Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-02
TEARING THROUGH rENNEssEE
a. Feet Above Low Water at Chatta-
AOOga aud Stiu Rising.

a. Feet Above Low Water at Chatta-
aOOga aud stiI Rising.
CHATTANOOGA, April 1.-The Tennes-
see river is now A feet above low water,
and is rising inches an hour. The fall
will not commence before morning. No
trains are moving.
4S% FEET ON THE GAUGE.
Tonight at 8 O'Clock the Tennessee
river at this point marked As teet 6 inches
on the gauge, and was rising at the rate
of two inches per hour. Advices from
above justify the prediction that the tide
Will exceed 80 feet here. 1t Will reach
its climax tomorrow. No actual DAMAGE
has yet occurred here, but several hundred
families have been forced to move from
the low lands. The water has reached
no business property yet, and
1t is not thought any stores
will be flooded. The greatest in
convenience is from the total stopping of
trains. Only one train has entered the
city since Monday night. that being a train
on the Cincinnati Southern railroad,
which managed to get through. 1t was
4S hours on the road, and brought 200 pas
sengers, many of whom were on the road
since Monday. 1t is not thought that any
train Will leave or enter the city before
Sunday.
THE HIAWASsE BEATS ITS RECORD.
A special from Charleston says the
HiaWasse was three inches higher than
was ever before known. 1t is now falling.
Great damage was done throughout that
section.
A special from Gadsden says that the
enure country has been devastated bv
floods, and that that county alone will be
a sufferer for many thousand dollars. The
freshet this city is now experiencing is
due to the most extraordinary fall Of rain
ever known here. All the mills in the
city except two or three were closed
down to-day.
GADSDEN's DEVASTATION.
A special from Gadsden reports the
Coosa river higher than for many wears,
the food in places extending out for miles.
The water is in the engine-rOom of the
COosa furnace. Houses, RATS, furniture
and all kinds of effects are constantly
passing down the stream. Sawmills have
been washed away The river continues
to rise. Gadsden has suffered terrible de-
structOn aud loss Of property. Large
warehouses are about to float away.
There is no railroad communication. A
few minutes after the receipt OF the above
dispatch the telegraph lines broke, and
communication with Gadsden is now cut
of.
STILL RISING.
CHATTANOOGA, April ,, / A. NJ. The
river continues Co rise two inches an hour,
1t Is nOg at sreater height than at any
time since 1879. The suburbs are mum
dated, and large factories have SUSPENDED
operations. The water covers the Fifth
ward, and several hundred houses there
are ir water from one to ten feet deep.
All the homeless have been provided for.
and there has been little loss OF household
property ana no serious accidents. The
water completely surrounds the city,
reaching the Otleo furnace, Fort Wood
and Park place on the east southern
boundary. is a short distance along Mont
gOmery avenue near The stanton house,
along Market street to the Alabama
Great Southern tracks and thence about
direct line to East Terrace halt, and on
the west and north the river sweeps along
the base of the Mills. and is far across tho
fiat on the Ot1er SIDE. The business por-
tion Of The city IS not affected, and its not
probable that the river will rise nigh
enough TO reach it. Atl0o'clOck tonight
dispatches from points above report the
river falling AT Knoxville, L0udOn,
Athens and Charleston, aud stationary at
lockwood
Dayton. Tenn, is under seven feet of
water, and the damage Is great Chatta-
nOOga has ms yet suffered no alarming
damage. Millions Of feet OF lumber IN
RATS ana along the bank Of the river, and
barges NJ grain, are sum secure. aud il rs
hoped they will an be saved. The rail-
roads are about five feet under water at
Boyce, and about the same at Wauhatchie.
No trains are running.
THE CUMBERLAND's RISE.
NASHVILLE, Apri. The Cumberland
river is rising an inch per hOur here. Al
noon n was fuur inches above the Danger
line. 10 will rise slowly till tomorrow.
Reports from up the river tell OF great
damage to farms.