Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-09-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
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{ EFsoa de AZ Y. cosries s Engairer. aa:3d last. ]
Gssat Fali iet Ra;a.-There had been
a good deal Of rain, nosily euouyht 10 satu-
ralr tho gSeund, when last night rain
s,oFlss which commenced early on Mon-
day syening. had ineYeS in violence 10
sach an extent as at one clock yesterday
morning TO be unsurpassed in volume ol
water il discharged. and which continued
wilh unremited force for several hours.
The damage done in this city is very con-
siderable, and in the ueishboring towns
Of Brooklyp, Williamsburg and Newark
very serious injury has been done. We
learn also from the adjacent country that
the bridges over the small streams have
nearly all been carried of on The common
roods and on The railroads. The iu,er-
ruption on the New jersey Railroad from
this cause were such as TO delay The ar
rival OF the Southern mail several hours
beyond i,s usua! time. The damage done
10 ibis city sonsists in the filing Of nearly
al the cellars in The depressed arts OF The
city. thereby injuring goods in the ware
houses and jobbipg stores. the greater por-
tion of which are upon low ground, aud
in tie loss occasloncd to many poor peo.
pie who inhabiis cellars similarly situated.
Besides these there has been some under
minieg Of housss and bodily carrying of
OF portion Of our wooden streets.
The total quantity of rain iha. fell We
have not learned from any authentic
source, but we trust that il will be furnish
cd by some of our many scientific ins'iiu-
,ions whose business il Is. or should be, 10
ascertain and record these things. The
total amount however, we think has been
subje.ted, in the public mind, TO an cxag-
gerated estimate, arising from no, giving
duo consideration 10 the erea, surplus
quantity Of wafer that must have accumu-
lated in the Garth from the substitution Of
the Croton water for that Of the common
pumps, and from nearly all our cis;erns
being suffered from the same cause to re-
main full. by reason Of which there was
no capacity for absorption in the earth aud
no room for the accumulation Of water in
ihsse reservoirs which have heretofore
been largely available Cor that purpose
Under these circumstances aud with the
great deficiency in sewers existing in mos;
Of the inundated paris Of the city. il is not
surprising that the water thus suddenly
poured down upon us. should have found
its ways into the cellars which were in The
condition Of pits suuk in porous sol! filed
with water.
The storm was very severe on Staten
Island and its vicinity. In the village OF
Tompkinsville, great number of base
menis and cellars were filed 10 overflow
ing with water from the surrounding nills,
causing great destruction 10 property.
Two or three buildings within the walls Of
the Quarantine, were overaowed 10 the
depth Of three feet when the water subsi-
sed, leaving grea, Quantities Of mud. lu
q number Of places the inmates were
obliged to desert the low or part Of their
dwellings. The beautiful grounds which
front the Hospitals. are much injured. The
great torrents Of water which descended
with amazing rapidi,y, made large guilies
ir the side Of the hill, carrying great guam.
titles Of earth and deposited il in the dock,
filing it up in some places.
At Ibe Narrows, house situated OIL the
shore, almost Immediately under the Tele-
graph occupiedlby an Irish iaborer and his
family, consisting of S persons, was moved
so feet by an avalanche ofenr,h from the
hill, and tue hack part crushed, turyins
under its ruins two men and child, the
latter being killed. The two men were
dog out OF the ruins much bruised.
A printers news boat belonging TO Mir.
Gibson, the collector Of the associate Penny
papers, which was laying near the house
was crushed to pieces. The hanks were
in some places entirely washed away. and
large trees have been carried from the Top
OF hills down TO the leach. and in some
places trees may be seen immersed in wa
ter with their tops towering above the
surf. The earth fell in on The rear. and
abou, Elk feetfrom The Ligh, House. .leav.
isg chasm Of twenty feet heep--a, one
time ,here was three feet Of water Sf the
floor ofihe house. and had the storm con-
timed one hour longer il mus, have fallen.
The beautiful entertainments in trout Of
For. Hamilton, on The Long Island side
of .he Narfows, are mostly destroyed. The
damage sustained around the different fcrts
is estimated at $4,000. The banks all
along the Narrows are injured to erea,
exteut. Six houses situated on the shore
are either raised from their fountIalions.or
Otherwise Injured. All the cellars 10 the
neighborhood were filled with water. The
house owned and occupied by Mr.. Gomar.
as boarding house, was for some time in
q critical situation, one Of the pillars vas
washed away--,he foundation in one place
was forced ir-lhe lower part completely
filled with Tho roaring flood. The female
part Of The family were with difficulty
rescued from their perilous situation. The
roads arc rendered impossible, on accoun,
OF the deep fssurcs caused by the great
yIsh Of waiers.
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