Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-02
telegraph wire remains up, and its loss
is momentarily feared.
Ma A-.!Ile Banner, Saturday

7 but that witnessed by Noah centurit
Il ago. In that year everything contr
u buted toward an inundatiOn Of the low
. lands along the Tennessee river. Th
i mountains had during the winter bee
I covered with an unusual depth OF snow
which did not begin to thaw until tn
2 rain began to fall in March. The raj
? continued to pour down for some tel
] days and the snow to melt, until al
I combined brought down a most disas
D trous freshet. Though the recent rain
,, did not continue so long, yet they wer
l far heavier than those of 1857. Their
was snow upon the mountains, but i
was limited as Compared to that of thu
year OF the great flood. The recent rain
extended all over East Tennessee. Ii
some instances it amounted to a water
spout. 1t came down in torrents, and i
is hard to conceive that anything els,
but flood could have been the result
The river was on stand at Loudon a
noon yesterday, but still rising SLOWLY
at Knoxville. The Jasper branch O
th@f.Nsshyille and CHATTANOOGA rOaC
was Inundated for ten miles, with the
exception OF where it passes over ridges
here and there. The water was two
feet over the Chattanooga road al
Wahatchie. At six o'clock in
the afternoon the water was over
the track at loves rolling-mill, in the
lower part of Chattanooga, lying toward
Lookout mountain. The water was all
over the bottom. 1t had backed up to
the Alabama and Chattanooga road. 1t
was over the track at one place in the
yard of the Chattanooga road, within
fifty yards of the depot. The river was
rising slowly. The water was coming
into the town VjG the East Tennessee
and Western and Atlantic roads. 1t
had cut the latter road off from town
near the National cemetery. A further
rise OF two feet at Chattanooga was an.
ticipated.
The river was at stand at Loudon
and Knoxville.
The water at Bridgeport was within
two feet of the bottom cord of the bridge
over the Tennessee river at that place
and was still rising. The only fear Of
| damage to the bridge was from floating
drift which men were employed to keep
out of the way. The river was rising at
that point at the rate of two inches in
| one and half hours.
The Hiawassee bridge, which was
washed out from the East Tennessee
rosd, passed down the river. 1t struck
port bridge no damage.
General Superintendent Thomas saws
that though he will have the breaks on
Cumberland mountain repaired by this
afternoon. yet no train will go through
to Chattanooga until Sunday morning.
Much depends upon the condition Of the
track where Inundated.
The bridge over Chattanooga creek,
near Chattanooga, was two feet under
water last night. 1t was held to its po-
sitlon by loaded cars. The weather.
boarding was torn from the bridge to ad-
NIT OF the free passage of water. 1t is
thought no damage will result at that
point.
The river will continue to rise at De-
catur, Alabama, for the next three DAYS.
Elk river reached the hight it attained
in 1867. Should the Tennessee back it
up any considerable distance, great
losses will be sustained by farmers on
account OF an inundation of crops along
its course for miles above its mouth.
Duck river was at q stand yesterday
afternoon. Rats have been sent down
that stream without raftsmen, the own
ers being willing to run the risk of their
going safely to the mouth of the river
a ratG struck one of the towers of the
bridge on the Decatur road Yesterday
morning, and went to pieces. Its mere
matter Of chance as to whether they get
to their destination without being very
considerably shaken up, if not alto
gether dashed to pieces.
Frank Moses, assistant-clerk of the
house, received letter from home yes
terday, announcing the fact that there
were two feet of water in the cellar of
his dwelling, which is sixty feet above
the average wster-mark.
Freight at the rate of one hundred
carloads per day, for points south, are
arriving here daily. To prevent a
blockade, the cars are being side-tracked
along the Chattanooga road, to be ready
to be taken to Chattanooga as soon as
the way is opened.
The break on the South and North |
road just south of Decatur, having been
repaired, trains will run through to
Montgomery UiG the Decutur road this |
morning.
HOW IT STANDS AT KNOXVILLE.
KNOXVILLE, February 27.-The river |
here came within two feet of the mark |
of the big food of 1867. 1t is now slight !
ly falling. The French Broad is falling. |
The Holston at Strawberry Plains is
rising rapidly. The water is within |
three feet of the railroad bridge at that |
place. The railroad east of here is open |
TO Bristol. The railroad west of here is |
broken in at least twenty-five places, |
with slides, washes and bridges gone, |
and water over the track. The Knox |
vile and Ohio railroad is blOckaded by |
q slide on Chestnut ridge. All the coal |
has been exhausted in this city. The |
Knoxville and Charleston railroad lost q
bridge over Little river. Emory, Cliach
and Little Tennessee are higher than in
1867 by six to eight feet. The destruc-
ton Of houses, mills, barns, fencing,
hay, ETC., in East Tennessee is immense.
All the little streams became monster
torrents Wednesday night.
AT CHATTANOOGA.
CHATTANOOGA, February q, l a.m.-
The river is running with heavy cur
rent with a short cut around the city
through the fifth ward. The fifth ward
and railway yards are covered with
water; also rolling mills, blast furnace
and all low grounds III Chestnut and
Railroad streets are partially submerged.
Two feet more brings the water into
Market street. The river rose steadily
three inches an hour all day. 1t is still
rising steadily. Many people have
luONGu OuL vi LublI HOuSSS, UuL SELL
GUS damage to the city is known yet.
The railroad bridge across Chattanooga
creek will probably go soon. The peO.
pie are commencing to grow apprehen-
sive. The river has fallen two inches
tO-dSy at LOudOn. The day was beauti-
ful. Many people crowded the hills and
banks to see the flood. The railroads
are used up. No trains.
AT NASHVILLE.
Nashville Union and American.l
At three o'clock yesterday evening
the river was tWenty.nine feet on the
shoals, and rising at the rate of three or
four inches per hour. 1t was far below
mark. There was q check
in the rise during the forenoon, but later
the water commenced to rise anew.
Night before last nine empty Pittsburg
belonging to w. q. Brown,
were torn loose from their fastenings at
The lower wharf, and carried down by
the current. They were torn loose by
an accumulation of drift, the ring-bOlts
in the bank being pulled up. The Sill
met them below just after day
light and landed them. For the twenty
four hours ending at three O'Clock yes
Lerday evening, the river rose eight feet
two inches, and was thirty-two feet two
inches above lOW-Water mark at that
hour. People in the lowlauds were be-
ginning TO think about "hidiDg out"
ELSEWHERE.
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