The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-03-03

the day, but at evening was not off
Boyd's, Pickles, Hufaker's, or Dick
fnson's islands, while a strong cur.
rent was still running.
BEAVER CREEK.
All four of the bridges over
Beaver Creek were swept of. and the
destruction of Fencing SAs great,
while grain in large quantities was
washed of.
DOWN THE VALLEY
Capt. Jos. Jacques, Superintendent
OF the East Tennessee. Virginia and
Georgia Railroad, reached the city
last evening, after being foat days
amid the scenes of desolAtion down
the valley. Capt. Jacques heard Of
threatened danger to the Hiwassee
river bridge, at ChaSleston, on Wed
nesday morning. hast, and in CON-
pany With Maj. jackson, left the
city for the scene. They were not
destined to reach Charleston, for
that Afternoon q member of breaks
occurred on the road, and they were
perforced compelled TO stop at
Athens That night two spans of
the Hiwassee bridge went into the
river, and as the food rose bridge
after bridge in the Sweetw&ter valley
was swept away, and break after
break was reported. Superindend-
ent Jaques and Major jackson gave
personal SStSntion to the trouble on
the road, travelling from point to
point, frequently walking. making
long detours, occasioned by the
bridges being swept away, some
times using dummy csr, or be-
ing taken across the creeks on
skiff: They left Loudon, Friday
morning, and reached Concord yes
terday morning, when they obtained
horses and arrived at Knoxville last
evening.
Though thoroughly Eatigued, Capt.
Jsques was on duty in the railroad
office last might, and courteously
narrated to us the condition Of the
railroad west of Knoxville, and the
scenes of desolatioa which every~
where were to be seen.
Not counting the slides there
are twenty-four breaks on the
road between Knoxville and Rice
vile, of all of which Capt. Jaques
has careful and copious notes made
by himself. Culverts were carried
away whose masonry had stood a
quarter of q century, and which were
not in the least affected by the great
food of 1867. All the bridges over
creek are gone. The
valley is indeed q valley of desola- !
ton, the towns being more or less
the houses in the coun-
try under water, mills, barns and
fencing swept away, and ruin reign
ing i'll gloom supreme.
The creek at Athens rose seven |
feet higher than in the 1867 food. |
Capt. Jaques met the Sheriff of Nc
Mimi county, walking on the railroad |
track at RiceviIle. who said there
was not one public bridge LETT in
McMinn county. At Sweetwater the
creek was six feet higher than in the
1ood of 1867, and bridges, and mill
lams swept ruthlessly away. 1t
would be impossible, said Capt.
Taques, to depict the destruction
,aused in Sweetwater valley. Moth
ng like the ruin which now exists
lad ever previously laid waste that
and fertile valley. The
oss cannot be estimated. Mr.. Luke
galloway alone lost $4,000,
On the western division, as previ-
usly stated, there are numerous
reaks. The most important is the
oss of the two spans of the bridge
YER the Hiwassee. The Bridge
Company was replacing the old
OGDEN bridge with an iron structure
hen the mishap occurred.
Work will be commenced immedi- :
tely on the repair of the "breaks"
n the western division. {
HE KNOXVILLE AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.
The disasters to this road have '
been detailed. The les y
.es of the Road, in new York, were t
legraphed to, but no answer was :
ceived by the Superintendent up o
last night. 1t is conjectured that d
e Road may not be placed in run. S
ng order again for some time to
me. The train employees of the =
pad wefe suspended yesterday. 7
The food was very destructive all Il
ong the line. In the vicinity of
aryville. dams were destroyed and u
Ills carried away for the first tilne -
the history of the town. Fencing b,
all directions were swept away,
uses submerged, grain flooded of,
d general destruction resulted. L
AND OHIO RAILROAD. ra
A train ran out on this road, yes nl
day, for twelve miles, and return =.
after dark last night. with passen- f
PC from, off the Cincinnati Soutbarn M