Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-04-28

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melting Of the SHOWS have produced food, W,
ffeshe,s in almost every part of the coun,,'
Three breaks have been made by the Cre.hs,,
the Pennsylvania state canal, short di,,s.."
below Easton; one of them is of consido,s%
extent, and will take from ten DAYS 10 ~"
weeks to repair t. At Eoston the Del.w..
river on Sunday april 16,) rose twen,v
feet above low water mark, and in msnv nl...
the banks Of the canal were some Zee, r nnS'
water.
The Trenton Gazette of the 90. sovs
The morning train from Pbadelnhio vo...
day found the road on the meadows c !est,
with water Tor several miles to the dentb ~
foot aud upward. Men were sent before "a
train to wade through the wafer and ,o. ue
the drift wood which had accumulaIed ~ ."'o ot
track The wharves at Bordento,voO VI .ne
covered with water. The Woodburv o wele
and Timber creek in Gloucester CONT, .,eeA
flowed their banks in consequence of ,he t,'
rains, and made breaches in The me.Ja
banks. "DV"
The Susquehanna at Harisbuph rose b;oh..
than il has been known TO be for many vs,,.
The canal and railroad were entirely overaow.i
at many places. The packet boats were com
PEELED to sail along the turnpike, and the ,,,;..
of ears for the East was compelled 10 mn, b,.
not being able TO cross the Paxton creek a, n.
lower end Of the town.
Hdrre de Grace, April IS. The So,on.
hanna, up 10 this time, is rising al Cutions ra,.
and great fears are entertained for The salc,r or
the Tide Water Canal. The river has brntsn
into the canal about eight miles above ,b.
place, and is at furious rate sweepinv ,hs
canal bank into the current. Various r1mor,
are aiioat that the canal higher up the line has
been entirely swept away. II would no, he
surprising If the navigation should be sionD.J
for two or three months.
The Buffalo Courier of Tuesday has tbe
following:-
We are indebted to Mr.. w. A. Sutton, canal
superintendent, for the Intelligence of a sermons
accident at TOnawanda Creek. The suner;n.
tendent, and his assistants have been on the
spot for the last three days and nights, making
every effort 10 protect the properly of indivi.
uas and OF the state from danger which threat.
ened: the prospect in the meanwhile becoming
more alarming, until now the the water has.
made wide breach in the canal, which there
IS no means of stopping, and which is carrying
everything before il.
The passage made is below the Tonawanda
dam, between it and the guard lock. In
short lime after the breach was made. The rail.
road bridge was carried away a house stand.
ing on the neck of land between the canal and
river was also carried away Families living
on this land, farther down fhe river, are leaving,
seeing no means of preventing The water from
carrying il all away. The dyking on The
creek above is all carried away, and the farms
are inundated. So serious a food has not
occurred on the stream before. Mr. Sutton
continues oil the spot, doing all that he can.
Persons from Canada informed the editor Of
the Rochester Post, that there has been quite
flood in the streams that empty into Lake
Ontario near Toronto. The Humber, nine
miles from that city, carried away four of lis
bridges, and at one Of them man lostjhis life.
The following we copy from The Springfield
Republican, Of Saturday,
Since the memorable food of 1901, Connect
icut River has nor oveIhown its banks to such
an exten: as within The past week Orcourse
u VIII he readily understood that the immense
body oil snow in the valley above US, is the
cause OF II; and we presume that other rivers
wili be swellcd 20 an uncommon extent, from
the same cause. The Connecticut began 10
rise here on Friday, the 18th, and continued
to rise at the rate of about an inch an hour,
till Tuesday morning, when il began gradual
~ to fall. Two years ago, the river rose with
in two feet OF the mark of 1901. On TUESDAY
morning the 18Th, it was within 4 I-ain Of
The mark OF 1901, which was the greatest
Hood ever known on this river. On Tuesday,
the river was probably 81 feet above low wa
Ter mark. The natural bank, on the Spring
hal sid 81. 4 A A.
pitch. The overflow was consequently on the
west side, where the water spread 10 very
great extent.
There being no large ice ahoat bridges and
houses escaped pretty well. The water came
within about two feet of The lowest part of the
floor OF the Springfield bridge. We have
heard OF but little damage in This vicinity. Mr.
Albert Moseley's house in West Springfield,
was undermined, and much exposed, but was
not carried from its place. The we'll known
'darkey" house, called "Fort lra," was upset,
and took floating orders.
Further particuiars-Loss of Life. We
learn with regret that about 10 O'Clock, Thurs
day evening, young man, German, named
Charles A. Otto, employed at Ames' cutlery
factory in Cabotville, in attempting TO ford the
water on the road under the Western Rail
Road cuivert, in West Springfield, near the
Vest end OF the bridge, got in over his depth
and was drowned, before assistance could be
rendered by those who heard his cries. He
had horse and Wagon belonging to Mr..
Benjamin Ashley Of the Upper Ferry, but the
horse escaped with part of the waggon.-
The deceased was about 26 years old and
from his appearance had been on hunting
expedition. His body was recovered about
o'clock yesterday morning, and Jury of In.
quest was called by Coroner j. b. Kirkham of
This town, whose verdict was, Death, by acct
dental drowning. The water was very deep
under the culvert, having quilted out the
earth, and fence was placed across The
road TO prevent persons from passing, but Quo
seemingly bent on self destruction, removed it
and passed on 10 a waterv pTavel