| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| January 19, 1861 |
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| Railroad Travel |
| The railroads south of us are
mostly ??? by the heavy rains. The Mississippi & Tennessee road,
we learn from superintendent Hough, has escaped. The {Memphis
&} Charleston road has suffered severely. The train on that
road, due yesterday at one o'clock, came in at half past seven. It
appears that on Flint creek, six miles beyond Huntsville the bridge is
much damaged. There is also a bridge nearly destroyed at Limestone
creek. Here the passengers have to leave the cars and walk over the
bridge, the baggage being carried over, causing great delay, There is
a bad break on the Nashville & Decatur road, five miles above
Decatur. In the whole distance from Chattanooga to Augusta not a
stream was within its banks. There is a break on the Mississippi
Central railroad at Grenada. All the streams on this road are high.
The Tallahatchie river has risen very rapidly. The bridge over it was
expected to be carried away, making the road impassible. Between
Canton and New Orleans {New Orleans, Jackson
& Great Northern RR}, it is feared the damage is very
serious. |
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