Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-07-01

| Harrison and Frederick streets have not csca-
ped; the contents Of every store and dwelling in
Harrison street have been more or less injured
some poor families have lost their ALL Freder-
TEX street being higher ground Jared better and
the families living on the upper side Of this street
escaped with little Or no loss.
| The Bazaar Bridge is carried off, and the dcs
sructicn to the property in the Bazaar and vicini
ty, embracing Baltimore street and Bridge to Har-
rison street, Is alarming-storcs and warehouses
filled with water, and in many places the pave
rncns have fallen in, and the earth torn up the
foundations Of the houses, to prevent any
safe communication to the interior of the stores.
The flood being partly converted from the bed
OF the stream, set its course through Harrison
street and the Centre Market to Water street,
through which, and through Hawk street and the
Fish market, much of it again discharged itself
into the Falls. A considerable stream, however,
continued its course through the whole length Of
the market, cmptying itself into the head of the
Idock-which lies filled with all sorts of lumber.
/ Throughout Marsh Market Space, the stores
were filed with water to the depth Of four or five
feet above the pavement, and the injury to the ex-
tensive stocks and various kinds of merchandise
in this street is immense.
The Fountain at the head Of the market is
covered with lumber, and the earth washed away
from around it to its very Misunderstanding 1t
a monument of the desolation which surrounds it.
The pavcmcnts throughout Market Space are
more or less torn up, and the outside benches and
butchers blocks arc entirely carried away. The
Fish Market is also totally deprived of its furni-
tures--nothing remaining but the roof and the
brick columns which support it. This broad and
long avenue of Market Space bears throughout
marks of tho ravagcs of the f1ood-torn up pave
mcnts--dilapidatcd Market Houscs-Pi'es ofluln-
bcr--and heaps of mud and filth--to which is now
adding the wettcd and damaged merchandise Of
whole appearance heart sickcnng.
The destructive element spread its way despite
Of the high WALL to the cast side of the Falls. but
did not extend farther in that direction than Still
house street. The iron foundry ofMr. William
Miller, the banks of the Falls has suffered very
considerable damage-the whole interior OF this
extensive establishment has undergone a conf
plete arrangement. The loss sustained on the
east side of the Falls is inconsidcrabc, however,
when compared with that i'll the other parts Of
the city.
The upper side of the costly stone bridge Mt
Pratt street nearly to the centre, is also washed
away--the course of tho h-.. ..-..s.,
totally INSTRUCTED, by the accumulation of floating
tilnbcrs, which lay at this bridge, wedgcd and
piled upto the height Of the bridge itself.
This is bridge Of three arches which, has now for
the second or third time, prov cd of insufficient di
mansions to pass the floating timbcrs which de-
sccnd during a freshet-and to their obstruction
of the bridge now, may be ascribcd much Of the
extensive injury which has happened.
! Bat hnwcvc or dca!nrahle is this destruction CT
valuable property, it is still more melancholy to
reflect on the number of human beings who have
been brought to untimcly end. 1t is impossi-
bic TO ascertain the extent Of the loss of life,
but there is great reason to apprehend that many
. have been drowned and carried down the stream.
This supposition derives great confirmation from
the fact that the bodies of five unfortunate beings
were found lcdgedagainst the Draw bridge These
acquainted with the vicinity Of Whites Distillcry
, will remember a shantv which has been Occupi ed
for long time by an humble but honest pair of
I gcd persons, who made their living by the sale
Of refreshments to the passers-by--'rhe poor old
, woman was found drownedin her shed; and it is
beloved that her husband has met the same fate,
though his body has not yet been discovered. A
I most distressing spectacle was presented at tho
residence of the Sexton of the church, corner OF
5 Saratoga and Holiday Streets The Sexton him
!. self, his wife, and three children found
drowned in their beds! The water here had ris
: en- to height of from eight to ten feet, and it is
highly prof. able that without struggle they pass
cd quietly into eternity. They have the appear
c ancc Of persons in profound and tranquil slum
Der. 1t was most affecting sight.
: Several others were found drowned in difiercn
r parts Of the city. One poor wretch. who in
c state Of intoxication, had begged and obtained
s leave to lodge in the kitchen OF u house in Watc
J. street, lost his lifc-n consequence most prob;.
bly,. OF the powcrless condition to which the liquo
c he swallowed had reduced him. An awful warn
i ing to the intemperatc!-No doubt others me
!. their death from the same cause.
) We have heard ofsom narrow escapes. two o
= the most extraordinary of which are the follow
n Ing:-Onc Of our German residents sta:et
from his slumbcrs by the alarm, and descend
S ing to the first floor found himself up the was
# in water He Immediately returned to the sleep
c ing apartments, and having taken his sister sue
ceeded in forcing his way out and along the stree
of the bridges. with the view of crossing
r. old town. The bridge gave way and carried boil
h the indiv iduals with it, They f1oated down tn
It stream for some distance; and finally succeeds
c in getting hold of fence and cxtricating them
l. selves from the water. But the stream continue,
c to rise rapidly. and the German compelle
to keep his sister above water by holding her n
i by the hair. They then contrived to cling on t
c the branches Of tree, and there remained til
IS morning.
IS 4 boy of twelve fourteen, had fallen fron
' the drift. which clogged Baltimore street Bridge
into the swollen and whriing current Of the River
d and being unable TO swim was passing rapidly an
helpless down the stream. only the top of hi