The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-03-29
THE GREAT DELUGE.
a Whole City Under Wa.er-Imme nse
Destruction Of Property at Csattanoo-
ga, Tenn.-Loss of Life and Terrible
Suffering -InterrestIn Incidents.

Destruction Of Property at Csattanoo-
ga, Tenn-Loss of Life and Terrible
Suffering Interesting Incidents.
Fremthe Chattanooga (Tenn-) Union, Mar 49,
For miles the land is hidden, only few
of the higher points of hills being above the
water In Chattanooga. to might. Saturday,
March 0, 1867, there is from four to eight
feet of water on all the streets. The losses
of our merchants, business men and citi-
zens cannot be estimated, and we fear the
injury to the future prospects Of the place
can never be estimated. Such food has
never been known or heard Of by any one
in this section, ana we sincerely hope 1t
may never be seen again.
Canoes, dug cuts, skiifs, schooners, bat
teaux and baiges were plying all day in
!, different directions. There was a great
scarcity of most Of the above named crafts
at first, but the necessities Of the occasion
made men set their wits at work, and now
nearly every man in town owns some kind
of craft
| On Friday subscriber of the american
| Union, who lives some miles In the country,
padded canoe from his house to within
| few rods of the office door to obtain his
| daily paper. We thought this was quite a
huge thing, but yesterday our carriers were
compelled to carry the papers around in
skiffs and canoes to leave them with the
subscribers Many of the latter were not
at home when they called, and the papers
had to be brought back to the Office
Residents in the suburbs were forced, on
Friday night, to take to the roof OF their
houses, in numerous instances, and remain
there until taken off by boats the next
morning. Frequent capsiZes CT boats took
place and the occupants we're only rescued
from their perilous positions after great
difficulty.
During the morning a large mill went
down the river. The water wheel was still
attached to it, and it sailed along as if it
was proud of the feat it was accomplishing
AT the river bank nothing could be seen
but water outspread as far as the eye could
reach. The current was still very swift,
and considerable drift wood was running
down. The water was up 10 the base OF the
lime kiln on the cliff above town. This
shows that the water has risen fifty feet.
the base of the kiln being about that dis
tance above the average stage of water.
On the bank below Cameron Hill, scarce
/ ly anything can be seen Of the numerous
buildings which stood there on Monday
last. Nearly everything has been swept
away. At least one hundred buildings
have gone from that part of the town alone.
Market street, from the river to the de-
pot, distance of mile, is under water,
with the exception of small portion of the
middle of the roadway, each side Of Third
street.
! Mr.. Parham, one Of Dur wel-known citi-
zens, was instrumental in rescuing over a
hundred peopl,, living in the couatry be-
yond Fort Wood, and taking them to the
high grounds Chaplain Van Horn and
family, living at the National Cemetery,
were brought off by him and taken to his
house.
From the Chattanooga Union, March L.
The waters continued to rise during Sat
urday night and Sunday. On Sunday night
they rose seven inches between nightfall
and daylight During Monday morning
| they were at stand, and about noon they
| began to fall From that time to twelve
clock at night they fell five inches, and by
daylight this morning we expect to find
that the flood has subsidized at least one foot
Large barges and scows, fiat boats and
trading boats, foated up Market street ard
around Ninth, past the Crutchfield House.
out Chestnut street, past the remains OF
Suttlertown, around Seminary Hill, and in
fact everywhere.
1t is stated that the back water extends
up Lookout Valley TO a distance of forty
miles from the river.
The steamer Cherokee, on her trip down
the river, steamed ACROSS the country three
miles to the town of Washington, county
seat of Rhea county, forty miles from here.
Her officers took every man, woman and
child who remained in town on board, and
after giving them an excursion around the
suburbs of their town, took them back
again.
The food is up over the caves of most Of
the houses in Harrison, and the inhabitants
have taken to the high hill on which the
seminary stands 1t is feared that they
will suffer for want of provisions.
Nearly every building on the river bank
below Cameron HILL has been swept off -
The large brown colored frame building
which stands there has been damaged i'm
mensely. The building is nearly three
hundred feet long. About one-half of it is
already gone, and the rest Of it is badly
broken up.
The water stood five feet deep in the
American Union building yesterday morn
ing. The paper has been published regu-
larry every morning without the loss OF
single issue. The employees, and all others
who had business to transact with the office,
were compelled to land in a boat on the
stairs.
The Republican Office has been complete
ly ruined. The water was up nearly to the
ceiling of the first story yesterday morning.
Locomotive engines standing on the track
in rle depot yard, are covered by water,
leaving nothing but their bells and smoke
stacks visible.
From the Chattanooga Union, March 10.
During yesterday our merchants and bu-
siness men were busily engaged in attend
ing to their stores and stocks, the waters
having fallen sufficiently to allow boats to
enter the first floors of all on Market street.
Mud over an inch deep has settled on every
thing which the receding waters brings to
the light, and the labor and expense Of
cleaning shelving, counters and floors will
be very heavy item on the list of losses oc-
casioned by the food.
The vast quantities Of drift wood which
foated up Mark ct street in the last four days
have been very destructive to panes of glass
in bulk windows of stores, and to glass
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