Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-02-05

rr our rvrt--is lost, She wa. rnootta ,ih, ,,..,
TER Fer The zee, about 9 n'elock. pirrced i.,
and u soon became evident That sne mus, stni
fatr,,urr was iumrdiat ~ removed Atl2,...t'r
SUNK To- her guards. and Jay iu that position ii AZ
Vhru, with Schooner and Sloop. she wac ,r ..,.
g. lhc STREAM aud waited down the river OIL. SID. ..
d,d un Cuylef bar, where she laws The NoiIb ~
ica was owned 10y our ciiricns We feared tna, ,l.,
n total wreck. but if the tee should melt away 60
IN lhe spring, We are not without hope that she .,
rrp1ucd.
TUroty Canal boats and several sloop. loaded r,
produce and lumber came doSn from Troy, ana.
lo'rcd IN the zee below The rtv ="
But the serrtrst suffering the kccnest dis,,,,,..
monc The poor. who. IN this intensely cold wealth,
driven from their tcnemcns. Hundreds Of p,1r Il, ~
lies were Inst night without homes Men. wDmr- ri.
children were literally Ined ont Of Their du.U.,.
Where they went OF how they were provided for :,
know not
Tie f1ood at CatsiW We rcg,e, to learn tb,, fl.
hne new Steamboat ltttSois, which was la,d INV,
CutSkill issunk The Steamboat uNlrrD SrAr,, 49,
driven ashore Three Tow boats IRE sunk Mo-, ,fr
bridges between tins city and Caiskill are gone
The breaking Up Of the Drctfird river (say, IL.
Greenfield 'Nias Mercury is represented iy r,.. IN
witnessed II. as truly sublime. The ice was eft 5-,g
thickness and strength. as there hnd been no v,,~
weather 10 weaken A. AS the water BEGAN To brats a.
from lts bed the noise Il produced was Ike long md a.
oniz"g gToanS,as If the elements were raoked with raj,
iu commissions rs the waters increased the M, a., ~,
woe grew louder until q, length the river seen. wan,
into rage, exhibiting lis struggles in loud aud ,temcpa
Gus roats, as If the mighty had awaked to- tnkr y,pc,
nnce on the dstnrbers of his rcpose soon the ire /.
gan to i1ove-io rush h- host TO combat and lhr.t
eninG destruction 10 every obstacle IN its way Imm.n
masses were iumhhnr and splashng along with i,at6
power, sometimes thrust up several feet in the air H.
plunge over aud crush the beneath sendinr ave-
aud astonshmeni into the heart Of the behoder Win,
n fearful illustration of the power OF HIM who hoI
the winds in his fists and at hose command the rso
talns o. the deep are broken up Even in the comma.
alivcly FEEBLE displays of his power, he compels die
hearts ot men 10 quail lest their strongest faunda,r,
be overturned and their securest works brouoh, 70 m
IN How puny docs the power of man. in lis wastes,
efforts, appear on such occasions
N BDHtagion The Free Press, nner giving n vivid
account Of the rise and rush Of the mirhty waters IN
and on the Onion River and the providcntisl dehvs,
anc' OF family on Colchester side by the name u Nc
Gil, whose house for long time came near being
lowed up bu, was rescued about midnight by Captain
Price with brave crew, in boat adds -
"Ihe damage on the river in bridres boons loo,
lumber, wood, &c. must be very considerable Man,
cattle aud sheep nave perished and there will be ~
we're loss OF hay in stacks and barns upon the interval.
ne hild e at Richmond Is gone and Fuiett and Brad
ieys have lost their boom and large number of Iogsa
On OHer c,cch, north of sutherlin's Falls, md be
tween that place and Vergennes do not learn OF a
ny essential damages sustained by the Fbod
The Vermont Chronicle Of January 30,h. saws
"The rain on Saturday broke up the ice in this 81
entity before Sunday morning The Connection, had
not been >" high for ten years Some damae wasdon,
TO the bridge across It at this place and rood DEAL v.
under stand at Summers Mills, above The bridge a
cross White river at West Hartford is gone"
The Keene, N. II. Sentinel, says
"Ihc bridge across the mouth of Williams rive, /.
gone-the lower bridge Sugar river gone bridge
in tlaremont village injured
he oid brl ge on the branch north of Swanzey meet
ing honsr' ana Crssons bridge the Ashnrlol IN
Swanzey are gone. "
ON the Merrlmack, the destruction has been ,,e,,
we have no particulars, hui learn q, nerally tha all IN.
bridges between Concord and Franklin are sven,
both the bridges in Concord and the bridges at HOOK
set and Amoskeng