Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31
FLOODS CONTINUE IN SOUTH
Devastated Area Expands and Loss Reaches
Four Million Dollars.
TWENTY-FIVE DEATHS ARE REPORTED
Rivera Rush from Their Channels,
Sweeping Houses and Crops Before
Them and Creating scenes
of Great Distress.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 30.-Reports
from the flooded districts of Tennessee en-
phasize the gravity of the situation. The
damage resulting, it is believed will r ach
81, ,OO0, 900. while twenty-five lives are known
to be lost
Several counties certain to have suffered
heavily are yet cut of from communication
| and the loss in property and life may go
higher than these figures. The Louisville
& Nashville railroad is running a few trains
| from here to Lynnville eighteen miles
south, while the Nashville, Chattanooga a
Tennessee has only succeeded in getting
through to Murfreesboro Neither line can
resume regular traffic before Tuesday. The
section visited nv the flood embraces one
OF the richest portions of the state and
damage to farm lands is a serious item.
1t includes counties lying between the
mountains on the east and the Tennessee
river on the west, and between the Cum
berland river and the Alabama line.
Old Landmarks Destroyed.
Stone fences that have stood the storms
of forty years we're washed away in many
of the well known riverside farms of Lin
coin county and crops destroyed. Thou
sands Of logs are reported adrift in the
Cumberland. which stream at O'Clock this
afternoon was rising at the rate of six
inches an hour.
The bridge of the Nashville G. Knoxville
railroad at Lancaster, a 3OO-foot span, said
to have cost 100000, went down Saturday
night
1t was predicted at Carthage that the
Cumberland would go beyond the foodtide
OF 1882, II such be the case the work of
| doe atrt,n inn fo nat l.
communication with Linden, in Perry
! county. or with Lynchburg, in Moore
! county. but both sections are believed to
be seriously damaged. From figures avail
able the following fatalities are given:
Dead.
At Pulaski
HOUSTON CONNOR.
SARAH PHILLIPS.
JOHN COLE, WIFE AND THREE CHILL
DREN.
- SLICK, WIFE AND THREE CHILL
DREN.
! All colored.
A NEGRO BABY.
At Lewisburg:
| ANNA ROBINSON.
TWO CHILDREN OF JOE MCCLELLAN.
All colored.
At Murfreesboro:
- WILLIAMS, a girl, colored.
At McMinnvlle:
MRS. BLEvIN AND THREE CHILDREN.
HENRY MADEWELL.
| At Hartman:
TWO UNIDENTIFIED.
After a perilous night in the top Of
tree In the HERMITAGE district, three men
we're rescued at an early hour this Morn
| ing.
Loss I'm other Sections.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, March 30.-Loss by
| the flood which swept Emory valley Satur-
day may reach nearly 81 900 900 in Roane
and Morgan counties when the full story is
known. At Hartman the loss will be be-
tween $55.000 and S125000 At Oakdale the
loss is not more than $4,000 but it is on
the farms along the Emory river where the
greatest damage. IT is feared has been
done.
| The flooded section of Hartman presented
ia desolate appearance today. Marks of the
flood are plainly to be seen and the whole
country presents a devastated appearance.
The city lighting plant cannot be operated
| for week or more. The majority OF the
homeless are sheltered in the Woman's
American Temperance university.
| MEMPHIS. March 30.-Advices from the
] flooded district In Tennessee are that the
! floods are receding and that the worst is
over.
The damage to railroads. farms and other
property will foot up an enormous sum- II
is reported that many negroes lost their
lives. but the exact number cannot be given
at present
Meridian, In the eastern part of the
state, has had no railroad communication
for several davs Railroad traffic continues
psralyzed in that section.
Traffic stiII Suspended.
! CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, March SO.-Traf-
! fc is still suspended between this city and
Nashville owing to washouts by floods.
Trains will likely not resume running be-
tween here and Nashville on the Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis railway before
| Wednesday. Traffic is also tied up on the
Memphis division OF the Southern railway
out of Chattanooga, but trains will be NOV
ing by Tuesday. Trains are running now
regularly on the Cincinnati Southern and
the Alabama Great Southern.
| great amount of lumber and logs is
floating down the Tennessee river. Thou
sands OF dollars will be lost from this
source alone.
| MURFREESBORO, Tenn, March 30.-In
the Eighteenth district of Rutherford county
II is believed that Will Adams, a farmer
his wife and five children have perlshed In
the flood, which has done great damage in
the eastern portion OF that county. Satur-
day night neighbors heard Adams calling for
help, which they were powerless to give,
and this is all that has been heard from
Adams and his family since.
Worst Disaster of the Kind.
TULLAHoMA, Tenn, March 3O.-As the
details slowly come in from the surround
ing country Friday evenings storms proved
to have been the most disastrous that ever
visited this section. Several lives we're
lost and the loss OF property will amount
to thousands of dollars. On the main line
OF the Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
railroad, between Cortner Station and
Wartrace. the Duck river bridge, the Lit