The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-01-19

field the banks were overhowed, n'nen ua'''
ogewas o'"''
ted C,r,;er from Maunch Chunk on
18th dated on Friday evening says
lneb ,s.Lss, iorebodings have been more than
y;r.d all our beautiful navigation above and
rear susp; away dams, locks, lock houses,
DEW" .,. and all gone those beautiful locks entire
In"a'' the bridges above and below gone
Y'"'r ,,iroad bridge at the end Of the narrows
W. oos at Leighton Gap, &c all gone.
"I ,,of,wenty houses from Squire Sayres's to
.'r.oo bu, four remain, and very many of the
Ls's aone with them. Those who heard Them
,So;r cries for help were most appalling. Every
say ,,o,y. more dreadful The river is a clear
'..,u reaching from. mountain to mountain
4, B,lumore damage was saved on Thursday,
,-t,..kiug the iceat the mouth OF Jones Falls and
-..r,,,ns the water to escape
p@Th , philadelphia Ledger of Saturday says, the
IL. SchuylkiI broke on Wednesday during
~ and has since continued to drcend with
.,.o,o,s fury The water had risen from four to
,, se, above high water mark, but had for
bo,,s been falling. At its height the ware
,sIl,rs and lower stories along the city front
~. ss,iously inundated, and the loss on goods
.,,,sd therein must be considerable.
The wafer at Albany or Sunday evening was
ia, deem ID South Market ST. The river is said
obs omen from Albany to the Highlands.
MORE OF THE FRESIET.
Tb. ALBANY Atlas Of Friday says that the water
3. IT, "a 'rhuFSJ,v 1T
-oceck. and continued 10 do so during the night
and in the morning all the cellars on Market st.
were filed with water. The ice began to move,
and a vast amount of iproperty and lumber were
,van,avay 1T is estin a,ed that 800 900 worth has
been DESTROYED, some put it at double that sum
More would have been destroyed, but the mer-
chants experimenting difficulty removed their goods
from the lower to the upper stories. Among the
Deope, who suffer heavily, are the grocers, and
those engaged in packing pork. Tho supply Of
salt. which is said to have been rather light, is ma
ter'aly diminished BY the food
Blu. the greatest sufferers are the poor Those
parts Of the Third, Fourth and Fifth wards that
Front the river, are flooded +, and hundreds Of fam
lies are driven out OF their dwellings, without a
place in many instances in which 10 put their
heads
Tie water at two o'clock falling rapidly.
Aide highest. the fnod within IL or 90
lnche; Oflhe great freshet of Jan. 81 1887.
The Hartford Conrant say the river had risen
4 very h:h, hot that the passing off quietly.
u From the lumber floating down it was thought that
considerable damage mus, have been done above
The Montreal Herald Of Tuesday 5th inst thus
describes the situation of portion Of that city.
During the past week the river was gradually
rising, and on Sa,u day a considerable portion of
Gnfintown and tho west end Of st Paul sire et was
inundated. On Sunday forenoon The lower story
ofH' ENgEsds Hotel, fronting the wharf, was
halt uI waei, which rapidly froze. The poor
"a mna6.lnH u Grtotown must have suffered Sc
'sreg finn the want of fuel and food, and as many
"''ea had to take refuge is their garrets, ,hcy
;.4l Not use wood for want Of stoves. About
A'on on Sunday few canoes were win great
1Hru'iy navigated through the ice from the bot
1n Of McGIll street to Grifflntown, and Sir Coffin
':i aacrlty despatched Capt. Comeau with
Elpy Of bread and wood to give to The uccessi.
as Yesterday the weather vas very cold, and
-t.acada:ed water hecamo solid ice We are
1.py to say that The food has decreased a little
Tie loss and suffering must have been very great
't:el x the injury done TO the buildings, such as
LEY will nut recover for some time. This is The
'aid in undation during the las, four years As
" Ma'heson resides in that quarter OF the city
''e was no divine service in 81. Andrew church
'o' The anomaly was witnessed of congregation
assembled having 10 dispense for the want Of
preacher.
n 10 add to the misery Of the scene, the Herald
n AVS 'naEon Monday at o'clock, ,he thermometer
Wis ~ degrees below zero