Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23

the lowlands, immediately inundated oil
that section of the city known by the up.
pctlation Of the Meadows
Such was the darkness Of the night, the
la,cncss Of the hour, aud so little was
calamity so dreadful dreamed of, and 50
sudden the lnuudaton, that few Were nilOr
dcd time for escapes aud the Consequence
was he sacrifice Of many IIves-a complete
list of which may never be obtained. At
this moment we are not enabled to 90 into
n foil detail Of the dreadful consequences
of this iuundation; and. for full account,
must wait for further Developments. At
present we can only give the following par
tCulars:
Mr.. Christopher Weist sexton to the
Rev Mr.. llaispcrds church. together with
his wife aud three children, were drowned.
| HIS family resided at the corner Of llOlIl-
day and Saratoga streets, next door to the
church to which the unfortunate West
was sexton. After the water had subs,
dcd. Mr.. Weist was found drowned III his
bed. with two of his children IN his arms I;
the wife was in another bed Clasp;ng her
infant To her bosom. From these facts II
- evident iaat the dwelling of poor West
was inundated by an instantaneous rush
of water carrying the whole family to the
tomb.
Mrs. Catherine Donncly, an Irish wo-
man, residing at the corner nf Gay and
I Centre streets, was drowned, aud her body
has been recovered. Her husband Is miss
mo, aud i supposed to nave been carried
down stream and drowned.
A man named DougncTty was drowned
at the corner Of Concord and water streets.
A family Of colored people, IN street
vas also drowned.
In addition to the loss of lives already
enumerated, we are sorry to add, that an
! infant was found dead IN the street near
! The Marsh Market, llS parents unknown,
hut supposed TO have shared the same tate
Of he enid
Mr.. Joseph Mccain, grocer, corner OF
| Holiday aud Bath streets, escaped by get
lng out Of his house and taking refuge IN
a tree. lie at first attempted to cross over
| Fans bridge, but finding 1t impossible to
! do 50. fed to Il tree, where he found re.
treat ill the water recedrd.
| The basement stories of all the buildings
| IN Harrison street, from Gay To Market,
were filled with water; and at the lower
! end of Harrison street some OF the second
-totics we're inundated. The buildings in
! Market street for some hundred wards cas-,
and west Of Harrison street. were deInged
aud as most Of them were occupied as
stores, the loss Of property in that direc
ton must have been very great
Mr.. J. Burett's soap and candle manu-
factory, corner Of Pleasant aud lluIhday
streets. had eight feet of water IN II, first
story; damage very considerable.
The corner of BAN and Holiday street.
was completely blocked up with drift wood
TIMBER, wrecks of bui dlngs, &c.
Alr. White, who keeps a livery stable
in Holiday street, lost about Gl horses aud
so cows, and his dIsI.le.y was almost al
swept away.
Mr. lees carriage repository in llolIl
Gay street, near to Saratoga. was Iuunda
ted: ID carriages were destroyed; los;
estimated IA, s. 600 o. $4,000
The Mor-h market was very much in
! iured, aud "A portion OF Us north wing wi
| have to he rebuilt. Several Of lis plIlar;
were carried away, aud many Of the sjaIlt
aud blocks were swept INTO To" basin "a
the foot the slip, completely filing II mp
Tho water on o,th sides of the market wa.
from to G feet high,
! GAY street, Market street, and Pratt
street bridges We're all partially carrIeC
away.
| It is next to mpo-s bic to form any thing
loss hat the city VA, sustained by this M.
L.. ID Ola.