Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-23
THE STORM.
What the Hall and Rain Storm Of
Wednesday Night Accomplished
OF Damage In Middle
TenHe see.
Farms FlOOded-RailrO cad Tracks and
Bridges Washed AWay-A Ball
Of lightning In a TeIe-
graph ONCE.
From the Nashville Banner.l

was general rain, but it prevailed most
violently in Davidson, Rutherford, Maui
~ and Giles counties, and in the local
ity Of Dresden, West Tennessee.
The rain was so heavy in the city that
culverts were inadequate to carry off the
fast accommodating water Back-waters
were thus produced, running some dis
tance up in the Lick and Wilson spring
branch depressions. The Edgefield
ponds were filed to overtiowing.
Mill creek rose to the dignity of a
small river, sweeping away good many
fences, and badly damaging many of
the farms along it. 1t over1owed the
Chattanooga road some six inches near
Antioch, but did not remain at that
hight for any considerable length of
time. The creek had not been SO high
for years.
A small culvert was washed out near
Lavergne, Occasioning a trifiing delay
to trains.
Near Dresden, the rain seems to have
poured down in torrents, and ia a meas
ity.
The track Of the Northwestern road
was undermined for about one hundred
feet, mile west of Dresden. Conse-
quently, when a freight train reached
that point, the track, which appeared
quite level, gave way, letting down the
locomotive and four cars, three of which
were loaded with pig-iron, and one with
! cJttOn. The engine fell over to one
side. Engineer Beigle and his fireman
were severely bruised, the latter about
thu abdomen, but not seriously injured.
! This accident OccasiOned the diseontin-
uance of the train, which was to have
! departed here at twenty minutes past
twelve yesterday afternoon. The train
which left at three o'clock, however,
went through, making its regular con-
nectiOns.
Besides the wash mentioned, one of
thirty feet in length occurred between
Mckenzie and Gleason. The road was
0. K. at six o'clock last evening.
The Mississippi Central road is re-
ported to have sustained considerable
damage.
The break on the Southeastern road
Wss much worse than was at first antici-
pated. Five trestles and one bridge
were washed away between Hopkins
vile and Darlington. The bridge was a
sixty-foot span, one of the tresties forty
hve or hfty feet in length, and the re-
naming four trestles about forty feet in
length, each. All the forces south of
Henderson were put 70 work Wednesday
repairing the damages. The bridge
having been entirely washed away, new
timber had to be supplied from the
woods. Some of the bents of the trestles
had fioated out of reach, and in this in
stance new timber had also to be sup
piled.
General Superintendent SHREDDER, As
sistaHt superintendent MeCullom and
NJ nor nffiaore of h. broa l.
day, hurrying forwafd the work of re-
pairing the road, which work was COM
pleted by seven O'Clock last night.
In consequence Of the washing out of |
the bridge and trestles, no train on that |
road had arrived here up to late hour |
last night since twenty minutes past four |
O'Clock Wednesday morning.
1t so happened that the north and /
south-bound trains were caught on the /
north side of the track, preventing |
thereby even a transfer of passengers /
and baggage. Had a HopkinsviIle ae-
commOdation, to which the people be-
tween Nashville and that place are
justly entitled, been running, the local
travel could at least have been accommO-
dated.
At quarter past six o'clock yester-
day morning, ball Of lightning, said to
be as large as a mans head by those
who witnessed 1t, ran along the telegraph
wires at Gallatin, exploding in the tele-
graph Office, makinga report as loud as
that Of cannon, breaking the instru-
ments, smashing the battery to pieces,
and melting the wires. The operator
happened at the time to be in the Sec
ond story OF the building, and was in the
act Of coming down when the explosion
OaaTTrrod Mr. porfh h.
WAS within eight or ten feet of the in
ssrument, ana was very sensibly
1t was reported here last night that
there had been considerable wash on
the EliZabethtown and Paducah road,
preventing the temporary running of
trains.
There was a rlmor also in circulation
to the effect that some of the Georgia
roads had been badly damaged, but so
far as we could learn it was without
foundation.
COLOMBIA.
COLUMBIA, March 1S.-The hailstorm
which prevailed here yesterday did a
great deal of damage, breaking a great
many skylights; among others were
those of Messrs. A. Barr, Lamb d Boyd,
II. 7. Searcy, James Mahan, Emery &
Frierson, Mrs. M. ]. Bryant, and A. d.
Frierson. Quite number of window
panes in private residences were also
broken. The courthouse especially suf-
fered. We have often heard of hail being
as large as hen-eggs, but never witnessed
it before. We measured q number of the
hail-stones, and found that some of
them were two inches in diameter, We
heard Of others that measured as large
as seven inches in circumference. 1t
was terrible sight to behold, and will
long be coupled with your terrible fire.
We have cOnversed with some of the
oldest citizens, and they say that thew
never saw anything like it. When II
first commenced, it poured down for ten
without drop of rain accom-
panying it, in particles, and then in
large balls. It was confned 20 this inn
mediate neighborhood. Two miles west
Of this there was not drop. The GRIM
inal court is still Is session. 1t has been
engaged this week in trying Clay Cor
don, eolored, on the charge of kuklux-
log. Gordon was formerly sentenced.
and served a while in the penitentiarv'
and was then granted new trial by the /,
supreme court. The case of Morris Grif-
in, charged with the murder of Currin,
will be taken up Tomorrow.
POSTAL CARD.
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