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

crosses the French Broad river, to the
effect that all the trestle of the road at
that point has been washed away from
under the bridge, and that the river Is
as high there as ii was i'm 1867 and still
rising.
KNOXVILLE AND OHIO ROAD.
A trestle over Knob Fork near Jno.
! Woods south of Beaver Creek, is bro.
ken, and we hear of two or three
serious slides. RI the trains are de-
layed on this road many days Knox
Vile will have coal famine. The
supply is short now and all that is for
sale will be taken up very soon.
KNOXVILLE AND CHARLESTON ROAD.
This road has suffered severely. The
/ bridge over Pistol Creek near Mary
Vile is reported gone. The expensive
| bridge over Little River is also gone.
| This is very expensive one, and with
! the present financial condition of the
road, IL is uncertain when it will be
/ rebuilt. 1t is impossible now to esti-
mate the damages sustained by the
roads, but they are very great.
LATEST RAILROAD NEWS.
At ten o'clock last night we learned
that there are twenty-five breaks in
the road between here and Chattanoo-
ga. Nothing has been heard from
eighty miles IF the road, between
| Knoxville and Bristol.
LITTLE RIVER AND VICINITY.
Mr.. J. A. Brakebill, of the firm of
Hodge d Brakebill, of this city, arriv-
ed from Rockford, Blount county, late
yesterday afternoon from whom we
learn that the Knoxville and Charles
ton railroad bridge over Little river
broke yesterday morning at o'clock.
Little river was four feet higher than
in '67, when it was higher than ever
known before. 1t commenced falling
about two hours after the bridge broke.
The river above Rockford and in
many other places was a mile wide.
Several dwellings were carried down
Wednesday night and yesterday
morning. Peter Rules house, one
mile below Rockford, went yesterday
morning. Kirby's mill near by was
moved, and "A later account says it is
gone. Kennedy's mill three miles
above Rockford was reported swept
away. Houses which stood the tide of
'67 went before the present. 1t j. esti-
mated that five hundred thousand
fence rails have been carried off by
Little river, the whole being q total
loss since the sudden rise would sweep
them into the / ennessee before that
stream could have time to throw them
back so as to effect Judgment by the
backwater. The Rockford cotton
mills are safe. Mr.. Brakebil describes
the destruction on Little river
and the creeks of that vicinity
as unparalleled. 1t is impos-
sible to even approximate "A financial
estimate of the loss. Nearly every
turnpike bridge heard of was swept
away. In coming ten miles to town
our informant had rode about twenty
five miles around broken bridges, etc.
He saw in Bays Mountain, near Rock
ford,
AN IMMENSE GULCH,
Said to have been washed out by a
bursting cloud. Tuesdays rain did
not melt the snow in the ChilhOwee
Mountains, which is supposed to have
given way under the warm showers of
Wednesday night, and contributed no
{ little to produce the unprecedented
flood
STOCK CREEK.
We hear that Stock Creek, in the
southern portion of the county, was
higher than ever before known.
: Bridges and fences were all swept
away and farms much damaged.
Kinds VALLEY.
We conversed with a gentleman
yesterday from north of the city, who
informs us that Grassy Creek, "a tribu-
tary of Beaver Creek, was very high.
, The farmers in that valley, we hear,
: are more damaged than they were in
! 1867
! Hazen's paper mill, on Middlebrook
= has again suffered. A portion of the
dam is gone, and it will take several
days to repair it. What the extent d
the damage is we are unable to state.
t Lones' mill-dam, on the same stream
- is washed away, and the mill badly
: damaged.
! BULL RUN AND BEAVER CREEK.
Y Our information from the rich val
: leys through which these two creeks
. pass is of the same character az receiv.
' ed from nearly e"ery quarter. We learr
; that all the county bridges on thest
e creeks are gone, and that farmers hav,
i lost heavily in various ways.