Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-01-31

morning, ISsh the mercury was down % below zero
Monday u abOve-Tuesday beIOw-W "Wednesday
20 abOve-bus in The course Of the forenoon, snow
squal arose; at noon the thermometer showed abOu:
above at p. M. below, at 10 P. NJ 8 below, and
at sunrise Thursday morning y beIOw-the coolest
morning for three years. Thursday the mercury
gradually rose. and byiFnday it became quite warm,
"a to 10 Degrees and about P. NJ. it commenced
continued until near that hour the following
evening, with scarcely any intemission, and with
very driving wind from the southeast In conse-
quence Of the rain and tina wing Of the remaining ce
all the streams around US became 30 much swollen
that we have already heard of much destruction by
the carrying away Of bridges, mill dams, &c. The
covered bridge across the Naugatuc. at Waterbury,
recently erected, we learn is swept away the bridge
connecting the two branches Of the village of Wolco.
ville on the same stream, together with blacksmith
shop it, also gone, as is also of those be-
tween this town and Harwinton. We hear also of
loss Of bridges, &C. the Shepaug at the west part
ofthe towns Eve or six Of the bridges across the Hou
satonic, to wit Gaylord's in New Milford, the Lottery
bridge. Canaan Falls and Butchers, between Sharon
and Cornwall, and Salisbury and Canaan, and one or
two in Sheffield one Of the bridges near Farming
ton, over the Pennington river The east end of the
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damaged as to render it impossible. On the road be-
tween Hartford and Albany, large number Of bridg-
es are either swept away, or greatly injured.
The mails from POughkeepsie and New-Haven, due
here on Saturday evening, did not reach here until
Sunday night, being prevented by the destruction of
bridges and Instructions and bitches in the roads
We hear too Of the blowing over or unroofing Of
barns upseng of small buildings and the prosration
Of fences in every direction. And soon we expect to
hear Of considerable damage done to shipping along
our Atlantic coast, to buildings the water in the
seaport towns, and probably the loss of many lives.
Ne~-Yor*. The Courier and Enquirer Of Monday
morning says: 3s So, ,..s s.., bs,- .f,,
"Our city was visited on Saturday morning with
storm, which though of comparatively short DURATION
was more terrible in s violence, and disastrous in it's
The gale commenced from the s. E. in the morning,
and ragged with undated fury for about six hours d.
ring which time an immense amount Of property was
Of the East River 90 high as to completely eluge
South and Front streets from the battery nearly IN 10
Corlae!'s Hook AT one time the water was so high
over it, and the Brooklyn ferry boats landed s0me Of
their passengers in boats at Hollis Hotel. All the
| stores and eating houses under the Fulton Market
them over FIVE feet Of water. The cellars Of ali the
stores along South street, and nearly all the eastern
side Of Front street, were delueed with the water,
which must have done an incacrlable amout Of dam
age. As the waters receded, the streets were left
completely blocked up with the immense quantity of
ice which had hoated into them, and Yesterday South
street was nearly impassahle owing to the large piles
OF ice obstrncting it. Above Corlaer's Hook the eff.
fecs Of the gale were scarcely perceptbe, no damage
whatever having been done. either at the Dry Dock,
or at the various ship yards in that part Of the city,
The Courier and Express then go on to give further
| details-the damage to some buildings by being un.
roofed, chimneys blown Off &C., not only in the city,
but in Brooklyn and Jersey city. Much injury was
sustained by shipping, but far no entire destruction
In New-York, merchant, Mr.. Randolph. of the firm
Of Moore and Randolph, -four merchants, was killed
almost Instantly while passing up Chatham street, by
heavy awning post falling and striking him upon the
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On the outside Of Long Island several vessels were
driven ashore and materially damaged The storm
extended to Philadelphia and Baltimore. to nearly
the same extent as at New-York How for it extend.
ed in other directions we have not learnt.
~ The more We hear from the surrounding coun-
try, tie more extensive is the devastation by the storm
Nearly oil the bridges on the Pennington river above
Unionville swept away or greatly injured So on
the Naugatuck, the Housatonic, Shepaug and on all
the smaller streams. The Hartford Couran, of Mon
day, the latest we have received says the Conn.
or had risen % feet above low water mark and the
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the river had been more or less injured by the ice
coming in contact with them. The Times says the
! ice in the straigh,s below Mddletown did not give
way, but that the floating ice had piled up there to
The he;ob, Of 40 feet, In Hartford. as elsewhere.
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chimneys blown down. eat
The mails frun Albany represeu, the DAMAGE in
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that sec'on a. very co"s'detao'e' Inc ice IN inc
America uooyed in the river yas sunk 10 The cu,rds
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