South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-07-11
Terrific Storms in the West.

AT Port Washington, OHIO, on Friday
last, about seventy miles east Of Columbus,
a severe storm of wind and rain occurred,
uprootiny frees aud unroofing houses. Al
Ceutreville, Ohio, near Xenis, great mum
bers of telegraph poles have been splinter
ed by tightening. At Washington, lad -,
the storm was exceedingly fierce. Spears
of we'll grown wheat were scattered wildly
IN every direction and carried many feet
into the air At Columbus the storm was
very severe and destructive. The general
prostra,ion of telegraph poles is without
parallel 10 the history of the telegraph COM
pany. An unusually large number were
sh;vered to pieces by lightning aud totally
destroyed while many others were partially
destroyed aud many Frustrated by wind.
DELUGE IN THE sCIoTA Valley
a dispatch from Circleville, Ohio, Ss.-
urday, says: The Sci,ta river has over
flowed the extensive broom-corn fields in
this vicinity, irretrievably running from
hive hundred to q thousand acres Of broom
corn. The corn is hst,eued down md dirt
washed upon 1t, so that much Of il cannot
rise. The streams are so high that the
roads are impossible between here and
Columbus. M trains have arrived from
the East since Thursday.
LIVES LOST IN WISCONSIN,
MILWAUKEE, July -DIring a lorna
do yesterday at Green Lake, near Ripon,
Wisconsin, the yacht II. b. Harshaw was
caps'zad, and the following of a party Of
twenty persons who were on board were
lost; Mrs. a. II. Carmau, of hartford
Mrs. VI. q. Russell and daughter, of Ber-
lin; Jennie OiyO, of Oar ford Mrs. Geo
L. Harding, aud child of Rev. Mr.. Allen,
of Dartfori. a row. boat also capsized and
the occupants, VIM Buxheim, wife and
child, and Mrs. Jacob Bccid, cf DIrtford
were all drowned
Along the nothern railroads the IN mage
TO the crops Is very great.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
a p'cial from Athens, Ohio, reports i'm
mcnse damage to crops in that vicinity by
The recent storm. The salt works of 10.
seph HerreIl were damaged $4,000, and
other saltworks were also damaged. Reports
from all Quarters represent great damage
done to crops, orchards aud forests.
Advices from Maysvillc, Kentucky, state
that severe storm. visited that section on
Friday, unroofpg buildings, uproo,ing
trees, blowing oil chinneys and doing great
damage to the crops.
The Hooking Valley, Ohio, is inundated,
the waicr being higher than was ever known
before. Six miles Of the canal are gene
between Athcus and Saline.
The damage to the crops amounts to o.
ger 81 100000 and the salt works aud o.
Their commercial Interests are suffering
greatly.
A special dispatch from Hannibal, re-
ceiysd in ST. Louis, says the scvcrest storm
that ever visited that section broke over
Hannibal Friday night Two or three
houses were blown down aud several were
unroofsd. y large number Of trees were
uproosed, and much damage was done to
fences and other property.
The Lnfca Accounfs .from he Vest.
ST.. LOUIS, July 6.-Accounts have com
menced arriving giving some details OF the
late storm in the West. In the vicinity Of
Des MuiDes, Iowa, the country was delu-
god aud the wheat and oat crops badly in
jurcd. Along the line of the Rock I.land
railroad The hail storm did great damage
\ farm house near Stewart Station was
blown to pieces, aud another oEo near by
was blown down. Five persons were Sc
iipuNfy JuItu. hl AlcSiDuIld, NO sew
cral houses were blown down. The rail
road bridge across the Des Moins river was
also destroyed.
Great damage was done in Hancock coun.
ty, Illinois. Barns and farm houses were
blown down and two children killed Al
Augusta the Christian Church w2s levclcd
and the stccple Of the Presbyterian Church
Frustrated.
A grain elevator was blown over, houses
were unr1ofrd, aud much Other damage
done. At Carthage the high school aud
part of the college were uuroofed, and fen
ces, chimneJs, 81 we're demolished At
West Point the dwelling Of DR. Cure was
torn to pieces. The stores Of Wolf Il Con.
din and Frank iI)werton were destroyed.
a schouhouse was blown down. The
Dwelling Of Henry Garner was blown down,
and Mrs Garner, her child snd sister kill
ed. At Warsaw several houses were de-
moished.