New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-22
CREVASSES AT NEW-0RLEANS.
PROGRESS OF THE GREAT FLOOD.

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Save ChgvAsSg 80 4 ter our DAYS absence
from scene q ,he SslrA crrvasse We azSin went up
% g.. vese-tav W found he ire of rinrs about
2eisa s-~o.s tie breach though he % edyins machines
were slA ora. Tee extension o. lie hue Of pes
among fhe most favorable OF success
lie el-rs d, s-s hre,k rsst w. D. scov-rss A rl,r
ter of hands engaged sukur cas % earth Agsn.
Pie pls or the pes. which r ,le pies car ee made 70
>'ard must IN ae ccuse OF few DAYS cleck me over
>.rce IS, he crevasse we coniess bar we
have TOT been altogether So sangune as soue 10 nc acpe
o soCr cosingir Even the work already done a. this
crevas-e should stand : our opinion that the aoot
through tte breach cannot De sers arrested. short
course a. viii have 10 ee done sgsn. m tie mean
rre the CRY mus. become thoroughly inundated While
N IS ar driven ~ some places thirteen teei m depth
where three DAYS before q vks buityvo.
appears that some %. 'he planters above The crevss-e
working This We were informed. the with Mr.
Minor kenner and NJ Butler Keuner Their negroes
who lad eeen seFers Hays ~olNAt a. ne ete sse cave
VINO continues forcc A. break He has thirty
% under water. which : O. course runed besde
.. lc ass .os- uyo % big negroes ron Ile.etA who
exposed -c labor 20 ne water besdr inese zone
o his servants have o. ID OF me disease d4ns e "noe
We hsda ,.ew OF The Foruer crevasse short distance
bel ow on TIE opposite side OF ne river Il has been
abandoned srd The turbulent waters rushing IN de
.tcive torrents. without bound lher widness. over
tens q thousands OF acres OF devoted lands
Unfavorabe a. : The report we have above gwen OF ne
prospect OF closing not 90 D. concealed
had In he opir,on Of verv competent gentlemen have
tfo-a am accom-. 90 ac progress 90 tle +" orr Were
we publish ST ,ne efers ,'e nave tCei' el l s ~
vase ana DOT 'f reg 'a'i', 10 hiN ' Do
alarm olf ftaNt- hNl some o -'. w., H ~,
7si evening i.At iic Mnrh OBJ ilt IHri NtfA 81 r4S we
gorge lid All Been carried away nri'fe 'to'N VI w
snow f' Dee unioanced IN any aspect me conlilol el
In-s bad enough ant demands le untraslnK Al shcr
1f Tire public authorizes
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IHF tfENassE AT THE ENGLISH iOkN.-N {
again vsftd th Yesterday afternoon and iound
pa. tl le progress lad bee' made toward stopping me
breach. The whole country around presents scene 81
devastation. painful fo contemplate The breach j. now
about l ieti n Miitn ana nruueu IT'S moving NNuiuc
giving great force, ana forming miniature cataract
TIE .epe. D.. gradually giving way each end Of the
and The volume ct water viii be- much anger be-
the new eFee can e completed u Is nov estimted
bv those who have charge of the operations mat the new
Nors viii he completed n i've daysf no accidrni occurs
hIi If n- opinion OF others, wees ar east iesp- us
desirable result can nc attained TIE progress OF
tie WORK necessarily SLOW Tue new esee which u
heg made about 700 feet inside fue old one, VIII o. about
30 f-et u LENGTH and NOT feef o 90 - Vet completed
The Powder Magazine being OF BRICK, OF course with
stands the aoot which IL rolling hy f'err WIKI great
,so,.f,. buf there are f rame dive ing houses near
.t,t f,.s le.u ahar lnne, and will probably be- swept
o, The force of the current b. 50 great even far
Ct . ff. rs, .vee extends. thar man can with much
d stand I'D De- snd "a. fe work progresses Ibis Ill "a
rfy vii, be- more severely ef The principal part " the
rev vre being built 100 One bed the road. where the
rr.rd - more -o .i than Ou either side and nee piles
rsf. driven fo such depth that they VIII probably with
works together tle center they would undoubtedly be
carried away
Tue cleared hr.d- uiDl pr N1l., l, 3 eFis,
size me GREY tsr' Pf-'i iN' AiP'a ''' i 'N'' $50