Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-10

"The" April shower that visited us on
Monday did serious damage. A conduc-
tors dispatch from Spring Hill, thirty-tWo
miles from here, on the line ofthe
NASHVILLE AND DECATUR RAILROAD
reads as follows: "My train found the first
culvert, 800 yards south of this place,
washed out. Engine and train passed over
a space of fifteen or twenty feet on moth
ing but the projecting rails. All went over
safely except the sleeper which has one pair
of trucks off. left the sleeper at Carriers
Greek. This station is thirty-six miles from
Nashville, and the next one beyond Spring
Hill.-REP. U. and Al found 200 feet
of track washed away-rails, ties, track and
al-at Bailey's switch"
A large force of workmen at once pro-
ceeded to repair the damage, and COM
pleted their labors so that trains could pass
in about six hours. As a matter of course
there were all binds of rumors brought at
the different stations along the line, and at
one time it seemed, according to these ru-
mors, that the damage was immense. For
instance one of the employees of the COM
pany reported that he thought that ''the
whole of the road" at a specific point twas
washed away, as he run through water two
feet deep" Another dispatch read:
PULASKI, April GA. L. Park, Column
bia: One of Flippen's men reports 200
wards of track undermined on one side one
mile from Pulaski, north. Says it will take
six train-loads to fill it. This is what ne
gro says who has come from Flippen.
in, but on actual investigation it was found
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had been at first reported to be. In one
place where the track was undermined on
one side for short distance it was quickly
and safely replaced in condition so that
trains could pass over it. The
train which left Decatur on Monday
night and that was due here yesterday
morning at 4 O'Clock did not arrive here
until 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
passengers got through by transfer. The
running of other trains was discontinued
for short time. The Z o'clock passenger
train for Decatur left here on time last eve
ming. The company deserve great credit
for the enterprise they exhibited in repair
ing the damage, and the alacrity with which
they did it evinced their skill in preparing
beforehand for that aud similar emergen-
cies.
The damage on
THE TENNESSEE AND PACIFIC
road was light. A train was delayed
only about an hour by partial damage
to a culvert situated near Leeville, which is
seven miles distant from Lebanon and
twenty-four from this city.
THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
line also sustained some damage. The
train due here at 800 Yesterday morning
did not arrive but, as was subsequently as
certained, was discontinued. The telegraph
wires, too, were down until II A. NJ. A
train from Gallatin came in at 4:55. The
mail train, it was said, was behind that, an
hour late. The cause of the delay seemed
to be in consequence of the washing away
of bridge near Bowling Green.
The damage on the line of
THE NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA
road was quite serious. -Four or five bentS
of the Stone River bridge were washed
away. The Superintendent went yester-
day morning to the scene of the difficulty
and wOrkmen commenced at once repair
ing the bridge. A passenger train that had
been delayed at FOstervile Station returned
TO this city at 2:15 yesterday afternoon. 1t
was expected last evening that everything
would be all right this morning.
A painful affair incident to the storm was
that a portion of the track near FOsterville
having become undermined caused loco
motive TO upset. The engineer, Mr.. G..
Grove, falling, had his arm broken. His
injuries are not considered serious.
On the line of
THE NORTHWESTERN ROAD
small culvert was destroyed near Kings
ton Springs station, which is about % miles
from here. The damage was at once re-
paired. On
THE EDGEFIELD AND KENTUCKY
road five bents of the Red River bridge, 40
miles from here and two miles this side of
Forts Station, were carried away. But the
damage did not materially affect the run
ming Of the trains yesterday.
THE STORM ELSEWHERE.
The following dispatches show that the
rain storm was not confined alone to this
part of the country:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April S.-A drenching
rain fell here throughout the day, and
heavy rains have fallen over the entire
Southwest, washing away railroad bridges
and doing much damage. All the Southern
rivers are expected to be flooded.
TORNADO AT BROWNSVILLE, TENN.
The AUdldnche special from Brownsville,
Tenn, says that frightful tornado swept
over that town to-day, blowing down
many dwellings and out-houses, and injur
ing a number Of persons, Mrs. Barton ia
tally. A cabin containing a dozen negroes
was turned over several times without
hurting anybody.
FIFTEEN INCHES OF SNOW.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, April 8.-Thefe is a
severe snow storm on the Union Pacific,
extending from Percy to Sidney. Trains
are delayed, but snow trains are effpctually
and promptly clearing the track. Fifteen
inches of snow have fallen on a level at
Laramie. 1t is cold here, with every indi-
cation of snow or rain.
CINCINNATI, April S-News from the
surrounding country report terrible fresh
cts. Nearly two inches Of rain fell here up
to midnight. A landslide and trestle
gone is reported on the Louisville Short
Line. Four or five bridges are reported
gone Oh the Marietta and Cincinnati rail
road, near Greenfield. A bridge on the
Little Miami railroad, Above MOrristown, is
reported down. No bridges gone on the
Wilmington and GAINESVILLE railroad be-
tween Morrow and Clarksburg. Whining
ton, Ohio, is under water.
A great flood is reported in Kentucky
sOnth of this place and Louisville. The
rain stopped here about midnight, but |
clouds still threaten. The river is rising an
inch each hour. Information as to the des-
tructiOn of bridges is not positive, but ap-
pears trustworthy, and, from the severity of
the storm, probable. The indications are
that it was less severe here than in the sur
rounding country.
DeKALB COUNTY.