, 1866-09-21
THE FLOODS.

Further Accounts OF DnmoTc nJ ane
I.nte Isnln*Sonthcrn Ohio aud 1fi-
dIann Nearly Drowned 0ut-Thc Knil-
roads at Stanl~tiil-LoSs of Life
Destruction Of Cropn-1sour Millions
Of HuHEac14 Of Corn KufAcd, &C.
Especial Despatch 10 the Chicago Tribuac.1
CINCINNATI. September %.
During tile past few days we have hare had al-
most inecssant rain. The streams orc all ont
side their banle, and higher than kpown for m1ny
Tcars. Nearly all lilo railroads leading out
Of the city have suffered great damage.
The immcnsc railroad bridge over the
Great Esuma E1.c., nine hundred fccs
long, aud owned by the Ohio s Mississippi Rail-
1oad, hts been swept entirely away. the current
ever carrying down :Ec immense Etonc piers,
which were of cold masonry, sixty feet high,
| forty foot long, AID twelve seet wide All The
railroads leading ott Of the ciIy to tho Northwest
o been damaged, and tzafns stopped. TIC
as.t trai,i, That lcayts this city for Indianapolis
and Chlcago. tor the last thirty-Eix honEs starts
Tomorrow morning, and the passengers will have
10 ne transferred oSer two gaps in 1he road.
e5 I, espE osSF ns 5SaSs d
ioT sc!eral days. in Tic Great Miami and White
water River valleys It estimated that fnlly four
rltons e baeaelf Of so hns eG Se 9ea ID
BY tlc Gocdr,. ard nearly onc-lalf Of the apple
ciop has been blown 10 The ground,
| 1Mo mcn were drowned near this city ycstc1-
day. liey drove into a creek 10 unluad sone
osat. and "ason% mcu aud horsts we're carried
III lie Il sicr,n I'm bss been general throughout South:
etn and Central ohto and southern and Central
indiana. The Ohio nircr l. coming up. and +
now hankful' and ti:ing. Weather cloudy with
'Ne;ss csSc1asA9l. sepssr1tcr eo.-1he rain storm
continues. with Inc exception o. Tho 1ittlc
irc out Of thc ct!s has been damaged to ench an
extent A. to intcr1up: the running Of trains The
indianapolis & Cincinnati Roaa los; three bridges,
lint
has 70 .ar escaped. The Hamilton : Dayton aud
tue Atlantic s Gna. Weston arr &tc1ruptet At
cs SffE iec 5as 5isee:s nsss7 Il: nSsaa sss si
Ci,y and indianapolis. The Chicago s G:sa;
caco, hut 10 wl.at extent is not known Trains
were Withdrawn en- botl, cEds Of this road yee.
,e,day. Tne Columbus. r'ana lnd,anaspoli; aa,sS i
. lie ohio i Ms:tiseippi Railroad bridge oscr thu
G,eat Mimi is down. "
,onds will lie In operation again BY Tomorrow.
Unprecedented fteshels are. repoI'sd On al
!, 5Snses shs 1ft liz s Me n
River is rcpor1ed ecven and halt fct higher thai
q H. 1e41.
e IN the corn fields being htshc: than the :1llrs
eorns1alks. Scores Of miles Of fences .ase bee'
$ The Seio.c. nj Columbus, ovcraewed iss baass
nun5atinE .he wiosc valley wcss OF tho 11vct au
iire Iayc brcu driven from tt.tr homes, or CON
pe1led to seek shelter In the second stories Q
c :ec:r dwcll'nEt.
I, despatch from Dation sars nc Miami ana y
tIenta7ct ale fcfe!aI ineEse htsGct tEan ~ ~
The lowest psH OF layton Is snomcEgsd. n
f. village o. Mcfne:sonsiHe, scos4 .ne river iso.
- baS!on, y ten Yet nnocf WnsSs. Enotmoas say
7ES has Eetn cone IN !hat Sa!c 70 INC corn neld
n Iit1cd by the falling tienbcrs ofthc bfdSc.
Ite ohio hi'er hers mss Ffscn Ten feet IN the Ia
'"Sa!5aruI Sn;.o,,,o ~ WITH tho c-oc,,,c
of s1icif nInWrrs fhc rnin has ceased Tbrre a
!: iudicstious hnwescE OF more rain !: IL estiEn
ted thai ee, C0t bus hcls ol corn hare been Dc
~ t1oyc1 q tne itSsEc 1n nc Mla.a. oonof1s. 81