The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-03-06
ITEMS OF THE LATE FREsHEr.

w >star was ittcd from It's abutmeDto,i
md carried off about noon on Thursday.
The new bridge on the Philadelphia
road over RIDLEY creek is injured mate
sialIv. One of the abutmen,s is under
mined. and part of an arch has fallen in.
The bridge over tho Pequez on the
Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike has
fallen, and the stage was obstructed in
its passage for . day or two.
At Downingtown the Brandywine |
spread into sea, and the passage of the |
bridge was for time entirely prevented.
The cattle in the barn yard of Joseph
Downing we're only saved from drown
ing nv being hauled out by rope fixed
TO their horns.
Al Pins Mill the bridge was taken off
and drover from the west with horses
| insisted on attempting to cross, contrary
| to the advice of all who we're near him.
He narrowly escaped with his own life,
and three of his horses we're drowned
l A young GIRL inthat neighborhood, we
are informed, slipped from the bank in
to the stream, ard persisted.
A lad on horseback was on Marshalrs
bridge, over Brandy wide, at Marlbo.
rough. when it went off-the horse swan
ashore, and the boy provideniially was
swept against the top ut a tree. TO the
branch of which he chung until relieved.
A man by the name of Plummer was
drowned in kenneti township.
Al Birmingham, Edward Allen, hat
ter by trade. was catching driftwood, and
falling in'o the stream, could not be re.
licved. He was in INDECENT circumstan-
ces and has left wife and several chill
dren whowere dependent on his industry.
In the wiiming,ons lnsl n Ga aEsfaIf. 81 81
.he 2o.h 'N>'. 10 = II in that neighbor.
oood from the late freshet. The chain.
nridge over the Brandywine was carried
away, and two persons who were stand.
ing on il at the time of the accident were
drowned. Duponts sulphur mill is de.
stroyed, the dam is injured, and the race
h''ed up. A stone building used as rag
house, Tor the extensive paper manulac-
tory OH. & L. Gilpin, is totally destroy.
ed, and quantity of rags and manulac.
tured paper carried away by the current.
several small buildings belonging to the
same establishment are laid in ruins
The loss of the Messrs. GiIpins is stated
to be $4,000 dollars.
| Mr.. Twaddle's factory is said to be de-.
stroyed. Mr.. Young's dye house was
carried away, and one or two buildings
partly demolished. Kinks bridge was
destroyed gentleman was passing in a
passing Messrs Gilpin's establisbme nfM on
FRIDAY, but nothing had been heard OF
me man or horse. All the dams but one
as high up Mr.. Young's are said to he
elmer destroyed or materially iniured.-
Inc amour: ofthe damage done bv the
hood IS estimated at one hundred fhoU.
sand dollars.
| ADDITIONAL
| AZ niandywine The water was rhre.
'eet higher than in 1895, and all IN.
bridges, except one in Pennsylvania ,im.,
'ass year, we. c carried away.
The powder and cloth fac,or;es oe ii,
''essrs' ouponts 'eceived no injury, ex
cePt The destruction of "a small tcmporar.
'u'phur house, Of little value. The,
wno'e stock of powder, cloth. yc, y
~ heading, on the Schuylkill, the WA
ter rose twelve feet; it descended FRO
ne neIghboring creeks, the dam. -,
""'ch were all DESTROYED, and the o,he,
WORKS more or less damaged.
ne accounts from Bridgc,owp. " j
are very distressing. The great pond on
me east side OF the town, which supphed
Dri w. Eimer's grist and saw mills. an
&c n. Moore's woolleD factory, rose To-
an astonishing height and carried away
oo'h 'hese establishments. The latter
geh'iemab succeeded, at The risk of his
NE IN entering his factory. and had only
VINE 70 secure his books and make his
escape when the building fell
n. the works on the North West side
Of the town, the damage was eorsIlv
great. The great dam on the Cobans.v
.rected TO supply Messrs. B. KID. Reeves )
Extensive nail mandatory and rolling
NH; together with Mr.. ID. p. Stration's
'r,S' MILL was completely carried awav
I'D other parts OF the county the de.
ttnc'ion has been equally great. A erjs, h
DILL owned by J. S. Wood, esq. near :;
was totally destroyed. Al. h
no'l every dam heard from, has been e
~ept away. Mr.. Secley's, Mr.. Moore's y
10 MI lrelaDd's dams, on the head of y
re Cohansey, have been broken. and h
'r. IL. Seeley's in Stoe Creek, shared y,
&c same tate. The total loss of those "
$4,000. r.