Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-10
nEsTRuCTfON.

Immense Havoc by the DeEuge osl the
RafIrOasss-The Bridge Over the Ten
nessee River ns LOudOn ON the East
Tennessee and Georgia Road washed
AWRy-AIl the Bridges on the west
ern and Atlantic Road meet the same
FRfe-I'he Situation On She CisHfta-
nOOga Railroad Chattanooga sub
merged.
Our telegraph this morning of the dam
age and destruction on the railroads south
and east of us tells of far greater havoc
than we have vet reported. The last dis
patch we received last night, kindly fur
nished us by one Of the operators at the
telegraph Office, reports that the immense
bridge across the Tennessee river at Lou
don, on the East Tennessee and Georgia
road, had been washed away. When il is
borne in mind the size Of this structure
and the vast amount of material used in
its construction, an approximation OF the
heavy loss sustained, and the inconvenience
to result therefrom, can be realized. The
same dispatch states that all the bridges
on the Western and Atlantic railroad are
gone"
The very latest dispatches from Chat
tenooga report that place as almost com
pletely submerged. When it is stated that
the water around the Crutchfeld House is
nine feet deep, the situation can be imag-
ined AT the depot in Chattanooga the
water had risen to a height of five feet,
while around the base of Lookout noun
tain the foods had got to the same height.
From along the line of the Chattanooga
slroo1 Eor f,lln.rrT,,,r 4
WaUhatchee, and for miles each side, the
water was over the telegraph poles, and
rising rupidly. At Shellmound the food
was sweeping over the tops of the cars on
the tracks. Here il a batch of dispatches
10 Col. lines, mainly referring to the
bridge across the Tennessee at Bridgeport. |
The FIRST dated Bridgeport, yesterday
morning, says
River still rising. Bridge o. K. vet.
Water running over two spans We are
just getting the rise from Chattanooga
We see pieces of mills, houses and other
things that We know come from there"
Here ia another, dated couple of hours |
later: Water is one foot over the chord |
at South end Of bridge, and rising. Large
amount of drift came down, and | think / |
can manage it, although it will be tight |
work. am going to make boat so "a to |
get to Shellmound. Hope to have the |
telegraph lines open tonight to White |
sides" ....
Here follows another, dated 3. P. NJ. |
" River rising fast, bridge all O. X. yet,
raining little STILL"
A dispatch from Anderson, dated yester-
day afternoon, SAYS The track between |
Bass and bridge No so, for four hundred |
yards is aAoat and ont of line Can't get |
to the bridge with the engine. Section |
foreman will go with his lever car to clear |
away the drift"
Here at Nashville the Cumberland was |
still rising very slowly upto last evening. |
1t will, doubtless, be receding to-day.
Dispatches by Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA ria BRIDGEPoRT, March |
9.-The entire lower part of the city of |
Chattanooga is under water. The city |
bridge and many of the large buildings on |
the river bank are gone. The water in the |
depot and Crutch6eld House is FIVE feet |
over the floors. There is much distress
among all classes in the lower part of the |
city, and great loss to all classes of business.
Whole families were drowned Thursday. |
Ali operations on the several railroads |
are suspended, and in consequence of the |
great destruction of bridges on the Ten
nessee ard Chickamauga creeks no trains |
will be able to reach Chattanooga for at |
least fifteen days. The railroad bridge at |
Strawberry Plains, Loudon, and many of |
the bridges on the Chickamauga, and city |
bridge in Chattanooga are gone, also a |
very large land slide on the East Ten
nessee and Georgia road
This information is obtained from a |
party Of gentlemen who came from Chat
tanooga to Bridgeport in fiat boat to-day |
Gen. Woods and Mr.. Courtney, Of the New |
Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga railroad,
were among the party left Chattanooga
this morRing.