The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-02
THE STORM.
Gloomy Reports from the West.
Rain Falling and Rivers Rising.

CINCINNATI, Aug. Another heavy rain
fell this afternoon doing damage to streets and
sidewalks on hill sides and flooding cellars to
some extent. A large slide is reported on the
Little Miami railroad, between Pendleton and
Loveland, preventing trains from passing. The
signal officer reports the total fall of rain for
July as observed at this station as 63-10O
inches.
Specials to the Commercial tonight give &C.
counts of heavy rains during the past twenty
four hours In Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, aud
further damage to crops.
Danville. ILL.,, reports all the bottom lands
along the Vermillon river as overlooked and
that the streams are full of floating stocks,
SC.
Zionville, Ind, reports most damaging rain
storms of the season. Several hundred feet
of the Indianapolis & Lafayette railroad have
been washed out and two bridges over Crooked
creek moved out of line. The waters are re-
ceding tonight.
roads both culverts and track are reported gone
in several places north and south of Green
castle. The indianapolis & ST. Louis railroad
Is also repcrted washed out east and=west of
The Vandalia road has also lost bridge over
West White creek. near Canterbury, Ind. The
indianapolis, Bloomington & Western railroad
is reported washed out near Charlottesville, and
It is thought trains will not get through before
Tuesday.
The Commercials Somerset, Ohio, special
reports terrific hail storm this afternoon.
Stones the size of large hickory nut fell, fol-
lowed by heavy rain. Considerable damage
was done to the Hooking Valley railroad.
The Enquirers special from Circeville, O.,
reports that the Sciota river is very high and is
still rising. The bottom lands are all under
water and considerable wheat has been f1oated
off.
"A special from Lima, Ohio, reports serious
damage to the crops in that vicinity from rain
and the army worm. Corn is reported as bad
ly beaten down by water.
A report reached here tonight from Hamil-
ton, O., that the Miami river is out of its banks
and tn at theswestern part of chat city was
partially submerged to the depth of three or
four feet. No trains were run out tonight on
the Pan Handle or Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton roads.
The Enquirer's Oxford, Ohio, specizl says
the most severe rain of the season fell for two
hours to-day. The creeks are reported higher
than for many years, and are covered with
fencing timber, wheat, oats and barley. The
Cincinnati, Hamilton Il Indianapolis Railroad
line ran no trains tonight owing to the land
slide and washes.
The Damage to Western Crops.
Chicago kilograms are rather gloomy on the
crop question, owing to damages by heavy
rains in Illinois, Indiana, southern Ohio, Ten
nessee, Missouri and Kentucky. The reports
are possibly exaggerated, but still it is quite
evident the Western states are now getting
their share of the floods which have ruined
crops in Europe.
More Suspensions Anticipated.
One sugar house and one or two foreign ex-
change houses were reported in difficulty this
afternoon. which has caused decline of about
one per cent in the stock market