Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-04-23
THE FLO0B.
The Tennessee land Cumberland River
ReglOHs-JOhnsOnVille Under
Water-Ete.


IHE TENNESSEE RIVER,
knoxville dispatch to the Unioh and Atleri-
can.l
fhe river has fallen SIX and a hall
feet and is still falling. Considerable
damage done in this city and vicinity
by the unprecedented high tides in
the creeks, but very little BY the river.
High waters prevail ali over East Ten
nessee, with considerable loss. Fruit
crop not seriously damaged by the frost.
Wheat unusually promising.
From the Nashville Banner OF Taesdas
The Memphis, ClarksvilIe and Louis
vile railroad trestles are still under
water, and still weighted down by trains
of cars. A regular volume of water
pours throHght the Palmyra tunnel.
II is thought that a week VIII be requir-
ed in the repair of the road on the fall Of
the waters.
The Tennessee river fell about four
feet at Chattanooga Sunday, and one
inch at Bridgeport. It was rising at
Johnsonville yesterday at the rate of
half an inch an hour, The track OF the
Northwestern road is under two feet of
water for q mile and q quarter some
distance west OF the bridge from that
place. A good deal of drift wood was
flowing over the track, and efforts
were making to keep the latter cleared
of it. The water was within about
three inches of the bridge at twelve
o'clock last night. The river is four feet
higher at that point than In February
of last year. Local trains are now run
on that road to where Communication
is cut of, but no transfers are made.
The only. route to Memphis now open
is via Decatur, Corinth and Humboldt,
one hundred miles farther than usual.
THE CUMBERLAND RIVER.
From the Nashville Banner.l
Sunday the river maintained the same
hight as on the day previous, although
Sunday morning it had risen two
inches, but at the observation at three
O'Clock in the evening it had fallen to
the observed hight of Saturday forty
eight feet.) It has been rising very
slowly since last report, and now stands
at forty-eight feet two inches. From
points near the mouth of the Cumber-
land, the river has been observed to rise
very slowly, and the signal service
river report from Cairo shows the Ohio
river to have risen ten inches at that
point yesterday, which effect is caused
by the unusual supply from the Cumber-
land.
From the officers Of the steamer Ship
pers' Own we learn that the river was
falling at Carthage Sunday morning,
and rising rapidly at the falls a day or
so ago on account Of Caney Fork falling.
1t was rising at Gainsboro on Saturday,
and falling at Hartsville. Two rises are
coming down, GainsbOro and Roaring
river, but the river may fall to-day, ana,
in their opinion, the Gainsboro rise
will hardly be felt here, but will cause
the river to be on q stand, if anything.
The bottoms along the river are over
flown, and the crops entirely ruined.
The wind blew such a gale yesterday
that the backwaters were greatly
ruffled, presenting with its white-capped
waves a beautiful appearance to those
who had never witnessed such a scene.
It had the effect to loosen some small
houses from their moorings and to set
hem af1oat.
North Cherry street was so badly |
washed that heavy repairs will be re-
Iuired. The plank sidewalks have been |
Undermined on all the streets touching !
he waters, and should not be trusted |
90 Confidently,