The New York Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1850, Page 7

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The some time, as al] navigation ard to obtain. Gas Works were flooded, and no yesterday evening. were not materially injured, and will be in order time, be ascer- “bridges cannot*be tson And) Wet John. nM . King and Grey Wu wesny tore of Journal Editors of Biblical i ” ON Now YorkiedGe- —“ — Chrinian Palade a gai r The loss of life cannot, at this tained, and when the flood subsides wi known how many have been its victims. Yester- day afternoon, aman was seen on a middie of the river, and we are info was rescued below the rolling mill, and that he came from Leesport. ree men were confined in the upper story of Frees & Kissinger’s store house, ‘and the water coming in upon them. When the bridge down, a portion dashed instantly disappeared. water, and were carried, among the fr down the stream. Two of them escape was drowned. We could not gather their WILLIAM V. BRADY, ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS his house, when it Farther Destruction of Property, and Loss of Life. PROBABLE LOSS, $4,000,000. &o., &o., &o. Heyard Gol W u The house owned by Mr. Charles Phillips, near the rolling mill, was swept off, and the adjoini e destruction of houses in Front and Water streets, at this time, became tr and families, who had found ert , were beckoning for relief from the upper windows and roof-tops, and hundreds were rescued from watery graves, which stared them in the face. But one boat could be used pose, and had there been more, the loss of life would have bee: Mr. William Seitzinger and William Moy: were in this boat, performed many perilous save men, women and even at the risk of losing they came to a tottering hou: husband, wife and ll, and but one, an infant, could laced in the boat y heart-rending, (From the Albany Atlas, The heavy rains on Monday an raised the water in the W, Sept. 4. Mond ht pre bey The dam Mr. Curden was carried away, and the eat volume of water thus at once liberated, swept t force, carrying away bi ', inundating the various along the stream, sweeping through their lower windows, and doing considerable in; the water is said to ha: et above its usual height. The foundation of the spike factory was very seriously injured. In the factory were twelve spike es. Two of these were swe the stream, ard the rest were more or less Some of the chimneys as well as the mac! about the building, sutlered some injury. The jarge portion of Michael hardson Philo Rist Geo W—3 Lemuel Richardson A Bel- Hishandpon Capt TB wag ar oy ber ther dam below, irown lives. fn one in- tained a family of but the boat was fu be taken, which had just been when the house came down with a crash, the children in the flood, and wife sprang into the water, and were carried down aot a tree, from which rs. Sand passed down Huntington Calvin the stream until he gi he was taken by a boat. below the rolling mill, when she too, was re- a cry Bingham The Mauri e wall of this e leading from the store to the factory was carried away—abutments and all—so that not @ vestige of it remained. A house in its immediate vicinity was also completely riddled, and part of it carried away, and some of its inmates had row escape. Two children sleeping in a bunk in the heuse were snatched from a wate! just as the water had reached a height above the ground floor. The basement of Bur- den’s store was also completely flooded, and all the articles stowed away there were more or less jured. ‘he damage in Winslow’s works was also very severe, and several persons saved their lives only by the narrowest escapes. The dam just above inslow’s works and nearly its who be ag strong n down by the diate vicinity of the dam on the north side, nearly everything was swept away bordering on thestream. built on the margin of the stream was almost totally destroyed. A wooden building, occupied by J. Harvey as a grinding carriage and railroad Mr. H. is a manufacturer, was swept awa’ so that barely a vestige of it remains. loss is about $190 in this Winslow & Corning’s loss (who owned the build- cannot be less than about $300. ‘he loss in Messrs. Winslow & Corning’s lower factory, will be very considerable. about sixteen or seventeen ye: the waters and drown on the meadow, below the rail morning, and an inquest was held over it. been at work in the scued by a brave maa, whose name we could not learn. ‘The family of Mr. Graff, on Front street, were in their house until a late hour in the afternoon, when they were rescued by some brave and gal- in the face of the most forbidding danger. Mr. Dee) Byerle they neared the house, their boat struck with so much force as to capsize it, and they were both plunged into the angry water. They mounted the roof of a stable at hend, but it gave way, and they had been made by alot Lorenzo Sandel Albert” ‘Mr, Twelfth Shafard H A neat brick building, was buried in the water. Hundreds of flour barrels were coming down river, and it is believed that fearful destruction has mi among the mills on the Schuylkill and g mill dam) gat je structure built of manner, was com- to notice the numerous losses of our the river and among the wharves and storehouses, which all contained much valu- Frees & Kissinger had ail their wood, coal, &e., ra away. ‘he wood and coal yard of Mr. Jacob Souder shared the same fate, office and stables, carts and drays, all carried eff. Bickel’s board yard was cleared, but euies, Pat’k D CGaberar Jana Mas Peacock’s coal and wood wharf was cleared, and he himself was in the most imminent janger, and was rescued by his brother and Mr. Zeitinger. Toet Ritter lost all his lumber, scarcely a board Clarkeon Rev David Clark CV Richard Labiche Honry Lorenzo—3 sere. Boas & Lott lost a large lot of lumber. sher & Brother also lost a small lot of lumber. ritz & Seltzer lost all their lime and wood, and all the goods in their warehouse. factory, and after his labor had been completed, he had gone to sleep in a cor- ner of the building, near the stream. dam gave way and the flood came, it swept away a poruon of the building and carried away the un- fortunate young man. Several narrowly escaped death when the flood struck the building. fourteen or fifteen men had just left off work and gone home, when the dam gave way. Some five or six, however, remained. Laforge Isaac Lawrence J Huestis La Lawson Las A boat containing some $3,000 worth of groceries broke loose, and became a total! loss. Bushong lost some 1,200 head of hogs, and y m and around his distillery was His loss is estimated Lis ry bea] ‘armishae! Jas B arwell W Carri i 1 damaged and carried away. _ Mr. T. M. O’Brien’ fixtures, was swe When the waters upon them, they fled for their lives— ig up on the maehi- machine shop, with all its way. some seeking safety by clim! and some coneping through the roof of the al hie luenber, end-qoveal jing and in various other ways. was some six or seven feet above two houses on Front street, e main floor of hurch opposite, were all car- st rier, aioe cater et ary Gilbert Lovett dumeel rasaral pisrene had narigw eso Richards lost fine unfinished boat, and Tosca Cyrus ishing by grasping and holding on to the branches of a ‘© cannot estimate the loss sustained. We id to learn thet Mr. Burden thinks he will be able to make repairs so as to be able to resume ope- lations in two o1 (From the Columbia (Ga.) Times.) We fear that the storm of Saturda! We refer to our Randolph and Stewart correspondence, stating that trees had been uproot- ed, fences and out houses blown down, and crops d cotton most seriously injured. The storin was, no doubt, general, as we have heard from Meriwether up, and Cuthbert down, the coun- try. The rapid rise of the river to fifteen feet, in- extended still higher up the not less than 200 trees have hear of no loss of life. Lumr«in, Aug 23, 1850, One of the severest hurricanes has passed over this part of the country | ever witnessed. night of the 22d the wind sprang up, blowing from E., and continued to increase until adout r. 's rope walk was carried off, and much All the houses up to Third street, were greatly d, and there were three feet of water in 5 is Conor Areutbald Co: cocks two houses above Lutz’s dam were demolished Raudenbush’s hotel, at the locks in Franklin street, was partly destroyed. Cooper& CoV. © wey? rey 14 4 po wi Bo 12th st Cuuningham ook Horas Sorta Jasinto-3 (From the Pottstown, Pa Monday last will be marked in the local history of Schuylkill Valley, as one memorable for the greatest freshet that has ever oce The rain fell in this vicinity during Sunday night, and brought on the most rapid rise of water ever witnessed. Ledger, Sept, 4.) Tv Travers Jefferson Taylor Thomas Tylor ER Taylor Thomas D Jo jor Thos Soups bTownee nd Taylor Alex Child- Ten dicates that it b No one at first antici- been prostrated. ss eae pated the terrible freshet, but the continued rise and unexampled quantity of lamber, broken timber, toock R glace Ten ect hay stacks, household furniture, mill gearing, bar- rels, boats, great and small, gave evidence of a great flood in the river and its tributary streams About one o'clock it began to be evi- dent that the bridge across the tiver at this place, At this time the water reached the weather boarding, and the huge timbers on the surface commenced their battering assault upon its frame wot two o'clock, a massive wreck swept the western end of the old structure from the a broke the bridge in two in the centre. still rising rapidly, the floating timber began to bear heavily upon the reinuinin, hour thereafter, a lar it and gently bore it from the ebutment and the pier, entire, and carried it majestically down the tide, afier standing the weather, wiad, and water for twenty-nine yeors The scene at thie time was intensely interesting and distressing, while th Birdsborough, three at Read other bridges, were passing » when it was at its height. my house and saw some four or five trees fall in my yerd, which of course frightened me some the yard are seven down, and the roads are blocked Young corn with the een rolled over it would be swept ye Capt Vi Tognsend Tscnter Themes Simse ompeon Thom a sbegii-a” °°” Rombee up every hundred fodder on, looks as if a log f fodder are blown At a quarter betore jown and any amount The whole country is covered with id the branches of trees. shelter went, also the covering of my screw aad part of the roof of my mule shelter. | suppose fron what I can see, that at least every twentieth tree in the forest (on my land) is dow | learned that part of was blown down inthe neighborhood. I have not e the storm or hurricane, but t have been pretty exten- Thomas W: ing 3 ay came against o Dagubese Alexan- aA der v been from home si am satisfied that it f Douglasville, Port Clinton and nthe now anim- Families residing a’ong the river, whose habitations had never by freshets, were now being surrounded compelled to secare t from cellar to garret 1 suppose it lasted something like from six to ten hours trom first to last, but | would say the hard- jer blowing some time hanged to the south and te ¥ Deveadorf Gailford Valentine Semi L Vin Deamier Mone Joseph Dempster W = DePeyster J Watts Isane M est lasted six houre. from the southeast, it southwe t, and finally got around to the northwest, | when it cleared off and the sun broke out take me some two or three days to get thing: T have heard of no deaths. ent, August 24, 1850, Last night about 12 o'clock, a most tremendous storm came upon our town and county, and the in- ury done is incalculable, The blow commenced at and continued with unmitigated violence ilabout 9 o'clock to-day. The planters have red beyond any misfortune that has ever here- I learn from the couatry jon fields have been literally ruined, boll the size of a patridge egg hi a as successfully as though a flail had been Cotton of good size has been torn to pieces in a manner that precludes the possibility of any recovery Cotton fields that promised on yesterday a yield of one thousand pounds per acre, to-day fall short in their promise of five hundred pounds. Houses have been blown down, trees torn up by around plantations pros- ‘an ya pilsee we Y their property b and Jeave in boats, to take lodgings for the night Farin houses, barar, of the stream, with more favored neighbors straightened oul again c from its head to cd with the highest wa the advantages day afforded to protect property, and life was enjoy ed Aaa large fragment of one of the upper bridges Wadia Juhee 1 jamaley & Bro- during day-light, #0 that passed this point, a fine porker contentedly promenacing on the large number ot hogs were seen floating down the tofore befailen them. water was cight feet higher t three feet higher pumpkin freshet,”” which The present now ata » known to the living. thalf the Poti At this place than the Jaly fr r that purpose. heelook Calvi 5 Weeks Horace” Whesler Réyin F Webk & Co due P gE Elliot Dr Augt@ Eastmaa,Cottrell & om Samuel Powers st freshet at this pli '¢ understand that one spso town bridge (which was swept before the fragments of the upper bridges reached this remained almost entire, and came endwise the fine new bridge at Lawrence: low this place, and passed throw, timbers of one span completely, but the roof, e seem, remaining entire and in This bridge had only been completed the roots, and the trated ail over the county How extensive the storm may have been I am unable to say, but if it has visited other sections with the same severity as it has Randol, may rely upon it that the injury will be felt, and sadly felt—by the planters. [Prom the Griffin (Ga.) Whig.) Just before day on Saturday morning last it com- menced raining and the wind to blow v It continued until late in the evening. ®, and a part of the parapet wall over the A. Gray were blown down; fortunately no One or two large trees, near the ist church, were also torn up by the roots, in Was very much needed, but in consequence vy guete of wind, we fear that veen done to the cotton, blowing off the squares and bolls. The corn \s fat matured now that the rain will not do it any good whatever; even the late patches in this im- mediete neighborhood, will be almost an entire ith all that, if the people will be sav- close, enough will be made to last until another crop ie made. ‘From the Taliaharte (Pia) Journal, A an in the midst of a se « Wind and rein, from which we fear much iojary to 4 James jgDowgell BB Gor~ ile, six miles be- aia ee chad scene occurred at louglassville. A o many others, so d in’ the house, possible for them family, yt hy like wousual a rise of water, which is of stone, until it was to leave it. They were (seven in number, ‘driven from the second story to the their condition was perilous offered to any persons who wou Two hed = in oa but were un- narrowly esea) jrowning. when the water ‘k, and the family sing Railroad Company has lost severa yay Lait Navigetton Company ye undoubtedly sustained very heavy da nage. e lars atthe time of A large break jj Whitington Chrie~ tian much demege has house, commenced su!