The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-03-15
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I,S,aro done throughout the country by the re-
y, .y,y,ordlpary %freslet, Il almost beyond enieula'
Ths news from other portions of the country
,as Of Eas. TennOssee--ls meager, the breaks In
,.I,o.d, having cat OF our mails, and wO have
I h..n Without Any for over a week. But the de-
us,ion At OUT own doors Is enough 70 engage our
alton for 80 me time to come. The destruction Of
merry In Upper East Tennessee is immense, and II
take Years to repair the damage.
ara Informed that there remain but two grist.
A, In operation between this place and Elizabeth,
and but fow n any situated on the larger streams,
lch have not been swept away or greatly injured,
one belonging TO Captain Jenkins, To which
attached a saw.nill, was carried entirely away.
a heavy blow to the Captain, as he but recently Sc,
Nd ths property Mt heavy expense. The county
Maze across The TIolstop at Union WAS carried away
nd following that stream and The watsuga wa hear
Immense dAmases-the rushing torrents lifting
lldingu from their foundations and bearlug them of
iauentiy, as they would q sAlEbost, but only TO be
bhed Asunder against tho rocks. A friend infor med
that he stood upon the banks Of the watsuga and
cid houses, machinery, Aat.boats laden with the Va.
1ns products Of the country, minus hOlmsman or oar.
n, household and kitchen furniture, bed.clothIug,
whirlcA along on the crest Of the tide with gTea.
tldliy. At one time he witnessed a house wlthH whole
bly, clinging to tho wreck, crying aloud for assist.
!, but who, alasi we're beyond the reach Of human
Since the waters have subSided, many dwellings
Mated on the banks Of the various rivers arc found TO
gwept away ,nndthSlr Oecupants missing, who ere this
h bs buried in the rough sands o. the Mississippi.
men are reported drowpod at KiDgsport, whilst
- - gffsA.N sa.f.f.-.. sfhsl. 49,.
ct. q seAsriAad' I'lspd submerged md ds-
oycd.
,Dn the NoIichucky the damage is probably not so
We compared 10 other ~streams-and YET Il Is terrible.
Be Blair Iron Works properly suffered much, while
% county bridge at Earnests Is numbered With the
lhinss that we're" Others, we learn, have met the
ame fate. sitg a VIZ
Tho Railroad bridges, also are greatly damaged
nt one, however, on the Hast Tennessee and Virginia
bad was carried a~way,-thc one across the Holston
a Strawberry Plains, three spans Of which nOated =
bort distance downtho river, where It lodged, and
il probably be recovered MI. Price, the energetic
has builder, Informs us that he will have the trains
pnIns over this bridge within Six days from the
be tho water. ssbside enough TO commence work
bon II, t-F 1t
' HlntN NFthiVh ~ AVNPNf w AhNo ItNNlV0u u
%noIVfle Rhs, 81 the 18th inst. which gives tho
A%HieulAr, o. Soma Of tho damage done below. It
%:
"The Holston at this point is higher than
aS ever been known by the oldest inhabit-
BITS, being, from the most reliable informa-
on we have been able, TO gain, about seven
eight feet higher than Il was In the great
feshet Of March, 1901. t.4ns
"The old red warehouse which stood on
be baak Of the Holston here, wal carried
wny, aud sailed majesticAlly down the river,
DO doubt the largest "crafb that has ever
sene down the waters OF the Holston.
"Tbe bridge over tho Holsson At this
place, built by the military authorities, and
lnce purchased by the county, after stand
iDg up nobly against the waves for full twelve
aours longer than was expected by its most
anEuine friends, was finally compelled to
field to the irresistible power Of the mad.
ened pillows, and gave way, to the sorrow
N the entire community.
The following Is a copy Of a telegram
feeeiVed yesterday morning from President
galloway, Of tho East Tennessee and Georgia
RAilrOad, from Cleveland 400
"HAye just heard from Chattanooga
eAgIdale has saved all our cars aud freight.
\ AshVille 4 Chattanooga road has lost two
hundred car loads Of freight. The water Is
nP In the windows OF the depot Of the State
loAd. Water over the engine in the shed.
smith returned from Dalton, and reports the
State road Ia bad condition. Telegraph line
down. Some days before passengers can 60
South.p
The river At Knoxville, Tennessee, was forty feet
shove low Waiermark.