Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-17
THE RAIN-STORM.
A Terrific Water Spout in Lincoln
Sounty-The Tennessee Higher at
IOhnsOnviIIe than in 1857

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SOunty-The Tennessee Higher at
JOhnsOnyiIIe than in 1867.
The rain Of Sunday and Monday caused
the Tennessee, at JOhnsOuville, to rise
again rapidly. Official dispatches received
at the Chattanooga depot yesterday, stated
that the river rose 4 inches during
night before last, and was, yester-
day morning, two inches above
the high water mark Of 1861. All of the
business houses in the place were flooded
except one saloon. The goods had been
removed TO a hill side. Some families were
beginning to vacate their dwellings. The
width Of the watery waste is about thirteen
miles, extending from Eve miles this side
of Jacksonville to within q mile Of Cam
den beyond. The Northwestern Railroad
was still holding its own against the tide.
a ,gentleman living at JOhUsonville gives
rs the following particulars: "On Sunday
morning last the river was thought 10 be
on a stand. at II inches below the high
water mark Of 1867. Oh the arrival Of the
train from Nashville SUNDAY morning.
took a rule and measured the SPACE from
the water TO the high-Water mark of 1867,
and found it to be 10 inches. About SIX
O'Clock in the afternoon we measured
again and found it TO be 10 inches. After
a heavy fall of rain Sunday night, 70 our
great establishment, we found, Monday
morning, that the river was rising again
very rapidly, and up 10 o'clock Monday it
had risen 10 inches and still rising rapidly,
about one inch per hour. The wind was
blowing very hard all day. Several houses
have been washed of their foundations.
Two on the opposite side Of the river are
total wrecks
4 correspondent writes us from Lincoln
county:
'NORmS CREEK, March Il, 1ST5.-Be-
tween S and 9 O'Clock this morning the
most terrible hail and rain storm visited
this place (Oak HID and vicinity ever
known. The storm came from a south
westerly direction, and played havoc in its
path. The heavy hail and rain fall did not
exceed half an hour in duration, and in
twenty-five minutes from its commence
ment the small creek running through our
village bore upon its SUrging waves bridges,
houses, wagons, stock and everything that
lay in its sweep. From an UuassUming
little stream, in far less time than il
takes to describe If, il became a
mighty river and stream; mills and houses
were swept from their foundations like
heaps of dry corn stalks. No one ever Wit
messed such a scene here before. No lives
were lost, but the family Of Mr.. J. r. Arm
strong barely escaped being drowned. The
water was not more than ten Inches deep
when they came out Of the house, and in
less than ten minutes TIE house with all
its contents was sweeping the broad ex-
panse Of water.
'The storm seemed TO visit its fury on
this immediate neighborhoOd as its width
did not exceed three miles
and even in its path, so far as
/ can learn, we have suffered most.
The lose to the farmers is simply iTepara-
bic. The fencing that can hardly be re-
placed this season, but that is a small item;
a great portion of the soil is gone, and hill
fields are probably worse damaged than the
creek bottoms. The hail is now drifted
three feet high in many places. 1 suppose
the loss Of personal property in this COM
munity viii be eight or ten thousand dol
lars. Five minutes more heavy rain would
have taken every business house in the
village. There was but little wind,