Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-25
RECENT STORMS.
Great Storm and Freshet Along the
Parkersburg (ya9 Railroad = The
Bridge at CIarksburS Swept Away.


Great Storm and Freshet Along ii
Parkersburg (va.) Railroad - HI
Bridge at CIarksburs Swept Away.
Last week the section of county adjoil
ing the railroad in Richie, Doddridg
and Harrison counties, West Virgins
was visited by fearful rainstorm, ovel
flowing the banks of all the streams
washing away fences, and doing larg
amount of damage to the crops. Tn
Clarksburg Telegraph thus gives tn
particulars
eve noticed number of corn field
that were entirely destroyed, togethe
with several fine meadows, which ha,
promised few hours previous an abund
ant yield of grass. We passed through
the section visited by the storm OIL
Wednesday afternoon, and observed thu
household effects ofseveral families pilet
up on the hillsides. Streams which or
Tuesday afternoon were almost dry rost
in few hours as high as twenty feet
and water coming with a perfect
rush, carrying everything before it
At Greenland Station a culvert was
washed away and the road damaged
to considerable extent. At
| West Union the railroad bridge was
damaged pretty severely by drift lodging
against the pier, which forced it from its
position, breaking some Of the braces,
etc, but not injuring it sufficiently to
prevent the crossing of the cars. The
railroad bridge across the West Fork river
at this place was entirely demolished,
nothing remaining but few shattered
pieces Of timber. The destruction Of this
bridge will interfere very materially with
travel on the Branch road, but we hope
that the company will be able to replace
it in short time. At this time we are
unable to make any estimate of the
amount of damage done by this storm,
as we have no means of hearing from the
back country, but at any rate the dam
age done to the railroad and those living
along it will amount to several thousand
dollars"
The storm which caused such havoc in
the vicinity OF Lexington, Mo-, on the
18th inst, is said to have been the seVerest
ever known in that section. A gentle
man direct from Lexington furnishes the
st. Louis papers with the following pars
ticulars
"There was deluging rain, accom>
panied by high wind amounting to
tornado, which commenced about two
M, and lasted half an hour. The crops,
fruit trees, and fences in the northeast
part Of Layfayet county were damaged
more than in other parts Of the county.
Some fifteen buildings in Lexington were
unroofed or otherwise damaged by the
gale. Among those damaged the worst
were Triviso's drug store, Mrs. POme-
roy's dwelling On South street, and the
store belonging to her, in the upper part
of which is published the Caucasian, the
Presbyterian Church, Masonic College,
Arcana Hotel, which were unroofed.
Stramke's three warehouses were un,
rooted and portion of the walls blown
in. The roof was carried away of Mr..
Cowly's residence. Ben RusselPs house
was unroofed. A portion of the roof of
the Elizabeth Aull Seminary was blown
away. Saunders's daguerrean gallery
was damaged, and piece Of timber was
borne by the wind and driven into Mr..
John Ryland's house, breaking the arm
of Mrs. Juliette Finley. All the saw
mills on the river were Unroofed aud had
their chimneys blow down. Many Of
the shade and fruit trees were blow
down. The ravages of the storm were
confined to belt the southern border Of
which did not extend but half a mile
south OF Lexington. In Ray county the
damage done to the crops and fruit trees
is estimated at $4,000. The Christian
and Methodist Churches, at Richmond,
were unroOfed, and the courthouse also
unroOfed and portion Of the walls blown
down.
THE GREAT STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The Pittsburg Commercial of July II,
gives the particulars of the effects of the
great storm of Friday last in that section:
"ln LawrenceVille and other places up
the Allegheny river, the effects of the
gale were plainly visible. A portion Of
the roof of Mckim's distillery on Thirtys
eighth street, was blown off ald the
buildings damaged to the amount of $500
to SiOO. Trees were torn up by the
roots, and bricks from some of the chims
neys in the vicinity were sent flying for
several squares, although fortunately no
person was seriously injured. For sev~
eral miles up the Allegheny the effects of
the tornado wero indiscribable. la the
vicinity of Hammond station, twelve
miles out on the Western Pennsylvania
railroad, fences were blown down, trees
torn up by the roots, and shocks Ofwheat
scattered about the fields in every direc-
ton. The roof Of the new bath house
near the foot of Eighth street was blown
oil, and one of the tugboats near by was
lOOsened from its mOOring and blown
several squares up the river, but fortu-
nately no serious damage was done. The
sign of Schmidt & Friday, wholesale liz,
uOr merchants, on Penn street near Canal,
was blown down and shattered to splins
terS. Two men who were walking by
saw the sign coming down and dodg ed,
the sign falling between them, but fOrS
tunately injuring neither. On Centre
avenue and in the upper portions Of the
city a number Of chimneys were blown
down and limbs of trees broken of, but
fortunately no persons were serio usly
injured"