The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
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| INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 2.-The continued rair
storm in this section since Saturday night has
been very damaging to the railroads west ano
south of this point. White River has con
dnued rising slowly since Friday evening.
Indianola, on the west side of the river, is
all afoat. An immense amount of damage
| has been done property on the west side OF
| this city and in the bottom lands along White
| River. The Vincennes Railroad has suffered
severely in the neighborhood of Martins.
vile.
The track is submerged for miles between
that city and Gosport The Vandalia Rail.
road suffered the loss of their new iron
bridge near Cartersburg. The track was also
considerably damaged at several points The
Indianapolis and st. Louis Road is badly
damaged at St Marys and Danville, portion
of the trestle work at the latter being washed
away. The western division of the Indian.
apolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Road suffered
in the washing away of the road bed at
Crooked Creek, few miles west Of this city,
The Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago road
had its bridge at Noblesville damaged and its
track also considerably Injured at several
points. The road bed of the Indianapolis
Bloomington and Western was slightly
damaged.
The il Jacksonville, Madison and Indianapo-
lis road is considerably Injured at Rockport
and Columbus. No trains have arrived to-day
on the Vincennes, Vandalia and the Indian
apolis and St. Louis roads. The roads run
ming East have suffered comparatively little.
TERRE HAUTE, Aug. 3.-The Wabash is
ton of 1928 The river is three miles wide
opposite the city, and slowly swelling. We
shall have no intercourse in any direction,
and no mails for four days at least, there be-
ing no less than thirty bridges, besides trestles
and embankments, completely gone
/. CINCINNATI, Aug. "a special from Chilli
cothe says the rains continue and the food
gains strength. The canal broke below the
city, and swept five thousand bushels of
wheat into the river.
The people living in the bottom lands are
moving their families, fearing foundations.
At Ironton the Ohio is rising five inches per
hour; also rising rapidly at Cincinnati, where
it has already invaded the lower stories of
houses on Water street, and bids fair to 90 as
high as ever known before
A special from New Albany says the trains
on the New Albany and chicago Railroad
were taken off to day at Gosport. The track
is covered from White River, distance of
three miles. A heavy force of men are at
work trying to prevent the large railroad
bridge from floating away. White River at
this point is twelve feet higher than was ever
known. Trains south from Lafayette go no
farther than Charlottesville, the track being
wash out in many places.
A sps cial from Athens, Ohio, says at mid
night the river attained the height of eight
inches of the greatest elevation. The gas
works are flooded. The people of the asylum
across the valley built boat and ferry their
provisions over. No trains are running and
no mails since Saturday.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL, Aug 3.-The damage
to the crops, bridges and railroads in central
illinois is immense. The losses are estimated
at 81, 900, 900; that of Morgan county alone is
S250,000.
LAFAYETTE, Aug. 3.-The Wabash is sew
eral inches higher than known before since
the settlement of the country. The destruc-
ton Of the Wabash and Erie canal between
here and Fort Wayne is complete.
LITTLE Rock, Aug 3.-The river rose last
night for several hours at the rate of q foot an
hour, and is still swelling. 1t is reported
falling above