Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-03
THE RECENT RAINS.
Great Damage to Railroads.
TIE Crops Submerged and AL
most Totally Destroyed.
The seIote on the Rampaee.

The seIOtO on the Rampage.
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 2.=The heavy
rains Of last night filled cellars heretofore
dry, and covered corn and wheat fields even
more deeply than they were before. The
SciOto river is higher than it has been for
years, but no fear is felt for the legee. The
Hooking Valley Railroad Company only
run trains to Lancaster. President Green
reports ml9 severe floods between that
point and Athens along the line Of the
road, than known for many years. The
Pan Handle trains all come in on time.
The Little Miami road, by reason Of the
floods, sent the Cincinnati train to-day by
way Of Xenia and Dayton.
LATER-AbOut midnight last night the
SciOto river left its bed and broke wide
over 4 tract Of ground south Of the city,
burying extensive corn fields ten feet in
water. The waters then rushed over a
large brick yard ambrose to the first story Of
ten houses occupied by workmen at the
yard, necessitating the removal Of women
aud children in wagons. The men waded
out to the high ground with. difficulty, but
with little patient effort the whole party,
numbering seventy-five persons, were all
saved without serious accident.
Considerable damage was done TO prop
erty in the neighbOrhood. The river fell
three feet to-day. Reports from along the
line of the Hooking Valley Railroad show
the loss to growing crops will be very great.
1t is impossible to ascertain the damage to
the rOad-be until the water subsidies. No
bridges as yet have been swept away.
Heavy Rains i'm Illinois.
CHICAGO, Aug. specials this morn
ing report that heavy and damaging rains
have prevailed in central and northern II
linois and portion of Iowa during the past
As hours. Crops have been almost entire
ly destroyed in some of the low lands, and
even the high lands have suffered to great
extent. Railroads have been washed ont
at some points, but no very serious acct
dents are reported as yet.
Hooking Valley Submerged-CrOPs q
Total Loss
CINCINNATI, Aug. "A special to the
Times from Athens, o., says the Hooking
Valley is completely submerged, and the
rise is within three inches Of the greatest
ever known. Crops are a total loss, and
reports of other losses come in constantly.
No trains on the Hooking Valley road to-
day. The water is over the track Of the
Marietta and Cincinnati road, below town,
where two trains are blOckaded. One a
passenger train filled with people stood
completely isolated for some time. The
loss at the Salina salt mines will be heavy.
One br. dge on the Marietta and Cincinnati
road, west of here, has gone down. The
heavy bridges are standing the strain well.
The Gdzette's special from Charleston,
W. Va, reports all the streams rising rapid
". A boom in Elk river was swept away
this morning, causing a loss in logs Of
$4,000. Reports from all parts of Ohio
tO-night-sOuth of the Pittsburg, Ft.
Wayne and Chicago railroad-eontinue the
gloomy accounts heretofore given in these
dispatches of loss and damage by floods.
1t is thought by tomorrow or Wednesday
most Of the smaller streams will commence
falling.
WHEELING, ". VA, Aug. Avery hard
rains here yesterday and last night. The
creek overlooked its bank, carrying away
quantities Of hay and shocked wheat. The
water covered the National pike a few
miles east Of the city. Near Warrington,
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, the
track was covered with water to a depth Of
two feet. The road was uniDjured, how
ever. Telegraph wires and poles were
washed away. The MOnongahela river is
higher at Fairmont than for ten years.
Millions of Bushels OF wheat Floating
Down the wabash.
TERRE HAUTE, Aug. 2.-The food in
this region is very devastating. The Wa
bash river is some twenty inches higher
than during the great rise of 1858, and
few inches higher than the still greater in
undatiOn of 1925, which is Of record and is
n the memory Of the E'Oldest inhabitants"
TIE river is fully three miles wide oppOtite
the city, and is still slowly rising. A few
small houses have fOated down. Some
live stock and millions of bushels of wheat
in STACKS and shocks have flOated past.
Large quantities of hay have also gone
down. There Is little driftwOOd afiOat, or the
bridge could not possibly remain. The two
railroad bridges ofthe Vandalia and Indian
apOliS and st. Louis are both unsafe. The
water is within a few inches Ofthe windows
of the water-Works and quite even with
the floor of the gss-wOrks. Both are on the
river bank, but sand-bag embellishments
have so far kept the water out. No loss of
life reported as yet. The Clinton wagon
bridge, IA miles above us, is floating down
on us, so is saw mill. Over
six million bushels of corn reported
drowned out between Terre Haute
and HutsOnville. Sugar creek township is
wholly devastated. Not a thousand rails,
very little corn and no wheat left in the
township. Every house in BlOOmstOwn is
inundated. Markets mill-dam, FIVE miles
west, is broken away, and seven houses at
ReelsTille, on the Vandali9, together with
three miles of embankment, are washed
away. Not a train on any of the railroads
left the city to-day except a passenger to
Vincennes and it returned with n COM
muEicstion below.
NGreat Damage 10 Railroads
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Aug. II ue con-
tinued rain storm since Saturday has been
very damaging to railroads west and south
of this point. White river has continued
to rise slowly since Friday evening, and is
now fully as high as the food Of 1858.
IndianOla, on the west side Of the river, is
all aflOat. An immense amount of damage
has been done to property on the west side
of the city and in the bottom lands along
White river. The Vincennes railroad has
suffered severely in the neighborhOOd of
Martinsville. The track is submerged for
miles between that city and GOsport. Van
dalia suffered the loss OF new iron bridge
near CaTteIsburg, one end of the
bridge at Amo being lowered and
the track considerably damaged
at several points. The 1. and St. l.. is
badly damaged at st. Mary's and Dauyille,
a portion of the trestle work at the latter
point being washed away. The West Di-
vision of the l., G. and L. suffered in the
washing away of the road bed at Crooked
Creek, a few miles west of this city. The
L, 2. and G. Railroad has a damaged
bridge at Noblesville, and considerable
damage to the track. The l., B. and w.
suffered slightly in damage to road bed.
The j., NJ. and l is considerably damaged
at Rockford and Columbus, No trains
have arrived to-day on the Vincennes,
Vandalia and indianapolis and St. Louis
roads. Roads running east have suffered