee
river at this point was receding today
having fallen slightly over one foot
since 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon
when the register was 25.3 feet. At
O'Clock this morning the river regis
tered 2+.2.
The local weather bureau an
nounced more rains are expected and
| that another rise is due but believes
the crest of the flood has passed.
Augusta. Ga. Dec. 12.-The flood
| waters of the Savannah river We're re-
| ceding here today after having
reached a crest of 35.5 feet late Thurs
day. Augustus nine mile levee, re-
Gently constructed at cost of 81,
600 GOO protected the city from what
otherwise would have been an almost
general humiliation.
Hamburg, S. c. across the river
from Augusta. is still partly sub
merged There was no loss of life,
Selma Ala Dec. 12.-The river
| sage here registered 53.2 this morn
inS at o'clock, making a climb OF
| three feet since 3 p. m. Thursday
| Scores of negro families We're beng
pulled out of the water in East Sci
ma by rescue parties in boats and car
rjed TO hieher ground in North Selma
The government boat, Alabama, will
a local committee on board is doing
relief work below here where hun
dreds Of families are reported ma
rooned and in need of food. A con-
siderable loss of livestock in the Ca
haha bottom is reported.
River Observers stated this morn
iTE that the Alabama would begin
filling Friday night and that the crest
Of the Hood has now been reached.