Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-08-24

The heavy rain we had in this vicinity OH
Monday and Tuesday, it seems was but
sprinkting compared to the torrents which
fell in New York, Long Island, New Jersey
and other places. We extract the following
from the New York Commercial Advertiser
Of Tuesday afternoon.
The DELUGE-But for the bow Of promise,
il might be apprehended that another general
dcluge was coming upon us. Never within
the memory of man has so great body OF
water fallen upon this city, within the same
space Of time, ms during the las, fifteen hours.
1t commenced raining at about 3 o'clock last
evening, and from that hour untll The present
time OF writing, at mid day, the floods have
descended as though indeed the windows Of
heaven were again opened
| Upon the rver--tor we came from Sarato.
"a yesterday alicrnoon-tho storm set in
earlier and continued inriously the whole
night. So thick was The haze that the Knick.
rfbocker and Swallow were compelled To
teel their way--noi,hcr being able TO reach
It's moorngs until within u few moments be-
fore 8 o'clock
We reached our domicil in Clinton Place
Just IN season 10 witness the giving way Ut
clscrn and cispool, the breaking IN of the
pave, and the inunda,lon Of the cellar. Run.
uIng for the plumber TO arrest the ravages Of
the flood, We found him surveying the like
destruction Of a portion Of his own premises
and on our way down town we met three OF
our friends lamentlng the same calamity rs
having happened TO themselves. No doubt
he damage lD the city must be- imnense.-
! The cellars, very generally, high and low,
must be flooded.
The easements and cellars in Centre street,
and in Pearl street near Centre, are filled with
water to the depth Of from five to six feet
Several engines we're set at work, immediate
| ly after the rain, to draw off The water.
| One engine was at work at dwelling
house in Pearl street, Il few doors from Cen.
| ire, from 10 to II, and the water ran IN faster
than the machine could draw /, off.
The water, when the rain ceased, stood five
feet in the oyster shop under Monroe Hal,
and six feet IN the basement Of the store at
SOP Pearl street
1 The fire engines are also at work in Canal
street, Lnurens street. aud several other To-
calItes, draw ing the wstcr from the cellars.
/ The train of cars OF The Long Island Rai'
Road Co., which left Jamaica at 3 o'clock this
morning, did not arrive M South Brooklyn TIL
10 minutes past 10. The track the whole
distance was covered with water, which III
some places was so high a. to come within
three inches OF the boilers OF the locomotive
1 The houses along the road al appear to oe
more or less under water, and III some oI
them the inhabitants were obliged 10 take
| refuge in the second stories.
| On Staten Island the destruction ofproper
| y has been great, attended, we ure panied tt
add, with loss Of life and other personal IN
| Jury.
H Gentlemen residing nj Newark came to the
| city this morning in their own conveyances
the cars being unable to pass over the rail
road. The seven o'clock train came as fa
AS the deep cut at Bergen, aud was compelled
to return IN consequence Of the embankmcn
there being washed away. Some damage
was also done just beyond, at The junction o
the Paterson and New Jersey roads. The
nIne o'clock Philadelphia train did not 90 ou
this morning.
The turnpike to Newark is quilted con
| sidcrably. AT Bergen hill there is but JUS
enough left of the road to allow u carriage It
pass.