Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-03-21

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THE NoRrnuMprfLANp' DArviLLr, CArrAwissA
AsD bERwicx BRIDGES Dssrhofkp---Aiso THE
hARRHsuRe' CLARksf FERRY AND OTHER bHiDe'
rs SWEPT OFF,
we nave oeen V.s''"eu WIN f'e mus. eA'ao'u''
nary 'resnet Una. mas ever oe'"''eu :" ,a's sec
tion OF country SINCE 'he grea' pumpkin nooo' a.
oou' sixty yea.' ago. p me '""e"'e Do'y u
snow 'na' ma" pee" aecu".'a,,"s uu''"e 'ne win
'er' nso oee" so"s On s'ao"a''y 'oi
"n'' 'nu''".y '"e 'iaay "'s"'' ~ "'' ~" "''"
i'.n 'ns''' "ne" 'ne "no'e mass wen. oh very
S"o'e"y Wy" "..y.'" i ing s"'ss'' s' s'''e""'' ''''
were soo' o'"" ,a"". ' "s, "e o'sque"a""H rose ".
~ raP'''y' a"o' ." r''uay "'sh'' .ne ice started
y" oa'ui'ay "o'',s' = was e''ueh' Una. 'ne
wafer, rising =. s"'a '"P'u rue must soon oe
s"o''en oeyono 'ne ''"''s o' .ne BANKS Q, 'ne IL
KEEP. out ORDINARY resne'.' A were 700 low lot 'ne
S"''e" anu ''hPe'uous rus" u 'ne vast oou'es o'
"a'e', acc""'"'a'"'s ''o" every s''ea"i anu '''u'
'e'. Inc river co"''hueo rising raP'o'y u"''' d
oou' "'oh'eh'' "hen co"s'ue'a''e Po'''o" VI
Tue 'o"h was i"u"oa'e"' many VI Tue h''se''
low situations having "s'e1 ." ''e "rs' n0o''
nc o'a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o'"'se' east % .ne 's
'a"u oe'"s previously ''''e."s e'"u'.'on'
was hou'iy eapec'e"" :" '''' Ao'u. o''oeN
r w. se'e'a' nea'y MASSES " ''use A''e !"
s'en' "n'sn' however, ploVeu' 70 oe VI. Da"''''e
'.'ose' "a''n wa. swe" away a'e" "o''' pre-
V'o"'' rsk'"s Tue ola Nof'n'"'oe''a"u o'''seeo con-
''oe'ao'y ," passing through Asen''ema" from
.n's pace a"A'o"s - reaen nome pa.se' .n'ousn
'"' ie~ minutes previous 70 US 'a''' Aoou' !.
O'Clock IN 'ne evening 'eve'a. spans '' 'ne ''u
Nor'numoer'ano ana oriose 'e'' WIN 're"ehouou'
crash ana were swept oo~n 'he stream on "u"'
oay morning soou' ~ O'Clock, one OF .ne centre
spans OF t"e new No''n""oe''a"o o''ose' "e''
OF Tue '''a"o' re0u',' ABOUT 'A years ''"ee' "''
carried away 'e'.'"e 0" "na' appeared 70 Us .
Po'uo" o. ""o'ne' o'.use' P'o0ao'y part '' '"e
Ia'.."'.>a '''ase, ""''n was a''o '".p. away
on fao"'sy "'0,""t 4"o'"e' spa" VI '"' "u" ",
No''"ua'oe,."u o'''s' was 'a','e1 away i"e
loss u 'n'' o''"se was "'"s' p'o0ao'y 'a"'e" W
"po'"o" VI 'o"e o'"e' o,"se "",." e'",e ="
eo"'sc' VII" IT, ne 'ae''' 'na' 'n'S mas "eeo
'ne n'snes', az wen s' tue "o'' aes''oe''e noo'
winch mas oeen Witnessed u" ne va"ey u 'ne
S"'quena""a' Every or''se noi" iia''''0urs 70
De'"'ek' on .ae NORM ola"en' mas oeen ea'r'e'
away 'ne ia'' Of 'ne n''' ol'dse' IN most cases
causing the destruction OF 'nose oelo" u. ina'
| nooie structure, 'ne west BRANCH or'oee' o"'" oy
'ns o"'e' wn'cn spans Tue '',er ITO" Nor'hu"'
oer'a"d 10 'ne n'ue-n'ii' s'snos as nr" a. ever
Le"'0u's ana VINO" 0..utes' ." ."e "e''
n''"ea arc A''' oa'"Ju'eu .n. '"'"P,e U''us'
AZ TINS p'sce,-the county bridge on the lower
road,-as well as the county bridge at tn.
mouth ofthe Shamokin creek, have all been swept
of BY the torrent. iaH@ 'a.I
Near the mouth Of Turtle creek, a few mile,
below Lewisburg, at the Union trading store,
most distressing accident occurred. Mr.. Foil
mer, his son, and Mr.. Gundy, who had charge o
the store, were standing on . small bridge neal
the mill dam. looking at the ice dam that h,t
formed, when it suddenly gave away, almost in
simultaneously burying the bridge and all on i
beneath mass of floating ice.
The extent of the damages OF the canals ar
not yet known. They are, however, very great
and will, no doubt, DELAY the opening Of the navi
CATION for several months
Several new acqueducts passed down the ri
ve:, part Of one having been caught at this place
Several spans Of the Danville bridge are iodge'
on McCarty's Island, about mile below thi
place. Two spans of'he same bridge are also hig'
and dry above Grants farm The damages on tn
works Of the Schuylkill Navigation Comran
have not, however, suffered - much as was ex