New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-18
The Freshet Mt the North.

heavy rTIIHJ COFFEE
Of the dag enbankment OF ice thrown up oppo.
site Bath which several feet high and that extend.
ed quite the river In few hours il broke away
and the accumulated of ice and water came ,hun
dering down about 4 O'Clock P. NJ with tremendous
rush sweeping the river in ts course The water rose
several fee; in the streets in short order Thousands OF
people from The nearest points the <hsrves and from
the roofs and windows of buildings euo7ed the suecta
Gle. The vast body mc7ed OF 1ajes,;caly and without
doing much damage.
The ice blocked up few miles below this city and
during all Saturday nigh. tie rose in the streets
until attained unprecedented hight summarizing the
whole lower part Of the city aud doubtless doing much
damage 10 goods furniture &c not removed beyond It's
reach w. fear many OF the poor OF that portion OF the
city will suffer sadly. for the wafer rose higher than thew
could have anticipated or prepared for
In the basement CT dwelling house in Broadway no,
far from Maidenlane is high mark made during
afreshe. which occurred in l5o2-i4 years ago. The
great rehe, 1899 did reach that mark but yester
dag morning the iood about inches above il This
therefore the greatest seshet within tie recollection
Of that aged gentleman whom delight to honor with
the appeation OF the oldest inhabitsnt'
AS must be expected the accounts from the country
are meager yet We pleased 10 learn however. that
far we have received them tie destruction of pro-
perty is not so great az first runored.
From the South have had mails the East side
of The river since Friday noon. We understand that
thew are detained the South side OF Schodack Creek
the bridge that point having been carried away On
the West side three bridges between Cssk and Alba
NJ missing parishs bridge the paper factory
the bridge entering Coeyaps and the bridge the
haypreEE-pr0oaoy Judge Ss- we learn that the ice
in be river safely blocked at Barren Island, between
Coeyuans and New Baltimore OF ID yesterday morning
On the Western route the emnankment near Science
tady the Mohawk road has been slightly damaged but
will be fully repaired to-day On the Utica road all Is
right saving water on the track at some points.
West Of Utica we had no mails since Saturday, but
learn that the bridges the Oriskany creek have
been carried and the Canal aqueduct injured Welean
that the chohare creek has broken up carrying away
The bridge near ,s junction with the Mohawk and that
the Canal dam Minden has suffered some injury ne
East ana West Canada creeks mad not broken up yeser
day
The freshet confined at its hight until yesterday after
when it gradually subsidized and at NJ had fallen
Is 20 iaches from its highest point and this mornngt
was stil falling.
From the Al5aHy KnickrJocker Of Monday
We are in the midst Of one OF the greatest and
mos, destructive resheta that has visited this city The
great rains which have continued 10 fall since Thursday
caused the riEe on friony night and II con-
nUed TO rise and fall till yesterday morning Inc wa
ter rose over the pier Saturday morning and at IL
o'clock the ice started and moved for about quarter OF
4 mile down when it stopped The ice banked up on
the pier in piles almost mountain high and caused con-
siderable destruction OF property
The ice abou, o'clock started again snd moved with
great rapidtv carry ing every thing before 1t About
O'Clock il was arrested ire onward progress below the
city, somewhere near CastetoD. seven miles dowh,
where il damn up The water from this time began
TO rise very fast inundsug the entire lower part OF the
city, aud driving people from their dwellings in hund
reds.
But few expected TO see the water high. and but
little preparation made for H. and hundreds retired
10 rest wake up with the water two orthree fee; deep
in their dwellings About midnight the water began to
rise with great rapidly and continued to rise TIL about
o'clock Sunday morning when il YVES al lts greatest
hight being six inches higher than II was in lc3S ne
poor people living along the dock and 10 the several
streets the part of tie city have been completely
drowned out and have suffered greatly from hunger,
and cold
Market ST. from Hudson the old railroad house
the pasture completely under water and navigabe
for boats from Hu6sonEt yesterday morning Up Hsm-
ton.st above Uionst up Ldiusst to within few rods
of Grecnst up Safest the second store below the
corner of Market.st up Maiden laSo to Broadway In
Ferrye. bot: the Dutch Reformed church and Catholic
church were flooded. and the water up 20 Fran kin ST.
Pearlst. WAS under water At tue corner OF au
also az the South end where the railroad ornerycross'
cd The Bethlehem road was three freet and more I'M
der water The island below the city was entirely Gov
cred.
Ijp about the Little Basin hundreds driven from
their dwellings and forced 10 geek refuge in their
garrets.
Number OF grocery stores in the lower part OF the
city vii! loose their al-not having made preparations
FOR so great food The freshet will be severe blow
to the poor.
The Columbia st bridge is nearly destroyed By the ice
which banked up against il and carried it partly away
The Statest bridge is so badly damaged that we shall
have to have one. 1t is past repairing.
The water is into Easements as high up as Pearl.st
where IL was never seen before.
Greenbush the opposite side OF the river is entire
under
The water was within about an inch of coming into
the fret floor of the Eagle Tavern
great number of poor families had TO lake shelter
with their friends and acquantances in the upper part oil
the city.
severa, merchants along toe dock have suffered very
severely Vast quantities OF tea. sugar, hour and pro-
duce of all kinds stored in the second stories sup
posed at the time be all. safe, but which has been
completely drowned Among the sufferers, Dorr
Eneleheart Stewart Clark, Durapt & Co Fish & Co.
Nichols Davis, Sauucef5 Ssyles, and number OF
others.
Several Canal boats in the basin crushed against
the Safest bridge and sunk Two or three foated out
and were carried down the stream. Vast quantities oil
lumber loated down past the city yesterday.
The water commenced falling yesterday about noon
snd continued to fall al day.
tits Impossible to form any idea at present OF the loss
Of property from the aood
After the ice broke up Saturday at the foot OF State
street the body OF dead man loaed to the surface
He was man supposed be about 80 years OF age and
had on blue roundabout snd check shirt He was not
identified.
The mail West Utica only reached the city last
evening 1t was brought from Schenectady in wagon
The water has been very high that place, and about
100 of the Schenectady road has been carried away
with number OF the telegraph poles
II The Albany papers of yesterday state that
the water fell rapidly Monday No farther reports
Of damage.