The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-07
THE RECENT STORMS IN THE
WEST.
Great Damage by Lightning, Floods
and WIND.

Great Damage by Lightning, Flood
and WIND.
CINCINNATI, July 5.-Fhe like ol thI
storms Of the past three days has seldom
II ever been seen in the States ol Ohit
and Indiana. Various toInadoes with
floods and rain have followed each othsI
in rapid succession. Our city and its i'm
mediate vicinity have escaped the fury o.
these storms. The country north OF this
parallel IN Indiana and Ohio has suffered
severely. Furious storms passed over
Il on the Cd, Sd and 4th insts. The tele-
graph wires have been generally pros
trated. At6pringfeld, Ohio, II Is report
ed that the telegraph poles bad been
blown across the turnpikes so thickly In
some places as ID entirely obstruct travel.
East Of Springfield on the P. & A. tele-
graph line there were two hundred poles
down, some Of them struck BY lightning,
others prostrated by the wind. In Rich
mond, Indiana, trees were blown down In
the streets. One fell across an express
wagon, breaking both legs Of the driver,
and crushing the wagon. At Troy large
cordAge factory was unroofed. This side
of Troy, on the line of the Delaware &
Michigan Railroad, houses were seen
tumbling down, fences proStrated, trees
uprooted, fields Of grain levelled, corn
fields ffattened, and in some instances
corn uprooted. Everywhere fields seem.
ed lakes oi water. On the Zanesville road
five bridges were washed away. No
trains will go east Of OircleVille before
Monday. A number Of feet Of the rail.
road track was washed away. Some
prostration Of trees and devastation Of
crops was reported in this section Of the
country, as in that farther west. At Port
WashIngto Ohio, about seventy miles
east Of Columbus, q severe storm, Of wind
and rain occurred last night, uproottng
trees and unroofng houses
At Oedarville, Ohio, near Xenia, a great
number Of telegraph poles have been
splintered by lightning. At the Wash.
Ington end the storm was exceedingly
fierce, sheSves Of wheat were scattered
about wildly and carried many feet in
the air. Everywhere in the belt north OF
this city, was affected by the storm,
whose centre seems TO have been q few
miles south OF latitude OF Columbus. The
testimony agrees as TO its severity and
destructlveness. The general prostration
OF telegraph poles is without parallel In
the history Of telegraph companies. An
alarmingly large number were shiVered
10 pieces by the lightning and totally de-
stroyed, and many others were partially
destroyed, and many were Frustrated BY
the wind: To-day will be q busy day in
repairing these lines, and tonight they can
tell their own story ol the storm.
C1RcLRvILLE, ONO, July 5.-The Sol
oto river has overfowed an extensive
broom corn field In this vicinity, probably
running from five hundred TO one thouand
acres ol broom corn. The corn Is fiat.
tened down and dirt washed on 10 1t so
that much Of 1t cannot rise again. The
streams are 30 high that the roads are i'm
passable between here and Columbus. No
trains from the east since Thursday.
COLUMBUS, July 5-The recent severe
storms have done much damage to the
orops In this vicinity. Portions ol the
track OF the Hooking Valley railroad be.
tween this city and Lancaster are either
washed away or are under water. Bridges
and telegraph poles have been washed
away, and trains have stopped running.
There are over one hundred persons de-
layed In this city waiting ior repairs Of
the track TO 90 as to allow the running oil
trains to take them to their respective
homes.l
CINCINNATI, O., July 5.-Advices from
Maysville, KY, state that q severe storm
visited that section yesterday, unroofng
many buildings, uprooting trees, blowing
Of chimneys, and doing great damage TO
the crops. Hooking Valley, in Ohio, Is
inundated with water, It being higher
than Il was ever known TO be before.
Six miles Of the canal is gone between
Athens and Saline. The damage to the
crops is over one million dollars, and the
salt works and other commercial interests
are suffering greatly. 49,
CHICAGO, ILL, July 5.-The weather
tO.day is clear and beautiful. Fhemeagre
reports yet 10 be had from points in the
country show that the storm OF the last
two dSys has been one Of the most severe
Of the kind ever experienced. An i'm
mense quantity Of rain fell, and there has
been good deal Of damage done TO the
crops. Telegrsphlc communication Is
badly interrupted on account Of the dam
age donc 10 the poles and wires by the
lightning and wind.
ST. LOUIS, July "a special from
Hannibal, Missouri, to the Democrat says
that the seVercst storm that ever visited
that section Of the country broke over
Hannibal last night Two or three
houses were blown down and several un'
rooted. A great number Of trees we're
uprooted and much damage done to the
fences and other property.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July GA terrific
wind storm amounting almost to q lorna.
do, passed over this city last evening be.
tween Z and s o'clock. Tho steamer
Mountaineer was lying at the bank above
the bridge tied 10 the railroad track by
eight cables, two Of which were new aud
four and ono half inches In diameter. At
the first big blow the lines parted alter
tearing up portion Of the railroad track
and the steamer turned her head up
the stream. The wind kept her up
close to 81. Joeph shore, and dTifted down
and struck tho east end Of the bridge.
Several OF tho iron guys Of the bridge
were sprung from their bolts, and the
damage to tho bridge Is from 5000 to
$lOO0O. It will require twenty days TO
mako the repairs on the bridge, Tho
Mountaineer Is terribly wrecked in her
forward part, her upper works and hurri.
cane deck arc smashed up clear 10 her
cabin, her freight holster Is ruined, and
her chimney knocked down. The loss
to the vessel Is about $4,000; no in
surance. At tho time Of the accident the
first mate, first clerk, flrst engineer, and
steward, with a number Of the deck
crew were on watch, but none were In
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