The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-09-21
THE GREAT STORM IN THE WEST.
Floods snd Freshets-e:reat Destruction Of
Railroad BridGes-Loss OF Lifc--ImBicnse
Damage 10 Property. sNc.

Floods and Freshets-s:reat Destruction Of
Railroad Briages-Loss or Lifc-Immcnse
Damage 10 Property. tNc.
CINCINNATI. sept TO- 1866.
Tie heavy rain storm still continues.
With The exception Of the Little Miami and Marietta
and Cincinnati roads every railroad leading os this
ely has been damaged 70 such extent interrupt
The running ci trains.
The Indianapolis. and Cincinnati road has los, three
bridges, but the important one, over the Great
Eami, has 80 far escaped
The Hamilton and Dayton ana Atlantic and Great
Western roads are interrupted at Elk creek.
The Dayton and Michigan road has lost three bridges
The Indiana and Central road lost three bridges
0slwceD Cambridge City and Indianapolis
The Chicago and Great Eastern road Is damaged be-
tween Richmond and Chicago, but TO what exien. Is
known. Trains withdrawn on both ends OF this
Abortion OF the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad bridge
over the Grea; Miami Is down
III the storm subs des II thought the roads will be
operation again ny 20 morrow
unprecelcnied ffesle,s are reported on M sides.
Whitewater ryer is reported seven and a half feet
higher than In 1881.
Tho great cornfelds along the bottoms OF the Big
Miami haye suffered considerably, the flood the fields
nc'lg higher than the tal'est cornstalks
The scioto river at Columbus ovcrnowei s banke
ipunda0g the whole valley west Of the river aud north
OF tho national road.
A srca. Hs8s ssailics have been driven from their
ome and compelled 10 seek shelter In second stories OF
dwellings.
despatch from Dayton says that the Miami and is
tributaries arc several inches hgher than IN the great
iood or lS45 Inc lowest part 81 Dayton Is submerged
1brce men were drowned at piqua and ono killed by
The falling t'nncrs Of bridge.
The Ohio river at this point has risen ten feet In the
last twenty four hours
CixCrSxArf Sept 20-Evening
With tho exception OF slight showers this afternoon
the rain has ceased There indications however of
more rain.
IL is estimated that twenty million bushels OF corn
have been destroyed by the frcshe in the Miami bot
tens.
The reports from the Northwest represent the nood as
general and causing an immense destruction Of pro-
perry
It win require from -four five weeks 10 repair the
OHIO and Mississippi Railroad bridge across the Big
Mani In he meantime the connection is made with
Lawrcncoburg by boats.
despatch nom Indianapolis gays tho Bellefontane
and Peru and indianapolis the only roads that have
been running trains regularly from that city. The
Jener5oEvile Railroad bridge, four miles south Of India
ncialis, washed away, and IL Is reported that the
track at Eccnsburg and Columbus, Ind IL submerged.
The Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad is badly dam.
aged -Four bridges are washed away between Indiana
polls and Richmond.
The Lafayette road ost bridge but the trains get
through BY transferring passengers.
There have been no trains over tho Cincinnati roads
since Tuesday Heavy fell last night and this
ing The prospects more favorable now, there
are Indications OF the weather clearing up
The ferfe Haute and Indianapolis road IL not so badly
damaged The regular train went out ON this road TO-
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