The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-03-20
Disastrous Freshot.
DEsTHucrloN OF BRIDGES.

| The recent heavy rnins in TcnntSscc and
| Nor; hcrn Georgia, says the Atiun!N tyiHjon
| II the Sih, have produced q Hood tilc IN The
| streams Of that section. and the usual ac-
compartments of high water are cvortrd.
! rhc public roa'l bridge acrosl the Tennessee
aver ut Chattanooga has been sweet away.
rl.. was built by the Federal arr,r in Tie
spring Of OF, and vas n very extensive
structure loo costly for privat" enter.
prise.
Tho loss Of Running Water ori,, ia con
armed. This WAS wooden bridge vpyort
| ri on II series Of trcstlcs. and Was cvnsilcr.
ihY over II hundred feet in height
'.,,1 bridg dgos on the State road 0re also
gone the first two beyond Tumnt Hill.
Th"V were small trcstlc bridges, and, as
dngi, ;cs arerc&dy, they will sooIlbc re.
placed.
The interruption in the Transports ION oC
supplies, occasi ned by these disustUs, isto
be regretted NJ the present time, wislA our
people arc illy nl'n 10 boar any additional
hHrdcn. We believe, however, that tte de-
lay Will be so brief as to not bear q rrcs-
sivcly upS1 rs.
LATER Through the courtesy Of J IN g.
Peek. Master of Transportation, Y are
placed in possession Of the follownN Addi.
tional information, received late yes ylay
evening:
Water was over the track OF tie State
road ten miles beyond Ch;chama,IYa u; ion
| 1t was icarcl the truss bri,lge at that lont
would give way.
Tie track on the H. Y. g. G. road was sub
rncrmcd near The State line. No trains from
E,.o%vi!lc since Wednesday morning. ,;ili
tany bridge at knoXSill, gone, aud npprclcn-
sion WAS fc!t that II might injnrc the '.on-
don bridge on its passage down The riycr
No telcsraphc communication to K.ox-
vile.
hohisastcrs TO many Of the rrine:pal
1r"" Of communication in lhc country. say 5
Tic Atlamta Opinjon Of tie Sth, have heen
Very serious, the floods south OF the Ohio
'.aving succeeded any thing experimentation
mahy years. 1t hSs been asccr,ainc't tbat
on the etniirond lines between Dalton Gnd
, Bristol, portion Of tho track remains sab.
merged n mile ortrack was washed OFT, mud
Tie Messy Greek and Strawberry Plains
bridges destroyed Reports rs to tho cpnIi-
ton of t6e road between lh'so' and LynG,-
burg arc equally rs unfavorahle.
! There are also reports probably trSc,
tha, thc Memphis and Charleston road ,ins
been seriously inimrcd, so far rs the h:'j(ass
at Mhitosidcs and near huntsville %roNsln,%
crrncd. 81
On the State ron,l, &castc ANfnrmed iMt
! t'~,. .:',S Vi'tiic me bridge nj Rcsacn have
been swept away This is q serious disas.
ter. Above Dalton, two small structures
arc gone, bnt cam soon be replaced
In motto" Of the damages sustained by
the railroads, the Cmicrsyilc Elprc%s of
yesterday says: We learn that two OF the
Chickananga Rairoadbridecs Tashcdaway
on last Wednesday night. The trains that
passed up this cad night before last ic
make the connection With the trains above.
We also learn that the three bridges on the
Nashville and Chattanooga read have been
swept away.
II will, we arc informed, be nj least len
days before full shipments Of through
ircgnis, either by the Fast Tennessee or
Nashville routes can he made. Until re-
pairs are made, our busincss men must cxcr-
else patience. Their own interests will lead
The railroad men to ru, forth every energy,
and we may expect M difficulties to hc over,
come ns soon us possible. MIR. Wallace is
giving personal attention TO the state road
difficulties, and is on the ground.