The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-09
Storm-Damages.

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counts of damages to crops and buildings
and estimated losses by recent rains nave
been received here: ... ,,.,.,,,
Tn Ohio. through Fayette county, the
oats wheat. and corn have beeu seriously
damaged. Many trees have been uprooted
and ono barn demolished. The losses are
estimated at So 900 outside Of the crops. u :
In Washington county the crops were
considerably beaten, down and damaged.
An estimate Of the loss cannot be mace, re-
ceipts not being sufficiently full. -. : ;.i,s
10 Belmont county, several acres OF TIM
Der are destroyed. For mile around BEL
mont nearly all the fences were blown down,
admitting the stock in the grain fields. The
wheat and corn were also tlattened OUT. b..
In Mercer county, in the vicinity ,of
CardiDgton, on Thursday and Friday, the
storm levelled fences and timber in all dlrec-
tions. Many valuable orchards were ruined.
The loss in Franklin county is estimated
at from $4,000 to 100000. The bottom
lands, were covered with water, destroying
the crops. . ..s.-r -..i
A part of the canal in the. town of Win.
chester is under water, compelling some OF
the firms to stop business. = '.,'S'''' ~
In the southern portion OF Licking county
the crops of all kinds are badly damaged.
The Newark, Somerset, and StrasVllie
road suffered severely. Twenty-Five miles
Of track were washed out and several bridges
destroyed.
In Clinton county the grain in shock and
that standing in fields were alike Frustrated,
making il necessary to raise great part Of
it by hand.
In the southern portion of Greene county
the wheat crop suffered. The estimated loss
is from fifteen to twenty per cent. In other
portions of the county the loss is considera-
bly lighter. The weather is still shoWery,
and unless it clears up soon the wheat crop,
which is dead-ripe, will be greatly Injured.
! In Muskingum county, GAINESVILLE, Wash
ington; Percy, Wayne, and Knox townships.
suffered the most damage. To the growing
crops not less than $4,000; besides, heavy
loss of timber. :-+TE 5@"
! In the southern part of Butler county the
rain did damage to the crops. A large lot of
timber was also blown down. ,, ...s. .-.....
! In Clark county the damage was not great
except in extra work and in Inconvenience
i'm harvesting down grain. ...l...r.s.-.. n.
In Union county the wheat crop is badly
damaged throughout, especially along the
creeks. where whole fields were destroyed.
In Pickaway county the crops were de-
,stroyed OF washed away. The damage APP
proSimates 100000. To this may be added
broom.corn within three miles of Circleville,
So, 900. .....t 90. ..tf- .tE~% III
In Athens county, at Jacksonville, the
Hooking river overfowed and inundated the
lower part of the town. A large number
of families were compelled to leave their
houses and contents and fly for life, so sud-
den and unexpectedly did the flood come.
The crops on the bottom-lands are total
loss. The damage to the crops is estimated
ut $4,000. a great number of families
living along the river in the vicinity OF
Athens were compelled to move to higher
ground. 49,. IT,. - ~ ''.-...'."
:, The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad track
is covered with water too deep to allow, the
passage of trains. .,.a,,,,
: In Fairfield county the loss of public and
private propertyLis estimated at over half
million of dollars. On many low farms the
away every thing but1h build
iDgs. h:,asI' tife.eI ~ ;,
The Hooking canal cannot be repaired
tbis summer, having, fifteen large breaks
within i distance, Of twenty i've miles:
The Bremen canal was six feet under
water on the morning of the 4th Instant
. Eour bridges of the Cincinnati, Musk!n-
rum and Cincinnati and Hooking Valley
railroads are wrecked. The Hooking capal
ind river were made one stream by numer-
o,Is breaks. r, ,atst "a 5I9t!iE.l y f:ftts.Ea
!. In; the southeast part Of Indiana severe we're
losses are reported. n .sigast e,,eat .,f.,t4as4
I In Union county the crops are damaged
ten or fifteen per cent. .srs.t.E iza.t * -. n
u In Ripley 5countythe wheat suffered badly.
! In; Decatur county the, wheat will yield
but ne-fourth or CROP b.. z.,.Itilt5.:s
In, Shelby county two.thirds of the wheat
is sprouting very fast, - : r !,
In Dearborn. county the loss in crops will
be far Up In fhet thousands. y s sf-i4SE /.
c,,Thea same report comes from .Fayettei
county. The corn will yield three-fourthsi
or q crop a't = - t~Et III 81 i4sa / ~ 4