New-York tribune., 1886-04-01
beyond the Rio Grsnde. Winter wraps were comior'a-
BILE here At midday yesterday.
TRAVEL STOPPED BY FLOODS.
BIG wAsHoUTs ON SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
SWOLLEN STREAMS AND SUBMERGED TowNs-sNow
IN WEST

SWOLLEN STREAMS AND SUBMERGED TowNs-sNo"
IN THE WEST.
CHATTANOOGA, March 81 (SpecIdO.-lhe
storm has been ncessant for forty eight hours Ihe
rainfall last night eleven inches Inc outlying
country is flooded The Tennessee River s lorly leel
above low water mark and II the rain continues IL VIII
reach fifty by noon tomorrow. The lower portions OF
the city are already Inundated In the flood OF fepru
arv % 1885 the river ify seven feet when Mar
ketst the principal thoroughfare was Hooded All re-
ports from tribu above show heavier rise and IL
feared that the city Will have another HOOD. Cnat'a'
p,oga is still without railroad communication. The
Cincinnati Southern lost bridge at Rock Creek. The
East Tennessee has bridge out near Cleveland The
Nashville and Chattanooga has a heavy washout at
WhItesidc and two land slides beyond. The Alabama
Great southern has lost two bridges Fort Payne
Ala.
Many families here have moved out of theIhouses IN
anticipation of food tonight Business mon are Of
fering their factories for homes 1or the osTessou
families.
LOUISVILLE March 31.-Rain has been falling a-
most constantly for nearly three days throughout
the State. AT WILLIAMSBURG KY, the Cumberland RIVER
higher than known and farms are Inundated so
tnat over families have been compelled TO move TO
high ground Large losses of live stock are reported
A food OF the Big Sandy is threatened at ana above
Cattlettsburg At Jeco near the state line, on the
Knoxville branch OF the Louisville and Nashville Ral
road the all submerged and trains are unaoe
IN get th,ourh No trains on the East Tennessee, W
ginia and Georgia road have arrived at JellicU I'D
tnirtvx hours aud 1t is reported tnat 400 fec, r'
Needs Tunnel has caved H. Railroad bridges on the
south OIL the Louisville and Nashville aad Clncihhau
Southern reported washed away
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March 3l.-Dspatches to The Age
from all important points In North Alabama snow thaI
the rain OF Monday was one of the heaviest for many
years The Warrior River at Tuscaloosa is reported
her than at any time since 1882. Regular railway
.Ni,b udedn npre
trains are arriving departing on the Louisville and
Nashville Queen and Crescent and Georgia No serious
accident reported other than the going down OF an
engine into big washout near Carthage on the Ala
bama Great Southern. The engineer and fireman went
down with the engine ani had to swim for life. The
engineer barely succeeded III stopping III time thc
passenger cars following.
RICHMOND. Va. March 3l.-The heavy rains OF the
past three days have caused considerable rise In the
waters OF the James River The wharves In the lower
part OF the city submerged several feet and the
merchants in that section along the water front have
removed their goods to places OF safety. Cellars on
Mainst as high up sxteenih-st. filled with water
Rain is still falling this evening steadily and the ind
cations are that the freshet will assume the pro-
portion OF some great floods OF tho past Reports
from along the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad at
noon stated that the water Balcony Falls had risen
l2l2 feet, and risng rapidly; at Lynchburg IA
feet and nhng. In Columbia 0he confluence of the
Rvanna and James Rivers, ffty-sey miles above
Richmond. the water was up % feet and rising eight
inches hour. At p. report could be had from
west OF Columbia as the telegraph wires were down.
Tie water that point hal rised TO - feet and was
still rlsug The track of the Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad water at several points and bridge
is reported washed away. No trains running
HARRsONBURG. Va. March 31.-The fall OF rain,
which began throughout the Vale on Friday last cul-
minated last night and this morning In the most dis
astrous flood known for years. All the tributaries TO
the Shenandoah River exceedingly high. and that
stream 1t is feared, Will sweep the owlauds along tue
banks. Ii has been rising rapidly all day The ram has
ceased.
DANvILLE. Va, March 31.-There terrible thun-
der storm here this morning. Lightning struck house
in which were five persons. The house was torn to
pieces A young man was sitting on a trunk leaning
against a window. The window shattered and the
young mans clothes from his person. but he was
not seriously About the same time electric ght
wires and OF the dyndlnOs badly Jam
AGED The storm has nov abatcd.
sTAUNfOS, Va, March 3l.-NiOleDt rain during the
mast hours caused dest Ictve floods in the
mountain districts. In localities the waters are
unprccedently high. Much damage has been done.
CHICAGO, iarcn 3l.-A heavy snow fell here TINS
morning Tho storm covers broad area and has seri-
ously inerfeIed with telegraph communication. The
storm belt extends from LeavenwOrh Kan TO Oswego.
" Y, and from Memphis. Tenn, to the Lake Superior
region. The centre of the is in Ohio, between
Toledo and Sandusky, where it is raining.