The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-06-21

side oil Centre street. and ,hence directly
across the street Into the extensive distilIerv
premises of Messrs, J. c. White and Sons.
Considerable damage was done to the works.
u"o some OF the numerous buildings were
prostraied, but the greatest items Of loss we
iearn' are ia the live stock no lees than ,hir-
" 10 forty valuable horses and fifty to sixty
cows having. been drowned. The water rose
20 Inc floors Of the second stories. and in
.he rails The flood was here about twenty
feet above its bed.
n' tue intersection of Centre and North
streets small wooden house standing bv
use" was swept away. The inmates. an
e'defiy irishman and his wife. were both
drowned. The body of the latter was found
yesterday morning-that of the husband
has not been seen. "''0""o
A"e waters from Centre street spreaJ
themselves over the low grounds as far was,
as Oa'ert street, inundsting oil ,hs, r,,, ~
The city formerly known as the msado,v
and doing an immense deal of dam,os
inciuded IN this section of the city are Da.
Wis, North and Holiday streets and the s,s,
side of Calvert street. and also tho -.
paris oi ,he streets running east and west.
VIZ Bath, Pleasant and Saratoga streets.
Inc Presbyterian charch at the corner of
Holiday and Saratogs streets was material.
~ damaged in the Interior The wafer
rose to the cushion on the pulpit desk.
ahc part OF the pews were removed from
their places
Ihe sexton of the church, a German
named JOHN West, lived in small house
adjoining II. The whole family, consisting
oil "iest, his wife and three children, were
asleep IN lower back apartment, and. sod
to relate, were all drowned. The water
rose to the ceiling of the room.
An immense quantity of timber and frau.
ments of bridges, which came dawn the
stream collected at Baltimore street Bridge,
and so ehoked up the arche. that the wa,er
rose to within few feet of the pavement
About O'Clock, the accumulation became
SO great that the structure was unable to
resist The tremendous pressure against il.
and portion of the upper side of the CEN
tire pier gave way and fell in to the distance
of SIX or eight feet from the edge, carrying
away the whole of the stone parapst and
iron railing.
On both sides Of Market Space all the
stores were filled with water, and largo
quantities of merchandise injured. Where
all suffered so severely it is Impossible to
partlcuarlse. In many of the stores the
water reached the ceilings, destroying conf-
pletely every article IN them. In the Falls,
nre several livery stables, from which it was
impossible TO cX'ricate the horses. These
animals, when the water rose SO high as 10
lift them off their feet, sustained themselves
by swimming until they could again stand
Oh the ground. OF all Of them one horse
only was drowned.
The stone bridge at Pratt street being be-
low all the wooden structures which wero
carried away, and being composed Of three
arches, intercepted every thing brought
iown by the current, until an immense
mass, consisting Of fragments of mill dams,
bridges, fences, sheds, &c. was piled up a.
yaInst 1t. Like the stone bsidge above. it
;ould not resist the immense pressure. md
nearly one half Of the structure gave way
md fell.
The stone walls on both sides ofthe Falls.
which have been in progress of erection
ince the great flood of 1917, are more or
sss injured and carried away.
The Broad street Suferers-The report
It a committee, who examined the condition
# the families in Broad street, whose hons.
$ were sacked aud pillaged by the mob on
'unday. makes the following representa-
on, which, Judging from what we saw our
cit on Monday, is not an exaggerated state
ient.-Bost. Courier.
Total amount of loss estimated at over
5000. 1t will be understood that in tire
bove statement we do not include the in
Try done the various buildings, by tho
reaking of doors and windows. This loss
'ust be very heavy, and will fall upon the
wners of the houses.
La regard to peculiar cases of suffering,
e can state that they are numerous.
wenty-nine families have been more or
IS afflicted by this lswless attack upon
cir homes. There arc at least one hun
ed and twenty-five individuals composing
ese families, seventy of whom arc
omen or children, and the greater part of
ese have been deprived of all clothing,
We those articles they happened to be
caring at the time of attack. Many in
'iduals have not a single article Of poperty
w remaining. We feel it to be our du-
to mention some of the mos, fragrant ca
which have fallen under our notice.
A very worthy aud unoffendng citizen
Is sitting in his chamber, engaged in read
:, when the noise Of the rioters drew him
the window. He had Just time enough
run down stairs, end to bolt the door,
len it was assailed, and in few moments
'ken open. Every thing in that house is
W in ruins. Not single article escaped,
so determined upon destruction were
assaiants, that even a cookng-,tsvc
$ thrown down and broken in pieces.
cry bed in the house was cut open, and
contents thrown into the streets. The
,upant of the room lost over 5000 in cash.