Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-09-19
The storm I'm Belmont County.

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The storm which began on last Wednes
day morning and continued with high winds
| and incessant rains through Thursday
ended on Friday. Such a storm has not vis-
tied this portion of the State within the mem
| ory Of the oldest. .inhabitant. 1t is unnecessa'
| ry to recount its feroeity, for its increasing
| fury was watched with bated breath by nearly
every one who observed its tendency to dis
ster. The damage it has done, even in Bel
mont county,, cannot be estimated. The worst
damage inflicted is to the crops and fencing
Along the water courses much of the corn is
tprostrated and covered with sand aad much
was uprooted and carried down with the
flood, and on higher ground is broken and
tangled and greatly injured, besides beng
rendered difficult to harvest. The fencing
along Wheeling. Captina, Saltwater and Nc
Mahon's creeks and their tributaries is badly
damaged and much of it carried off. Captna
creek was more turbulent than the oldest in
habitant can remember ever having witnessed
|it-rising two feet and seven inches higher
than ever before known, and bearing deslruc-
ton upon its bosom, estimated by good judge
as entailing loss upon the people of the val
ley of from $4,000 to SO, 900, mostly in
crops and fencing. The dam at Perkins Mill
was washed out, and the approach to the
bridge at Moore's was taken. On the head
waters Lee Evans is heavy loser in crops,
fencing, &c. Squire CaldwelPs losses in corn
and fencing over $400; John Sdebottom, ia
addition to corn and fencing, had tobacco
house taken; Alex. Armstrong incurred Il 50
of probably $500 including damage to Mill
property; John Danford, loss of $70O-fortY
of his hogs were caught in the current, but
most OF them swan to the shore and were
saved Three hundred dollars damaue was
done to the crops and fencing of the heirs of
Isaac Welsh. Isaac Ram ey lost 81 head of
sheep besides damage to fencing, in all $500
McMahons Ceeek was wild, probably foot
higher than ever before. The fencing suffer-
ed; heavy damage. COmparatively..little loss
was entailed on the Genital road and trains
were impeded but for q short time by wash
out near Neffs. The approach to the county
bridge above Lewis Mills was washed away
and the dam at the mills was considerably
damaged. A large quantity of logs and sawed
lumber was taken from the Portable Mill of
JAS Hart and the boiler of the Mill was capsiz-
ed portion of Quincy was flooded and two
houses were taken down against the railroad
bridge and dashed to pices, the occupants not
having time to save their effects. We are not
advised further a to particular damage, but
conclude that the owners of the fertile bot>
toms all along down this stream were seriously
damaged. The Narrow Gauge on the small
creek, was damaged slightly in its bridges and
by slips and couple of hundred feet of the
road bed near Dixons was washed out, but
repares were speedily made and by Monday
|evening trains were running as usual.
On Wheeling Greek the damage was i'm
mense to the soil, crops, fences bridges and
railroad. The iron bridge on the road lead
ing to Pennington and that on the Cadiz pike