The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-03
The Rains Continue.

The ram continued most of last night
and drzzle fell up to noon to-day. The
mercury has fallen to about 60 ., and wind
from northwest, but still very cloudy and
threatening. The four principal railroads.
running east from here either are flooded
in places or damaged SO that trains cannot
run, and most of the roads in this state are
similarly situated The river has risen
here three feet since last night, and is now
rising at the rate of two inches per hour.
Accounts from the Upper Mississippi, Mis-
souri, and Illinois say all are rising rapidly,
and all tributaries within 200 miles of here
are greatly swollen, many of them pouring
out floods of water. Dispatches from va.
riods parts of this state say that immense
damage is done to crops and other farm
property. In Spring river bottom alone
the damage to farmers is estimated at ST.
100000. The Usage, Lamolne and Black
water rivers are higher than ever before
in fact all the streams in the state are at
flood height, and causing great destruction
to property. Railroads also are suffering
greatly from washouts, loss of bridges and
overflows, and trains are badly delayed or
stopped entirely. The turnpike roads are
also being washed away IN places; bridges
are destroyed and travel impeded. There
has probably never been so widely extend
ed damage done in the state before.
RIVERS RISING.
COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 2.
The heavy rains of last night filed eel
lars heretofore dry and covered the corn
and wheat fields even more deeply than
they were before. Scoto river is higher
than it has been for years, but no fears are
felt for the levees.
THE RAILROADS.
The Hooking Valley railroad company
only run trains to Lancaster. President
Greene reports more severe floods between
that point and Athens, along the line of
that railroad, than has been known for
many years. Pan Handle trains all come
in on time. The Little Miami road, by
| reason of floods, sent Cincinnati trains to-
day by way of Xenia and Dayton.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.
A special this morning reports that heavy
and damaging rains have prevailed in Cen
trail and Northern Illinois and in portions
of Iowa, during the past forty-eight hours.
Crops have been almost entirely destroyed
in some of the lowlands, and even high
lands have suffered to a great extent. Rail-
roads have been washed out at some points,
but no serious accidents are reported as
yet.
| ALONG TIE RIVER.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 2.
The situation along the river is very
gloomy, and planters are very respondent
in view of the floods reported in all the
upper rivers. The rise here to-day is only
an inch, but the head of the recent rise at
Cairo will probably reach here tomorrow,
though the river will probably not rise rap
idly before the latter part of the present
week.
| HOOKING VALLEY.
A special to the Times from Athens
Ohio, says that the Hooking valley is COM
pletely submerged. The rise of the rivei
is within three inches of the greatest ever
known the crops are total loss, and re-
ports of other losses come in constantly
No trains were run on the Hooking Valley
railroad to-day.
The water is over the track of the Ma
rietta and Cincinnati railroad below thu
town where two trains are blockaded, one
passenger train full of people, standing
completely isolated for some time. Tit
loss at the Selma salt mines will be heavy
A bridge on the Marietta and Cincinnati
railroad west of here is gone. The heav,
bridges are standing the strain well.