Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-03-26
DOMESTIC NEWS.
FREsHET IN THE HUDSON pIyer

/ he Albany DAILY Advertiser contains tn 6.
lowing details Of damage experienced bylbe Lr,..
/ ing up of the ice in the Hudson River
The recent ruins have a; length had I'M, ,a,..
upon the river, The water rose rapidE n, A.,
day evening, and at about II clock on T0,.I.
morning. the ice, which had STARTED Il f,.w,,,,l
! Monday afternoon, took up the line Of n,s4,t &,
! New fork-Thc water rose to the hour &c 10
! clock yesterday at which tme il had reached r...
! ~ 10 Market street, III the middle part oftLrc.,
ind IN fact OVERLOOKED II 1t Hamilton stree, .,f
lower Market and at u dus md Ferry str..,
IS well US the pasture below and thenew wbgr,
! The access To the Eagle Tavern NariopaI.3
! Columbian llotols end Exchange Coffee Hone,
! could only be by boats or carriages Tie pr,..
pal damage was done Yesterday afternoon y hon,
the ice setting IN 1.-THE head O; the pier cam, DOWN
with irresistible force In the direction vi the si,,s
ana the piles Of lumber
The three story buildings, situated at tIeer,
nation q The Columbia street Bridge 4trr rfp....
In II tew norncrts---one alter the other tbrq1..
swept from their foundations apnar.Idg w5t..
the !ensi resistance The bridge was aIso cav.
| away and destroyed That at the fool ofs.,.
street Is also materially damaged II uol io,aly
med
lis. We believe the NEST remarkable brat.o.
up oftho lifer We have ever heard Of Our ot,.r
inhabitants do not remember so much damagl cy.l
having been done before
The Wuter Is now, we believe rapidly fa,iIfg atj
we may eXpecta steam boat II the eoarse Of
next torty-elght hours.
a letter from Troy to gentleman in Nt@ lv,a
mentions that the lower part of the town was con.
pletely inundated, and that all the stores Oh RI,r
street were full OF water up to the seeoud sog
From forty to fifty piles Of lumber. valued at ul,t
925 900 bud been swept away
Destruction Of ktndcy5ooi Ljgat boase, and a
Of hres--kinderhook lighthouse Is situated o
the Undertook marshes, ebou, hnlfa nr abo,s
the landing. The particulars ofits destfnctoHor-
contained in the following letter.
STrrvRsANT LANDING,
Tuesday evening March 49, 1892
To The Editor NJ the hiadcYh00k Sentinel
Sill am about to record one Of the most afc'
ing and singular Providences | ever wllncss,d
| The Hudson river had been rising for more tul
twenty-four hours wheA the ice began to give way
1t was thought that the lighthouse standing abmt
a mile above the landing, was in danger of berg
INJURED by the large bodies of ice which were float
| ing down the river About II o'clock to-day tsO
gentlemen, with great difficulty, made tie Igh.
house in small boat, as ii was now standing 49,
| MIR. Whitbeck the occupan, oi the house, tolea's
! it, together v Itn MS 'amA nm LIN, y. They
accordingly made preparations to do so, by remoy
ing their furniture into the upper story and making
a comfortable disposition OF their cows and ohr
stock.
When nearly ready to leave their threatened
home, suddenly and with terrible violence, tue ice
came rushing upon the house--thoy were startled
/ hu ft1l md nd IN
than minute the whole two story stone edhce was
a mingled heap of ruins. The family, CONSISTING
of ten persons, with the exception of one, were n
the building when 1t fell -Four Of them disappear
ed anG were either buried beneath the RUNS, o.
swept ofby the impctuous flood Two daughters
| of MIR. Whitbeck-one aged 10 and the other -
and . of his grandsons, one IA and the othcT 2
were the unfortunate victims Of this dire eataSuo-
phe. BY the timely assistance afforded by tle two
/ gentlemen above alluded to, Who were near INA
boat persons out Of 10 were saved.
The survivors were badly bruised, and On ra2|
ing the shore so chilled and exhausted, that my
we've unable to walk They were taken to a house
near by and made as comfortable as clreomsi"'l@
oud admit
| am informed that il is not expected Mrs. ".
| beck will recover, and that the recovery Of M''
! ther members OF the family is considered ''i
doubtful
/ From he COzsuclie Advertiser, Narst ..
/ The freshet III the river broke upthe zee al '''
place yesterday In the morning t6otmen paSs'"
yer; at one clock the ice began to move, ana ''
| in three hours it had nearly all d'sappe".u
! The whole body Of ice, lumber, &c drltea oo".'
as far as Coyemans, where they were imlno'c"'3
wedged between the Island and the west ,'o'.
At Cocymans also they have sustained hL','
! loss. The store house on the dock OF y step.
is nearly destroyed together with eols'u'i'' T.,
! quantity of gram about one half OF the SUI. l
carried away, and a schooner was driven ih" Wv
nearly through the part left standing where sN'
mains.-Ans,her stsre house with quah"'!
hay in bundles was swept off and two Oh lA''
| sells sunk ,.,,
We have sustained no damage at ms P.''
except that "A part OF the new pier, "i"n .i..
connect this with the Lower Landing, IS eal''''
way o.,,og-
| From The Schenectady B1ig, March l5t'' IL.
| clock A. d. In
The lives lost were those of two ehiiore" ',,,8
ing to Mr. V. Goif. Mr.. Golf lived IN av2.,.-.
tenement situatedin lane that leads out u end
ST. We understand that the water came AZ ',5
den upon him that the house was torn 20" ,:r. "a
two of his children carried off, before he iia' VIZ
rescue them ,,srr,
OF the damage which has been done to VtErs,i
we have heard no estimate but II mus =, and
Five or six dwelling houses, curTylns Sur s, 81
several barns, Sc. have been thrown ~. c,ra-
lcarried off A part ofthe enbankment Oh ayav
.loga and Schenectady RMi road Is WASN'T 90 I'm.
rFhc canal banks must have SUSTAINED go