Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-03

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warrior, Coo ., and TalIspoosx rivers
are falling. Thousands Of horses, mules,
cattle, and hogs have been swept away.
Corn, cotton-seed, and provisions in
reach Of the food we're destroyed.
and Planters in the oyerfiowed re.
gon lave difficulty in starting. A
reiief-boat brought IN large number
OF people who had been IN peril
and without food for three days. On
farm employing State couyicts the
water flooded the quarters. The presl-
cent Of the Board Of Inspection vent
with boats to the inperilled places
and got them of safely. So far the
reports Of drowning IN The various por-
tons Of the State foot up nine persons.
ali colored but one. -Four Of these
were women and three children. il
cabin on COhabs river, il floating o.
with them. Rail communication re
Mains intact with New Orleans RIA No
bile. and with New York and the East
r'G Macon.
There is 10 Communication South by
Louisville and Nashville. or TO Atlanta
or Selma by the western railroads.
The cthclsls hope 20 work through oy
making transfers to-day or tO-mOrrew.
The water is two feet deep a. the / Dio1
depot. ard from there to the Alabama
Tiver bridge Ct the South and North
road there IS almost s continuous sheet
Of water. The trains from Mobile and
Macon arrive and depart at points half
mile or more from the cepot.f
A special from Opelika says that
johnson Bridges, the engineer Of the
construction train which went down on
The 1sllspoosa river, died sfier his leg
was smputAied. SIX hands % the
same train had already died or been
| drowned. Selma has no connection
with the outsioe world by raj. The
food throughout the STATE IS uDprece-
denteo. reaching here SIX feet above
the highest point ever known.
The ice-factory. water-Works. soap
works and gss-works. elecIic-iight
works. fertilizer-works. ir0n-foundries.
ol-mills. railroad shops and freight
/ depots Of the Western and Central rail
rad, stock-ysrds and brick-yards al
have stSersl feet Of water 10 them. IL
most Of them the damage viii be con-
fined 10 the machinery. The only
/ illumination 10 the city is by candles
ard Oh. Viewed CT the dome Of tue
/ Capitol, the highest point IN the ciiy.
/ there is a lake Of water 70 the north aud
west fully ten miles square.
TFNNEssEE FLOODS.
CHATIANOOGA,Aprii A col0red
man was drowned this morning az 10
( O'Clock. Both the sas-Works are nun
dated, and there Viii be no gas to-
2 eht. The wa,er-works are also under
st.tr. The supply 10 the reservoirs
WI be exhausted ~ tweaty-four hours.
/ Tie rIver is tfty-ohe feet aud rising.
TIE water a. o'clock this morning
reached Market and Elghth streets. Bl-
sness IS entirely suspended. Relief con-
mites have been organized. and home,
and goods t. supplied t. a. &c -se-y.
| Tie Lsusgo to railroads Is great. 10
trains are running and none are expect
e. 10 move before Sunday. Telegraph
/ Communication Is cut OF 10 many DE-
rections. The rivers above are slowly
fsllrg. Floods are genera throughout
last ard Middle Tennessee, North
Georgia. ard NORTH Alabama. Rome,
Ca. and Gadsdeo. Ala. have suffered
great damage. The river al Chatta-
nOcca al noon was four feet and two
Il robes lover than the highest point Of
ls7j, and rising 81 inch per hour.
Local rsius are indicated. At lQ 4.
N. the back waters reached the street
gutter in front Of the Tunes Office.
CHATTANOoCA,A April There Is
10 improvement ID the condition Of
affairs here tonight. The flooded ter
I.tory has been largely Increased TO-
day, and at ; p. ". the Iiver reached
J ,-loth feet, and is rising an inch al
hour. The river has been falling al
day 81 LoUdon. Rockwood. Dayton.
and Charleston. and ID Is expected 70
reach i,s maximum al this place before
moTrirg. No gas, 10 elec,rl. lgh.. 20
water n the resef or. and the river
over 900 feet above l1w-Water mark
ard risirg, j. the s.tucro1 tonight. !,
Is estimated ;ha; 5000 people are
homeless n this CITY, though they
have con Portable quarter. aa- the fe-
lief committees are supp y.ng tie ne
ccssiues q life.
Tie Fleh Wsrl !, con p'e.eiy under
water. ard 1u-tftls Il craft Of ever.
oe-uiftIoa ere passing 10 and lrJ from
lie NlTkc, -.rcet TlLroal-cr9 sing C. /
Lockout mountain and MlssiJnar5
E6cc. ] lie water nov stands a 90. F.
ceep ~ the lc,c- passenger shed az /
has entered Tie Lover floors Of The .
Read House and some stores on .
Market street. Tie express COM
psuies have moved - higher quarters
aud 3! this writing the water lacks j F.
inches q erterirg the Times counting
roou. WHICH Is about the average heigh,
~ al The stores on Make. street. s
co'ofed nan and white child were
crowned today. The city is po,iceI
.o.night BY the military. Al. the raj
Iotls on the chattanooga SIDE e. the
rirertre under Wa'er-in some places ten
'eet. Heavy wasb.ou have been made
O. The Cincinnati Southern aud West
EN- and a ilantlc roads. AL the roads
report that their Ines are oFen exccp.
about Chattanooga. and in coasel lelce I
10 connections can be made. Trans
arc running Oh the East Tennessee. VIZ
c,nia and Georgia road 70 Cleveland, .
Tenn; or the Western and Atlantic
o. Dalton. Ga. on TIT Cincinnati South
eru 10 Ra.bJurn, Tenn. OF the Mem
phIs and Charleston 20 SteFeusOu.
Ala; on the Nashville aud Chat
.an0ega 20 Wauhatchie. Tenn. Gnd
On he Alabama Great Southern %
Trenton, Ga. The Georgia division u
he last tennessee ROAD has no; re-
sumed. Toe railroads report tina. .hey
have II safety al shipments that their
loss Is 10 damage 10 roacbed. bridges
&C. No mail has reached OF ief, Chat
tsnoogs since Monday. aud the ely +,
virtually Cut Of from the Outside
world except by telegram.