The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-24
NEW YORK. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER a. lS47

water and the line of the canal itself Is not observable
In the space that stretches from the Basin Western
The Courts adjourned yesterday to put the Court
House at the disposal OF the Committees Of Relief 1t
will afford temporary shelter to large number The
Marshal, and other city officers and numerous benevo-
lent associations and indviduss including ladies' who
have sptnt all their time for the last three days In AZ
rdpg shelter to the houseess and supplying them
beautifully with cooked provisions and clothing The
Mary Pe brought nearly three hundred yes
terdsy from Lswrenceburgh, who have been forced
fom their homes by the food. The whole Of New
to hills Of the town where they are campsd
out and crowded into the few farmers houses there
Inc snow mas continued 70 fs with slight nserm,s
raj and it should be succeeded by rain the
sequences may be appalling The town of Vevay, Ia is
also almost entirely submerged Great
felt by the inhabitants Of Rising Sum- that the water
win force the high embsnkment, which served bar
within foot Of what it at that time. From
above, have little information. The scots below
stream rsnsrEssS So The Dispatch f nom Columbus
however, says that the river there not high. The
yond q. Precedent The town not Of New Rcnmond Ia
miles sbove) 10 under water and this must b. the cass
with several Of the small towns on the river We may
consider the water at stsnd-unlsss the snow msts
tonight
towns OF Neville, Moscow Belmont, New Richmond,
Point Pleasant and Palestine entirely overlooked and
that the people have been drv to the hills where they
erected tents and taken shelter In barns 60 Some
ms deporable CONDITION, and two Psrsons between Ne
Vile and Point Pleasant Mrs Alice Rckson and George
Brownson, who were in feeble health, died In the hills
from exposure.
The bottom lands Of the Miami are entirely inundated
aud many Of the houses show but their chimney tops
while many have been carried away. Near Newtowp,
there are about one hundred wagons loaded With
the waters ferry otherwise The railroad track Is
height above the chimney tops Of locomotive To-
comotivs bs got within ten miles Of city In
consequences Of high water the turnpike Is impossible
at Panvie Duck creek bridge and at Crawhsh creek,
Several thousand bushels of corn which had been left
In the Ids, has passed out of tho Miami into the Ohio
within the last two days. and passenger informs that
atths time he passed that stream was literally covered
with corn wrecks Of fences, DRIFT &c The Lancaster
longing to Palestine, the other small frame cottage
with turned column portco and the other large barn,
roostng Evidences the wreck and above
are constantly passing the city.
At the town of Bethlehem, Indiana short distance
above Louisville which Is inundated, five worthy men
were drowned on Tuesday night while sndeavoring to
the other river towns from which have heard, the
were drowned at Lawrenceburg, while assisting the dis
At Lawrsnoebars on wednesday, the large warehouse
at the upper part Of the landing aoatsd Off was full
the town ten feet under water At the dstil
ory Of Messrs Dulles Co. they had to shoot about
them there, they will be- brought to this city during
to-day or to morrow The Kentucky river higher at
the present time than in tie last twenty years The
locks and dams out Of sight, and break be
ssen-the boats passing without any difficulty. The
lower part Of Frankfort Is under water.
The food furnishes the Cincinnati Commercial of
the l7th with the material for the following items
Night before last oonem ,tbls dog In mans shape
entered house near the White Water Canal and rob.
bed 1t Of all the moveables The family, being overta-
ken by the food, had removed the furniture to the
second story went to the house Of friend in the
upper part of the CITY, to remain until tho waters SUBJ
sided The rascal performed his vilanous act In the
night, with the use Of boat
nnAa atonA hiatt tn &c Tud,,s
town few miles below this city, is entirely inundated
with water. Business Of all kinds suspended, and
families had been compelled to retreat to the hills Two
deavorns to reach place Of security In small boat
heard Of robberies within the last three
days, where the thieves have forced entrances into
the food About ten thousand dollars worth Of goods
stolen from Csss store at the foot Of Broadway
less loaded boat from the second story window 1t is
hoped they may be caught, and there 10 probability
vany appears to increase with the distrssses Of the
people The Water Works were set on fire night before
last in the second story The watch the premises
dlscoveredit In time to extingush the fire.
Mr. Ezekiel Ross, lumber merchant in this oity gem
teman highly esteemed was drowned last evening In
lumber which had aoatsd away
poor old colored man, while moving his family from
Ms DWELLING back Of the gas works handed box con-
tanning forty dollars to to hold for him, and
when he rowed to shore, the money and man were
gone
Columbia street yesterday in a sugar hogshead.
The CITY council made acknowledgment OF liberal do
ers by the flood member moved that the city trea
sury be drawn upon for On advance payment Of the
laries OF each individual member for the remainder Of
the and that the amount bs appropriated to the
lief Of the poor The proposition laid on the table
for further consideration.
Sheriff Weaver informs that during his charitable
tour through the flooded portions of city yesterday
he heard music proceeding from house. Of which the
upper story and roof only above the water, and
V0ra ia "a ned he uin dn
ing up, 1t discovered that ball in full blaze and
the waltz In giddy whirl to merry music and fe
males participating, unconscious OF the danger that
threatened them.
We saw yesterday man sitting quietly in a second
story window In Columbia street, shng with rod and
line. and seemingly intent upon the hope Of bite.
The south and west walls Of the large chair factory,
building by N: tongworth, near John and Columbia
streets, gave way this morning They will have to be
taken down.
Quite number Of feeble persons have died while
being removed from houses to places Of safety.
From the Cincinnati Chronicle Dec III
The following taken from Mr.. Thomas's e Account
shows the precise points by measurement at which the
The following sre the highest places to which the
water came on the different streets commencing with
Broadway reached tho south side Of the Market house
over the curb stone, about twenty-five feet Of which
was covered the of Sycamore crossed the
curb again between Sycamore and Main IL up
Produce Alley and nearly crossed Market street.
ing within six feet of the curb the north side Mr.
Henry Clark, druggist with several other gentlemen
vent on board boat at his door within seventy feet of
Main street. and went out into the Ohio River On the
Sss. de OF Main 1t came within eight inches Of Messrs
sonultzs noor on the opposite side exactly to
the corner Of Pearl street Wall street east side II
fsscnsd 70 within twenty feet Of Pearl at the
usersecuon OF vine and the line Of Pearl street. 1t
crossed entirely the latter at the Of
Race and Green streets ths latter ton of
rearD II rose to the upper side OF Green Elm at
Green street, II within FIVE feet of Green within
the ourbs outside OF them 1t crossed and came overtbe
steam Saw Mill at Plumb within the curbs, IL came
within fifty feet Of the lower line Of PEARL or Green
street; outside Of them IL entirely crossed the upper
lins and reached the bank by Tatems Foundry whore
the steamboat Daniel Webster discharged her cargo IL
came to about the same line Western Row East Of
Broadway at the south west Of Front and
was six feet eleven and hafnches deep upon
the hoor enterng from front street of the brick
buildings. At Cromwell's Cincinnati Hotel, It was
twenty inches deep upon the bar floor and the
Broadway Hotel seventeen inches
In comparing the present food with that to streets
II should be recoected that nearly all the streets
the lower squares have been filed and raised since
1892. The comparison by this, therefore, not
rate.