Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-03-03


TRACK UNDER WATER.
One and "a half miles this side of
Strawberry Plains, half mile Of the
track is five feet under water.
At Flat Creek, one-fourth OF a mile
of the track Is fifteen inches under wa
ter. MIR. Hodge passed through this
water on an engine. The track on the
! Flat Creek bridge was floating, but
having examined it, he felt certain
/ that ID would settle down IL its right
| place on the sleepers whenever the
| weight of the engine compelled IL to,
aud he made the trial. A. expected il
settled down, hnt in doing 80 IL crush.
Ell some loose timber, which gave them
a little fright, ou, they cam oGt all
/ right.
p AT McMillau's Station the track was
two aud half feet under water.
Through this Mr.. Hodge also passed
with his engine. At Armstrong;
curve the track was covered with
water.
MAIL FROM BRISTOL TODAY.
Mr.. Hodge informs us that sufficient
! Information has been received TO assure
them that the road is all right from
this point TO Fullen's cut, where some
work has to be done, when the track
will be clear to Bristol. He thinks
that Fullen's cut will probably be
cleared to-day, and perhaps i'm time to
! have a mail from Bristol this evening.
! Road-Master Moore left McMillan's
Thursday at 1850 p. NJ, repairing the
road as he went. He left Greeueville
at 1850 A, NJ. yesterday for Fullen's,
where he has a large force at work
now,
THE LOWER END OF THE ROAD
Will not be so easily repaired, as con-
siderable more damage was sustained.
! We are informed that the back-water
in some places is from fifteen TO twenty
feet deep in cuts. The railroad officials
say they have no idea how long it will
take to repair the road from here to
! Chattanooga.
OTHER RAILROADS.
The officials Of this road have not
learned anything in regard 20 the u-
dition Of Mahon's road, or tine ru..is
connecting with it.
The following dispatches were re-
ceived 10y the railroad official asst
night:
SIX BRIDGES GONE.
Six bridges between Dalton and
| Chattanooga are gone, and the one at
! TIlton. Our track i all right tO Dali
ton. The water is three feet on our
track at Citico, this side of Ragsdale's
Depot. l VIII run our train to Dalton
tomorrow morning aud back, taking
four cars. leave here for Dalton,
and will bring Mulkey and his force
off the Dalton Branch, prepared to go
to Chattanooga as soon as the water
falls.
The following was received a few
minutes later, and we presume from
another party:
| SOUTH CHATTANOOGA UNDER WATER.
| have not heard from Chicamauga
| since | left there this A. VI. Two benls
of the trestle had gone, and about
thirteen feet of the embankment had
washed away at the west end of the
bridge All cOmmunicatiun is cut of
| that way now. CltlcO creek bridge ls
under FIVE feet of water. Commune
cation is cut off 10y the Western At
lantic and Nashville roads. The river
is still rising about three inches per
! hour. | look for the track TO wash
away at Citico creek.
KNOXVILLE AND CHARLESTON ROAD.
There has been no other damage
sustained by this road than hereto
/ fore stated. One span of the Little
river bridge has been found in good
condition one half mile below, and
the other span is reported to be in the
same condition about = miles below
the piers. The middle pier was wash
ed completely away, and not one stone
remains on another.
KNOXVILLE AND OHIO ROAD.
Below we give a report from the
Master of transportation, Mr.. Kinzel,
made TO Superintendent Moses yester-
day, in regard to the damage sustained
/ 10y that road :
Bents of Woods trestle washed
out, and one-third mile of track is
covered by back water from Beaver
Creek, near Powell's Station. There
is new break of earth near the tim
boring at the south end of Copper
Ridge cut There is small slide near
Rock Cut. A heavy slide pressed the
track two feet Off line at Chrisman's
Gap. There is "A slide in n cut near
Flint Ridge, and heavy slides in cuts
between Chestnut and Mud Cut.
There is a heavy slide from Mud Cut
to Coal Creek. Cliuch river is out Of
its banks, aud is rising rapidly. I have
no direct word from Coal Creek this
morning, as the train did not go fur
Their up than Coal Creek. The road
will be opened by the middle ofnext
week"
TAZEWELL PIKE.
We Learn that the long and high
bridge on this pike at the Moses
! farm, some two miles from the city,
was washed away. Also two bridges
| on the same road at the McCampbell or
| Ludlow farm, some three miles from
the city, were destroyed by the tide.
KIRBY's MILL.
| We learn that the new grist mill was
not carried away, but the old mill and
| the saw mill as we'll as the residence of
the miller all gave way before the tide
| The miller did not even save his fur
niture or clothing, all going with the
| house.
BLOUNT COUNTY ITEMS.
From a gentleman from Maryville.
we learn that the dams of Martins and
| Rhea's mills IN Maryville were de-