Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-11
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE STORM.
Further Accounts of the De.
struction ofProperty.
Lafayette, Indiana, Com.
pletely Isolated.
The Wabash and Erie Canal
Greatly Damaged.

Railroad Bridges and Tracks
| Washed Away in all
| Directions.
| The Damagc In Cook County
| CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-The floods in this
county have done damage TO the
amount of about one hundred thous-
and dollars. Tho chief injury Is from
tho overflow Of the Calumet river
which has inundated meadow lands
and destroyed large crops OF hay.
mad STATE Of Anair. .bsut a.afs1Te,,e HsT
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. Z. The food
in the Wabash is more than q foot
above the high water mark, of 1868.
and several inches higher than ever
before since the settlement of the
country. All the low grounds are
oyerflowed, and in many places the
river is three to five miles wide. The
damage is incalculable, and great suf-
fering must. result to tenants on the
low lands, where all Is swept away
The crops, both harry ested, and grow
ing, have been swept away Our city
fs located on high ground. and slight
damage has been experienced, except
to manufactures and mills. The de-
stractions of the Wabash and Erie
canal. between here and Ft. Wayne, is
complete. It;is broken in hundred
places. The canal and the river have
been on q level for forty -eight hours,
| the water of the river rushiRg through
the latter and running over the banks,
from one to the other, at sll low places.
This will be terrible blow to the
people Of the State. 1t is impossible
to estimate any more accurately the
acreage submerged. The Louisvillye.
New Albany and Chicago Railroad is
much damaged between here and Bat
tie Ground. Other railroads are all
| right The portion Of the city, located
| on the lowest bank of the Wabash. has
been cut off for two days by tho water
OVERLOOKING the bridge and levees, and
communication is only kept open by
skiffs. The river has fallen about two
| and q half inches since o'clock this
morning, and is still very slowly rece.
ding. a
The Destruction In West Virginia.
WHEELING, Aug. .4-Wheeling creek
| was higher yesterday than ever be-
fore known. The abutment of a bridge
two miles east Of the city was moved
over q foot. At all points along the
baltimore Il Ohio Railroad between
this city and Grafton there was great
destruction Of property and loss Of
grain. The town of Pennington ie
1 al -. A..
being on the first floor OF nearly al,
the houses. A number of heavy land
SLICES have occurred on the railroads,
and several bridges were carried away
| onsth Parkersbnrg branch OF the Bal
tirnore u Ohio Road. The loss in slaves
headings, logs and barrels carried. Oft
from the vicinity Of New Martinsyi'le,
this State, will amount to over $780,
O0QO. All the low lands in his Sec
tion arc submerged. The river is now
rising slowly, and will not reach over
twenty EIGHT feet. -, .,h4ss-- s..-I
DAyros, Aug. ,s-The' rivers are
falling. Small grains are badly dam
aged. Tobacco is used up, potatoes
rotting, and narrow belt of corn is
considerably damaged. Part of the
big bridge across the Miama. eight
miles south Of Dayton, was washed
away last night. Lcss $4,000. The
total damage in Montgomery county,
to crops and other property is esti-
mated at $500,OO0
OMAHA, Aug. 4-This morning be-
tween three and four O'Clock, terri
BILE storm of wind hail and rain, ac-
companied by remarkable thunder and
lightning, passed over this city. Im
mense damage was done to the streets,
foliage, and crops standing. Thous-
ands of panes OF glass were shattered.
Plate glass five-eights of an inch thick
were shivered to atoms. Some Of the
hail stones weighed one and one-half
pounds. The storm was confined prin-
cipally to the Missouri river valley
from Sioux City, lows, to Browns.
vile, Neb.. where IL passed off In
soptheasterly direction. s1 a&f la (,
The Ohio River.
CINUINNATr, Aug. EBy special
connt here three thousand acres OF
corn is gone--an entire loss TO the
owners. The crop promised an aver
age OF sixty bushels to the acre. This
loss occurs in stretch Of country
ouly sixteen miles long. and lying in
Scioso county. These figures will be
probably increased by tho entire de-
struction Oft he wheat crop, and most
Of the hay. Northwest from the Sci
OTTO line devastation continues, proba-
bly, all the way to Columbus. Resi-
dents of the valley for fifty years say
that no similar destruction OF crops by
overflow has ever occurred.
| The loss in the Ohio Valley is esti-
mated at oyer half million dollars.
The water from the river is invading
the cellars on Broadway, Sycamore,
| Walnut and Vine streets, the depth
| varying from . few inches to four or
five feet. Nearly all the cellars ON
the streets mentioned W as far as
Second street are flooded, the water
reaching them through sewers.
The greatest damage is reported on
Vine street whcrc tho water was not
expected to reach. aF
| In Mill Creek Valley it has taken
away portion of the Dayton Short
Line railroad but trains are running
regularly.
! Terrible storm ~ MMcOmb.
| CHICAGO, Aug. 4 "A Tribune special
from Macomb, H., says most dis
astrous tornado, accompanied by
heavy rain, visited that town and the
country surrounding it, about 5 80
this evening, passing from northwest
70 southeast. 1t destroyed and up
rooted trees in its course, carried away
side walks, barns and small buildings,
unroofed the large Methodist church.
/ and carried away the steepie and west
4 half of the structure. Fisher Bros.
foundry had the west end blown
down and the roof was carried fifty
i yards of. The two story block just
completed, and owned by David