The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-11
rho storns nt 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 war
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 q 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 un-
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
Shortsville 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 1t necessary to cut great
part of it by hand. In the southern por-
| ton of Greene county the wheat crop suf-
| fcred. The estimated loss is from fifteen
to twenty per cent. In Muskngum coun-
ty, GAINESVILLE, Washington, Perry, Wayne
and Knox townships suffered the most
damage to growing crops-not less than
$10,0 00-beside a heavy loss in timber. In
the southern part of Butler county the raiA
damaged the crops and large lot Of liz
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 Circlevile, ''525;000. In
Athens county, ut Jacksonville, the Hook
Ing river overlooked and inundated the
lower part of the town. A large number
of families were compelled to leave their
houses and contents and fly for life, so
sudden and unexpected did the
flood come. The crops in the cotton
crops is estimated at $4,000. A great
number of families living along the river in
the vicinity of Athens were compelled to
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 of
public and private property is estimated at
over half million dollars, many low farms
were swept of everything but buildings.
The Hooking canal will not be reopened
this summer, having fifteen large breaks in
it within a distance of twenty-five miles.
The Bremen canal was six feet under water
on the 4th inst -Four bridges of the Gin
cinnati and Muskingum railroad were
wrecked. The Hooking canal and river
were made one stream by the numerous
breaks. In the Southeastern part of lndi-
ana severe losses are also reported. In
Union county the crops were damaged ten
to fifteen per cent. In Ripley county the
wheat suffered badly. In Decatur county
wheat will yield but one-fourth of a crop
In Shelby county two-thirds of the wheat
is sprouting very fast. In Dearborn coun
ty the losses of the crops will be far up il
the thousands. The same report comes
from Fayette county. Corn will yield
three-quarters of crop.