Wilmington journal., 1873-07-11
THE GREAT STORM.
RAIN STORM IN ILLINOIS.
DAMAGE TO CROPS GENERAL.


JACKSONVILLE, ILL, July S-Noon.
Twelve and quarter inches of wa
ter fell between ~ and o'clock.
Bridges We're swept away and great
damage done to the crops. Many
bridge culyerts were washed. Spring
wheat is ii 1t on the ground and winter
wheat that has been harvested is
sprouting. 1t is flooded on the low
lands and damaged on the highlands.
CCNGINEATI, July S-Noon.-The
heavy rain throughout the region of
the recent storms, covering n portion
of Ohio. Indiana, Kentucky and further
west. Crop reports are gloomy
ATCHIsoN, KAs, July S-Noon.-
The Missouri river is higher than ever
known.
CINcINNArr, July 8 Night. t.-The
following accounts of damages to
crops and buildings and estimated
losses by the recent rains, have been
received here:
In Ohio, through Fayetts county,
the wheat and corn have been seri-
Ously damaged. Many trees were
Eprooted and one barn demolished.
| The loss is estimated at So 900, outside
Of the crops. In Washington county
the crops were considerably beaten
down and the extent of the loss can
not be made out, the reports not being
sufficiently full. In Belmont county
several acres of timber were DESTROYED.
For mile around Belmont nearly all
the fences were blown down. admitting
the stock into the grain fields. Wheat
and corn were also fiattened out In
Morrow county, in tie vicinity of
CardingtOn, on Thursday and Friday.
the storm leveled the fences and many
valuable orchards were ruined. In
Franklin county the loss is estimated
at from $50, 900 to 500, 900. The bot
tom lands were covered with water.
destroying the crops: Part of the
canal in the town of Winchester is
under water - suspending business.
In the Southern portion of Licking
county crops of all kinds are badly
damaged. The Newark, Somerset 4
Strasville Railroad suffered severely,
% miles of track were washed ont,
and several bridges destroyed. In
Clinton county, the grain i'll stack and
that standing in the fields were alike
prostrated, making it necessary to
.aise the greater portion of it by hand
In. the Southern portion of Greene
county wheat suffered padlv: 4a,e.te--
timated loss is S1a, 900 to $50, 900. In
OTHER rortious of the county The loss
is considerably lighter The weather
is still shnwerv, and unless it clears
MP soon, the crop which is now
dead-rlpe, will he greatly injure,i.
Ia Muskingum county, GAINESVILLE,
Washington, Wayne and Knox town
ships suffered loss and damage to the
growing crop of not less than $40, 900,
besides a heavy loss of timber. In
the southern part of Butler county the
rain did damage to the crops. Also
large lot of timber blown down. In
Ssarke county the damage is great
In Union county the wheat along the
creeks is destroyed by whole fields.
In Pickaway county the crops are de-
stroyed and washed away, and the loss
will approximate 100000. In Hens
county, at Jacksonville, Hooking river
flowed i'll AMI inundated the lower
part of the town. A large number of
families We're compt He'd to leaEa thelr
hoHses and contents and fly for life. sd,
Sudden and unexpected did the floeI
come. The crops in tie bottom are d
total loss. Il i
I'm FART ed county the loss to publis
property is estimated at over half a
million of dollars. Many low farms
are swept Of everything except tie
buildings. King Canal sannot Le Ter
pared, having fifteen large breaks
within distance of twenty-five miles.
Bremer Canal is six feet under water.
On the morning of the 4th inst, four
bridges on tie Cincinnati & Muskin
gum and Cincinnati & Hooking Valley
Railroad were wrecked. Hooking, Cana.
river was made one slew by numerous
breaks in the southeast pant of Indi.
ana. ana. Severe losses are repartea liz
bn1ffn e9nntY, The crops are damaged
10 10 70 10 pfr aeht. tn Ripley aonntf
the wheat suffered badly. In Decatus
county the wheat will yield but one
fourth of crop. In Shelby county
tWo-thlrds of the wheat is lost. In
Dearborn county the loss to the cre ps
Will be far up in the thousands. Tie
same report comes from Fayette
county. Corn will yield three. fo1rths
of crop.