, 1875-07-30
A Vcritablo I,eltge At md Near
Alton, III.
The Most Copious Rain That Has Fallen
in Forty Years.
Serious Damage TO Crops, Railroads, and
Other Properly.
A Destructive Tornado in Hendricks Uoun-
ty, Ind
Houses Demolished, Fields Dcsofatcd, and Scy.
erai Persons Killed.
Miscellaneous Reports of the Agrlcul-
tural Prospects,.
ILLINOIS.
Hrttfdt Ujsraf.h Ia Ihe Ehfcdoo Tribune.


Hrtefdt Ejsrnfth Ia Ih< Ehfcdoo Tribune.
ALTON, H., July 29.--Tlle greatest 1h!n ntorn
Which has visited THU vicinity for soma tlme sos
Ii, Yesterday anl tho rain fell in toErcnte until
last night number Of l1otiscB up tho creek ns
the corner Of Sixth alml Abby streets mud on
other low grounds wcre tlootlcd. md considerable
damage s!oGe, hut tho greatest dcetEucelon III
this vicinity Was ia tho Nool River bottom, in
tho vicinity of tho Junction. Iolh forks OF
Wcotl 1syor oyorowcd their banks yesterday
afternoon and HveLtt aresistfeas tosront across
the bos.ou.. The stscam was feet higher
than auy poiut reached in tue lnrt
fcrtv ycarh, which Eyos Ho,no iacn Of the height
attained ~ tho Hood. At Urpor Alton Station,
on tic l'ucls island load, the west fork Of Wno1
River ioo.lod all tho low lands In tho valley.
Tho depot waa entirely surrounded By water
Ur to this morning tho Hood "as still 70 high
that crossing at that poInt was Impossible. All
tho farms o, that low laud botwoon Upper Alum
Station and tho Junction wcro oyerllowct.
Fences, grain, mid hay worc Rwert nw"y. Tho
standing corn waH prostratcd anslroot crops badly
injured. Two bridges on tho ltock Island Roaa'
nre OF tl.cm ut W0tda, wore also carried AWAY
while .:,e track was vns!lod out aud badly dan'-
aged. At II o'clock to-day the waEon-road to
St. LOUIS was still or , foot under water At ia1
Al to oye could trace 1t. f1nn tho railroad-eroSs-
iue bcynnl tho Tl1rco-Miio liauaa. Tho break
III tho Tesge l[auto 1oat1 At that paint III sell
!! ol,s ono, Int will probably bo repaired by to-
| morrow Ho H,at traina ca1i Eats. On tho ChicaEo
track bad brrah occurred At point
about q milo euuth OF Milton DridEo. but
| tho damage WIZ 10 promptly fepalrctl
,Ilat t1sinB crossed before 10 o'clock this Hlurn'
| mr., The LOSS to thp farmers on tho bottom by
5.,y .1nlt1 .
| tic water this morning waA u ] fens doer.
Tho patti Of the main sor,ont preSants curious
spectacle. llaiA, fenclng. t7eea, a'la dobsis Of
! every description. are seen OIL every slana. 1hc
details VIC have given Of tho aood arc ,neasrc.
| Enough ia kno8n 10 bhow that tho Hood is Tue
most disastrouB ha. has occurred in thRt section
ior forty yoats. CahoA.a Crpek, near Eisatds-
| yi!lo, oyerAowed all tho battom lauas III that
vicinity, aud did an imsnonao amount OF da',s'
ayo, TLo traek and oulye1ta OF the Toledo load
suffered seriously.
| sttc,at Uupalch to The Chicago Tribune,
Dw,aur, ILL.,, July 29.-1hc amount of wstcs
| which has falon during tho last forty-oigh1
hours in something fearful to contenplatc-uo
| IN ~ agricultural but III q sanltary point ol
yiew. Some had ipdugcl a tarIoru hops thai
lilo ontB might possibly ho c.lt QUO way, but tut
torriu!o rain storuls Of yoatarday have put Or
| end to all hopes OF Saving tltul. 1H' o4tA "
fiat on tho ground, pnrfectly saturated witt
watpr-ouly iii fo! hog food. The farmers hett
arc feeling terribly bluo over THAR great lohs
An immcnao crop had hcen putin. as feed WAS sor'
scaroe. II a.!da TO the calamity. Tile water !.
standing III ponds, Rnd from this fact alone y
will be impossible to got OH tha tieldB. even II
they woso worth cutting, for week At least
The weather is very sult1y, and does not seosn
to be settled.
special Di*patth to Tht Ctfraqo Tribune.
| CA1Ko, ILL.,, July 29.-A heavy rnh prevailed
in this city and all Egypt Inst night mud to-das
1,usinenB III Ut sta,,dstsll, aud tho prohpect o1
tue growing orops is anything but cheering.
| Correspondence af TIE thicfao tribune,
ATKINSON, Ill, july 2s-Tho storm of yestcF
day las entirely ruined tho prospect OF BIZ
oAt crop. Data are tlowu 10 bad.y That 1t will bt
Impossible to oct over one-lalf Of them. !
great many Aro uudGr water. mud it IL sttll rain
Ing hard. think largo proportion will sithe
grow ur rot. Corn Ia looking vol, aud, Wl1L
late sa} there will bo a big crop.
srecfat Lisnatch to The Chtutao TftbnHe.
QulnuY, ILL.,. July 23.-Tllo heavy raiue OF Ina
Tuesday aud Wednesday lava. been especial
soys1e along the lu.o Ut the Toledo, Wabash !
WeBta.u 1tni.rnGd. Laat evening thu traex j.
tho vicinity Of Ncelyvillo Station gave way. u
passenger train which arrives IN this city al CT
o. M. vYaH delayed by tho accident four hours
| IA Hoo1, ~ tho waHtl. out WAS discovered. a gan
OF nleu wsa nct to work. aud thu track WAS ZOO
placed III good condition.