Terrible Freshet in Tennessee.
The Chattanooga Union of March 9 and 10, 1867, says:—Time and space would fail us were we to attempt to give an accurate description of the unprecedented freshet in the Tennessee which still continues. The waters have already passed the highest mark of any previous flood of which the oldest inhabitant has any recollection. The people in the surrounding country have been obliged to take to the hills and knolls near their homes. Many of them have no means of escaping from the raging floods, and unless rescued by some more fortunate neighbor, we fear some of them will perish. 189Sunday, the 10th. We have no heart this morning to dwell at length upon the terrible calamity which has befallen the citizens of Chattanooga and surrounding country. For miles and miles the land is hidden, only a few of the higher points of hills being above the water. Chattanooga to-night, Saturday, March 9, 1867, there is from four to eight feet of water on all the streets. The losses of our merchants, business men and citizens cannot be estimated, and we fear the injury to the future prospects of the place can never be estimated. Such a flood has never been known or heard of by any one in this section.