New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-04-02
FLOOD BAD n)RK.'
High Water in Tennessee Causes
Loss Of Twenty-Five Lives.
Dam AGE MAY REACH s., 100000.
Several Churches In Pennsylyania
Unroofed During Services, and
q Number of Worshipers
Badly Hurt.

Ssa NASHVILLE, Ienn., March 3l.-RepOrtS
from the flooded districts Of Tennessee
emphasize the gravity Of the situation.
The damage resulting, it is believed,
will reach 81 ,000, 600, while % lives are
known to be lost. Several counties GER
tain to have suffered heavily are yet
cut off communi cation, and the
loss in property and life maygoh higher
than these figures. The Louisville &
Nashville railroad is. running few
trains from here to Lynnville , Is miles
south of Columb ia, while the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis has only sue
ceeded in getting through to Murfrees-
boro. Neither line can resume regular
traffic before Tuesday. AT Pulaski IL
lives were lost; at McMinnville, s; at
Lewisburg, 8; at Hartman, 2; at MUIR
freesboro, J..
n Crops Destroyed. z5
The section visited by the flood en-
braces one of the richest portions of
the state and damage to farm lands is
a serious item. Itincludes counties w.
ing between the mountains on the east
and between the Cumberland river and
the Alabama line. Stone fences that
have stood the storms Of 40 years were
washed away in many of the we'll
known riverside farms of Lincoln coun-
ty and crops destroyed. Thousands Of
logs are reported adrift in the upper
Cumberland. The bridge Of the Nash
vile & Knoxville railroad at Lancas-
ter, a 300-footz span, said to have cost
$500, 900. went down Saturday night. Tt
was predicted at Carthage that the
Cumberland would go beyond the flood
tide of 1882. If such be the case the
work of destruction is not yet over.
There is no communication with Lin
den, in Perry county, or with Lynch
burg, in Moore, h!t both sections are
believed to be seriously dana ged. .f
The loss by the flood which swept
Emory valley Saturday may reach
nearly $1.000,Oo0 in Roane and Nor
gan counties when the full story is
known. At Hartman the loss will
be between $55,0O0 and $125,OOO. At
Oal1dale the loss isssnot more than
: $4,000, but it is on the farms along
the Emory river where the greatest
damage, it is feared. has been done.
H. = Town Destroyed. Ss#
Chattanooga, Tenn, March 31.-A
special to the News from Hartman,
Tenn, says: Hartman was de-
stroyed by the flood, on account of
the overflow of the Emery river.
The damage is estimated at $780,
600. 1t is reported that two lives
were lost and many more are sup
posed to have been drowned. 1t is es-
timated that from 40 to so houses at
Oakdale and Hartman were washed
away. The tunnel at Junction, on
the CINCINNATI Southern railway,
fell in. The plant of the Vessel
Lumber company was destroyed,
the Hoe and Tool company was bad
ly damaged, the planning mill is
wrecked and the tannery suffered
heavily. The floating lumber, houses
and debris knocked down part OF
the bridge and washed it away. The
loss to Hartman is terrible. 8
Warnings Issued. ~
Washington, March >31.-A special
forecast by the weather bureau says:
Flood warnings have been issued fol
the Cumberland river and frost warn
ings for Texas, Louisiana, Mississip
|.pi, Alabama, northwestern Georgia
Tennessee and Kentucky. ~.