Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-09
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
causing Loss Of Life and Terrible
Destruction of Property.

causing Loss OF Life and Terrible
Destruction of Property.
MONTGOMERY. ALA, April IA
special to the Advertiser states that the
Warrior, Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers
are falling. Thousands Of horses, mules,
cattle and hogs have been swept away.
Corn, cotton seed and provisions, in
reach of the food, were destroyed, and
planters in the overflow region will
have difficulty in starting. The relief
boat brought a large number OF people
Who had been in peril and without
food for three days. On a farm en-
ploying State convicts the water flood
ed the quarters. The president of the
board of inspectors made way with
boats to the imperilled place and got
them off in safety. So far the reports
of drowning in various portions of
the State foot up nine persons,
all coIored but one. Four of these
Tere a woman and three children in a
cabin on the Cahoba river, and floating
off with them. Railroad communica-
ton is intact to New Orleans, via Mo-
bile, and with New York and the East,
via Macon. There is 10 communica-
tion North by the Louisville & Nash
vile or to Atlanta and Selma by the
Western railroad. The officers hope to
work through by making transfers to-
day or tomorrow. The water is two
feet deep at the Union depot, and from
there to the Alabama bridge of the
South and North road is an almost con-
tinuous sheet of water. Trains for Mo-
bile and Macon arrive and depart
from points a half mile or SO from the
depot.
A special from Opelika says Sat
Johnson bridge the engineer Of the
construction train which went down
the Tallapoosa river, died after his leg
was amputated. Six hands on the
same train had already died or drown
ed. Selma has no connection with the
outside world by rail. The food
throughout the State is unprecedented,
.eaching here six feet above the high
est mark ever known. The ice fac
tory, water works, soap works and gas
works. electric light works, fertilizer
works, iron foundries, oil mills, rail-
road shops and freight depot Of the
Western & Central railway, stock
yards and brick yards all have
several feet of water in them.
In most of them the damage will be
confined to machinery. The only ill.,
mination in the city is by candles and
oil.
Viewed off the dome of the capital,
the highest point in the city, is a lake
of water to the north and west fully
ten miles square.
LOUISVILLE, April 1.-THE river
here has reached the danger line and
still rising rapidly. The atmosphere is
cloudy and rain will aus additional
alarm. The streams throughout the
9Sate, particularly the Kentucky
and Cumberland rivers, are very high,
but SO far railroad travel has not been
interfered with in Kentucky, nor is
there any extensive damage by water
exported.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 2.-The
Cumberland river is rising three
fourths of an inch per hour at this
point and falling at the head. The
guage at Nashville is forty-one feet,
nine inches, being eight inches above
the danger line. Many families are
moving, their houses being partially
submerged. There was a heavy rain
this morning and the skies are still
threatening.
CHATTANOOGA, April "A colored
man was drowned at 10 am. Both gas
works are inundated and there will be
no gas tonight. The water works are
also under water. The supply in the
reservoir will be exhausted in twenty
four hours. The river is 6fty-one feet
and rising. The water atS 9 an.
reached Market and Eight streets. Bus
mess is entirely suspended and COM
mittees have been organized and homes
and goods are supplied to all the
needy. The damage to the rail-
roads is great. No rains are running
and none are expected to move
before Sunday. Telegraphic commu-
ttcation is cut off in many directions.
rivers above are slowly falling.
Floods are general throughout East
and Middle Tennessee, north Georgia
and north Alabama. Rome, Ga, and
Gadsdin, Ala, have suffered great
damage
The river at Chattanooga, at noon,
was four feet, and two inches lower
than the highest point of 1875, and
rising an inch per hour. Local rains
are indicated. At 10 am. the back
waters reached the street gutter in
front Of the Times Office.
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