Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-06-27
From the Baltimore Patriot of Thursday.
MOST DlSASTROUSFLOOD, GREAT
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY

1t becomes our painful duty to-day TO re-
cord the occurrence OF the most disastrous
flood that has taken place in this city .or
years. Tie water rose to q greater height
and The loss both Of human life and proper
~ has been far more extensive than onsihe
occasion oil the great flood OF 1917. We
have not time now for more than rough
draft of the principal incidents.
Last evening the city was visited by
violent storm OF thunder and lightning, ac-
companled with heavy rain, which, par
| tlcularly between half past nine and ten o.
clock, poured necessarily and in torrents
the clouds frequently seeming to open and
! pour down their contents in floods. Be-
! tween and O'clock The time the citizens
| generally are buried in the soundes' sleep,
the alarm was given that the stream which
runs through the city, knewn by the name
of Jones' Falls had overlooked, and that
the water was pouring into different streets
and alleys, filling the lower stories aud eel
lars OF the houses, and sweeping every thing
before il. The unreasonable hour and the
stormy cBara cter of the night, combined to
make il difficult 10 rouse the inhab-
tants even in those quarters which the inn
! peuoas element had invaded and was
threatening with devastation. So sudden
" and unexpected did the water rise, that
! the inmates of the many houses in the
Meadows and the vicinity had scarcely
! time to leave their beds in safety: while
other, Of whom we shall spca& herea lter,
were hurried from sleep 10 death, without
! any iorewarning, and probably without
| any consciousness of their fate. The as
| pect presented by the inundated districts
this morning was deplornble, and awful in
deed. Cellers and first floors filed with
water-innumerab small houses under
mined and falling Invaluable furniture
destroyed many of the streets blocked up
with lumber, barrels carts, drays, and 9TH
er things, carried off and accumulated BY
the force Of the current.
For three miles above the Falls the loss
| OF property on both SIDES is immense; al!
the mill dams for that distance have been
swept away, and in the neighborhood of
the soil gate," several houses were carri-
ed down with the torrent, which increased
with lncaicuIable power ms it proceeded
demnllshng every impairment. Among
the numerous disasters, we can sp city at
present but few. The extensive iannery
OF Mr.. Appold, opposite the Jail, was en-
llerly deuged; loss supposed TO be $4,000.
All that part OF the city designated "the
meadow" was covered with wafer from 5
to 10 feet, rising in some houses TO The sec
conG story. The damage to individual
property in this section is incaIculable; but
the greatest is that OF the Mess. White
who have lost their extensive distlIery. A
great part Of their improvements were car
red off, with large quantity OF whiskey,
carts, &c. The most serious part of their
loss is that of their horses, mules and cows,
which, as near as can be computed now
amount TO about so horses and mules, and
100 cows. The whole damage they sus-
tanned cannot be estimated. AS The des-
lrnctve element poured through the mead
ow, il brought theigrealeSt run upon Messrs.
Hyde and Curlelt, the soap and cand lie
manufacturers, and who possessed in all,
four extensive establishments. The loss Of
thcse individuals must lie very great. The
bridges over t he Falls on Centre, Bath and
Hillen streets, were entirely swept away
The vicinity OF Saratoga, Holiday and
North streets, presents one continued scene
of ruin.
N. Is. MORE DESTRUCTION We have
just learned that IL or IS persons have
been drowned in the sbunteeS ON the Sns