Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-04
THE OVERFLOW.
Great Damage by the Rains in
the Ohio Valley.
Illinois.

Illinois
| JACKSONVILLE, ILL, Aug. 3.-The re-
cent storms in Central Illinois have done
immense damage to crops, bridges and
railroads. The loss is estimated to amount
| to a million of dollars; that Of Morgan
county alone is nearly quarter million.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-The floods in this
county has caused damage to the amount
of about 100000. The chief injury is
from the overflow of lbe Calumet river, in
undating meadow lands and destroying
large crops of hay.
Ohio.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 3.-The Times spe-
cial from ChillicOthe says the rain CON
tinues and the flood gains strength.
The canal broke below the city,
and swept five thousand bushels
of wheat into the river. People living in
bottom lands ara moving their families,
fearing an inundation. At IrOntOn the
Ohio is rising five inches per hour, and also
rising rapidly at Cincinnati, where it has
already invaded the lower stories Of houses
on Water street, and bids fair 10 get as high
as ever known before.
The Ohio river will continue to rise at
stations below Marietta, and dangerous
floods will occur in the vicinity of Cincin-
natl and Louisville during Wednesday.
The central Mississippi river will continue
to rise, and foods will probably occur be-
tween Memphis and Cairo during Thursday
or Thursday night.
Damage 90 Railroads.
A special to the same paper from New
Albany, Ind, says trains on the New Al |
bany and Chicago railroad were taken off to- |
day. At GospOrt the track is covered by |
the flood from White river, a distance Of |
three miles. A heavy force Of men is at |
work trying to prevent the large railroad |
bridge from floating away. The White /
river, at this point, is y feet higher than /
ever known before. Trains south from La
fayette go no further than Charlottesville, |
as the track washed ont in many places. A
dispatch to the same paper from Athens,
o., says at midnight the river attained the
height of eight inches over the greatest
water ever known before. The gas-works
are flooded and people have 10 return to
candles. The people Of the asylum across
the valley have built boat and ferry pro-
visions over, all other modes Of cOmmuni-
cation being destroyed. No trains are run
ming on any Of the roads and no mails have
arrived since last Saturday.
DAYTON, August 3.-The Miami and
tributaries have reeeded over four feet and
are running out rapidly. The weather is
driZzly; small grain badly damaged; to-
baccO used up; potatoes rotting; part Of
the big bridge across Miami, eight miles
south of here, washed away last night-loss
5000. Total damages. in Montgomery
county to crops and Otherproperty is esti-
mated at 100000.
Indiana.
LAFAYETTE, IND, Aug. 3.-The flood
in the Wabash is more than a foot above
the high water mark of 1858. and several
inches higher than ever before since the
settlement of the country. all tributaries
have been running out, and the low
grounds are all Overf0wed. In many
places the river is three to five miles wide. |
The damage is incalculable. Great suffer-
ing must result to tenants on low lands, |
whose all is swept away. The Wabash
bottoms for an average Of . mile and half
wide are submerged, and crops, both
and growing, are swept away,
Our city is located on high ground, and {
slight damage has been experienced, eX- G
,ept to manufactures and mills. The de- /
,truction Of the Wabash and Erie Canal :
between here and Fort Wayne is complete. Z
L is broken in hundred places. The ca a
nal and river have been on a stand for {
hours, the water Of the river
washing through the latter and running
over the banks from one to the other at all
Ow places. This will be a terrible blow
20 the people of the State. It is impOssi-
Die TO estimate the acreage submerged.
The Louisville, New Albany and Chi
ago Railroad is much damaged between
lere and Battle-Ground. The other rail-
-Oads are all right. The portion of the
,ity located on the west bank Of the Wa
bash has been cut off for two days by water 5
)7erfowing the bridges and levees, and L
is only kept open by skiffs. '
The river has fallen about p inches since '
o'clock this morning, and is still slowly 7
eceding.
Missouri. I
SEDALIA, No, Aug. damages by the 7
ate storm to railroads running through this I
place are repaired. The Missouri, Kansas c
md Texas railroad completed repairs yes
erday, having had a large force at work
epairing the damage. Trains are now
INNING from Texas promptly on time, and l
special trains Of stock and merchandise are
passing daily.
Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug 3.-Gen. IhOmp- I
ION, Chief State Engineer, says the Arkan- (
as levees, near the Louisiana line, are low c
md in bad condition, and the Raleigh,
Alillikens, Omega and Waterproof leyees
ire caving in. About ten days foods from 1
.boye will arrive at Red river, and should '
he upper levees give way the whole cOun- 7
ry around BayOn Macon will be over
lowed.
West Virginia.
WHEELING, Aug. 3.-Wheeling creek
vas higher yesterday than ever known.
The abutments Of the Abridge two miles
,ast of here have moved at least a foot. a
On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad there
S great destruction Of property. The town
IF Pennington is almost completely sub
merged, the water being on the first floor !
If nearly all the houses. Heavyland slides /
ire reported on the railroads, and tour I
bridges have been carried away on the
branch Of the Baltimore and I
Ohio Railroad. The river is now rising
loWly. Ii will not reach over about 2S
eet. But little rain to-day. '