Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-03
THE WATERY WASTE.
Latest Intelligence from All the Boom.
ing Rivers.
Some Of the TribulatiOns Of Travellers.
A PrOspeetEOf Getting to Chattanooga
Per Rail by Friday.
East Tennessee's Loss Over Million
Of Dollars.

The recent floods are pretty much the
all absorbing topic Ct the day. Everybody
wants to hear something about the inun-
dated districts and the condition of their
luckleSs inhabitants. The heavy rains
seem to have been quite general, although,
in some localities the floods have not
aused much damage. Notwithstanding
there has been a good deal Of rain ON the
line Of the st. Louis and Southeastern
road, north Of HopI.insville, KY, the water
has caused no serious damage
Yesterday morning the Ohio river rose
four inches in an hour and twenty-seven
minutes, at Henderson
At last accounts the Tennessee was fall
| ing very rapidly at Chattanooga and was
about on a stand at Bridgeport. 1t was
! thought that by u o'clock last night the
river would also be falling at the latter
place.
1t is estimated that the damage done to
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railway will Dot exceed $4,000. By next
Friday, trains On that road will probably
be making their regular trips. Although
several miles of the track in Crow Creek
Valley are now covered, it is thought that
the water will soon recede. a train will
leave here at Z o'clock this morning with
passengers for Chattanooga. After reach
ing Bridgeport, the passengers will be taken
to Chattanooga OF the steamer John T..
Wilder, which has been chartered by the
railroad company.
The Tennessee river was still rising at
Decatur yesterday morning, but very slow
ly. The cattle between that place and
Harris station gather on the railroad track
to get out of the water with which the low
lands are covered.
The Cumberland was about on a stand
at this point yesterday, and it is believed
the backwater will not get any higher.
A party of passengers from Chattanooga
reached this city at ten minutes past IL
O'Clock last nighs. They left that place
Monday morning on the steamer John L.
Wilder, and came to Bridgeport where they
remained over night, having reached
the latter place about halfpast
o'clock in the afternoon. They came
from Bridgeport to Stevenson on fiat
cars over a track hat was for the most part
covered with water over three feet deep.
After reaching Stevenson they came to
Bass Station in canoes, a distance Of about
seven miles, It having required two and a
half hours to make the trip. At Bass
Station they met the Nashville train and
came on to this city, having been the frs.
passengers from that place in week.
The following were the pilgrims aboard
the train which gOt in last night. They
took a vote of thanks at CoWan to Superin-
tendant Thomas, his gentlemanly cOnduc-
tors. engineers and employees generally for
their pains and Success in forwarding the
passengers from Chattanooga to Nashville:
W. Fox, Nashville; Miss Mary McCarty,
Bethlehem, Pa; w. r. Thomas, Bethlehem;
Myer Myers, New York; Maj. Joseph p.
Pope, Indianapolis, Ind; B. T. Burgess,
Harrison county, KY; w. j. UrmstOn,
Cynthiana, Ky; Pat. Geary, Nashville; J.
G. DOugherty, Louisville, KY; j. Pepper,
New York; F. BOstick, Memphis; William
Hume, Nashville; J. r. Mason, Nashville;
c. Z. Brown, Nashville; NJ. r. Campbell
TullahOma; II. J. ScOggan, Louisville, KY;
J. Vandyke, Louisville, KY; John Lucky,
Nashville; ". II. Villinese, Robertson CO.,
Tenn; J. W. Bradford, Missouri; B. s.
Price, Kentucky; Peter Mantges, Memphis;
J. B. Mckee, Cyllthiana, KY; w. II. CIaW-
ford, Nashville; VI. NestOr, Nashville.
The passengers on the steamer Emory
City, which left Chattanooga about the
time Of the departure Of the Wilder, say
they saw three men on house in a suck
between RaccO0n Ridge and WaldOn's
Mountain, aud that they saw them so
down.
Nearly all the hotels IN Chattanooga are
surrounded by Water, and the dining-rOOms
have been .emovsd 20 the second stories.
Large numbers Of people daily visit
Cameron Hill 10 get a view Of the waters.
A number Of colOred people were bap-
tizsd in Chattanooga last Sunday, doubt
less from the fSCt that they thought it
would be some time before they had an
other such a chance.
Several of the passengers had reached
Chattanooga from the direction of Atlanta.
They report that the storm at Dalton de
molished several houses, killing one per- |
son, a child In crossing the Chicamauga |
in a canoe, two or three at time, the !
canoe sprung a leak and caused consider /
able anxiety. All but one Of those adOat /
themselves TO floating chicken |
coop, on which a lonely peacock was !
perched, and waited till the other could |
land and cork the canoe, which. he did |
with the shreds of his shirt, setting the gar
ment apart for that purpose.
To the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, o., March 2-1he Ga
zette'S Knoxville, Tennessee, special says, !
river has fallen very rapidly /
since Saturday, until when it commenced |
rising again. Mondays hard rain through
out East Tennessee has again flooded all /
he smaller streams, and further damage is
threatened. At least twO-thirds Of the
mills in that part Of the country have been
swept away; barns, houses, fences, and
aTge quantities Of grain have been de-
itrOyed. Judge Randolph, Of Coke
county, estimates the loss in that county
It 100000. 1t S believed the loss to East
viii amount TO over one million
dollars.
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