New-York tribune., 1867-03-21
THE FLOODS
COLUMBUS. KY. INUNDATED.

COLUMBUS ky. INUNDATED.
sT TELEGRAPH 7 TRIBUNE
CuRO H. March 2O.-The river on the north side
Of Columbus, KY, broke this morning and the town is
now completely inundated THIS city y still dry.
THE DAMAGE IN EAST TESSfssEE.
KNoxyuIF, Tenn March 2O-COmmunicatIon with
most of the counties Of East Tennessee rs st suspended
The details of losses by the flood confirm my estimate
that East Tennessee Is damaged over &2"JW0.
Blouut Cooke. Roam, and Sewer Counties all lose
heavily. In Blount County large flock OF sheep
we're drowned. The loss Of stock Of all Kinds s un-
prccedentedy heavy. All the farmers living on ry-
crs will be very late with their crops The loss Of stock
will be q great drawback Parts Of the railroad bridges
washed away have been recovered. Trains are now run
lost in lower Fast Tennessee aud many families were left
homeless and must suffer over 100 & '&rloaas o corn
were destroyed AZ Chatt1nOoga Inc deb0lo were an
submcrged and much freight destroyed The rivers are
stn high and rain falling. No mails have been
received from the North West since the 4th Of March
THE DAMAGE 10 TIE SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
special dispatch from Nashville, dated the nth inst,
says
col Yates who came over every part Of the track from
flood entirely subsded The Crntchfcld House has re-
opened, and business resumed generally The rolling
mill and big tanneiy are oil SAFE LnlcrlOWn We sNep'
away. Four bridges between Bars station aud stephen
gone There are three miles under Watef IN
some places Is live feet deep snort distance me 'o
Of Chattanooga several houses nave llOaleH on lne
track About one hundred carloads Of freight were
ruined The reported loss Of life and suffering for want
OF food are greatly eT;sgcated There are 100 COO men
I ~
be completed tomorrow. Chattanooga Bridge viii be
done OH Tuesday night. By Wednesday or IhusGay
trains expected to pass through transferring cars per
steamer at Bridgeport Trains are running 10 Chatta
nOOga by way Of Dalton and Cleveland. Ouer Inform
ants, reaching Nashville 10y various means, say that 80
miles OF the Virginia Railroad north Of Bristol, are
washed away. The great bridge AZ IOudOn is a safe.
The flood did not reach 10 10y ten feet Another bridge
over the HOstOn. 1900 feet long, mistaken for IT, IS gone
The HolSOn River ~ feet inches above low water
mark The water within ten Inches Of the bridge
over the awasscc. Cuch River IS very high, but the
bridges on the Kentucky and Knoxville Railroad safe.
The only break the East Tennessee and Georgia Rail
road is at ChiCkamaUga, thirty feet OF the trcsework
adjoining the bridge being gOHe and II inmatod that
sixteen miles Of the track of the East Tennessee and Vr
gna Railroad Is gone Three spans OF Strawberry Plains
bridge were swept away. The steamboat Mary Bird has
been chartered By superintendent Brown, and runs from
Strawberry Plains McMlans transferring passengers
aud baggage Knoxville is clt OF from mail and tee-
graphic communication. The telegraph wires AT Bridge
port, and about ten miles OF wire along the route
10 CHATTANOOGA were swept away and direct com.
mnncaOn from here will probably not be opened for
week or more The bridge Decatur is now cOnSd.
safe The river there has fallen IS inches up 20
o'clock tonight No fall occurred until the Hood had
subsidized five feet az Bridgeport. Tho trains VIII pass
over the bridge usual tomorrow night. The Nashville
and Decatur roads are making arrangements TO run
limo OF steamers temporarily between Chattanooga ana
Decatur The Mobile and Ohio Road has 1000 car loads
OF freight awaiting shipment, above Humboldt The
damage 70 that part OF that road is not fully ascetaned
In Chattanooga, during the nundatlon, the inclination
TO thieyery was so great that II found necessary 10
declare martial law for several days At latest accounts
the flood had entirely subsded No estimate can be
| unade la vet OF the number OF live lost.