| Show C SEA T H AO abbe DESTRUCT i MN blair tit iss F surrounded rounded ur I 1 y ss rf iTTA i az efti S illy fifty art i report Ite rt ip ta e cohn conett ty and V c sit y trl t it S otvis ft viS ra 2 i ii A tit fe k T A old t pl the last 4 ra dixy lixy 41 is b 6 it t distressing sing experienced 11 ir t W alue morning the bombi wo r y full began rising rapidly ra pilly ap R V I 1 ay 1 morning all the low lov lauds lands RN merged the river liver having briwn f dpn pil fret feet that night it kept rising ajay 1 aliby and by friday morning it I 1 dwier th thin glnn in ever before black and creolis ceroka joined their waters with the 4 and columbus was 11 s R land aud with five miles milea i r i t v 13 i ili IA there has an fn 1 li tf of t life and immense doo troyed fourteen negroes N w cm cie drowned iu in afew a few miles of this place I 1 ce A low estimate puts the death loss at fifty in this county to this time tit ni have been reported drown drowned oil the ane flood has carried destruction in all Hillid ihn idreas reds of homes have been swept away miles of fences die de anti and the loss of mules and cattle is ia fearful I 1 vrr vr er r enil ana cheoles creoles rose so rapidly ti a i i ri i 1 1111 arner er of people were nr m til tv t ir lell heir slumbers by the 1 vc ul water through their houses and of con coun coune e could save nothing of their household effects ef lecta As soon as the extent of the hood flood was known the city had a great greal number of boats made and birties pir arties ties began their labors of mildreds saved and bicy cy hundreds wore were aru ii ht to this city and are now being cared for by the citizens therease there Ther eare are no its it s than six MX hundred homeless n negroes liere here now being sheltered and fed by the city and county jointly the loss has haa ix tveit en so great that the mayor of the city and the president of the board of at supervisors zhu r have tole telegraphed graphed hon john allen congressman from this district asking him to apply to the federal government ernin nt for aid great damage hits haa been done the roadbeds and of the mobile and omi obio mil pacific roads tile the miles of track it 11 nere and waver d 1 ua several te veral big wash out outs ul me aln bobio and ohio between hero here and Ax artesia tesia this road has run ran no trains here since wednesday for two days tile the georgia they got it train through from du birmingham minham saturday the wires are down in all directions the correspondent with mr E C shott shot manager of the western union office at this place rode four miles in a boat with the hope of being able to repair I 1 lie wires and let the world know something of tile the destruction that had I 1 ecru een brou wrought gb t in this section by t the he unprecedented uni floods the most terrible destruction was witnessed houses title cattle corri cribs and furniture were beina being carried away by bv the raging water se viral of the rescuing les ies cuing parties made narrow escapes col colonel V W baldwin a prominent attorney of this city and william johnson were out early and continued their good work all da yand in their eau eagerness eater erness nesa to save they overloaded their boat after going a short distance their boat was caught in a current and ami overturned and three occupants 4 baldwin and 0 were drowned johnson aud and four of the negroes were in trees and were rescued at midnight after being in their perilous corabi tion for six hours later information will doubtless d show greater loss of life lie aid aiu property arty all along the ban banks ks of tle tha the waters have re ceedee six feet since saturday |
