, 1869-07-17
FLOODS.
In IIlinoiG, Iop'zl and Wisconsin.

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From. lie Et.sraa County Republican, Judy Is
Ono Of tht Aegerest rain storms We have expert
enced this season, passed over this region Of coun
uJ On Monday hight Ihe Btolm commenced
about 70 n'eloek aud listed two hoats, during
msss ,hs e e
cls At Intervals, ever since. The creeks we're on
A bender !" yesterday, and Ho understand sere.sl
bridges bare been washed AFaI- From tue aP
seen u Il the rain had come down Ii suaa1l
1lye1+1or tn nauJ plsnes Esviues &c formed from
aEe 70 ten feet Htde, q Y seooped eus with soma
mite Of t1atk on the Rock Istxnd Road, between
6hen1td and dAtne1Ai;Eag Hakhed a1ay, and much
- 1x s aeadgsas ~ ID sseiadestsr; ~ *
poiieea isass 4 Esa Is Dos d bzssIs % ss I'D tas
would come IN this direction Although the night
wB daIk and cloudy, tue almost tucess2nt daahes
Of lightning completely Illuminated the AZ. and
was noticed hat lie xina began to veer to iae
northwest and drore the etofm Ia this direction.
About 70 o'eloek i burst upon .is IN u rs rasy
In so tne aeen1a 'sensiaaous 1..ses q usasaias:
19s & sief n q "a
v1Tfdly Of similar storing We bare Witnessed ID the
Gulf 6tatea- The rain continued to fall IN torrents
frequent showers ii ~ Iuesdsv, several largo
showtIa falling In The Fielnity Of MsgsVfIe. n
the morning The South Henderson vas pouring
the dimensions Of broad Hrer, and continued to
rue until night When tna water receded, aud It
the time q writing {Hednesday morning, has
fallen three or four feet When he ;raser
tne salesy Of NeDonaldb dan+ which was
built list sumner u an expense Of several
making breach through the 1eyee to the south OF
tic dam, through which It poured a perfect hood,
otherNke 1t would, doubtless hHye been swept
dosied down iSe stream, during lie aiie1aoon,
and that rome Of 1t lodged in the cul7ert where
the railroad trAck cro&ses Tom Greek, completely
blocking op The stream, aud causing II 70 over
dow the track. The csopa IN this ricinlty are
completely ruined, the spring wheat and oats ara
lytng nat, nnd winter wheat and TIE r..;,.;. nj
which bas been cut, and shockec:, tu1 il IL las moi
a!rte.;, commence gproutlng, especially II It does
nnder o 9ser and T e nssfy nos anss
ruined. 1t Is reported that ali the bridges aerost
Tom Greek bnyt been Bashed SWAY. but We nays
been unable to Learn of Any damage being done t.
IOWA
From the Burlington Hdrttgk Julyla
Reports from nil quarters Indicate that the rat
on Tuesday was the heaviest ever known In thi
e sefg high. Fit Creek wss higher 1naa i b.. aai
been known, with one exception, t1 etghtee1
yeass: One Of the pieces Of the bridge over It OF
The Wapc11o yosd Has nearly washed awas, ant
the bridge 70 thrown out OF placs that II Ia NJ
Longer Parable. Ysilow Spring. branch was alaa
very high, and ne hezr that the brtdga over 1t
paired 70 as NOT 70 be At for use. The skunl
lt!yer was 80 high that the ferry on the Madison
road could not % reached, and there has been No
mai troHl that direction for two daEa- The same
report OF high streams reaches from every dtrec-
uau-
From ne Eeotuk Gate citz, July is
The liver IN thifty hours, ep to $50 yesterday
rising. Tieep drift wood. ralis and the like, arc
borne down by The nood. showing Eapd sud hugh
water aooFe. The dixie on the othet s,de Is M
about and beyond 1t ts hood The rain has now
become almost constant. There has been nothing
y e1tent and duration IL the nood l!De uke tt
experience In navigation, and begun now.
From tie Des Notnes Re9tster, .j4t, 10
The dashtng showers Of the last fer days have
raised the streams along the Dea Aolues Valley to
road, Several nr1dees have been washed out, aud
Others undermined and p1aced In IN unsafe con-
dtion. The nrst bridge below O1katooss, on the
sna tr Sefx Sd9 n sE r. b.7s
same fate. The Tuesday morning train only
reached Utkaloosa, Nhen It had to back np to
Pena. turn tho engine and come back . Ibis c!ty.
morning, and the company ia making every en-
d. asor TO repair damages a. fast as possible The
losses sustained By this rreshet vi: not fall short
ated In the Ion lands Is reported 70 b imueuse--
fence. being swept Away. crops washed out and
broken down, and sad havoc played generally.
WISCONSIN.
From the Tt71sota cyahty Cssssor, July II.
Last Tuesday night BeSeIe storm Of rnla railed
e1teut thsf Ill the dams on the river were washed
out and other damage WAS done. In MI Amounting,
probably, 70 not less than $1,000. Tho storm
which did the damage WIS Visible from here, but
din mt arorl Us eyen enough water to isT the
dust fatr1Y~ Il see1ns to hxrc swept around the
ridges, beginning At the head~aters OF tbs Ea-
Crosse Riser, and ctrcIinR aruund to the r!dae
abore The head~atcss Of the kIeEapoo; aud
here the Nater seemed fo have come
@ @uea ns - se' fWo feet Of Wa water ''eo On tie hch
ground II not being abls to ran down fxat As Is
fell Nr. Alderman, lls1pg On the East FORK OF the
West k1cfspeo, tells ts that there was d u much
rain ut hts place. and he did not expect TO the
a',a1e, and N about I'VE minutes the creek Gaust
have risen eight feet, coming up almost like
stream Where dam had burst And, indeed,
there vas some similarity, on accoant Of the trees
A. long rs these teststed. tbe watcE came
which carried al before t. The nrst dan
20 60 out EaA DiIon's hboVe Bfoomingdhle.
Thence gathering solun,e a. every btofen dam,
Enochsons dam at Aya,anch. 6nIders, dfosest,
Feavy ! aDl others Lelow. The whole bottom Was
noodesi, Iepeea we're washed array. buildings
moved and turned hround, the ErsRs Wal washed
lat TO the ground, and good deal al lumber from
Lbe mills was carried down the stream. The high
wnser did not last more than few hour4. BY
nornlng: The r.ver, though higher than mual, had
as'cd, II wns the highest Mate7 ever known on
lie nrer.