Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-12

Inc SOL OF y ttn-dC1t nCAui nAACI la
just been plowed, was taken entirel
away as deep as the point of the plo'
had been sunk. Nor was this the Onl
instance of the kind. Nearly all Ii
newly plowed lands, whether upon
stream or not, suffered like destruction
The crop of newly planted corn is s
badly damaged in most localities as I
neeessitate replanting.
NARROW ESCAPE.
While Willie Turner was attemptin
to ford what is usually a small sprin
branch, running into Mill creek, tn
legs of his horse were forced from tn
bed of the stream, and it was not with
out extraordinary eXertiOns, and afte
being carried some distance down th
branch, that the animal finally mad
the opposite side.
STONE RIVER,
Yesterday morning, was blooming,
and by to-day 1t viii probably overfiOv
its banks and badly damage the loy
lands for this season, 50 far as the crop
are concerned. An immense amount o
driftwood, composed mostly of fencing
foated down that stream yesterday.
hlChLaNO REEF
rose to a greater hight than was eve
known before. The. bridge over thu
Harding pike was overlooked but no
washed away,
BIG HARPETH.
Vast destruction is said to have re
suited from the rise Of the Big Harpeth
THE ]. P.'s TROUBLED.
Mansco's creek, Whites creek, Dry
creek, and, in fact, all the streams il
Davidson county were SO high that mos
of the county magistrates in attendance
upon the County Court got home only
after several hours delay.
The rise of Duck river was unprece.
| dented for rapidity. 1t is said that the
people living along its banks were hard.
ly aware Gifts upward tendency before
il was quite full. A maj with his wife
and child, living in a cabin upon thai
stream, but not upon high water mark
only escaped for a while from the tor
rents which fell from the heavens to bs
surrounded by back-water and finally
by a combination of strong currents
which threatened to pluck the cabiT
from its foundations. The water had al
ready crept up around them TO the deptl
of a foot and it was so dark that they
knew not which way to 4move.E As {
last desperate resort it was proposed tina,
the wife should be tied to the door
which was taken from its hinges fol
that purpose, and let her husband swim
with her toward the shore. A crude
little raft was soon improvised, upon
which the boy was to make his escape.
BY this time the water had reached
their waists, so the husband plunged
forward, pushing his wife upon the door,
and, after q long struggle, succeeding in
reaching terra frnlG' When he took q
look at his surroundings, he found him.
The boy was not 50 fortunate. On leav-
ing the cabin he became entangled in a
mass Of drift wood, and was carried some
five miles down the stream. How he
got ont of it he hardly knew himself.
He became i~nsensible just before he was
rescued, and was not restored TO con-
seriousness until he found himself before
the kitchen fire ola kind-hearted farm
er, who had saved him from death,
NASHVILLE AND DECATUR RAILROAD.
The damage done along this line was
very great. Passenger train No. q
which left here at seven o'clock Monday
night, when near West Harpeth creek,
ran into deep water. The forward trucks
of the engine We're thrown from the
track. But a few moments after a cul-
vert which it had just passed over,
washed out 10 about fifteen feet in
width, and the train was entirely sur
rounded by water. After diligent work,
under the superintendent Of Conduc-
tor Thomas Moore, the trucks were
finally restored TO the track, and the.
train rolled onward. About three hun
bred yards south Of Springhil the train
passed over a %culvert, which was washed
out a distance of fifteen to twenty feet
upon nothing but the suspended rails,
one pair of the sleeping car trucks alone
getting off the track. The train was de-
tatched from thR sleeping coach and
proceeded toward Carriers Creek, to get
the construction train to come TO RS as
sistance, but when nearing BaiIeyls
Switch, abouttwo miles south of SPRING
hill, ii was found that the track
ties and all-for a distance of two.
hundred feet, was washed away. The
break was temporarily repaired so that
the train could pass on, and was per-
manehtly repaired by eleven O'clock
yesterday.
The Conductor of the construction
train reported that be had run through
two feet of water at Dark's Mill on Car
ter's Creek, and that the whole country
that locality was flooded. The pas
senger train, upon reaching that point,
sis0 got into deep water.-Gonductor
Murphy, after having s1fely escorted a
adv from his car, slipped and fell intol
he food, and was thoroughly soaked.
Min, which Is owned by Carr &
Voghts, was entirely swept away to-
with a large amount of sawed
lumber. Hiram Henry's stable and
.hree other outhouses on thesame creek,
we're also snatched away by the cur
'ent. ElaElN TI1
Passenger train.No. s, which left De-
at 1852 Monday night, came
through as far Gulleoka ftJ about
our miles north of Fountain Creek,
where It was found that a bent of the
restle had been 50 much moved out Of
Inc that the train could not cross and b
of passengers and baggage BEL
anne Necessary. The passengers who
eft Decatur arrived here at $40 pm.
yesterday. - wwmz
Three houses were washed out at
Fountain creek. Richland creek rose
In four hours than was ever
,nown-before. The railroad, just South
f Pulaski, was covered With water fof
Yearly a mile. The Elk liver Is report
q TO be rising very rapidly, and will,
Irobably beout Of its banks byto4day.
The regular day passenger trains, with
he exception Of the Columbia accom-
notation, were discontinued yesterday.
he road having been fully repaired,
win run ns usual to-day.