The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-09
The storms ut the West.


The following account of damages to
crops and buildings and estimated losses by
the recent rains have been received here.
In Ohio throughout Fayette county, crops
were seriously damaged and many trees up
rooted loss $4,000 outside of the crops.
In the Troy wagon works fifteen new wag
ons were lost by the building being blown
down. In Washington county crops were
considerably beaten down and damaged. In
Belmont county several acres of timber
were destroyed. For mile around Bel
mont nearly all the fences were blown
down, admitting stock into grain fields. In
Morrow county the storm leveled the
fences and timber in all directions. 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 crops.
Part of the canal in Westminster was I'M
der water, compelling some firms to stop
business. in the western portion of Lick
ing county crops of all kinds were badly
damaged. The Newark, Somerset and
Shortsvilc railroad suffered severely
Twenty-Five miles of the track was washed
out and several bridges destroyed
In Clinton county grain in shock and
that standing in the fields were alike pros
trated making it necessary to cut great
part of il by hand. In the southern por-
ton of Greene county the wheat crop suf-
fercd. The estimated loss is from fifteen
to twenty per cent In Muskingnm coun-
ty, GAINESVILLE, Washington, Perry, Wayne
and Knox townships suffered the most
damage to growing crops-not less than
$40, 000-bcside heavy loss in timber. In
the southern part of Butler county the rain
damaged the crops and a large lot of tim
Der was blown down. In Union county
the wheat crop was badly damaged, espec-
tally along the creeks, where whole fields
were destroyed. In Pickaway county the
crops were destroyed and washed away.
The damage will approximate 100000
To this may be added the broom corn with
in three miles of Circlcville. $4,000. In
Athens county, at jacksonville, the Hook
Ing river overlooked and inundated the
lower part of the town. A large number
of families were compelled to leave thciI
houses and contents and fly for life, sc
sudden and unexpected did the
food come. The crops in the cotton
nnds are Il total loss. The damage tC
crops is estimated at $4,000 A great
number of families living along the river in
the vicinity of Athens were compelled tC
move suddenly to higher ground. The
Marietta and Cincinnati railroad track was
covered with water too deep to allow trains
to pass. In Fairfield county the loss o
public and private property is estimated a
were swept of everything but buildings
! The Hooking canal will not be reOpenct
this summer, having fifteen large breaks il
it within distance of twenty-five miles
The Bremen canal was six feet under waite
on the 4th inst Four bridges of the Gin
cinnati and Muskingum railroad wer
wrecked. The Hooking canal and rive
were made one stream by the numerou
breaks, In the Southeastern part of Indi
ana severe losses are also reported. Ii
Union county the crops were damaged tel
to fifteen per cent. In Ripley county tn
wheat suffered badly. In Decatur count
wheat will yield but one-fourth of a crop
In Shelby county two-thirds of the whea
is sprouting very fast. In Dearborn coun
ty the losses of the crops will be far up !
the thousands. The same report come
from Fayette county. Corn will yiel
three-quarters of crop.