American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-03-18
FURTHER PARTICULARS or THE FRESHE1

CORES pondGnce of the Y. s. G4zetteJ
Tremendous Flood in the SuSquehdnna-B Both
Bridges at Harrisburg The Ctarke'S Ferry,
and the Mouth Of Junjata Bridge, all gOne!-
River higher than for The last fifty years!
HARmsBURG, March Is, 1916.
Dear Sir--I suppose your heart is already
sick of hearing of the devastatons of the re-
cent flood, as it has, in all probability, not been
confined to this section alone, but must extend
TO every stream which has its sources where an
accumulation of snow had furnished the mate
iials for sending it forth. Expecting that you
will receive this by the Reading route, (the
communication by Lancaster being suspended)
shall endeavor to give you some OF the effects
of the flood along our river.
The Susquehanna rose gradually and fear"
fully all last night, bearing upon each sue
ceeding surge additional evidences of the de-
vastation it had committed, which formed at
the same time additional weapons for further
destruction. Tremendous cakes of ice and
huge masses of timber rushed by, upon its
foaming surface. About O'Clock this morn
ing, two spans of the old bridge, between this
shore and the island, fell with tremendous
crash into the river, the dust from the floor
rising up in cloud which totally obscuIed for
o'clock another fell, carrying with it two
spans of the Railroad Bridge, thus leaving but
one span of the Old Bridge, and two Of the
new one, standing, next this shore. About
l-9 o'clock, A. Nj, two spans of the Carke's
Ferry Bridge came floating down among the
other wrecks, which being nearly whole, struck
against the remaining span of the Old Bridge,
but passed under the arch, after being conside-
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naming portions of the Railroad Bridge were
carried with it, and both moved off together.
The floating ice and timber gradually I'M
dermined the pier which supported the end OF
the last span of the old bridge, until it was
evident that it must give way, aud crowd Of
people watched it all day upon the bank, until
about half past O'Clock, P. NJ, when the up
per halfor the pier being entirely undermined
and crumbed away, the span tottered for a
moment--cracked, LEANED up the stream
| broke--fell and was carried away.
| Much sympathy is felt for the Cumberland
Valley Rail Road Company, who have sustain
ed the entire loss of their former beautiful IA
brio by fire, had mustered their resources and
directed their energies towards the reconstruc-
ton OF the same upen more permanent plan,
have now witnessed the destruction of their re-
newad labors by flood. 1t seems as if the ele-
MEATS had combined against them.
The Magnetic Telegraph is demolished be-
tween this and Lancaster, The river is now
falling, and its surface is nearly clear of ice
and floating lumber. l write at 10 o'clock
Pm.
A span of a bridge is lodged against the up
per end of the Island, opposite here, which it
supposed to be portion of the bridge over thu
mouth of the Juniata, at Duncan's Island
Amid the masses of floating ice we're to b.
seen fragments of bridges, mills, boats, fences
RATS, haystacks and almost every thing imag'
nable.
The lower end of our town, in the vicinit
of the canal is totally inundated, and canoe
were plying from door to door. The river wa
at its highest point about noon, being then a
bout 81 feet above low water marh-6ve fee