Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-12
PROPERTY DAMAGE
| IS NOW PLACED AT
MANY THOUSANDS
Last Southern Railway
Train Forced to Run
Through Water.
TROLLEY LINES TIED UP;
STEAM PLANT is CLOSED
Body of Unknown Person Is Seen
Floating Down Ocmulgee
River.
OTHER CITIES ARE HARD HIT
Hundreds OF People Have Been
Taken From Dangerous Places
| by RcScucrS.
TROLLEY LINES TIED UP;
STEAM PLANT is CLOSED
OTHER CITIES ARE HARD HIT
rBv associated Press.l


MACON. GA. Dec. ll.-Property
damage running into the thousands
was done by the worst flood in Macon's
history today. The OcmuIgee River
rose to 2t9 feet at . o'clock this af-
ternoon. at which time the levcc at the
Georgia State Fair Grounds broke. re-
iieving the pressure all along tho
stream and saving Macon's water sup
ply. Two hours later the river reg
,stered 2iso fee. and it appears TO
nave Lecn stationary since
The SoIthern Halfway has not opcr-
ated train over its system north oe
mere here's, since ,1, No arrived here at 1850
through five feet Of water The Macon
Dublin and savannah- Railroad aas
poem unable to operate train all day.
Abandon Lighting Plant.
Flood conditions in the Alabama
| River at Montgomery became acuta
mere tonight when the Montgomcry
Light and Power Company officials an
Eic and gas plant, to take place be.
fore midnight. EARLY In the day tina
sten9 sieu ron,an plant OF the Asntgoniery Trac-
suspendfng all street car service, and
late In the afternoon announccmemt
Montrnansr MoS maze that nt the noods in North
sian sian wells supplying water for the
city and notification to consumers 10
boil all water. ~
At noon the city's schools wo-o ,,
IA order TO conserve water as wclI as
aiieo'r,s.rS. also wnr t number of county schools
conditions. At 7:So O'Clock the 20 rirer n%or
showed stage Of 500 feet. a fall or
tMwo-scnths tMa s, of a foot. which is next to
staSc ever recorded here.
Two Negroes Drowned.
TWO negroes employed by tho Gas
| Light Company. en- route TO THAI n,anT
through the Hood region, tonjght wers
atr1wned t,rn S. Wien their vehicle was over
Nt 81 N iTH
me known death toll from the nood
~ Il Nils vn,s point now stands at five, while
nnowh nn person. floating down The river
or, on log was drowned opposite the
Ior nv.r,,n s.en,ron this morning when the
:, niood conditions at No. prise,
iarm; where 120 people were crnwilea
1mo nnosi the barracks room with the Sts" Taiia
man ma floor on all sides. improved tbis
NJ trhn91on. ,ha1 the water falling rapidiv
sonyse Sa bo,rd E HdoEs5s sna PSesidsnt W S Of ao
tnresas1t troi an1 Of the state Board fsr of Con.
we're lost 'fHG in the food %ho @ats1y i was feared
naN na night after they had started ioneS ta
mornInr 9rnn rarm ,f,s returned to tho city this
an an Isolated Gin house With othnrs s I'm IN
aesler sRaFsf also r re9o,ssS ASessSsso9 l2s.,
- - MtS feared also had Inst b;s .,Hp
e'"'hed 10 the city this morning
Hundreds Are Rescued.
c,inuimre iriuihnreds OF People who have hoo,
nnods mar ,maroqned from land by the
parties who have been work,ne ffescMe fesS
ishiy ay in all sections out Of tSis senfr. YER.
.oday with rescues reportcd MS ir city
era instances. III sew
3 IL dee dsSes sassy ss%Psy?s seea at ahs sG
4 lfAl
levees, in addition to 1n tbe cjts, naS private
were forced to leave the nIani ,texees.
over the tracks of the Nncnn '99niSht
ana ana savannah railroad. THO Dnin!m nim
ri Tho ocotnpietely surrounded bv wntn,! pt,mt
earIW HndIans ,nndans Street bridge was closed
tne M Fifth street bridge. The a,reirnoon oniIoo
malninE connecting link H,;'h ;ohiS re
enng. signs or weak
, The Macon Veneer companv nil, -
company has logs aione % me re- flood. od. The
al al, the way from Macon 'Ie re Eye E bank
vris and these are slipping fiiaWknS- inTn ,S
The me warehouse at the Mace, n
M,ntchn m,ntch Is nlled with cotton WI "nart. .
afternHos aftertH snpmerged at O'clock e1hi, GhiS
cotton oou are tlied with
Several lumber commands.
",n1 ',iI2 arc heavy losers. The birh car py
Ebi Eiht, hTt S, reach the cotton mills osr WAFER
Macon ""hEErraaeturing Company in Eass
reports reports indicate that hesYV 9eiVw the city
.neins done to brick andS Image Is
,,a,c,urlns plants and to o,bae. manu- manu-