The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1919-12-10
HEAVY RAINS PLAY HAVOC WITH RAIL
ROADS, GRAVELED ROADS AND FENCING
Illinois Central and Mississippi Central Trains Tied UpBdges
Washed Away-Culverts Blown Out - Countys Road
System Suffers Serious Damage
BARN ON OLD CHANDLER PLACE WRECKED BY WIND
No Loss of e Some Stock RepOrtedFences and
Field Soil Badly Washed-Bogue ChittO River Highest
Since 1SS6-Tracks at NOrfeId Under Water.

1t was not until about the noon
hour yesterday that the full extent
of the damage came to be fully real
ized, when the news slowly came
into town from one locality and then
another. This news was extremely
slow on account of the lack of a.
bility to get to the county site, ev-
cry road leading out of Brookhaven
being impossible at some nearer or
further place. All of the roads are
greatly damaged, both good roads
and the ordinary kind and while
some have had temporary repairs
made on them enabling travellers to
get over them in a fashion, others
are still impossible and will contin-
Tie to be SO until extensive work is
Done on the worst damaged places.
AS some Of the old-time settlers ex-
plain it, 1T was the worst Hood in
this section since Noah builded the
Ark"
Among the first reports of damage
done after the rain-storm had pros
gressed "a hours came Monday, when
the clouds showed cyclonic propen.
sites, the news coming from the olo
Chandler place, 5 miles southeast
where the five-room residence be.
longing to Mrs. d. Sartin was lifted
flom its foundation by the winds that
blew and a commodious barn, newly
built, was entirely demolished. This
happened between ! and 2 O'Clock
Monday afternoon. The residence
was occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Abnel
Glover and family who escaped with
out injury. There was no insurance
on the property.
In the vicinity of Norfield the /
G. Railroad tracks were under two
feet Of water yesterday morning anG
no trains were running for hours
mo. s" remained tied UP at the
Brookhayen switch all day and othei
trains swept in and remained re-
gardless of restless passengers sub
servient to the powers of the air ano
the earth beneath and the waters
under the earth-and above 1t.
There is nobody in this section
who will not feel the effects of the
storm. Even in Brookhaven on the
most well drained and best Of the
-graveled highways which intersperse
all Of ite~ streets as well as the ce-
ment sidewalks-all had to pay
their toll to the weathergod. Small
bridges, as well as larger ones, with
hardly any area of drainage water
to force itself upon them. gave way
and were washed to one place ano
another.
Hog Chain" bridge on the Illi-
nois Central Railroad, miles south
OF the city, was washed out, while
the "Camel's Back" just north OF
Terry suffered like fate and delay
ed trains all day yesterday except
ing one going north during the day
light hours. The Mississippi Central
Railroad also suffered severe cas-
ualties in fills and culverts which
necessitated trains being indeini-
tely late.
On the good roads the water
ran over the road for two feet at
the bridge crossing before getting to-
Union Hall two miles from town
Much damage but no serious wash
out.
At Ritchey's Greek, 10 miles from
the city, where much money had
been spent and a fine I'LL" had been
made in very bad portion of the
road, and which had been giving fine
satisfaction to the public, the entire
fill has been washed away and the
road is impossible at this point, a
detour around thru a neighborhood
road being necessary.
The abutments to the big concrete
bridge over Shaw's Creek, eight
miles west Of town are reported to
have been greatly damaged.
The fill on the Wesson road just