Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26


: terrible than II wna. In Chester The tor.
/ rent ross ms If by magic, and swept ahEfi.
/ iy through tho streets. The building
/ which were most frHil were swept away
\ and from others females were borhe through
/ The angry and rushing waiets, half dsad
/ with aftight. Houses, dams, bridges boats,
and an immense maas Of lumber, furniture,
1 MILL. wheels, dc shot by upon The current.
Al length, while the assembled citizens
j gazed with white lips upon HE ruin, The
railroad bridge. built nj an enormous ex
4 ~psnse, WINS lifted from lis foundations and
1 flung down the stream. The next 10 fol.
& low was the suspension bridge. This
Ssttueture was one IF which every enlighi.
Aenad American was proud. MS it WINS the
first ehaln-btidge buiIt IN the uorfd. Eu.
q rope hns since clai,ned the invention ; but
Nstaod-nlas 1t stands no Ionaer-the
proof, erected thirty years ago, that to A..
3 merica belongs tho credit Of having inven.
Hied and constructed the frsi suspension
4 bridge. When the masa Of matter which
4 shot upon the stormy and roar'ng torrent
3sttuch The bridge. it swayed md groaned.
4 and AT length, after n moments resistance,
'ts vast IRON f%astenings gave way with n
setash, and the chains, ne they grated upon
leach Other. spatkled and flashed like light.
Renlng. It swung heavily for n moment
4 and fell into The food. The water swept
4 through ~sevefal Of tie lower streets. sa "
4 this morning n hnlise In the middle Of one
1 street, md n shalIop in another. left there
4 by the recedlng stream. The nntnre and,
s~extent Of the injury done could not then
j be estimated but it was with n dismay
4 which approached despair that citizens
4 saw The flood roll in their siofelrthses and
4 sweep their hnrd earnings away. This
morning however. disclosed In part Tho en-
I tent Of The ruin. 1t was found that wl,arvs
ianynrds. machine shops, storehouses. lur.'
4 bet and coal yards, &c. had been either|
4cart,ed of by The food of TUNED ~ tho
Humiliation. Messrs. Eyres, Kits, Bfob.|
Hslnn. Paxton. DC. arc severe sufferers.
A But The consequences in Chester are tr,
4 vinl lnsompar,son with those which have DC
] cured higher up on the Chester and Rid.
Hey creeks, Every bridge. OF nearly every
nnn. nn those Two stteama have been car
1 t,ed away. Many Of these were COSTLY
3and substantial structure $, mud It will cost
ian lHiniHt,se s,'n 10 teplate them. Most
I of The mile lind fHc'df,es upon the sireamsl
Ina ve shnrett the sa,ne fate.
I "The factories of Mr.. Grocer. Of M =
] dickson. Of Mr.. Riddle and others, havpl
abeen swept away. Immense numbers of
bales ri cotton. boxes ct goods. barrels of
Hour have been carried down to The Dele.
ware. or scattered upon The meadows INTO
which The flood IN lis fury broke and dc.
|pos,led ,is spoil. II ,s believed that all
lthe dams are gonr. The pecunlary loss
To individuals ia fflghifu''y gtea', and that
which has fallen upon the county is not
sss appalling. Tho lowest estimate "lh
LOSE Is $3.50. 900 but this IL made up, TO u 4
|grent ex'en', upon conj' cture. The coh; I
~ will probably be constrained to raise byn
loan the means Demonstrating her b1idg'
!jas. aa all intercourse bel ween the different
SECTIONS Of tho county IL now cut off
But tho loss of property, terrible as il
lis, IL lnconsldcrnbIc 10 The loaa Of life with
which this affection Of Providence has at.
It IL believed not lcsa thnn TWEEN.
|ty, and probably as many more, pe'sons
been drowned. At one place on the
Chester creek, m entire family. that Of
Mr.. Rhoada, consisting Of himself, vile :
and Two small children. found it impossible.
|so instantaneous was the rise and rush of6
tho torrent, 10 escape tho house, and all
persisted. At the Flower Mills, n devoted
|tnnllatto wo,nan, finding that Mr.. Flower
was IN great danger, attempted to rescue
him, bat the sudden dash of the food swept +
her away and she was engulled. Mr..
Flower, who was in the upper story Of thu
mill, lenpcd from tho window INTO n tree
here he remained until the torrents tore
up The Tree and swept II onward. lie how +
ever, succeeded injecting bold Of the BRAN
ches Of another that resisted The tide, and
hs WINS aa we'd, Several bodies have been
found upon the shore and in the meadows.
This fatality in to be ascribrd to the unpat.
alleIed s,lddonness Of tho rl>e of water. II
was ns if The earth had opened and poured
forth her secret food. Scarcely was the
presence Of danger known before 1t was
followed by tho absence Of hope. Hun.
If it.hrendth escapes are narrated.
The whole country IL oversprrad With
and the cons qusnccs of last nights
will Icing overslad"w the pros f
perrty OF this lovely section Of the oun
DELAwAHE CouNTy. Aug. 9Th, 1913.