Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1919 — FOURTEEN DROWN IN FLOODS [ARTICLE]

FOURTEEN DROWN IN FLOODS

Millions of Dollars’ Damage Is Done by High Water In South— Now Receding. Atlanta, Ga„ Dec. 12.—Floods resulting from heavy rains generally were receding throughout Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, but anxiety was felt as to the fate of hundreds of persons caught by the high waters. Fourteen known dead have been reported and property damage, It is estimated, amounts to several million dollars. The dead Included three white persons at Atlanta, two whites and three negroes at Montgomery, Ala.; three negroes at Hattiesburg, Miss.; two whites at Jackson, Miss., and one negro at Meridian. Miss. ,