The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-04-03
bad FLOODS N THE SUUIA
TWENTY-FIVE LIVES ARE LOST
Property Loss Is Estimated at About
<s.3OO.OOO, and May Go Higher
Flooded District Cover. T~nnes-
see. Kentucky, Alnbamn-AIl the
Railroad. suffer From waxhout..

!, nifty Of the floods in middle Tennessee
continue to grow. 1t is known that 2
, lives have been lost, while the fate o
; three others is yet uncertain Thu
property loss. the railroads being tn,
heaviest losers. is estimated at So 500,
goo. and may go higher. Stories from
nearby points tell of rising waters anC
people being driven from their homes
, with many narrow escapes from death
; At McMinnville the number OF
drowned is given as seven, at Lewis
burg four. at Pulaski ten, at Mount
Pleasant one and at Hartman three
In most instances the victims were
negroes or laborers and their names
are not given. Three men in the Har-
mitage district. IS miles southeast of
here. were cut off by rising waters of
the Cumberland and the last heard OF
them they were in the top OF a tree
with the water almost over them. An
attempted rescue resulted in an over
/ turned boat. the two occupants OF
which came near losing their lives.
Details from outside points are mea-
I ger.
I At Petersburg. in Lincoln county
the public square was flooded and
whole negro settlement WASHED away.
One man is reported drowned. Two
whole negro settlement washed away
A report from McMinnville says
Mrs. Blevins and three children were
drowned in Charles creek. Their
home was swept over the dam.
Henry Maxwell lost his life in at
tempting to escape from Faulkner's
mill.
The damage at McMinnville and vi
entity is estimated at 100000
Cumberland, Elk and Dutch rivers
and their tributaries rose rapidly. the
rise at Nashville in "a hours being %
feet. This river is still rising and re
ports come from various towns on the
upper river that the raging waters
have swept away a number OF houses.
The streams between Murfreesboro
and Bell Buckle. Tenn. advanced so
fast that the occupants OF many homes
were obliged to seek safety In the sec
ond stories.
Traffic on the Nashville. Chattanoo- /
ga & st. Louis and the Louisville & |
Nashville at some points has been 4
stopped. Much property at Mount /
Pleasant, Shelbyville and Murfrees
boro was damaged. Several hundred 1
People at Mount Pleasant have been
driven from their homes. Three lives 1
we're lost near Pulaski. The home Of
John Cole collapsed in the food and
Mrs. Cole and two young children
were drowned.
The damage at Murfreesboro and
other portions of Dukerford county is
estimated to have been half a million
dollars.
No trains are leaving Nashville for
the south. Damage from floods on the
Louisville C Nashville and the Nash
vile. Chattanooga & st. Louis rail-
roads Is heavier than at first thought
and creeks and rivers in the flooded
district are rising still twenty-five
lrestles and two bridges are down on
the Louisville & Nashville, while the
Nashville. Chattanooga & st. Louis <,
las lost nine spans out Of FIVE bridges .
he structures at South Stones river.
Duck river and Buffalo going away.
Hartman. Tenn, March 30.-The
water in the Emory river has receded
@ 25 feet and there Is no more dan
ger here. No lives were lost, but there
we're many narrow escapes. The esti-
mated property losses aggregate s132.-
100.
Four bridges are washed ont on the
,incinnati Southern and two on the =
hartman Northeastern.
AS a train passed over the Emory /.
iver bridge it shook the north en-
causing a great landslide.
Pineville. KY. March 30.-The re-
ent rains have put the Cumberland
iver on a rampage and Pineville is
nder water. Great damage has re
1lted here and also in the upper
ver country. n
Fear Many Lives Are Lost.
Middlesboro. KY, March 30.--The ei
orst food since 1890 swept over east
N Kentucky and eastern Tennessee
aturday night. 1t rained for three -
avs and nights. swelling the Cumber 9
nd and Powell rivers beyond their -
inks. as well as all other streams
Id before the farmers were aware Of =
e danger the flood was on them.
1t Is believed before nightfall many :.
'aths as a result Of the flood will be
lOWn Tho farrnera arc tho great.
I sufferers and their losses will
mount to thousands. The Middles. la
no valley was inundated. in
Mingo Hollow Is devastated, railroad "a
estles and bridges being washed We
ray. Ios
Tenn, March 90 ed
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