The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-04-20

FREsHETs AND THE WEATHER We continue TO
receive accounts of floods, ice-bergs, and thunder
storms. Such variety we seldom have.
CONNECTICUT. Connecticut River at the present
time, lies spread out 10 width of something like
two miles! Within this compass there must be five
or SIX hundred families In a very uncomfortable sit
uation-the water taking possession of their kit
chens, parlors, and bed rooms. The extraordIna.
ry amount of snow north of u.s. which has been sa
turated well with water during the past month";
seems TO have ddenly dissolved. Added to this
large quantities OF rain have fallen within the last
week. The consequence is an extraordinary food
which must remain for several days, fort is not one
of those sudden swels which disappear in night.
The water has risen about an inch an hour during
the day, and was at O'Clock this afternoon, with
in 10 inches OF the highest point reached by the food
of 1901 The suffering amsng the POOR families
must be very great-Hartford Times, Awa 49,
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT "A boat reIghted with
flour. having on board four hands, recently passed
through the Blue Ridge. The boat was broken to
pieces the cargo wholly lost, and three of the hands
drowned The Buchanan Mountaineer from which
we learn the above particulars, complains loudly, and
we doubt not Justly, OF the want of proper attention
in repairing the canal at that place, which if Iut in
proper ORDER would be the means Of averting such
melancholy Observation-Disclosures Patriot.
FLoops We learn from the Lowell Advertiser
that the Merrlmack and Concord rivers were yes
terday higher than they were ever known TO be be-
fore. The Merrimack was twelve or fourteen feet
above low water mark, and still rising. Most of
the mills in Lowell were entirely stopped by the
hack water and the speed of others was retarded
Boston Transcript, dwulS.
EXTRAORDINARY HAIL SroRM.-A letter received
by gentleman of Washington City from Tampa
Bay, dated 9Th instant ST." II has rained, thun-
dered and lightened more severely than ever saw
il before in my life and about three o'clock it be-
gan to hail, and continued for over half hour,
sending down hail stones as large my fist and
had it not been for small sail we had 10 protec u.s.
really believe some of us would have had our
bra ms knocked out. One man picked up ten doves
and other birds killed, and it actually killed fish in
shoal water near the shore"
THUNDER STORM There was severe storm here
on Monday evening II IS said y g thunder was
louder, and the lightning more vvd, than my that
have been remarked for long time.-Phu Gas
Aprit 49,
FRRsnEr IN JAMES RIVER The violent South
east winds of Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thursday
have produced the invariabe effect when so lona
continued, OF flood in James river
The Iiver began to rise rapidly between 10 and
IL on Friday morning. and continued to rise until
late Saturday night 1t had then greater height
by. eighteen inches or two feet than the freshe OF
July last, and beyond question height exceeding
any example tor fifty years. ii not since the grea
ireshet OF 1892 .y.'
We await with great apprehension intelligence
from above. Flying reports have come IN OF exten
sive injury to the canal, but wait for more |
authentic accounts. That its banks have been
greatly damaged there can be no room tor douot'-
Richmond TVhig april IL. d