Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-07-06
The Flood on the NIissIss,pp,.

,'O s"V" ph Hhe
GREAT Destruction OF Property BY the
Western papers, itappears that there is no abate-
ment yet in the flood in the Mississippi! 1t was
sweeping on destructively on the 22d, and fur
ther rise anticipated The river is now three six
nine and even fifteen miles wide at places The
curbstone on Front street, east of the market
house at st. Louis, was covered some three feet
four inches by water! The Republican of the 22d
adds, to the particulars given yesterday
The Balloon left Weston, on Thursday the 9Th.
at o'clock, A, NJ. The river had fallen the
night previous ten inches. At Parksvile, TWEEN.
| ty miles below Weston there is eight feet of wa
ter on the bottom little damage The ware.
! house at Wyandotte City is gone, and the entire
! bottom covered from ten to fifteen feet and not
a house left standing At Westport the ware.
house is gone. At Choutean's landing, the build.
ings are all swept off At Wayne City no da.
mage. At Liberty Landing the warehouses are
all in the water, and the loss of groceries and
produce estimated at from five to seven thousand
dollars At Ovens Landing no damage Rich.
field warehouse is gone, and other damages done.
At Camden, no damage. In Camden Bend all
niture, &c. At Lexington the water is in part
of the warehouses estimated loss of goods and
produce from four TO FIVE thousand dollars The
bottom opposite covered from eight to ten feet
and great loss of stock, produce &c. The Wa.
conda prairie entirely covered; the water exten.
ding from bluff to bluff. about fourteen miles
Dewitt covered andmuch damaged Brunswick
Il,
water to the bluffs Thornborough warehouses
are standing; water from ten to twelve feet a.
round them. Glasgow. no damage Arrow Rock
safe. At Boonville, the river is still rising; no
damage Passed the Wapelo at Nashville aid
ing the sufferers; the whole town inundated,
and river still rising. Six miles below Jefferson
City, took on board Major s Dyer and Mr. Kim
braugh and families,
. All the crops on that bottom will be destroyed
The loss of property of every description, from
Weston to the mouth, will be immense. Hun
dreds of families have been left with nothing save
the clothing they had on III fact the scenes of
r misery and distress. all the way down, are such
D as to almost defy description. At Camden Bend
two men were taken off from a tree top nearly
I
The river is filled with drift, and large number
fhouses floating down the river, to-
. sether with cattle, hogs, furniture and produce
!. ! Two warehouses were swept into the river few
miles below Jefferson City, while the Balloon
lay there. A number of persons are missing at
l. different points on the river, but il is supposed
l., that few lives have been lost None were known
!. to be lost by the officers of the Balloon Heavy
rains had fallen in the upper and the middle parts
, of the State.
additional Particulars by The Wapelb.-The
Wapello left Glasgow the 18th. The river
was then about twenty-five feet higher than the
usual high stage, and rising at the rate of an inch
" per hour The bottoms of the Missouri, of the
- Charlton. and all other tributaries in the neigh.
y borhood, were inundated. Great distress prevail.
l. led on every side. The warehouses on the point
= above Glasgow We're nearly under water, and
T. before this time are probably swept away.
2 The Wabash FAood-Hs Efects-The past
e week has been one of disaster. The rain has de
r scended in torrents much of the time, and the
e streams have been swollen to an almost unprece
'e dented height The whole country-or rather
10 the river and creek bottoms together with the
rs level prairies have been submerged-and IT il
d. impossible TO form anything like correct ide'
n of the extent of the damage sustained. Fences
$. have been swept away-entire fields ofgraln have
es been estroved-famlies have been driven from
their dwellings, and forced TO take refuge in boat
in or flee to the hills for safety.