The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-02-05

dItlon. lhc upper one, near SeWuls Falls
easrie,f off yesterday afternoons; Federal
bridge, two ules below the Sewnll's Falls
bridge, was rendered impossible about the same
time, 10y The removal of lis only wooden pier
leaving the superstrUcture TO settle, and the low
or one of the three Swas carried off ahdMt nine
o'clock last (Sahbalh) evening. 1t having re-
, manned uninjnred so long encouraged the belief
that II would escape; but the looscniug OF great
jam about one half mile above it, left Il power
ful body of ice TO be horne with irresistible force
against it-belore which its stone piers, even
campCd as the were with bars of iron-werc
speedily cariie led away.
We have not for several years had SO great II
rise of the Merrimack. In this case it is very
much like the destructive enc of 1924. In or
dlnnry cases, high water and the breaking up OF
the ice, after being weakened by spring rains
caused no material damage. Bni on this occa.
sion was several feet in thickness and possessed
all the strength It had attained during the win
ter.
From the Boston Alias.
MORE EFFECTS OF THE GALE. The storm of
SAT urday was experienced in great severity at
Springfield and the djacent regions on the Cen
necticut river. The ice ut and above that town
broke up, aud the water rose at the rate of two
feet per hour to greater height than it has
been known to attain for years. The bridge
was in great danger of total destruction, and
though il was left standing it received many
rions injuries. The w estfiehl river likewise rose
with great rapidly, and swept away nearly eve
ny bridge over it. Much other damage done
in this part Of the conutry-many dwelling hou
scs unroofed and otherwise injured, &c.
On the Merrinack much harm was done to
the bridges and adjacent country 10y the gale.
From the Hartford papers learn that the
recent gale was as destructive in that region as
in other parts of the country. All the bridges
near that town were carried away, houses nm
rooted, vessels driven nshorP, &c. &c. Tie
above
mark,
| The New York papers coutnin several adhi
tional particulars of the hurricanes effect in that
city. Several vessels were driven on shore in
the harbor.
From the Rutland (II) Herald.
The damage in this place was but trhing COM
pnratively to what might have been anticipated,
! from .ha apparent fury OF the wind. The great
est loss has fallen upon widow lady (Nlrs Bur
dirk.) who had n large new shop unroofed ana
otherwise considerably damaged.-Some CHM
ney-tops were blown off, and other triing dam
ages sustained
| But the ireslet has been more disastrous.
East Creek bridge, the Pooler bridge, the West
Creek bridge, and all the bridges in the town
on the Otter Creek except the new arch bridge
at Gookin's Falls, we learn are swept Off The
dam ut the Falls received some slight injury.
1t is II wonder, however, that from sudden
breaking up Of the ice, in all the tributary
streams and the great rush of snch an immense
body into and down Otter Creek that more dam
aye not sustained.
| In Pittsford we learn that the bridge at Penn
! fields Mills was carried away; and that the
Seminary at Brandon unrooicd by the
wind.
In many places the ice formed dams on the
meadows and caused the water TO set back to an
unusual depth, which we regret 10 lcain pro-
we'd the loss Of many sheep Deac. Button of
Clarendon, it is said, lost $50, and Mr. d. Gore
ham of Pjttsford about 300
bellows FALL VT. January, %.
"Last Sunday we experienced most unpre-
cedented ireshet. The strong south wind with
rain, commenced on Friday night, continued n II
Saturday, and blew most tremendous hurri-
cane-the river rose thirty feet in very few
hours. Az, Sunday morning, the ice began to
start, and come in most terrific and sublime
manner, and i am sorry 10 say, that at o'clock,
[ the first section of Charleslown bridge, fou,
miles above mo, came down, about 100 feet
long, and in an upright position, and so perfect
ly was il balanced, it came over the dam with
great majesty, and sill kept its upright form. In
this manner it approached our bridge, and vast
! MANY spectators came TO witness the scene OF its
passing through one of the arches of the bridge,
| ut the eddy Just above the Falls. The ark seem
| ed to doubt which arch it would fake. Fortu-
natey it took the or the New Hanp-
shire side, and in second Of time dashed into
pieces not larger than shnge. The second
section OF the bridge grounded TWO and a half
miles above the Falls.
The LATE SEVERE GALE. The New York pa
pers give the details of the damage to property
casioned by the late severe gale. Some idea of
the character of the storm and of the con fusion
which prevailed, may be gathered from the follow
ing extract from the New York Journal of Conn
MERGE
"The dispersion Of sgn-boards, the rashing of
window blinds and shutters the scattering of states
and other appurenances of buildings, the whstling
of rigging, and the general roar of the tempest,
were the first incidents 10 which public attention
was directed but another danger became
apparent, in some respects more formidable than
gil the rest The tide rising rapidly, and
driven forward by the wind, covered the
wharves, and then invaded South street: nearly the
whole of which, including the side walk, was for
some time under water, to the depth of one TO
feet. up Maiden Lane, Broad, Fulton, Beekman
street, Peckman Slip, &c, the water reached
front street, and in some of them even passed be-
yond Water street, In all these streets saw