Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-05
The Rain Storm In the West-Resumps
tiGn of Railway Travel-A Portion Of
Dayton submerged.

CINCINNATI, Sept 20-With the excep-
ton of slight showers, this afternoon,
the rain has ceased. There
are indications, however, of more rain. II
is estimated that twenty million bushels OF
corn have been destroyed by the freshet IN
the Miami bottoms.
Reports from the northwest represent the
food as general, with immense destruction
of property. 1t viii require four or FIVE
weeks to repair the Ohio and Mississippi
bridge across the big Miami Ia the mean
time connection is made with LaErencebug
by boats.
A dispatch firm indianapolis says The
BelIefontajne. and Reno and Indianapolis are
| the only roads that have been running trains
regularly from that city. The Jefferson
vile railroad bridge, four miles south of In
dianapolis, is washed away, and it Is report
ed that the track at Edinburg and Columbus
| Indiana, is submerged The Columbus and
and Indianapolis road is badly damaged.
-Four bridges are washed away between
| indianapolis and Richmond. The Terre
Haute and Indianapolis road is not so badly
| damaged. The regular st. Louis train went
| ont on this road to-day The Lafayette road
lost one bridge, but trains go. through hy
| transferring passengers. There have been
no trains over the Cincinnati road since
Tuesday. Heavy rains fell fast last night
| and this morning. The prospects are more
| favorable now, with indications of clearing
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 20.-The corn crop
| in the low lands along the rivers and streams
| in this section is greatly damaged by the
food. Trains on all railroads entering here
| will run regularly tomorrow, except the In
! diana Central and Louisville Both the
latter suffered severely, and it will be sever
| al days before communication will be fully
established The weather is clearing up
| CINCINNATI, Sept 2l.--Railroad eommu-
nication is somewhat improving, All trains
| on the Little Miami came in on time this
morning. The Marietta and Cincinnati
roads also in running order. The Ulnein-
natt, Hamilton and Dayton, aud Atlantic
and Great Western, are in operation 10
Hamilton, several hundred feet of embank-
ment being washed away at that place.
The Ohio river here is nbout twenty-eight
feet and still rising.
| A dispatch from Dayton says that at i've
O. clock, on Wednesday, the canal bank broke
at the mouth of Mad river, the water sweep
ing away frame houses, shops, great piles
of lumber, and other property. The water
rushed through St. Clair, Jefferson and
4 Ludlow streets, snbmerging part of tie main
business portion Of the town, and reaching
the first floors of fmanv dwellings and stores.
The back water eneroaehed on the southern
part of the city, and at midnight, on We'd
nesday, the greater portion was under water
in some places four feet deep. The whole
country in the neighborhood has been deyas--
tated. The loss of standing corn, fences and
stores enormous. There is no railroad con-
nccted anywhere from DaytonexeeI't hy the
/ Little Miami route via Aenia.
r The Louisville Democrat Of yesterday says
4 The rain on Tuesday night poured down II
Q perfect volumes, and the whole cltg wa
r thoroughly submerged, causing great dam
3 age to the city. Telegraph communication
: has been considerably Interrupted, but con
4 nections ara maintaiD ad with. the prInslp
9 | points Of the countr