Middlesboro, Kentucky Flood
March 1902
EASTERN KENTUCKY FLOODED.
People Forced to Flee for Their Lives--Two Are
Drowned.
Middlesboro, Ky., March 29.--The worst flood
since 1890 swept over eastern Kentucky and east
Tennessee last night. It rained for three days
and nights, swelling the Cumberland and Powell
rivers beyond their banks as well as all other
streams and before the farmers were aware of the
danger the flood was on them. Many were
compelled to flee for their lives. Every store
in the city excepting three has from 3 to 15
inches of water on their floors.
“Over the Rhine,” peopled by negroes and poor
whites, was flooded and denizens were compelled
to flee at midnight. Mingo Hollow is devastated;
railroad trestles and bridges were washed away.
TOM and WILL WARREN,
aged 12 and 15, respectively, were drowned near
Newburn in the flood which swept down the Powell
valley. Warren’s
house was wrecked and he escaped with his wife
by swimming. The damage in that section is
estimated at over $5,000. The loss to
Middlesboro merchants is greater than at first
believed, it being $1,500. It will take $____
[illegible] for this city to replace her
bridges.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 30
Mar 1902
Transcribed by Audrey. Thank you,
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