The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-08-06
The Floods I'm the West.
DESTRUCTION OF CROPS AND DAMAGE TO
RAILROADS.

DESTRUCTION OF CROPS AND DAMAGE TO
RAILROADS..
Sr. LOUIS, Aug. 2.-Thc four principal
railroads running. east from this city were
either flooded in places or damaged SO that
trains cannot run, and most of the railroads
in this State are in a 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:
and do sas H1srs say
butaries within 200 miles Of here are all
greatly swollen, many ofthem pouring OUT
Dispatchs from various parts of this state
say that immense damage has been done to
crops and farm property generally
In Spring RIVER bottom alone the damage
suffered by the farmers is estimated at 81
ter Rivers are higher than ever before, and
in fact ell streams in the State are at HOOD
height and are causing great destruction OF
The railroads are also suffering seriously
! from wash-onts, the loss Of bridges and
or stopped entirely; turnpike roads are also
being washed away In places ana bridges
Travel ofall kinds is impeded. Probably
there was never so widely extended damage
by rain in the State.
MEMPHIS, Aug. the SITUATION ,i.t aio ing
very despondent in view Of the floods re-
ported in all the upper rivers. The rise
ofthe second rise at Cairo, probably, will
reach here Tomorrow, though the river
Rf atter part " ofth eT present. Week: ~
CHICAGO, Aug. Especial dispatches this
morning report that heavy and damaging
thern Illinois, and in portions of Iowa, dur
ing the past forty-eight hours. The crops
have been almost entirely destroyed ~, IN
highlands have suffered to great extent:
| The railroads have been washed out at
some points, but no serious accidents are
| t9I as vet
| CINC1NNArI, August 3.-A special from
| Chillicothe says the rains continue. The
flood is gaining. The canal broke below
the city and swept 5000 bushels Of wheat
into the river. People living in the bot
ov,n the IS risne
five inches per hour; it is also rising rapid
ly at Cincinnati, whore it has already inva
before. A special from New Albany says
Sn i New o and at
t The track Is covered from White river TO
v a distance of three miles. heavy force o
asi brSse oans away, VIII
the river ut this point is twelve inches high
er than ever known: The trains aims so Sou IT.
in places. Aspecial from Athens, Ohio, a
heighth of eight inches above tho creates
! ever known. The gas works are flooded
The people Of the Asylna;, across the val
over. Notrains and no mail since satnr
day.
X dispatch from Athens. Ohio, says tn
The river is within three inches Of tn,
|, greatest height ever known. The crops arr
!; total loss. Reports of other losses come
in constantly. No trains were run on tn
!. Hooking Valley railroad to-day. The wa
| ter is over the track of the Marietta am
D Cincinnati railroad below town, where tw
= trains arc blockaded, one passenger train
full Of people. standing completely isolate
3. for some time. The loss at the Salina sal
re ,n;,,oa will ha haavv The bridve on tt,
II Marietta and Cincinnati road west of her
is gone. The heavy bridges are standin
the strain we'll.