The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-09
Damages to the Crops In Ohio by the
Recent SIOT ms.

CINCINNATI, July S.-The following nc.
counts Of damages tOcrOps and buildingS
and the estimated loss by. The recedt rains
have been received here In Ohio: Through
out FaYette county, oats, wheat and corn
have been seriously damaged, many trees
uprooted aud one barn demolished. The
loss is estimated at 5000, besides the
crops. In Troy, Miami county, the Troy
Wagon company lost fifteen new wagons
by tho building being blown down. ID
Washington county tho crops were con-
siderably damaged. The estimate Of the
loss cannot be made, the reports not being
sufficiently full. In Belmont county sew
eral acacs OF timber was destroyed. For
miles around Belmont nearly all the
fences are blown down, admitting stock
into the grain fields. The wheat and
corn Is also .fattened out. In Morrll
county, In the vicinity of Cardington, o1
Thursday and Friday, the storm leveled
the fences and timber 10 all directions,
Many valuable orchards were ruined,
The loss In Franklin county IS estimated
at 100000, tho bottom lands were COW
cred with water, destroying the crops
Part Of the town canal 10 under water,
some firms have stopped businCs. In the
southern portion of Licking county the
crops nEe badly damage. The New.
ark, somerset l. Straitsville Railroad
suffered severely; twenty-five miles Of
track was washed out aud the bridges dc.
stroyed. In'Cllnton county, the grain 10
shock and that standing in the fields WAS
alike prostraied, making 1t necessary 10
cut a great part OF II b. hand. In the
southern portion Of Greene county, the
wheat crop suffered an estimated loss Of
90 per cent; in other portions ol the conn.
ty the loss is considerably lighter. The
weather Is still showery, and unless 1t
clears up soon the wheat crop, which is
dead ripe, will be greatly Injured. In
Muskingum county, ZluesVille, Washing
ton, Perry, Wayne and Knox townships
suffered the most damage to the growing
crops, the loss being not less than $40 900,
besidesa heavy loss oI timber. The trains
on the Muskingum Valley Railroad will
resume their trips to-day. In'the north
ern part oil Butler county, the rain did
great damage 10 the crops, A large lot ol
timber was also blown down. lu Clark
county, the damage will not be great, ex-
cept in extra work and inconvenience 10
harvesting the grain that is down. In
Union county tue crops are badly dam
aged throughout, especially along the
creeks where whole fields were destroyed.
In Pickaway county the crops were des-
troyed and washed away, VIII. sppro3i.
mate one hundred thousand. dollars, TO
thismay be added broom corn within three
miles OF CirclcVille $95 900. In Athens
at Nelsonville the Hooking river overflow
ed and,a large number Of families were
compelled 10 leave their houses and con-
tents and llv for life, so Budden did the
flood come. The crops In the bottom
lands are a total loss The damage OF the
crops are estimated at $4,000. A great
number OF the families living along the
river in the vicinity OF Athens were COM
PEELED to move on higher ground. The
Marietta s. Circleville Railroad track was
covered with water, too deep 10 allow the
passage of trains, In Fairfield Company,
the loss of public and private property IS
at about. halt million. Many
low farms were swept OF everything but
the buildings. The Hooking canal will
not berepaiFed this summer hpylnB AReen
large breaks In II within twenty five
miles. Bremen was six feet under water
on the morning OF the Fourth, -Four
bridges on the Cincinnati & Muskilgnm
and the Cincinnati & Hooking Valley
Railroads were wrecked, The Hooking
canal and river were made one by numer.
GUS breaks. In the eastern part oil In
diana severe loss Is also reported. In
Union county the crops were damaged
ten to to fifteen per cent. In Ripley
county the wheat will yield but one-tourth
Of q crop, Shelby county two thirds.
Wheat was sprOutiDg very. iastin Dear
born county. The loss Of crops will be
up In the thousands. The same report
comes from Fayette county. Corn will
yield three.iourths Of crop.