The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-08-10

er is higher than ever known before
Corn in the river bottoms Is standing
six feet deep In water. Many farmers
have had their entire crops flooded ovef
by the. sudden rise in the river. Mr.. J.l
b Roads had tho hundred and forty
shocks diifted from one field. The oats
are lying fat on the ground, and last
being ruined by the worms. The roads
are almost impossible, the bridges for
miles around being inundated
TERRE HAUrE, IND, , August :-The
fl ,od in this region is very devastating.
The Wabash River is some 20 inches
higher than during the great rise of
1858, and few inches higher than the
still greater inundation of 1928. which
is of record, and is in the memory of
the Oldest inhabitants. The river is
fully three miles wide opposite the city,
and still slowly rising. A@few email
houses have foated down, some live
stock, and millions of bushels of wheat,
in stacks and in shocks, have foated
past Over six million bushels Of corn
are reported drowned out between Terre
Haute and Jacksonville. Sugar creek
Township is wholly devastated. Not
thousand rails, very little corn and no
wheat are left in the township. Every
house in Bloomtown is inundated
Markets. mill dam, five miles west, is
broken away and three houses at Reels
vile, on the Tandalia Railroad, together
with three miles of embankment, are
washed away.
VI WHEELING, W. Va, Aug. 3-Wheel-
ing Creek was higher yesterday than ev-
er known. The abutments of the bridge
two miles east of the city moved over
foot. At all points along the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad between this city and
Grafton there is great destruction of
property and less of grain. The town
of Pennington is almost completely
submerged, the water being on the first
fl Dor OF nearly all the houses. A num-
Der of heavy land.slides occurred on
the railroad, and four bridges were car
ried away, on the Parkersburg Branch.
The loss in slaves, dressed headings,
logs and barrels carried away from the
vicinity of New Mar,insville, this State,
will amount to over 100000. All the
; low lands in this section are submerged.
The river is now rising slowly 1t will
not reach over about twenty-,ight feet.
But little rain to-day. a.
CINCINNATI, August ga special cor.
respondent of the Commercial, who is
examining into the effect of the floods
in Southern Ohio, reports to night, hav
ing travelled from Portsmouth up the
$ Scioto valley as far as Piketon, finding
continued scene Of desolation along
r the route The Scioto river is still ri
8 sing and is over the entire valley, tn
: depth Of water ranging from five tt
!, thirty feet By actual count he reports
: 5000 acres Of corn gone, total loss t.
: the owners. The crop promised an av
n erage yield Of 60 bushels to the acre
e This loss occurs in territory only II
It miles long and lying in Scioto county
: These figures probably will be Increases
d by the entire destruction of the whea
8 crop and most OF the hay northwes
from the Scioto line. The devastation
4 continues probably all the way to Go
q |lumhus. The residents of the valle
i for so years say that no similar destruc
). tion Of crops by one flood has occurre
\ before. The river has been higher bu
q not at this season OF the year. Th
:, less is estimated at half million of do
d lars.
e THE RISE IN THE oHIo-CELLARs FLooDE
The water from the river is runnin
st into the cellars on Broadway, Sycamore
% Main, Walnut and Vine streets, th
a depth varying from few inches to for
,e or five feet. Nearly all the cellars o
il the streets mentioned up as far as SCI
e. ond street are flooded. the water reacl
ii ing them through the sewers. II
" greatest damage is reported on Viz
ic street, where the water was not expec
I'd ed to reach. In Mill Creek Valley Il
ps flood has taken away a portion OF u
ct Dayton Short Line. railroad, but Il
trains are still running regularly. 4
be the lower portion Of Sixth street al
~ the mouth of Mill Creek number
lr houses have from two to four feet
~ ~ water on the first floors. The water
,1 1 also flowing into the bed of the o
ii Whitewater Canal, now occupied by t
10 Indianapolis, Cincinnati h Lafayet
nd Railroad track, and their Plum sire
az depot has several inches of water I
20 the floor.
The river at six o'clock had 52d fe
of water in the channel, and is still
lin sing. 1t is thought that the highs
of point will be reached sometime to-mt
1ill row.
TIE WABASH RIVER REcEDING-DAMA
his BY THE FLOOD.
ma. CINCINNATI, August 4.-The Gazett
md Terra Hsute special reports the Waba
va, river steadily falling. The railwa
= have began transferring passengers a
oy. mails and can get through by TOM
md row. At Seymour the Ohio and N
eat sissippi Railroad bridge is gone a
led there are several wash outs on that re
ous besides This city appears to be
centre, the storm extending about G
hundred miles in each direction. ]
I, total damage to railroads, crops Q
W. w. property in this Congressional distr
- :. is estimated at about ten million dolls
DISASTROUS TORNADO.
,ns. CHICAGO, August 4-Tbe Tribur
has special from Macomb says: A most
and astrous tornado, accompanied by he's
noh rain, visited that town and surround
.ns. country, about 5 80 this evening, ps
,ad ing from the northwest to the sou
...;n west. 1t destroyed and uprooted tr
san an in its course; carried away sidewal
%" barns and small buildings, unroofed
!. large Methodist church and carr
.,,,, w away the steeple and the west half
a that structure Fisher & Brothers 70
'' dry had the west end blown off, and
=, roof was carried fifty yards. A
sun story trick block, just completed, O.
'ver ed by David Scott. was nearly destr
lhis ed. The total loss ia from $4,000
ong $4,000. a
'"s A TREMENDOUS AND DISASTROUS sToR