Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-19


FRrsHrr IN THE SrsquEHAsSA.-We learn from the
Baltimore Sun, that the Steamboat Susquehanna with
the passengers who left that city on Saturday for
Philadelphia, swept by the force of the current
from llavrc dc Grace, seven eight miles down the
bay They were rescued by another boat, and part ef
them arrived in this city on Monday afternoon.
Fran the .yt,o Tork Sun, January T..
EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD
Accounts OF destruction produced by the floods of
last week continue 10 pour in upon From the east,
the reports not bad rs anticipated, but from
the NORTH west and SOUTH they are bad enough. The
loss at the head of the power at Snugertes
tmated al 100000. In CatskIll heavy losses have
also been experienced. The Engineer of the Water
Works estimates the damage done TO the Croton Dam
at from SAC, 600 to $4,000, which is most probably
very low estimate. The names of two of the persons
lost are William Evans and Robert Smith, both English.
men, attached to the Messrs. Parey's Wire works.
They were upon tree which was taken down by the
current, in sight Of their friends who could render no
assistance.
The damage TO town, county and individual property
On the Croton is mmense-perhaps not less than
100000.
It is said by passengers from Albany that on Friday
the water four feet deep in South Market street,
near the Eagle Tavern.
The river is said to be open from Albany 10 the
Highlands
AT the time the weather changed, on Tuesday night
last, tare about Is inches of on the ground
snow and rains have swept off most of the bridges in
the vicinity Of Poughkecpse But by far the greatest
loss yet heard oil in that county, is the destruction Of
the extensive cotton factory and dam of Mr. James
Givan, at Franklindale, which were entirely swept
away-Al the machinery in the factory was also lost
The loss is probably from thirty forty thousand dol
lars. The other factories in that neighborhood were
not injured.
The Philadelp a papers of yesterday teen with re.
cords of destruction of the floods but for the most part
they are not OF very serious nature At Mauayunk,
considerable loss has been sustained by the nundaon
of various factories The lower stories of of the
factories the line Of the were filled with water
by the experience Of the two three past years, had
removed most movable articles into the upper stories
and much property By this means saved. The
marks Of the batterng upon the walls of the build
ngs along the line of the river made by the reshet of
1889, show the water 10 be two feet higher then than
this year, though the water mark of The recent flood
shows it to have been considerably higher than at the
breaking up Of the ice of last winter While the in
convenience occasioned by being inundated will be
very great to the manufacturers of Manayunk proba-
bly, checking their operations for two three weeks,
the destruction of property, by having swept away,
is much less than was to have been expected.
The Norrstown Railroad suffered considerably and
numerous bridges, in addition to those before noticed
among others the chain bridge at the mouth OF the
Lehigh-have been swept away. On the Delaware
division of the Pennsylvania Canal single bridge
is left. This canal, it will be remembered, connects
with the Delaware at Bristol
The mills at Trenton have not suffered, with the ex-
pton that the lower stories have been completely
inundated
The destruction along shore was great; dogs, cats,
chickens, hogs, furniture, &c. sailed down the Della.
ware OIL cakes Of ice in abundance.
The Trenton bridge is perfectly safe.
The Philadelphia Ledger Of yesterday says-Proper.