The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-10-26

niata which has'occurred since the memo
rable pumpkin food ofI79S. Last night
the rain came down in torrents, which
continued up to about l2 o'clock this day.
This morning the valley opposite this
town, up to the base Of the Hill, was one
vast waste of waters. The destruction to
public and private property has been i'm
mense. lam as yet unable 10 ascertain
the extent Of the damage, but sufficient to
say, that all here concur in the opinion
that the damage 10 the Canal above this IS
as great, if not greater. thaR that OCCASION
ed by the freshet of 1888. The Lock at
Huntingdon dam has been carried away,
as also portion Of she dam. The Pack
ct Boat Monongaheia arrived here about
10 o'clock last night, and Capt. Harms
very prudentiy. on account OF the rapid II
sing oil the waters, tied up at this wharf
II is the general belief that boating for
this season is over, at least between this
and. Hollidaysburg. ] have heard nothing
from below, rs the turnpike to-day has
been impassable. A number of turnpike
bridges ia this neighborhood have been
swept away. Several boats were carried
over the dam above this place, together
with an Immense quantity OF food-wood,
saw-nills, lumber, chicken-coops, pig
pens, houses, &c. DC. &c. were carried
past this place On the bosom Of the mighty
torrent. which has during the whole of
this day, been sweeping apast us.
The rain bad ceased, bat at the present
writing. (7 p. M. has again commenced.
| am unable TO give you any further par
iiculars at this time.
II will be impossible for stages to travel
between this and Hollldaysburg for some
time. Yours &c.
Additional accounts from the Juniata
and West Branch represent the damages
sustained by the late freshet to be infinite
ly greater than was first believed. The
loss of property has been immense; and il
is not likely that the canals can be placed
in navigable order again before next
season. On the Juniata, there has been
terrible destruction of property. The
rise in the river was greater than was
ever known before. The Huntingdon
locks and part of the dam have been
swept away, and upon the whole, the
damage is as great, if not greater, than that
sustained by the memorable food of 1888.
A correspondent at Huntingdon writes:
Houses have been washed from their
foundations-boats from the moorings-
and the people Of the valley have fed for
refuge TO The mountains"
We have letters from Williamsport,
which give fearful picture of the disas-
ters caused by the almost unprecedented
rise in the West Branch. On Friday,
the river commenced rising with alarming
rapidity; and late on Friday evening the
citizens Of Williamsport were alarmed
with the ringing of bells and loud cries Of
turn out turn out, 'the flood, 'the flood.
&c. &c. Men, women, and children.
| rS.~rrs.a s.-~---assf. I"CIIIuyS, anSi afassp,
trepidation, and excitement seemed 10 be
the order Of the night. Every effort was
made to guard against an inundation; but
at about O'Clock on Saturday morning,
the river broke over the embankment at
the Foundry, and came through the town
with rush, filling the houses on the low
grounds 10 the second floor. A CORE
SpoEdent writes us that he found no diff
Guilty in making his way in boat from
the Eagle Hotel, which is on the main
street. to the packet boat landing. Pine
Creek acqueduci is reported to have been
swept away; and on the creek above it the
destruction ofproperty has been immense.
On Friday afternoon, at one time, one
mile of saw logs, as thick as they could
run, passed By Williams2ort. The flood
in the West Branch is said TO be 81 feet
higher than that of 1910. We have no
direct or reliable intelligence from the
North Branch.-Phil. Bulletin.