The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-16
NE Great Flood.


the bridge at Bridgeport gave way and hOated
of, and six others we're flooded away yester-
day morning. There is no expectation OF
saving the remaining Eve spans on this side,
as the freshet was rising late IN the after
noon at the rate of one inch an hour. 1t is
reported that one of the watchmen at the
bridge was drowned
The news was received by Col INNS
yesterday that two bridges between Bass sta
ton and Stevenson had given way, and that
the neghborhood was now a vast inland sea.
Col. Innis also received from Atlanta wa
New Orleans, a reply to one Of his kilograms,
stating that two bridges on the Western ana
Atlantic Railroad, between Resaca and
Adairsville, were gone; that ITO feet OF the
bridge at Resaca had been swept away;
that the latest adyices reported heavy rains
at Chattanooga on Sunday, attended by
further rise that Geographic communication
was intact as far as Ringg0ld and that every
indication made it probable that Chattanooga,
from which place nothing could be heard
directly or with certainty, was pretty we'll
submerged. The telegram also stated that
the road between Atlanta and Augusta had
| been badly washed, but was yet in running
order.
Large quantities of corn and pens and
stacks of fodder and hay are reported to
have lain in the Tennessee river bottoms, all
| of which are presumed to be lost, with the
| fences surrounding the FARMS and many
dwellings and barns. 1t Is greatly feared
that the details of the inundation in East
| Tennessee will show heavy sacrifice of
| human as we'll as brute life
/ Col lnnis who had much reason to be not
| only discouraged but also disheartened, but
who is still standing manfully his post in
/ forms us that plans are already form ed and
! partially executed for the purpose Of placing
/ the entire track of his road In complete re
! pair, and that the earliest possible oppor
/ tunities will be eagerly taken advantage of
| Preparations for rebuilding the lost bridges
are already in forwardness; and but few
days will elapse before the busy hum Of
machinery viii be heard in behalf Of the
road
NASHVILLE AND DECATUR RAILROAD.
We are glad to say that the present great
flood has not in any way injured the Nash
vile and Decatur Railrord, and as the 81 EN-
phis and Charleston Railroad is in good or
der, passengers for Memphis, Vicksburg,
! Mobile, New Orleans and all Intermediate
points can rely on going through promptly
The Cumberland was rising yesterday af-
ternoOn at four o'clock at the rate of q half
an inch an hour From Sunday night to
yesterday morning it rose nine inches and
during yesterday advanced five inches. The
Of 1865. Many of the cellars on Front
street are full of water, a1.d the river has
advanced almost to the doors of several
warehouses On Broad street, above Mar
I ket, large piles of cotton bales have been
/ removed from storehouses on the levee.
The river stands about fifteen feet from the
bottom of the railroad bridge.
The back-water was steadily advancing
yesterday, above Broad, and the hurry OF
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their valuables to the upper stories of their
dwellings caused 8 such a getting up stairs
as you never did see
From the Memphis Bulletin of the 18th
ne clip the following items in regard to the
food in West Tennessee:
Never in the memory of the oldest In
habitant have the waters so 6 covered the
face Of the earth as during the past month
The streams have all been greatly swollen
and the rains of the present week have
caused greater . swell in all the water
courses throughout the country. The des
truction of property throughout West Ten
nessee has been immense, and no present
estimate can be given of the value of prop
erty destroyed Fences and even houses
in the valley have been swept away, and in
many instances large numbers of cattle and
sheep have been drowned in the river bot
toms.
THE MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD
has been seriously damaged On Tuesday
two trains were "dished )" and are now "
ing wrecks in the water. The railroad
bridge across HOosie creek, between the
Obion river and Columbus, was destroyed
two days ago. A train bound South wen
into the gully The engine could not be
checked before going into the stream, and
now lies covered with water a long stretcE
of trestle work, between Union City anC
) Macon, Ky, has been washed away, bu
] fortunate no lives were lost by the acciden
to the trains At several points along the
road from Humbolt north, the people have
apprehensiOns of further damage, and it viii
require two weeks to repair The damage
The loss in rolling stock viii be considera
BILE Superintendent Williams went to thu
scene of disaster yesterday.
THE FORKED DEERs.
The Forked beers are all very high, an(
all the common road bridges across Tia,
South, Middle and North Forks are reported
to have been swept away. All the low Lane
and valley farms are left without fences
Along those rivers the destruction Of prop
, erty has been very great.
THE HATCEIE
The Big Hatehie is said to be higher thar
ever known before. The same story Of dis
asters to property along its course is reported
The Jacksonville Bridge, which the Nash
vile and Northwestern Railroad COMPANY
were building across the Tennessee river a
JOhnsonville, is a wreck IN the swollen depth
: of the now mighty Tennessee.
All the valuable scafolding and other ap
planes, necessary in erecting this stupen
dous railroad bridge, are estimated at abou
fifty thousand dollars. The Tennessee rive
= is said by latest arrivals to be within FEY
feet of the Memphis and Louisville Railroat
Bridge
At Danville the waters of the Tennessee
covers the whole valley, from hill to Hill, an
+ is five miles wide The first story Of tn
Danville Hotel is under water. The waite
has reached the second floor of the house
The citizens have evacuated the place Tn
railroad bridge, on the NJ G. and i. rairoa
q vas still safe yesterday, but is reported a
being IN imminent peril
All the common road bridges across tn
= Obion rivers from their source to affiux, hav
been destroyed. The value Of public an
G private property destroyed along thes