Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-04
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Rivers Swollen and Growing Crops
Submerged.

MEMPHIS, Aug. 2.-Telegrams from above
last night dispelled the last hope Of avert.
ing an overflow. The river hero is still
rising slowly. The mercury fell rapidly
last evening. At o'clock this morning
it stood at GO, which is unprecedented in
this latitude on the I'd of August. Cotton
on the uplands is reported suffering from
the incessant showers and running to
weeds.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 1.-The heavy
rains last night filed cellars heretofore dry,
and covered corn and wheat fields even
more deeply than they were before. The
Scioto river is higher than for years. but
no fears are felt for the levee. The Hook
ing Valley Railroad Company only run
trains to Lancaster the president reports
more severe floods between that point and
Athens along the line Of railroad, than for
many years. The Pan Handle trains all
come in on time. The Little Miami road,
by reason Of the floods, sent the Cincin-
natl trains to-day by the way of Xenia and
Dayton.
CHICAGO, Aug. "A special dispatch re-
ceived this morning reports that heavy and
damaging rains have prevailed in Central
and Northern Illinois and in portions of
Iowa during the past AZ hours. Crops
have been almost entirely destroyed in some
Of the low land sections, and even the
high lands have suffered to a great extent,
The railroads have been washed out at some
points, but no serious damages are report
ed as yet.
CINoINNAT1, August "A dispatch from
Hamilton says: " The Mamma is out of
honlg Tho in AZ 9
the city is three or four feet deep. No
trains went out last night on the Panhau-
die or Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Roads.
BALTIMORE, August 2.-Rev. James d.
McCsbe, pastor of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, is dead, Aged 81 years. He was
formerly a minister in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church at Richmond, Virginia, but
in 1916 he joined the Episcopal Church
ST. LOUIS, August 2.-The rain continued
throughout Saturday night and up to noon
yesterday. The mercury has fell Coz.
Four Of the principal railroads running
East from this city are either flooded in
places or damaged so that trains can not
run, and most of the railroads in this State
are in similar condition. Up to last
night the river had risen three feet since
Saturday night, and was still rising at the
rate of two inches per hour. Accounts.from
Upper Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois
say that all the rivers are rising rapidly,
and the tributaries within 200 miles of
here are all greatly swollen, and many of
them pouring out in foods.
Dispatches from various parts of this
State say immense damage has been done to
crops and farm property generally. In
the Spring River bottoms alone the damage
suffered by the farmers is estimated at $780,
900. The Usage, Lamine and Black Water
Rivers are higher than ever before, and in
fact all the streams in the State are at
Hood height, causing great destruction of
property. The railroads are also suffering
seriously from washouts, the loss Of bridges
and overtlows. Trains are badly delayed,
stopped entirely. Turnpike roads also be-
ing washed away in places and bridges de-
stroyed, travel Of all kinds is impeded.
Probably there was never so widely-ex-
tended damage by rain in the State.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2.-The Republicans
Kansas City special says terrific storm
occurred again yesterday afternoon and
last night In that vicinity, the track of
the st. Louis, Kansas City and Northern
Railroad near COmblen was so badly DAM
aged, that oil the trains have been aban-
doned. The track of the Leavenworth,
Lawrence and Galveston Railroad at Cha
mute, Kansas, where it crosses the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Road, was also badly
washed, and no trains have reached the
city for the last "a hours.
CINCINNATI, Aug, IA dispatch from
Athens, Ohio, says that Hooking Valley
is completely submerged, and the river is
within three inches of the highest water
mark ever known here. The crops are
total loss. Reports of other losses come in
constantly. No trains were on the Hook
ing Valley railroad to-day, the water was
over the track of the Marietta and Cincin-
natl railroad below town where two trains
are now blockaded one passenger train
full of people, standing completely iso-
lated for some time.
The loss at the Salina salt mines will be
heavy.
A bridge on the Marietta and Cincinnati
railroad west Of here is gone. The heavy
bridges are standing the strain we'll.
special River Report.
During the past twenty-four hours the
Ohio River has risen three feet and half
at Pittsburg, seven feet and half at Gin
cinnati and three feet at Louisville. A
dangerous food will probably occur be-
tween Louisville and Pittsburg. The Mis-
sissippi has risen three feet at St. Louis,
and five inches at Cairo, and has fallen
nine inches at Keokuk. The Allegheny
and bo1 ;uarc have .;ro,