Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-03-29
RAGING OF
THE ELEMENTS
The Town Of Coal Greek, Tennessee, Was
Partially Flooded Last Night
by High Water.
SNOW STORM IN MISSOURI
4 Heavy Storm Prevailed Through Missouri and Kansas
Which Is Of Immense Benefit TO Winter Wheat and
TO Pasturage ge-Washuuts on
Railroad Lines


Coal Creek, In the mining district says
the town was partially flooded last
night by high waters in the creeks.
Three bridges on the railroad to the
coal mines were damaged so that
trains cannot pass. Heavy washouts
occurred on the main line of the
Knoxville and Ohio branch of the
Southern railway between Jellico and
Coal Creek, delaying all traffic.
SNOW IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS.
Kansas City, March ga heavy
snow storm has prevailed in western
Missouri and most of Kansas since
midnight. The snow falls in immense
flakes, which dissolve almost as soon
as they reach the earth. Winter wheat
and pasturage will be immensely bene-
fitted.
A PHENOMENAL RAINFALL.
Chattanooga, March ga storm
last night in this section ragged fu-
riously for short while, the rainfall
being phenomenal. almost amounting
to a cloudburst, accompanied by light
ming. Wires were blown down and
for the space Of an hour there was the
greatest anxiety. Heavy damage to
the town of Murfreesboro, Tenn. was
done by cyclone which was reported,
but telephone and telegraph wires are
down and no direct details were OBJ
tained here. The bridge on the main
l,o oF fIa Nocbxyi1In Cho to p6
st. Louis railroad at Mammotliford,
between Nashville and Tullahoma, was
washed away and no trains are oper
ating on the road today. There were
several washouts on the road.
CROPS DAMAGED.
Gadsen, Ala, March 29-The hardest
rain for years fell last night. Some
sections of the city are under water
from two to four feet this morning.
The damage to crops is very great.
WASHOUTS.
Rome, Ga, March 29.-Two washouts
were reported this morning on the At
lanta division Of the Southern railway
near Silver Greek. Great damage was
done to farms by last nights tremen-
dous rainfall.
AN UNPRECEDENTED RISE.
Kingston, Tenn, March 29.-J. c.
Cooper. the mail carrier between Har-
riman and Kingston, arrived here this
afternoon from Hartman. He states
that heavy rains yesterday afternoon
and last night caused an unprecenden-
ted rise in the Emory river, the result
of which was the almost total destruc-
ton Of the manufacturing plants loca-
ted along the river in Hartman. From
300 to 400 people, who reside In the
river section Of Hartman are without
homes, and from 80 to 40 houses at
Oakdale and Hartman were destroy
ed, being swept down the stream. The
latest reports are that the water in
the Emory river at Hartman is from
Is to 20 feet higher than ever before
known. No lives are believed to be
lost.
HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN EIGHT
ZEN YEARS.
Jellico, Tenn, March 29.-The heav-
lest rainfall here for IS years occurred
last night. Although Clear Fork river
is one mile from Jellico, the back wa
ter from the rear covers half of the
town. The people were driven from
their homes during the night, and
many houses were partially submerg-
ed 1t Is impossible today to estimate
the damage done by the flood, but 1t
aggregates thousands of dollars.