Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-18
Down SHE GOES.
The Flood Subsiding.
Further Particulars Concerning the
b I~nundatien;
A Fall Of Three Inches In the Cum:
berland Yesterday.

A Fall of Three Inches In the Cum.
berland Yesterday.
The insense INTEREST manifested by our
citizens in the rapid rise of the Cumber-
land river and the back waters for the past
two or three days has abated considerably.
The prominent sightseeing places, which
were crowded on Thursday, were visited
Yesterday by only a very few peBons.
Nearly all of the understanding people
OF the 6itS Rave WITNESSED ths high waters
and the damage they have done. The cool
and bracing atmosphere may have been a
reason for the nOn-attendance OF spectators
at the prominent places.
at never rains but IL pours" an adage
that has been often uttered during the last
week or TITO is ndw Heard IoniOrc, as it has
ceased raining, and although a greater part
of yesterday was cloudy and gloomy, vet
''0ld Sor' exhibited himself to the gaze Of
his admirers several times during the day.
The resplendent rays would enlY last a few
moments when he would again HE himself
behind some one of the murky clouds.
The information that the river was falling,
which was generally circulated throughout
the city,made glad the heart of many a poor
sufferer who had been driven from his
peaceful and u~ndisturbed home. Although
the decline was only a few inches, yet it
was sufficient to inspire those unfortunate
sufferers With new hopes, and caused them
to believe that withina fewdays they would
again be permitted to occupy their present
submerged homes. There are a great num-
Der of them who were compelled TO seek
shelter among their relatives and friends
until the water subsidies, being too poor TO
pay the prices demanded for other houses.
Right here il becomes u duty TO appeal
10 the city authorities for relief for these
suffering people. Il will be remembered;
by some of the old citizens, that the city
government appropriated $500 for the relief
of the sufferers who We're driven from their
HOMES during one OF the freshets of lS47;
but that amount, we hardly think, would
be sufficient at this time, as there were emily
about one hundred families driven from
their residences then. There have been
OvER w HUNDRED FAMILIES.
taking this rs the lUwest estimate, COM
PEELED TO vacate their premises during the
present fresHet, and as a natural conse-
quence there will be suffering to a great
extent among them. The City Council
and the citizens generally should ende aYor
in some way to alleviate the wants of these
homeless human beings.
Yesterday morning we took a stroll
through that portion of South Nashville and
Fairfield, where the back-waters are report
ed TO be 50 high, and we found the report
to be correct. Standing at the city resell
voir, we could see a great many miles up
the river and the spectacle was really grand.
As far as cotld be seen with the naked eye,
there was nothing but a broad expanse Of
water, dotted now and then with trees and
a few houses, half submerged.
Below the waterworks is the -four mill
of John Mccain, which stands completely
surrounded with water. Further on are
the saw mills of Goldberg X Son., Fergu-
son x Gleayes and Miller, which are all
nearly covered with water. Workmen
were engaged in rafting saw logs and lum-
Der and taking it TO the shore at the bottom
Of Sycamore street.
The bTickyard Of Dale IL Alley in this
Vicinity is entirely inundated. They had
just begun work and had made about a half
a million of brick, but had not burned
them. They are a total loss, as the water
will SatuIate and dissolve them. The losses
Of the saw-mill firms will run up to a large
sum, Goldberg & Son beingrthe heaviest
losers,
Not far from this point is the mouth Of
Browns creek, and to look at It a person
not acquainted with its usual size would
think that it was a large sizedriyer. 1t eX-
tends around to the Nolensville pike, cross
ing and OVERLOOKING the Lebanon and Muir
F-aa-hnrn Dsl-az 20 such a dapsh that fraval
ing over them has been greatly impeded.
1t is said that wagons and other vehicles
cannot cross the bridge over the swollen
creek on the Lebanon pike, and hence they
have to cross over TO the MurfreesbOro pike.
Foo: passengers can scarcely pass the lat
ter on account of the water being over the
bridge. We saw but a very few houses in
undated in this portion of the city, and
these were at the bottom of the hill which
desoends from the waterworks.
A cow belonging to Sam Wagner swan
to McCann's mill Thursday night for the
purpose of getting some bran TO eat. Not
being used to the science ofswimming, she
was
ABOUT TO sUCCUSB
when some persons on a raft caught her
by the horns and pulled her up on the raft,
and took her back TO dry land.
Up to a late hour yesterday afternoon,
the river had fallen three inches and
a half, and after that time it
became stationary. The marks on the
houses submerged in the backwaters, show
ing how far the water had fallen, could be
easily discovered yesterday. The back
water seemed to decline rapidly up to u
O'Clock, but after that hOur the fall could
scarcely be observed. Persons having an
anxiety to strengthen their muscles were
out in full force yesterday, padding their
own and borrowed canoeS and dugouts.
Some Of the men were accompanied by their
sweethearts. We heard a couple of young
men, who were occupying a long
dugOut, and who looked as if
they had been destroying a eonsid-
cradle portion of intoxicating liquors,
singing a song to the tune of 'Over the
Ocean we Wave" but they got it fearfully
bungled up. We heard one of them bleat
u s'over the Sulphur spring we glide"
which was about all he could manage TO
sing, before he toppled over into the canoe
in a drunken condition and s1glided.'
The water is still in a large number of
the houses on Line, -McLemore, North
Spruce, North Vine, High, Summer,
Cherry, College, Market and Front streets,
and streets crossing these. Wards coal
yard is partially submerged and connection
Herewith has been cut off.
An incident in the experience of Mr..
Jerry Buckley, the jovial and popular let
ter-carrier. is worthy of note. 4 party
living in the flat on North Market street
notified him a few days ago that he was
expecting IN important letter from Louis
vile. 1t came day before yesterday but
not until the party's house was surrounded
by water and unapproachable by land. Jer-
~ kept the letter, and yesterday, finding a
boat near, he took passage and sailed for
the house. He made a prosperous voyage,
but had to use a long board, when he
reached the house, in order to extend the
letter to the hands of the servant. Jerry
deserves credit for thus having imperilled
his life on the raging waves, in order to
faithfully deliver the important letter.
The water has not yet reached the Syca-
more powder magazine but has surrounded
it. There is a large quantity of powder
stored away in the magazine, but there is
no way of getting to it except by going
through the water.
Distractions have been placed at each
end of the Cherry street bridge to prevent
vehicles from passing over it. In erecting
this magazine, the floor was put on a level
with the high water mark of AT, and hence
there Is no probability of any damage being