Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-17
And stiIl She Rises.


And Still She Rises!
Immense crowds assembled at the Capt.
tol, suspension bridge, lower wharf and
upper wharfs, and indeed all other available
places in the city, to witness the additional
rise made in the river during "Wednesday
night and yesterday. A majority of the
crowd was composed of ladies, whose curl
osity led them to the most prominent
places to see the great food. The boarders
at Wards Seminary marched in a line of
procession from the seminary yesterday to
the suspension bridge in order TO get a
good view of the raging Cumberland.
The river lacks only five feet of being I'D
to the high water mark of 1S47, according
to Ferguson's gauge on Harrison's store.
The rise of the tributaries of the upper
Cumberland arrived here yesterday in great
volumes, causing the river to swell its pro-
portions considerably. According to the
Signal Service report, the depth of water in
the channel on Wednesday at 5 o'clock p.
NJ, was IS feet s inches, and yesterday af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock it was 81 feet ? inches.
From Z O'Clock yesterday morning to 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon the river rose
10 inches. There has been a rise of two
feet and a half since our last report, and at
latest accounts last night the river was still
rising.
The water has done much damage in its
downward course, as well as up the river.
A number of fences have been washed
away, and persons living on the banks had
to vacate their residences yesterday and
seek safer abiding places. The river at
Hydes and Buena Vista ferries is swollen
extensively, and the continued rise yester-
day caused the back-waters to rise in pro-
portion. Houses that were thought TO he
safe are now almost submerged, sending
those occupants who thought they were
perfectly secure, in search of other houses.
The water has reached Spruce street, at
the intersection of Line. 1t was only at
McLemOre Wednesday evening. All those
occupying houses on this street, between
Spruce and McLemore, seeing the danger
ahead,
COMMENCED MOVING OUT
yesterday, with the exception of Emma
Hines, who lives in the twO-Story brick.
The water is nearly up to her door, but
fearing no danger and having moved her
furniture and carpets up stairs, she now be.
lieyes herself and companions to be in per-
feet safety.
The proprietor Of the brick house ON the
corner Of Line and McLemore, used as 4
grocery store, thinking that the water would
enter the store, wisely packed his stock as
high upon the counters as he possibly
could.f
The water has backed up on Vine street
as far as Julia Curley's house, andhas driven
Alice Wright out of her home. The
woman occupying one of the houses in DIR.
Compton's block has decided to remain in
her quarters. There is no way OF egresS
except by canoes, Joyee's grocery store,
or az least the lower portion Of it, stands
several feet in the water. He has moved
his stock up stairs and into back rooms,
they being higher than the front n e
Crawford street is almost entirely COW
cred, there being only a short portion Of it
between Summer and High streets not
inundated. The two story frame building
that stood on Vine street opposite the
Judges Spring, was ~unlOOSened yesterday
and foated nearly TO Cherry street. The
bridge over Cherry street is in danger of
being overflowed. The water only lacked
about a foot and 4 half of reaching the
bridge at a late hour last evening. Cherry
street will be probably covered with water
by this morning, and the only approach TO
North Nashville will be College street, and
We understand that The plank sidewalks on
this rect, not being in avery good condi-
ton, will most likely cave in if the back
water continues to grDE in depth.
The building known IS the "Cottage by
the Sea- loosed its m~oorings yesterday and
landing against the trestle work was
SHATTERED To PIECES.
The back-water south Of Broad street
is getting higher and higher. The water
on MARI street has nearly reached j. e..
PARIS store, and its thought that it will
get nearly to Broad to day, the ground be
Ing so level. Merchants along this thol-
Oughfap, who are doing business in large
houses, were busily engaged yesterday in
experimenting the removal of their goods
and wares into upper stories. The water
is from live to seven feet deep in some Of
the cellars on Broad and Market streets.
The stock of tobacco which was stored in
the two tobacco sale houses on Front ST. was
removed yesterday to dryer quarters. At
the warehouse OF Bissicks & Parrish on
Market street, 700 bales of cotton were
carried from the basement t the upper
floor yesterday, and at four O'Clock p. NJ,
the lower floor was floating about in four
feet of water.
c. Ii. Arthur IL Co., reach their place Of
business ON Front street, by means Of
canoes. Their neighbors, Harrison x Son.,
On the corner of Broad and Front, had their
goods propped up on bricks yesterday, to a
level with the high water mark Of IA. If
the Cumberland rises higher than that,
those
EoLD TIMERS"
on Front street, will begin to get discOur-
aged and to think that their days are num-
bered.
Wood Il Simpson have removed their
machinery into the second floor, as there
was not room enough below for said ma
chinery and the four feet of water which
lad obtained egress to their boiler room.
At this point, the steamers are moOred to
houses, all the rings and %snubbing having
disappeared from view.
Litterer u Cabler, at the corner OF Mar
ket and Broad, have enough water in their
cellar to last them for washing purposes
during the remainder of the year. When
this firm removed their goods from the
cellar "Wednesday, some of their friends re-
marked that they were rather premature,
and that they were in no danger whatever.
Rannie's confectionery goods were re-
moved from the building adjoining Litter
CT & Cabler, by means Of flats and the
household effects of families residing On
the east side of Market, south of Broad,
were also taken from the buildings in the
same manner
The water guage of the United States
Signal officer, which is affixed to a pier
just above the railroad bridge,
DISAPPEARED FROM VIEw
Wednesday night, and yesterday the Signal
officer took his measurement from Fergu-
sons guage, at the upper wharf.
A gentleman who tried to reach North
Edgefeld from Nashville in a buggy yes
lerday morning, was compelled to give it
up and return home.
The sidewalk along Front street is under
water for a good distance, and is up to the
door steps Of some of the stores. There
are two boats standing within a few feet of
the curbing.
The JnO. S. Bransford came down from
the upper Cumberland yesterday, and per-
sons on board say that there are only three
good landing places between Nashville and
Celina, and that the other landings have
been overlooked.
There is no way for wagons to get to the
landings with the freight, and as one of the
experienced river men said yesterday, 'the
boats will have to land at high bluffs if the
darnad river don't 90 down.. A half-Wit-