The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-28
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villt about obe hundred miles. The
watefst that point is up - the bridge.
a Heating house vas caught there the
othef tsy with twenty -four live hogs
10 n The waier Il about fifteen feet
deep uu the railroad between here and
DahyIlle. The latest news IL that the
river is FALLING at Jacksonville.
Cumberland river reached its great.
Get height last Suuday--fifty four feet
aud seven inches, which was six and
6re.half incheshigher than the food of
i5i7. About ten thousand people in
NashvilIe we're driven from their
homes by the water and had to be
fed anc housed Ivy the charitable.
The city was almost cut off from the
outside world, farmers not being able
10 get TO town with their produce.
The Nashville Banner Of last Mon.
day published the following descrip,
ton of the recent high water at that
point:
Beginning in West Nashville, at
point beyond the penetentiary, the
water extends along the whole OF Ce,
dar street east to the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad trestle, dis
lance Of nearly half mile. North
of Cedar street, extending nearly to
the cotton factory, mile away, and
running east to the river, distance
of nearly two miles, is vast bottom
known as Sulphur Spring Bottom,
containing about 1000 acres. The
whole of this is under water to depth
ranging from five to thirty>fve feet.
In this bottom and along its environs
are hundreds of dwelling houses and
cottages belonging TO laboring men,
all of which have been deserted by
their human inhabitants to give place
to the angry waters now passing over
and through them. Standing at the
western limit of this bottom and look
ing east, the eye falls upon an unbro,
ken body of water extending across
the river to point more than "a mile
beyond the eastern terminus of the
railroad bridge Looking north as
far as the race course, more than two
miles away, a similar rcene is presen.
ted miles of water, stretching away
as far as the eye can see, until it rises
like the sea to kiss the sky. In the
Sulphur Spring Bottom a number
of houses are completely lost to
sight, The flood having swept over
them.
In East Nashville, extending from
point beyond the bend of the river,
half a mile above the water works,
the water sweeps through Shelby bot.
tom to the suspension bridge and
Woodland street, covering over 1000
acres of land. Between Woodland
street, at the foot of the suspension
bridge, and the railroad bridge. ex-
tending for a mile and halfrortheast,
is another bottom. Here, near the
river, are located Switzerland ~ Cos.
planning mills, the Indiana Lumber
Company's establishment, the Edges
sfiield and Nashville Manufacturing
Company's yards and buildings, and
the B. S. Rhea elevator, all of which
are considerably under the water.
Millions of feet of lumber and logs are
floating loosely around in the water
ready TO break over the booms at any
moment. North of the railroad bridge
and extending beyond the race course
on the opposite side of the river, dis,
lance of over two miles, and RAINING
northeast nearly a mile, is another
ocean of water.
In South Nashville nearly the same
condition of affairs exist, except the
waters do not cover so large terrific,
~. Front street, a short distance
south of the Jail, which is just below
the Public Square, to a point just
north OF the water works, being near
ly mile, is under water Broad
street to Market is also submerged
South Of Broad, Market street is COW
cred for some distance with from five
10 eight feet of water, which, contin-
uiug, extends across Cherry, College,
Summer and High streets. Hun>
dreds of families have been compelled
10 desert their homes in this locality.
A large number of business houses
have also been closed and the goods
moved up stairs or TO another quarter
of the city.
In all il is estimated that between