South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-08-06

Immense O0hs&ge lone sn tAe UeSf.
! ST.. Eor1s, August 2.-The rain con-
tinued throughout Saturday night and
up 70 noon yesterday. The mercury fell
TO 60 degrees. Four or the principal
railroads running east from this city are
either flooded In places or damaged so
that trains cannot run, and most of the
railroads i'm this State are i'm . similar
condition. Up to last night the river
had risen three feet since. Saturday night.
and was still rising ut the rate Of two
inches per hour. Accounts from the up
per Mississippi. Missouri and Illinois
and the tributaries within 200 miles of
here are all greatly swollen, many of
them pouring out in foods. Dispatches
from various parts OF this state say that
immense damage has been done to the
crops and farm property generally. In
Spring river bottom alone the damage
suffered by farmers is estimated mt 81.
100000. The Usage. Lamine and Black
water rivers are higher than ever before,
and, in fact, all the streams in the State
are ut flood height. The railroads are
also suffering seriously from wash-outs,
tho loss of bridges, and overfows.--
Trains are badly delayed or stopped en-.
tirely. Turnpike roads are also being
washed away in places and bridges de-
stroyed, and travel of oil kinds is impe
ded. Probably there was never 50 wide
ly extended damage by rain in this State.
Accounts from Charleston, this State,
report all the streams rising rapidly. A
boom in Elk river was swept away this
morning the End inst, causing loss in
logs of $4,000. Reports from all parts
of Ohio continue gloomy accounts Of
loss and damage by floods.
The rivers continued to rise through.
ont the middle section of the country
and parts of the Northwest. to greater
or less extent, on yesterday. The spe.
cial report of the signal service stated
that the Ohio river had risen three and
a-half feet at Pittsburgh, seven and a,
half feet Mt Cincinnati, three feet ut Lou
isville, and tina. dangerous floods would
probably occur between Louisville and
Pittsburgh. The Mississippi had risen
three feet at ST. Louis, five inches at
Cairo and fallen nine inches at Keokuk.
The Allegheny and Monongahcla had
risen rapidly. The Missouri and Red
rivers had changed bnt slightly. The
Cumberland had fallen fourteen inches
at Nashville. Very heavy rains fell dur.
ing the "a hours ending last evening iii
the regions or the Ohio valley and east.
ward To the Atlantic coast. Further ac-
counts of the damage by the rains and
the overilows show immense losses in
Missouri and other Western States, and
widely extended break up of travel on
railroads running to aud from the lead.
ing business centres OF the West. Sc
veral places have been inundated, and
some narrow escapes from drowning arc
reported Baltimore San. AsJ 3.
THE FLooDs.-Beyond swelling the
river and creek TO unusual proportions,
the immense rain fall of the past two
weeks did no considerable DAMAGE in
this vicinity.
There was y report yesterday morn.
ing that Messr5. Davis boom near Pied.
mont had broken, and that ten thousand
logs were madly rushing down the riv.
er. A good deal of alarm was felt by
those who believed the story, but IS it
was not fully confirmed and particular
ly as no logs made their appearance, the
excitement Quoted down. Last eve.
ming our Piedmont correspondent wrote
us as follows: During the recent rise
in the river. over ten thousand logs mr.
rived at the boom of III. G.. Davis q. Co,
and are still coming. At one time il
was feared that the dam would give way,
in which case Cumberland would have
enough logs and debris Of houses to
build all the d--s necessary OH the riv-
er to complete canal navigation"
The same correspondent says: "The
Potomac river has been higher here than
ever known by the oldest. etc. Back
street, on the margin OF the river, was
completely OVERLOOKED to the depth OF a.
bout four feet, during Monday night
The women ran shrieking from their
houses, carrying whatever household
goods and gods they could to the high
or portions of the town. The water is
now falling rs the rain has ceased."-
Cumberland Ne,cs, august 4.
TIE COMING Com CIop.-There is
every indication that the coming crop Of
corn will be the largest on record. not
excepting the great one Of 1872. Many
causes combine to this end. In the
West large quantity of wheat was
plowed up and planted with corn under
the impression that the wheat was too
much injured by tho severe winter 20
pay, and then in the Eastern States the
prospect for hay was so poor that where.
YER corn could BIO planted it was put in,
so that the fodder might in some meas
ure make up for the deficiency of the
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