Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-31

rising from eight to ten inches an hour.
This Will cause steady rise here for over
forty hours. The railroad bridge just
completed over the Rome and CarFollton
railroad has been washed away. The
public bridge over the 'Etowah at this
place will probably be gone by
morning. Reports from the East. Tenues-
see, Virginia ana Georgia Railroad south
of.here are TO the effect that the3track Is
washed up worse than was ever known.
Farms wilibe seriously damaged. The coil
Nhaylng been jnst piOughed, is soft and will
wash very badly.
1t is reported thata,bridge over. the Cos
taHaula eighteen miles'north' of here on
the East Tennessee, Vtrginlaand Georgia
road was washed, away at 2,0'olOck this
afternoon. Trains onatlEOads are. aban-
doned. At6;30O'cfock this afternooniti is
astill raining.
THE EFFECT AT ATLANTA.
ATLANTA, GA.,. March 530.-On Friday
might a drizzling rain began to fall
throughout Georgia. On Monday morning
it assumed,the character OF awateTspout.
For twenty four hours the rain continued
without iuteFmfssion, registering eight
kinches. While for'the twenty-tOur hours
now ending the tailwiifbe quite asheayy.
The sewers in the city have all burst.
| People in the valleys have been flooded
l Oub anu lOIC6u 10 LuONGs anu UGbOAhbAOu
generally resulted among the poor. Last
might the trains on.eight Of the nine roads
/ centreingm Atlanta were side-tracked.
Huge washes were reported on
the Alabama Western. The East
Tennessee and the Western and At
flantic were blockaded by landslides.
and devastation amounting to hundreds
kof thousands OF dollars occurred. In
West Point the Chattahoochee rose dur
.s.sast lea
1 One bundled thousand dollars worth OF
kprOperby was carried away. TheraIlway
bridge, huge structure, was destroyed.
and one white man and two negroes were
drowned while battling with the waters.
TO-uight'not tram is moving out of At
lanta, and no mail has been received.
Many of the telegraph wires are cut, and
9wild rumors are afioat as to disasters IN
inaccessible districts. 1t is the greatest
sfreshet for several years.
IN NORTH GEORGIA.
Specials from North Georgia and Ala
bama show heavy fOsses frOmlfreshets. 1t
mas raIned cOntinuonsly since last Sum
day evening, and tkmidnight tonight is
pouring in torrentss Rivers are flooded,
and great l0ssfeOt property is re-
ported. Every q railroad leading
'out of Atlantis has suspended
l. traffic. Many bridRes are down, and it 10
thought others wilt fall Tonight. The
Rome and CarrOllton narrow gauge road
is almost washed away. The Western
and Atlantic road has loaded its bridges
with freight cars. The East Tennessee
road is terribly washed and the Atlanta
and West Point is greatly damaged. The
long bridge across the CbattahOOchee at
West Point is reeking, and ii is believed
it will fall tonight.
Telegraph communication Is cut off
! from West Point aud Rome and thFOugh-
out Northwest Georgia. Merchants and
residentsIn those places have moved to
/ the second stories, and the towns are sey-
l'eral feet under water. It is estimated
that the damage will am0untt to s.. 900, 900,
and it may beAmOre.
STEAMERS TIEDJUP.
FORT GAINES, ga, March 30.-All of
to-day has been very threatening with
rain and wind, but since 4 O'Clock this
afternoon we have bad flooding rain.
There is much destruction to property
and farmers generally. The Chatts hoo
chez river is booming, and the steamers
Naiad and Ellis are detained 1t Columbus
by the high river. They are unable to
pass the bridges and there ismuch danger
and risk in delivering fFeights along the
'sriver, which is rising rapidly here. The
stream has risen about twelve feet. A
fearful storm prevaIls tonight.