, 1875-08-04
OHIO.
THE ONO VALLEY.
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THE ONO VALLEY.
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No such widespread t.eyns;ation hhu been
lnown III tie Ohio Valley 'lofoie. For weeks and
weeks the rain has fs.llon steadily. and all
the tributary streams OF the Ulio hnyu bccu
gradually rising day sf' or day. Tie storms oul-
minated in tho rainA q. Saturday night aud BUD
day. The oarsh, drsacled and aoak.ns, could
take no more. and tho streams. swollen alfe&dy
10 alarming dimanssouB, received All additional
voinho Of water. Their oauks llaso bet,n over
| tluwa,. aud fields that tavo been rosjy for tile
harvester for days Ate uO y under Watot. tautle-
men WHO came Il ON Columbus last night nay
TINT all aiong tho Short-tins Iia!Foai tho tielus
| aro covered with "Attr. nbovo "hica the shuess
Of wheat hrc,. III many PLACES, ba,cfy l,sl
LafAyotte it in esitnotod tint Rt least 100. .t0J
acren 1loodcti. Near CirslcvlIe 2. 900 acres,
in one place. ,te ooTered With wafer; At Aid
d'eto"n the Ores. Miami has e1pansled to 'hs
| width OF mile. From a1l parta ol Indiana aud
| Southern Ohio tho same GLOOMY std,ngH coulc.
| Houses l,Rvo shared tho calamity with lauds.
| reopc living In tue loWlsnds have bueu driven
| to tue Becotu stU1lGt. uaEna hnd outhull!snEH
havc been swept away bridgcs iaso ylcidod 10
| tho liaes, railroad tracks hru submerged, aud
highways arc tnlgr wafer.
There seonla to In no hope Of eecape for tie
Southern country. Tue Alas,ssiptl. which il
now sirius slo~ly. will. in its turn. feel the Of
fectH Of the vaat volume OF water from iss groat
tributary. and ne1t viii in al probability, como
|
! Such Hood a. tllis is wholly unprecedented
at this soasoh Of the ynar. We have had Two or
three times Within tho last ten yeass higher
| water than wo now have It Cincinnati. IL 1861
the r1VeE attained depth Of 40 fset, aud in 1867
Ut 81 feet. Il No do not mistake. IL has 1t ono
time s,nce 1866 been beh ~ IS feet. Uut
those floods occurred tn Tho spring or wiutug.
| Now they come in tho midet OF tho lAbors Of tho
fnrmers when the carth il rich iu it's ptoduc-
| 1ngH, aud nhtn Hooded fields mean HEepatabie
| DAMAGE
| TIE onto 1IyEn.
/ Cincinnati Cvmntrt 41t Aua. 3.
The Ohio Nivcr In front OF Cincinnati last
| night was dismal aud maj eatic spectacle. Tha
| depth Of the ta"nY and fn',asuo,lH torrent was
4Gfees. The water ran - wild whirla, the pre-
| vailinK yoilow spotted with dark patches. show
iug that tile ~lshiugu from tao hills aud bottom
lands we're not thoroughly csulnlingled, and the
current wna marked by u1Anscs Of d1ifswood.
The stream wan rising r4pidly, aud tue tslcgrams
| tell Of tre1neudouH nTe!noNs from the nIoat im-
partsnt tributaries above, 20 that NO may expect
| such river ~ has not 6een eacu for mAuy 4
year.
cEsrnk1. OHIO.
| Ctnrfnnuti Ea-fits.
| COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 1.-Thern Ia generally \
good deal OF OxagKerAeiun ~ to tho dauago done
| by tHiluFs Or e1ceeA OF rain. lIut to mAuy II
hardly scetns possible TO eIaggerate now, aud all
| through Central Ohio tticEB il but ono opinion,
uamoIy. that millions Of doilaEs' worth Of prop
etty Las been destroyed. The wheat had to bo
cut, when Cit at al1. 10 tho feW transient inter
vaEs between tho rains, aud much Of it whB 70
wot when put into shock that evon If dry wealth.
or lad immediately succeeded the shocking, it
would lase been Injured or spoiled. But no dry
beeu tile consequence. The hogs have boon
turned into hundreds OF folds to mako the best
tloy could OF tho sTtouting s,1d rotting gram.
Th's ~ On tt'e high gTounds Or coprso il has
where Geen hllhmerged, and not only tue wheat
but ali other crops havo beeu drowned ont OF
washed up and tlosted away, Atong, the Iock-