The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
tornado, destroying houses and III,
ing several persons.

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n saw hiffSNSel down the river river 81
Knoxville, the saw being in motion.
A large raft of logs also passed the
city, man being on the raft who
refused all assistance 10 get aslHsh.
declaring his intention to "stick to
the ole thing if 1t went to"-New Or
leans.
! A goat ofoat on a log on the Hols
ton, when nearing the Strawberry
Plains bridge discovered that there
was inst room for tho log to go
under, so, as the log was about to
pass under, Mr.. William leaped on
the bridge and was saved.
Barns with cattle and provcnder
in them went down Tie Tennessee.
Another feature was a stack of hay
with cow quietly feeding on it.
Thursday night of last week, above
Knoxville, dwelling house, all light
ed up, came rushing down the river.
Mr.. VIII Mcllullen hailed the house,
but he did not hear any one answer ;
shortly afterward lie building struck
n bluff and was dashed 10 pieces.
Below the mouth of Little River,
in this county, large amount of
bottled whisky was found floating
near the bank,
A party of highly respected citizens
of this town were shocked the other
day at the report of n Friendsville
man, who said that the town is not
worth Il DAM
AT KNOXVILLE.
The following additional particulars
we condcnse from the Knoxville
dailies:
Mr.. S. T. AtkiO, whose saw mill
was at the mouth Of First Greek, was
damaged to the extent Of $4,000.
His machinery is at the bottom of the
river, and potion of his mill, a
store-house, and over 100000 feet of
lumber foated away. The water
subsidized about Sunday, but owing to
the rains Monday morning raised
four feet again, and the backwater
reached the Tannery on Second
Creek. But the waters we're falling
Tuesday at II clock, m. Masure-
ments show that the river lacked
about % or 80 inches being as high
as it was in 1867.
II SEWER COUNTY.
In Sewer county great damage was
done on the Pigeon rivers. A cor
respondent of the Knoxville GtrOnj-
Gle states, that Pigeon rivers were
about three feet higher than in 1861.
There was twenty feet of tide water,
and it spread three fourths of mile
on each side, upon an average, from
Sevierville to the mouth of the river.
1t swept every thing before it-barns,
mills, corn>cribs, and dwelling.
houses.
On the west fork of the river four
or FIVE mills we're washed away. N.
w. Emert lost his saw and grist mill,
The bridge at Pigeon Forge was
taken, Trotter's mills badly damaged,
and their stables, corn and forage
nearly all lost. Thomas Sharp's fine
Touring mill, together with his saw
mill, barn and all his forage and corn,
also about five hundred bushels of
wheat, was carried away. His house
and furniture was badly damaged.
His loss will amount to several thOus-
and dollars. John earns lost his
kitchen. j. P. Catlett lost his stables
and large amount of forage, and
several hundred bushels Of corn.
His farm is badly damaged. Mr.. A.
Umbarger lost his saw-mill.
The water in Sevierville was from
s to 10 feet deep in places, and was
on the floor of every house in town
from IL to As inches deep, The
river continued to rise rapidly until
o'clock next morning.
The excitement in town was intense.
The screams Of women and children
were intermingled with peals Of
thunder and tbe roar of maddenine
waves. No lives were lost. The
town was surrounded by the waters
so that no assistance could be render
ed from outside.
Mr.. A. T. Blair, two miles below
town, lost his saw mill, stables, forage
: corn, blacksmith-shop and a good
portion of his household furniture
Large quantities of corn and wheat
have been damaged in cribs and
granarles
j. S. Ford had about 80 or AZ
stacks of hay ruined.
The loss in the county isestimatef
at from 100000 to.$200,000 1t il
impossible to make correct estimate
now.
The water was IA inches deep ii
Gass' store, about the same in Muir
phys and Emmett Il Stafford's, and
about 2 feet deep in Wynn & Trot-
ter's. They all sustained considera'
BILE loss.