The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-08-05

o. tbe 6rm Of Heartt, Broehers = 20. ol
this city, from the Superintsndant OF the
Rpssia'Ircn Works at Clintonville, on the
Au Sable. The letter was written on the
morning Of Tuesday last, the 9th and
speaks ofihe desolation along the Au Sable
as defying description. The storm began
on Saturday, the Gath, about moor, and when
the 3Ntter was written, sppeared -still ss
y! hreaseninFsssyer. We make the follow W.
Little or no. dsmage was experienced
on the Au Sable, till last right, though i
was higher on Sunday at three o'clock, p.
NJ. than it had been since Feb. 1896. II
10 now several feet higher than il was ever
before seen, and has carried away the forge
or the Peru iron Company, containing ten
fires, about one third ofrhe dam, the bridge,
the remains Of the furnace house and ma
chinery which were left by the FIRE of Oct.
1928, small pocket furnace, Goa! house,
and very long building used for proving
chain cables. The loss OF the dam will ar;
rest ali operations for the present, throwing
from three to four hundred individuals, one
way and another connected with these
works, directly out Of employ. Now Swe-
den, the village where are THERON and lum.
Der works OF Earl Price and J. O, g. II r.
Nc Lean, two miles above this, were, at the
last accounts, comparative ly safe--bridge,
forge, aame, and saw logs gone, and build,
mgs still standing. Machinery Recognised
as belonging 10 the works ofthe village OF
An Sable Forks, six mlles above this, have
just floated by us, and from the low situa-
ton Of the village and works, we presume
the loss there will be very heavy. We
wait with breatbless anxiety TO hear from
Keesville below, and Jay, Keene and Will
mington above US. Rushing as the sour.
ces Of the Al Sable do, from the highest
mountains in the state, it. may safely be
calculated that every thing above US, will,
ere the desolatioa ceases, be swept by the
boaFd. The weather appears quite as
threatening at the present moment, GA NJ.
as at any time since the storm commenced.
2 O'clock, p. M.--The water is beginning
to subside. News from Keesville informs
us that allthe bridges at that place. inclu
ding the new stone bridge, q saw mill, and
all the. logs in the river, are swept away.
There is probably not a saw-log remaining
on the Au Sable river.
A letter from thessms gentleman, dated
Wednesday, July ~, to Mr.. C. Johnson, Of
Troy, says
II have not leisure to 60 into detail--let
{ suffice that the damage this whole coun.
y has sustained is beyond calculation. Not
! single forge that have hs,rd from but
. either demolished or greatly injured; saw
nils nearly all gone; bridges on The Au
sable, Salmon and Saransc all gono, g.
With one OF those in Plattsburg report says
wo persons were swept OF.
We have also seen a letter from Peru,
which confirms the general result above
.iyen, but adds nothing 10 the details.
We have seen no letters from the Yer.
mont side .ofthe lake, but we understand
hat on the Onion River, in Chittenden
ounty, the banks have been swept Of sv.
ry species Of erection, and all the bridg-
9 carried away; and there is report that,
n New Haven, through which runs the
.itlle Otter Creek, a dwelling house, with
family comprising l2 or IA persons was
lundated, and every person drowned.
The whole Mihage on both sides of
he Lake it is difficult. to estimate; but.
-om the great number of iron-works,
aw mills, grist mills, &c. on the On.
IN River and Otter Creek, in Vermont,
nd the still greater number, of these
of still more extensive
nd costly description, on the Au Sa-
|e and Saranac, in this State, the loss
this kind of property, it is easy to
,e must be very heavy. To this is to
J added the wasting of fields and crops.
he country that way was just going
to the grain harvest. and doubtless
e; largest portion of their hay was yet
be secured. A million Of dollars
'obably. would not repair the actual
image, and the depression produced
it upon the farming and manufac-
ring Interests in the region visited by |
is sdeluge. will be felt for several years.
this calamity Troy can well sympa-
ize, for it has come upon apart ofthe
urces of her trade and prosperity.
nee preparing the foregoing we have
en favored with the perusal Of a let
: from Mr.. S. E. Howard, of Burling-
a, to his brother, Mr.. T.. ID. Howard,
the Mansion house in this city. 1t
dated Wednesday evening, July %,
d speaks of the damage done on the >
lion river.--The bridge, plaster mill, 9
per and lower dam, blacksmiths shop S
:. at the lower falls were all carried
ay, as were the bridge, woollen fac G
y, saw mill, and indeed every thing il
The Buef and Brewster place; and at IL
lbbell's Falls, the bridge, clothier's v
rks, saw mill, hemp machine, &c. e
re all swept away. The bridges n
m to have been all swept off, and n
ny, barns and some dwelling houses, p
Ye also been borne away by the flood, Il
information had been received from m
{ Of Richmond. The letter antici- fe
es still worse accounts from Mont ii
.ar md soyc-ss,c tho xotar conf,p- |