Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-03-24
THE HEAVY RAINS.
The abroad and the River.


FIye Breaks and the HiwRssee Bridge
Gone on the +. T., Va. a GA. II. ".
From Knoxville Daily Chronicle. March 81
On Friday night it commenced rains
ing and continued the entire night,
and yesterday morning it fairly poured
down in torrents. First and Second
Greek were near about as high as they
were ever known to he, but as they had
done about all the damage they could
do some few weeks back, no new dam
age was sustained along the their
banks.
The river was rising rapidly yester-
day evening, having risen during the
day some three or four feet. Yet hav-
ing ceased raining before night, it was
not expected that it would get out OF
banks during the night. Neverthe-
less, it is more than an ordinary
| freshet.
THE RAILROADS SUFFERED AGAIN
AS usual, and pretty severely at that
| A heavY slide took place on the Knox
vile and Ohio RR., at Chestnut Ridge,
and q small slide at Copper Ridge.
The train arrived late yesterday and
returned with large force of hands,
and the officials expected to clear the
road during the evening We presume,
as the weather cleared off during the
evening, that the slides were cleared
out and the trains will run regular on
Monday.
THE Il. T., VA. & GA. ROAD
Suffered more severely. Five slides
occurred on this road, and two spans
of the trestle over the Hiawassee river
at Charleston was washed away. Two
of the washes occurred near Riceville
and two near Concord on this side,
and the other west of that place.
Near Sweetwater the road hands cut
through fill TO save the SweetwateI
bridge, and as soon as the water sub
sides stringers will be placed across
this cut aud the road will be passable
at that point The other four washes
are being worked on by a large force OF
hands, and the officials of the road eX-
pected that all the repairs, with the
exception Of the Hiawassee bridge
would be completed during the night
The western mail train had not ar
rived last night and was awaiting the
completion of the work at Concord,
A construction tain with number OF
hands left for that point, last night
about S o'Ulucl ana The mail lraln Il
expected at Knoxville for breakfast
A special train was made up at thi,
point at Z. NJ. yesterday and left fol-
Bristol with "a number of passengers
The western bound passenger train
which passed here Yesterday forenoon
remained at SwectwBter, and has or
ders to proceed to harlestou this morn
ing early. The steamer Jackson has
been ordered to Charleston, aud WI
be there by 10 o'c,ock to-day 10 max,
the transfers
Two eastern-bound freight trains ar
nov at Charleston, being detained
there OF account of the high water
Three westeru-buund freight train
; are - Mo- ,wu, being detaiue,
tb.l... GA ac.u. of the high water "A
IT, '.i"r,. ,e officials have nut al
,.,.s ...ll,,.' force to work and tx
pect To have ne passenger trains al
D running or .neduIe time again Il
/ once, audsA eight trains as suuu %
I possibleSF
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