Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-09-05
From the .Ner York Herald.
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almost necessarily until IL o'clock Yesterday morning
The descended perfect during the whole
Of the night. and scarcely cellar the low grounds OF
our ciy has escaped inundaon The damage immense
only the lower. but the upper part OF city
BROOKLYN has also hcea visited with much injury Severa
dive iug- ,sied down and the bank from, of Col
Garden. opposite CITY, has given way IN sew
ea places and booked up the street below besides dong
other damage TO dwellings in the sc.nity There l. no
doubt that rain has fallen ia me same
space Of time han ever known before IN this vicinity
Fire enes used aim part oil the city u
from III eel and the steam engine q"
the Insurance companies in operation uaii late
hour in Pearl street last night.
The easements cellar, Centre street and in Pear
street Centre filed with water TO the depth OF
from live To six fee:.
One engine was at work a dwelling house in Pearl
street. few doors from Centre. from o 10 II, and the
faster than the machine could draw II "
The water when the rain celsrd stood 1--we lee IN the
shop unde Monroe Hall, aud feet IN the base
.nent of the store at 502 Pea1 street
The grocery store situated the Of Sixth Ave
aud Fourth street. raised from lis i'und'on
about three inches by water The cellar, when we Jaw IT,
filed with waier and the walk in front washed away
Damage t. the goods iTling
Nos. g. 81 and G6 Sixth avenue. were completely
oded The had raised four inches above the first
story, running the carpets and damagng the iuinlue'
The sioops in front of the houses undermined AID
the walks hrokcn up.
Corner # Sixth ave ne and West Wash neton Place
n bakery led with waier-much flour and other articles
destroyed All the Easements in West Washington place
completely flooded with
The b.scnisut of 81 Jrseph's Church. the opposite
filled with water, also the house next door on
the Sixth
The chimney of house on the corner OF Ihird ave-
nue. aud Ninth Tell IN. breaking the roof and 'oins
other mischief The blocks of the wooden pavement near
Broadway in Bleecker street was Il "'ing down stream IN
the morning with the utmost indifference Many oI me
the cellars and along the wharves IN FRONT street
have been injured.
As an evidence of the force If the wafer can state
that large medium SID Cook stove ~ns forced down
Centre street above Canal distance OF forty yards and
the whole time appeared to he river OF
water The mahogany and crot'n pipe manui"ct'Fy at
the corner of Canal aud Elm, aud all The houses IN that
ncehborhood inundated up To the first story
The cellar Of house No IS Sixth avenue, porter
house. kept 10y Iamrs Shields, filed with waterthe
ceilings have fallen down-he foundation partly washed
awav-hc and wall cracked IN several places,
and unics- propped up must soon he heap OF runs
Wavcrly Arcade the corner of SIKH avenue and
Wa,erly piace-hasements filled with water and walks
caved in The paron wall ia the base ncnt OF houses
No. 1919 and l3l Wavcy place. washed away. Mr. Jo-
sesh NIc'sy narrowly escaped with hts HE having just
stepped of the when the food broke IN and carried
them away.
On IN. corner of Houston street and Thompson
the punp cavcd in AID the cellar adjoining filled up.
The foundation of the grocery No. 1903 Thompson
kept 10y Mr. Halsicd. washed away, as was al
So the wax m front
T. The Easements Of the houses situated in Thompson
street from Broome Canal street IN lauren'
a -ce'. from Broome to Canal strect-known as Rotten
- Row H. t;aud from Wooster TO sullivan street
are completely flooded with These bisemrns ~cf'
mostly inhabited by poor Peopc who have thus been dN
en- from their homes.
t:cntlcmcn residing a, Newark to the city thi
ming in their conveyanccs, the cars being unah
To- pass over The railroad The O'Clock tram came
as far as the deep cut Bccca and compelled to e.
turn IN consequence of the cnh,nk there being wash
ed away. Some damage was also done just hy"nd.
d the junction of the Paers aud New Jersey roads Ih
II ..t..l.t 4 IA Ia
n morning.
II The turnpike to Newark is quilted considerably \
Bergen Hill there is bat just enough left OF The road 10 a.
a low a carriage To pass. West Of tho Detgrn nus ~
~ damage was onethr car. arriving regularly Newark
The boats from Albany were COMPELLED 10y the v''unc
; of the lie hy tor some hours IN a'er-aw Day
Nevertheless the knlchchocker was at her mo"fines
10 good yesterday morning.
The train of cars of the Long Island Rroad Compa
,c nv which left Jamaica O'clock yc>crd'y morang d'
MT arrive NJ South BROOKLYN I'LL ten minutes pat II
at The track the whole distance was covered with waite
~ which in some places high as To come "'hip
inches Of the boilers If the locomotive. The borders
al the road are considerably washed bu, the railway ,se
~ does not appear Ia be damaged
m The houses along the roa Ill appear he mare or T
under water and in Of them the inhah''antS We
~, nh,eI IN take refuge in the second stos One sna
cc house la the upper part of Brooklyn near the raroa
Nv entirely washed away.
The turnpike to Jamaica also flooded the wat
M being deep p ,ces to enter through the ho
toms 81 he wagons aud nearly Gil the boxes, While u
horses appeared to be swimming of with the vehicles
which they were attached.
several IF the muke gardens Just out of Brooklyn. h
two or three feet uf water standing upon them IN u
morn,nr The road leading from Fort Hamilton
~, nrcokvn washed to be almost impossible ~
spacious hotel a, Fort Hamilton had five or SIX feet
water IN the kitchen Mt daylight. large house just
Ks pnsite the hotel moved severi ieet ny INC o'es
the the falling water.
On Staten Island the destruction of property has be
great attended with personal INJURY. Al the quara'l
Inc ground the CO lars generally four feet deep VI
rsa water and the Inhabitants young aud DID, busy engac
in haiing The roads completely washed away a
all the snail bridges which cross them DESTROYED
NV Richmond turnpike Is quilted ifcm the ELECTS oil
s' rain as TO he nearly quite impossible for vehicles
e one place about one hundred car, loads OF earth
sweti from the road the bank To- the shore.
- The large fiat Stapleton completely covered w
M water aud presented the appearance OF an extensive po
or lake The houses hul thereon. were tall oil wat
rye m. s.c,d stories One If them. in which lived
Riley an Trishman hal is foundation carried away. a
fell One the residents. woman, was seriously u
h, some Of the tinlcrs falling on her. The houses b
on the shore also Il 'ndcd
A. the Narrnws part If the hill on which the teegr
in i erected was washed slide of the ga
pro- vhich fl mon the old Uned States barracks. on
en shore beneath crushing portion of them 1" the arth
" this old building family or families re>ioeu' '" ~
w persons We understood hurt. and one chd he'
All tho ,nai- loading from Tom A'"->'ie to New UT
ton and the North side appear be nearly washed av
:; On the ives, shore of Staten Island from Brighton
m tho h,nk. and road washed awayin various p
gin making i'm some Of them chasms of 90 or 80 Tee
and width.
and The row shops above the landing at Brighton
and all undermined The stable IN which Blanchard Il,
rron were kept back of those shops filed with water
land. the horses with difficulty cNricaieh
The hills back Of Richmond pr ssn'ed the appear
&C , magnificent cascade such was the dcuge "i