Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-01-16

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DISASTROUS FLooD-LOss or t,rr,,.
Iii E--our paper this morning teens x;h ....n
ns accounts oi disasters by ffeshets resuh;n. -
ns rams OF last week. The loss Of propertv On II,
bnn.' 1 ny 10 DE immense. and in several place.
human lie has been added to the sacr Zee r'"'''
Most nfh c;ively rife with such n,;oc,, ;.,.
sr;xa,a ue following extract of letter. received bv
MAuCH CHUNK, Jan. T. 1871,
Thursday sv'ng, n O'Clock
One OF the most awful and uemendona
mat has ever happened in this part of m.
.aken place here hcommenced raining las, s,, nas
81 anu mas NOT ceased yet There will be few clo
seu eyes IN Mauch Chunk this night Our TON !.
at ahoat There is mighty torrent runn;n. ~
rno'e width OF the main street. tome Al, fs., VIC
one side the inmates have len the lower 49,,
NIGHT Uo 20 'ne second Tor safety. II is an awful
Ih;sh no1se alter house is going down The IL.
sn ~ three OF the saw mills have gone r.,
'o"' s'noies at the hotel also gone with Tho h,.'
sr. on .ne canals, locks, &c. gone. Whole bop..,
are passing One Of the large packe, 49,, 49,
loose, and passed down close 10 nh. ,;.a 'S oroke
no'e', winch Is two stories high VIVA, M. 5o. sue
70 oeIow' we dare not think Of We Ge,r 49,. -.
found n watery grave. WI nave
Friday trening.-Our darkest Gorebod;,.. ~
oeen more than realized. All our beautiful n 49,
non, above and below, is swept away. D,ms
Sek-oouse, inmates and ali, are gone. Thos,
tremendous locks entirely swept Sw,v Tro
bridges above and below are gone TS i e
ia'roae ordge at the end OF the Narrow. The o5o
Lehighton, Gap, sc. are all gone. On, Of ,wsn
to, rOuse, from Squire Sayres to Leghighton, but
gone with them. Those who heard ,h.m 90, ,L a,s
snreks Tor he'll was most appalling Every .c.onn,
LOWS more dreaded The river is a clear s,,ssn
from mountain TO mountain. '~a"
From the New York Commercial A.,,r,..r =, r
THE FRESHET.
Every mai brings US farther accounts OF the ef.
iects oil the late unusual freshets
FROM THE EAST.
CONNECTICUT RIvER-At n la,c bo,r
'e"eu 'he iohowing letter from Hartford:
HARrroRD, CT, Jan. IO-ev.n;ng
we are now IN the midst of one of m. h;.G.,
reshets ever known in the Connect;cu, r;v., ep
ring Friday and Friday night il rose with unpr.cs.
uenteu rdpldity, and at about IL O'Clock ,bs 80.
chants on Commerce street having n,sv;on.i
co their cellars, commenced removing their ooo. q,
the second stories. l finished clearing nv lover
moor ABOUT O'Clock on Saturday morning. and in
on it. ''' "a'ef up
during the night, the scene was beyond descr;n.
uon. In Commerce street, and in all the streets
east OF Front street, every person was busy in a.
LING MS ,aihIy ana household goods, or goods in
n'S STORE women and children were screaming for
heIP 10 take them from the second story windows
anu pigs ana horses were squeaing Or neighinp as
inc water invaded them in their pens or stables
Inc river continued TO rise until Saturd,v roo,n
ing at about 10 O'Clock, at which time m. 80
rose within ten inches of the mark OF 1901, on The
ou uIstlllery. All OF Front steet was covered eY
eept from the North side of Temple street. to shor,
distance South of State street In S,nte stre., ,L
water came up TO Beach & Co.'s store. second h,;iJ
Ing East Of Front street.
Durng tins time the ice continued 10 run in very
large quantities, and on Saturday morning il show
Gu evidence oil having become choked below, as the
kgn ata III. II
the coAgeaed masses was imperceptibIe yVhsn
'hls obstruction gave way, at about 10 o'clock the
apulty oil the current was instantly increased 10 ts
iuIeS. extent, and the river fell in very few min.
u'es, some eighteen or twenty inches.
Alter this the water again Commenced IN rio.
anu IL kept gradually advancing until day light this
morning, when II was about eight or ten inches he
low low me extreme heights Of yesterday morning.
ms believe TO be the natural swell Of the rive
from the ram and melting snow without anv AID
from oostructons IN the river from ice
since morning the river has "a lien some four or
hVe inehes' 1t falls so slow, that fear il will
again. 'e'
There must be much suffering on the pnr, n
families who have been driven from their home.
or INTO the second stories OF their houses 1 have
- Ll " no 9eclueht 10 lie or person. A number
OF horses and swine have been drowned
= he drybrdge ct the end of the causewav in
E'ast hartford is gone; the powder house in the
south meadow has foated oil; small house and ,be
n,.|he" part oi ahother have been carried away
ne latter was part OF the old Wadsworth nlnce
above the creek, ard the other was farther abov.
he water was 50 high the upper mart of En-
he'd Ialls as TO run over the embankment into The
canal, by which 1t is supposed considerable d mage
was done The feeder Gam TO the Farmingtoo
canal, on the Harrington river was mostly earned
away, and the aqueduct across The river much in
Jured. The aqueduct at Westfeld is gone
One sloop was carried away IN the ice and n
schooner was nearly crushed against the old Vic
torys store house, which in its turn was nearly de-
monished.
Several bridges the Pennington and other
rivers were carried away, but have heard of none
On Tue Cohhecticuf. have no doubt that we shsll
near OF serious damage through the whole of the ex
tent of the river - ~ ~
ms ireshet IS two or three feet higher than that
oil JanuSry 1889, and much higher than tb,t ofany
other year since 1901.
MIDLErowS.-A letter from Middletown. CT.
states that the meadow bridge across the Little RI
yer, ard connecting the Lower and INNER house,
had been carried away. IL is stated thai The wa,s,
was very high, but no Other particular damage is
mentioned.
FROM THE NORTH.
We have received intelligence from the North M
lar as Troy. On Friday at one o'clock the ice in
the river opposite that city had broken up and was
hoating toward Albany.
From Albany we have advices also. 10 F,;dov
evening at o'clock
Souih Market street was impossible for foot pas
sengers, and all communication was carried ON bv
boats V" y
CATsKiLL,-The damage at this place and vi
cinlty Is reported TO be extensive
eAUGERTIEs-The losses at this place are esi-
mated at 100000 dollars.
There will be great Eclipse Of The Moon on the
evening OF the 9th OF Feb next, commencing att
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