New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-23
The Great Storm.

The ram which had been threatened through
Monday began to fall with great vehemence very
early Yesterday morning, and continued 10 pour
necessarily TIL nine O'Clock, and more moderately
until near noon. 1t Is not too much % say that
90 great quantity never fell IN tais city IN any
previous twelve hours during the memory OF the
present generation. An immense amount OF
damage was done By the overtlowing OF SIDE
walks, flooding OF cellars and Easements, washing
IN of wards, sidewalks, sc. The following IS
summary
The house No 50 Sixth Avenue has b-sa Injured that
ualsss sp--dy repaired must become heap OF Funs'
The bsszneuis OF Wsverly Arcade have been hed with
the partition wall of:oae OF them washed away AID
ali tsl furniture more less destroyed / h wooden
from Laurens 70 srau-st.ee;s Blsecksr-s' Is
,on up aud nearly impossible Th foundation OF 5e Gro
cer store 100 Thorlpsonstree aad the walk in front aaye
been w.shed away Several Easements Thompson, Lau-
,Bs and rsndreets az completely Hooded, by which ih-
inhabitants who mostly poor, are rendered horsess
T. reported that several lives lost but Il IS not au'
,henticated
Along the Sixth Avenue much damage has been done.
Tb grocery store situated The OF Sixth Avenue
and FouIths,reet was raised from its foundation about
three inches by the water The cellar hlled with water
and the walk in front washed away; and at Nos D. h'
and 90 on that Avonus tn four inches above the
FIRST story materially damaging the furniture
The basement Of ST Josphs Church. on the opposite cor
ner h-d with water also ;he house aeHt door on e
Sixth Avenue
The basement, and cellars in Centre .ndpsrr Of Psarl,s;s
in this CITY, are led with the depth Of from hye
I, six feet Several engines set at work, mHdiaei!
after the rain to draw of the water.
One engine az at work dwelling house IN Peal ST.
few door, from Centrs from 10 TO T. and the water ran
in faster than the machine could draw 1t off.
Th. water when the rain ceased stood i've feet IN hF
oyster shcp under Monroe Hall and SIX feet IN the basement
Of the store at 5o2 Pearl street
Ia Long Island and NewJersey the Turnpike roads anc
the country generally under water The road from or
Hamilton TO BROOKLYN is nearly impossible. At Slater
Island all the cellars at the Quarantine Ground have iron
four to five feet OF water them aad the roads quite I'm
pas.ab- for carriages The small bridges along the road have
been carried away Sapeon the Water reached the MS
floors OF the Rocky Hollow dwellings and house fell in b!
the giving way Of the foundation njurlng Of the inmates
considerably There landslide Al the Naffo's where
one the old barracks carried away; occupied
BY and wife and their child the child was killed The
Others seriously injured The bank. and roads about Bright
on washed away leaving chasms of 20 80 feet wide
in several places AT Brighton the OF shops above tht
landing all undermined and the stable where BIancard
were so IltI were
,ca,rd only with great difficulty The Pavilion has
tanned injury bur the beautiful terrace along the
greatly injured Back Of Richmond the hills presented tn,
appearance Of cascade and the road washed deeI
sullie The Brighton residences along the side have
suffered greatly and the gardens the slope have been al
washed away.
The New-Jersey Railroad trains interrupted,
ing TO the which accumulated the tack IN The
deep cutting Bergen Hill together with rocks and earth
washed down from the hills 1t will probably occupy the
whole day clear the passage. West Of the Bergen Hill:
no damage done-the arriving regularly Newark
The train Of cars of the Long Island Railroad Co. which
left Jamaica a, eight o'clock this morning. did
Brooklyn till 10 minutes past TO- The track the whole dis
covered with water, which places was
high within three inches Of the boilers the To-
comotye The borders the road considerably washed
but the railway itself does appear 70 be damaged
The houses along the road all appear to be less
under water aad In some of them the inhabitants
obliged take refuge in the second stories One small
house the upper part of Brooklyn the railroad
entirely washed away.
In Brooklyn (city) the whole embankment, extending
Coonnade Garden Remsen-srreet, or les
lured and tn. beautiful greenswad entirely swept
The cellars the lower part Of Atlantic-seet full OF
water. Blakes Buildings, Yet finished suffered much
damage On the OF Baltic and Henry streets several
small ourbuildugs have been swept In Tillary5
the basement and cellars are oyerowed portion of Full
ton-s,reet near the old ferry house washed away nea!
undermining the building.
About O'Clock large portion OF the earth on the heights
in the vicinity of the b.hhouse gave way and slid into
Furmanseet covering TO the depth of two or three feet
milknan who passing the moment, forced BY
the avalanche his horse and wagon through gate
the opposite side OF the and the whole rolled
over and over without however, injuting horse
Mr Barnet Hyde, who struck BY the wagon it, pro-
gress had both Of his legs broken.