The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-03
BAD FLOODS N TIE SOUTH
TWENTY-FIVE LIVES ARE LOST.
Property Loss In Estimated at About
$S,SOO.OOO, and May Co Higher
Flooded District Covers Teunes.
see. Kentucky, Alabs ma-AlI tho
Railroads Su6er From wa.ho.t..

Nashville. Tenn, March 30.-As ad
ditional reports reach here. the enor
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. The
property loss. the railroads being the
heaviest losers. is estimated at 81 500,
600. and may go higher. Stories from
nearby points tell Of rising waters and
people being driven from their homes
with many narrow escapes from death
At McMinnville the number OF
drowned Is given as seven, at Lewis
Iurg 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. 13 miles southeast OF
here. were cut of 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-
ger.
| At Petersburg. in Lincoln county.
the public square was flooded and a
whole negro settlement WASHED away.
One man is reported drowned. Two
whole negro settlement washed away.
A report from McMinnville says a
Mrs. Blevins and three children we're
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.
cinity 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 como from various towns on the
upper river that the raging waters
have swept away q 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 Ia the Sec
ond stories.
Traiiic on the Nashville. Chattanoo
ga & st. Louis and the Louisville &
Nashville at some points has been
stopped. Much property at Mount
Pleasant. Shelbyville and Murfrees-
boro was damaged. Several hundred
People at Mount Pleasant have been
driven from their homes. Three lives
were 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 ! million
dollars.
No trains are leaving Nashville for
the south. Damage from foods on the
Louisville & Nashville and the Nash.
vile, Chattanooga 4 st. Louis rail-
roads Ii heavier than At hrst thought
and creeks and rivers In the flooded
district are rising still twenty-five
trestles and two bridges are down on
the Louisville & Nashville. while the
Nashville. Chattanooga & st. Louis
has lost nine spans out Of Ave bridges.
the structures at South Stones river,
Duck river and Buffalo going away.
Hartman. Tenn. March 30.-The
water In the Emory river has receded
to Is feet and there Is no more dan
ger here. No lives were lost, but there
were many narrow escapes. The esti-
mated property losses aggregate $780,
900.
Four bridges are washed out on the
Cincinnati Southern and two ON the
Hartman Northeastern.
As train passed over the Emory
river bridge 1t shook the north EN-.
hankment causing a great landslide.
Pineville. KY. March 30.-The re-
cent rains have put the Cumberland
river ON rampage and Plneville lie
under water. Great damage has re-
suited here and also In the upper
river country.
Fear Many Lives Are Lost.
Middiesboro. KY. March 30.-Thc
worst food since 1890 swept over east.
ern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee
Saturday night. It rained for three
DAYS and nights. swelling the Cumber.
land and Powell rivers beyond their
banks. as well a. all other streams.
and before the farmers were aware Of
the danger the food was ON them,
II 10 believed before nightfall many
deaths ~ result OF the flood will be
known. The farmers are the great. |
est sufferers and their losses viii
amount to thousands. The Middles.