St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-01
Many Mad Rivers Overflow Their Banks
and Hide From Sight the Fair
Fields ofDixie.
The Elements Give Gotham Simultane-
Ously Gale, a Rain, Fog and an
Aurora Borealis.
A Hoosier Train Leaves the Track,
and a Score of Persons are
Injured
The Steamer Europe Aground or
Long Misunderstanding Expected
at Key West.
The Southern Floods.


rains the past four days have caused a great
rise in the James river at this point. The
water is sixteen feet above low water mark
and is still rising at the rate of one foot per
hour. At Lexington the North river is
eight feet higher than ever known, and is
still rising. Rain is still falling. A disas-
trOus flood is feared. Heavy rains still
prevail throughout East Tennessee No
trains have left Chattanooga since Monday.
A CITY IN DARKNESS.
LYNCHBURG, Va, March 31.-The river
is rising slowly. The Richmond d ALE
gheny railroad loses heavily about this city
in the large amount of trestle work washed
away. The electric light works and the
water works are submerged and the city is
in darkness.
RICHMOND CELLARS FULL.
RICHMOND, Va, March 31-The James
river is still rising and merchants along
the wharves are removing their goods. The
cellars on Main street up to Sixteenth street
are filled with water. All the streams are
rising fast. At Augusta, Ga. the river meas
ures thirty-one feet and still rising.
BUSINESS HOUSES IN DANGER.
RICHMOND, Va, March 31.-The river
at Charlottesville is greatly swollen. At
MILFORD the water is higher than at any
time since the flood of 1877. The Rich
mond & Allegheny bridge over the jackson
river at Clifton forge is reported washed
away. AT 8 o'clock tonight the James
river at Columbia was still rising. Judging
from the great quantity of water in the
upper James yet to come. it is feared the
flood will invade business houses.
CHATTANOOGA PERIL.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 31.-At
8 o'clock tonight the river was forty-two
feet three inches and rising. kilograms from
the river towns above indicate an unusual
rise. The Clinch river was forty-five feet
above low water mark at Clinton at p. m.
Fifteen feet is the danger line and great
damage will result along this stream. The
Hiawasee is also four feet higher than any
time since 1878 and great damage will re-
suit. AT 8 p. m. it is still rising at the
rate of four inches per hour. A most care
full estimate places the maximum flood
at this point at fOrty-eight feet This
will submerge the outlying districts, but
will not inundate any business blocks.
Nearly 10. 900, 900 feet of logs are mOored
at the river bank and this property is
greatly endangered. Railroad traffic has
been entirely suspended on all the roads
cenIering here for fOrty-eight hours, and it
is not likely that any trains will
be moved before tomorrow. A passenger
train on the East Tennessee, Virginia
q Georgia, with 125 passengers aboard has
been water-bound near Charleston, Tenn,
for fOrty-eight honrs. The rainfall in this
city in fOrty-eight hours ending this morn
ing aggregated nine and one-half inches.
and the total fall since Saturday
eleven inches. This was general
throughout the watershed of the
upper Tennessee. Dispatches from
ali points in East Tennessee tell of wash
outs, floods aud great damage. A special
from Rome, Ca, says there is four feet
of water in the Western Union Office there.
and the town is submerged.
HIGHEST EVER KNOWN.
MONTGOMERY, March 31.-No further
disasters are reported excepting heavy
losses by stock being swept away. In
this city the flood reached the highest point
ever known. The water is over all the
tracks at the Union depot. No trains
have arrived from Atlanta or on the
Louisville & Nashville road. The damage
to various interests here is slight compare
lively, the business portion of the city being
elevated. The principal loss is from sus-
pension of work because of location of fac
tories in the lower part Of the city. The
gas works and electric light works are sub
merged and the city is in darkness.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC IAIPEDED.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 31.-Rain has
been falling almost necessarily for
nearly three days throughout the state.
At Williamsburg. KY, the Cumberland
river is higher than ever known, and farms
are inundated so that over a hundred fam
lilies have moved to higher ground for
safety. Large losses of logs are reported.
A food of the Big Sandy is threatened at
and around Catlettsburg, KY. At Jellico.
near the state line, on the Knoxville branch
of the Louisville 81 Nashville, houses are
all submerged and trains are unable to get
through. No trains on the East Tennes-
see, Virginia g. Georgia have arrived at
Jellico for thirty-six hours, and it is re-
ported that 400 feet of Needs tunnel has
caved in. Railroad bridges in the South
on the Louisville 81 Nashville and Cincin-
natl Southern are reported washed away.
IN EAST TENNESSEE.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March 31.-The
Tennessee river at this point at s p. m. was
rising very slowly. No rain has fallen in
East Tennessee since midnight and the
flood has about reached its height.
The main line of the East Tennessee,
Virginia 81 Georgia railroad will open by
noon tomorrow. Through trains will not
run on the Knoxville IL Ohio road for a
week. 1t will require two weeks to repair
damages on the Knoxville & Western North
Carolina road.
Many Persons Injured.