The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-06
THE WESTERN FLOODS.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. ga heavy rain
storm prevails to-day. The reports from above
state:that the plantation on the islands, Nos.
10 and IS, are being submerged, and at New
Madrid the flood is running through the sunken
lands to st. Francis Valley. The water here is
high and rising steadily, and slowly encroach-
ing on the exposed plantations below here.
Planters between here and Helena arc working
hard to protect their lands.
A telegram from Little Rock, Ark, reports
another rise in the river, with % feet on the
gauge. The Signal Service tables show that
Is feet on that gauge foods the lower Arkansas
Valley
The Wabash FalIing-Loss SI2,OOO,OOO
In III Counties.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 5.-The Wabash
is slowly falling. The first mail from the East
since Saturday came IN last night Trains will
not run through from indianapolis without
transfer for week. The Logansport g. Terre
Haute road will not be able to run trains
through for two weeks or more. Trains will
probably get through to Danville by transfer
on the Illinois and Midland & Evansville rail-
roads. Transfer is made between this city and
st. Louis on both the Vandalia and the In
dianapolis & ST. Louis. On the Vandala
between here and Indianapolis trains will be
run tomorrow, transferring at the two places
The Cincinnati Railroad will be able to run
trains by the middle Of next week. The
Express of this morning estimates the loss to
crops and the destruction of property in II
counties tributary to Terre Haute OF not less
than $12,O00,OOO. There is profound discour-
agement among all classes.
The Condition Of the Crops in the Ohio
Valley.
CINCINNATI, Aug. Sit is difficult to form
more than rough estimate of the damage
done to the crops by the rains and overflow in
the Ohio Valley. The wheat crop suffered
severely by the cold weather in the spring, and
half of what was planted was winter, which is
killed. Of the remainder it is believed one
third is hopeIessly lost, and the remaining two.
thirds is partially damaged, though it is
believed the damage will be much less than is
generally expected. The acreage of wheat
sown was larger than last year, and the relative
yield compared with last year will be 30 per
cent. less.
The chief damage to corn is in the river
bottoms, where the crop is total loss. That
planted on high ground has suffered prnci-
pally from being broken down. The acreage
was much larger than last year, and the pros
poets before the flood were favorable for an
unusually heavy crop. 1t is now thought
there will be fair average crop and not much,
if any, less than last year
The oat crop has suffered more severely than
either wheat or corn. The per cent saved will
be very imall.
Barley has suffered severely from cold
weather, and but little was growing.
Losses i'm Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 5-No very reliable es-
innate OF the aggregate loss to wheat, corn and
other crops in the state can be made at present
In some sections the estimated damage is fifty
per cent and in many locations the entire
crop is destroyed. From the most reliable in
formation the loss in the central and southern
portion of the state will aggregate fifty to sixty
per cent of the entire crop. In the low lands
along the Wabash river it has been estimated
that 100000 acres of corn has been destroyed
by the flood, which alone at $15 per acre would
aggregate $3,000,000.
LAFAYETTE, Aug. 5.-The loss to the crops
in TippicOnal county is half million dollars,
and in Carroll, Warren and Fountain counties,
a quarter of million each. This is estimated
loss to crops by the high water, one flow, aud
does not include damage by wet weather to
crops on the uplands.