, 1873-07-14
Tho Hooking Valley, o.

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Tho Hooking Valley was waite of water from
Carroll to. Hockingport, md wheat, corn. and
meadow throughout it's length and breadth were
swoopod down to tho ground. At Jacksonville,
Friday night. the west ond Of tho town being
submerged j; the panic, confusion, and alarm oc.
casioned by tho mad rush Of waters tho hurry
ing to and fro Of tho startled, housolees fugi-
tiyee, and all. tho crowd Of exciting details
in incident 9a o4 nRop II tho ,sa sudden catastrophe
lossos here aro tho bridge and crops Of Mr.
L. 2: posson, sto 600; bridge and coal worka
OF ", ?: on[55ooks, $4,000, !; lanyard Of J.: F:
George Froer, s1,6oo, crops and lumber Of John
". Scott, $4,000; crops Of John Herrold, 81, GOO
and 80 the List could 10 ndehnitoly extended.
The wailing wators, With destructive sweep,
petuously driving into houses aud mingling in
dire confusion their etlecta; with solitary ex-
coption evory bridge III tho vicinity Of the town
was swept away, tho Robbins bridge, though NOT
wholly destroyed, sustained such damages that
1t will have to DO virtually rebuilt.
At Ohauncey five miles north OF Athens. tho
waters entered the sooond story OF tho dwelling /;
a narration Of local results at thiB ppint would
require detail similar to that in describing tho
scenos at Nelsonyllle +; and tho same OF Flood
Saturday morning, tho attention OF Mr, Aaron
Lewis, who lives near the Arnold ehaft, WAS at-
tracted BY the shrill Screams Of 4 wou,nn ; pro-
cecdlng IN boat IN the direction Of the alarm,
no found woman with her two children In tho
loft Of their cabin surrounded by tho rapidly en-
croaehing wato1s; he hurriodly tore through
the shingles OF the roof and rescued tho party.
rowing them to his own tesidonce.
Tho worka OF the Hooking Valley Salt Com.
peny sore seriously damaged, their loss in man-
the smaller bridges in tho noighborhood Of tho
works wero destroyed. From tho reBideuce OF
Mr; Henry Brown, Of 0hnuncey, to salt works,
Distance ot half mile, the antiro population
Friday night and Saturday morning. Tho works
Ct sslns, Owned by Mr. dooreo 4. Gould, lose
1000 barrels OF salt In bulk +; tho loss ot Iii,
dould has boon eHtimatod at $4,000.
among the individual losses in the district
5000 1natmary farm. $4,000 4. Courtney
$d.evo Judge and Joseph Jowett conjointly,
Sy,eoo JosseRh ssR Dorr, about 81 600 !; Hiram Ar
mitage, 81 ,oooi William Courtney, $500.
eomhg 70 tue Immediate vicinity Of Athens,
tufs the goone Of dissolution stretching to eyory
polat. Whore all WaB cheer aud hopeful prom.
l6e When wo last went to press, Ia now broad
holi OF dosolation tlelds whito for tho harvest
sos owy boss saTnK e e0F1 a,a4sn n5Ssa
eropth to tho nurturlng, breath Of summer, are
becoming wastoa now. Nothing deBlrietlbio in
tho ALLEY Intervening tho confronting highlands
4As Fnully o6capou- IAo especial loBBeA to H.
diyldlals hero VIC have at th!s writing only boon
4bl9 q arrive At IN part. Our ,townsmaa, mir.
D. u stewart, is probably the hoavicst single
ioser Independent OF tho iudiroot damaSos
be slstatned, his loBsos in oalculablo property
inol.de about 100 aoreH Of corn, 80 aorca OF fiue
w1Mt, 1.600 bushels Of old corn in CRIB. ma
terribly injured, 40 aores meadow dostroyed, 100
cords wood, and $4,000 feet Of lumboT s'vopt
Rwa,, In addition to uncstimated damages to
mill and fonoes. Mr. Joseph uorrold's losn will
ranGa betMeen $4,000 and $4,000. Hon. q. Ii.
Mooso will lose something over $4,000. Mr.
John Ring botwoen l.000 and s1,b06. Among
those Of our citizons OF whose loasos We have re.
coivea no oatlmato aro Mossrs. Postor Wilson.
Hiram bingham, drosyonor h Deaton. Il. J.
Gable, Jssso Davis, Augustus Norton, Oliver
Carpenter, y. II: and Leroy Mansfield, 8. i,
noy!ea: bhariff Warren, Charles Henry, Bon
valley hetwoon AthcnB aud the Ohio IsiYor,
In addition to tho sorious intltoklon on our To-
gal agricultural lntoroBts, tho damage wrought
by tla flood to tho Hooking Canal and the Hook
lug Valiy Railroad contering in our town ls alone
of startling magnitude. Tho canal between thia
point and Logan has boon we'll nigh .leytroyod.
!he eneroaolmont OF tho Hooking River com.
pletaly washing away the tow-patll at many
0olnte for alratahaa. vaAnllalv OF hnlf mllo ana