The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-27
additional Particulars OF she storm.


| 81 the year snd the water has been higher Ia I'll
| streets 81 Albany than II has been at sny time e.
st'sisi years pas, IN. river continued rising q
Friday and sat urday, snd 1t vas not until yesterda
morning thst " commenced sub~id,ng yrry slowly an
siaouaily indeed The water covered up The yi.r an
II "ns nearly up 10 the second story OF tn. stoTps
| ~ Nnay street WAS submerged TO the depth OF nor
than hrse feet and the water extended to the e,r
| stones on the western side of Broadway. oppost. ,
the ktes meoat landing covering all the media,
space All the side streets leading from the yer
Broadway were submerged ms far ss bean street an
some OF The In beyond Access TO TIN bridges lradin
TO h. pier Wa cut of except ny sud boats an
~ be bridge st the foot of Hamilton street rexus
terry vas estahinshed raft being stretched from IN
bridge u near Brosdway' by which boat was hsule
70 and no. which did a brisk busiu.ss, carr in
| passengers TO and from the various steam bo,t,
TSs fleets - this grsst food been very di.
asuous. The merchants had expectations OF tn
wafer reaching The top of the pier aud con on-nt
no preparations had b., q made for such AN event
About Hidhiihs On Friday however they were srou-e
at theis resdenCes and informed Of the rise tn
water beipg then nssIly mp to the pier, and ir,ne
diately every exeTton war made to remove m-rchan
disc &c. places q security which most ca ~.
successfulr although small quantity Of nour ps-
TALLY wetted All The cellars ON Broadway aud all To,
streets east Of it, Hooded anti this is the
time this that the merchants other occ pant.
OF cellars hare been turned out Of possession by the
floods On the morning OF turday NUN
Der OF logs passed down the later In the day
rome lumber nom the upper part OF the pier was
carried of, the water having risen high enough to
feat IL on. All the islands In the river sub
merged ~ well ss the low lands BORDERING the river,
ana much damss, must ensue In consequence, the
shpe .,uR RenfIaiy occap'ed A. seg",ssi- gardens
ana ne ho"d and val weather viii probably destroy
all the crops whatever is cut will be swept of and
M " nv IN oo iso 10" sno .ne o~posit oi fnud
viii prevent II ever coming to anything. The isniing
oftbe passengers frol the New York boats
WAS csrous sight. The scows, bJats carts &c
III a. Susy .ne PAsssnssIs 20 tne u.y lAnd
rest drove in with the up to horses backs
and nearly in the bottom Of the carriage he
OF q load
correspsn mt OF the Philadelphja North 4ve,rcan
OF tho I'D instant writing from Pottsvills Pa under
has been raging here zinc. Wedn.sd evening which
st continues IL has cau.rd all the streams TO over
fow and sweIlrd the 40 ns to d.up. Ali ,he
roads in the nehxhborhood of IL The turnpIke from,
Mount Carbon 10 Schuylkill Haven Is impassable in
many places tor carriages The tidew atsr boat Hud.
son iyipp aboye the dam Mt Nount .rhon nn,t.a h.r
fusts about Ave O'Clock tbi. ft rrnoon and In her Dc,
scent carried away the foot bridge Mt the Mount Car
hon dam. passed under the tnrnpike and railroad
bridge and sunk Mt the first dam below Mount
Carbon. A trrmep aous body Of water is pouring
In every quarter scsw sroke loose Mt Schuyi-
kin Haven, this morning, which carried away the
FredercksburE bridge. below schulkili Haven Great
fears entertained the safety Of all of our bridges
across the schuylkili.
A ppuh.r of tho s,ones In m. r.r,or b.va h.or
driven nnt and I fexr m. s,nr,o Iii A. ;. 49,.
smount NJ damage .ns cb.ck tb. s,inm.u,, o. 1910
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sn. ,o;n ~ a.. n.,nr., ahann.I =, T.,eon',.ia
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" ~ 1i1 All 'ne mines mines =. tns
pas ~ ~, ruu.y 'i'.e ~" ~. Inero cons.i-
rb.,. 4, - .rn.,si.a coz, Tor ..r ~ ,.na
-. "a 1000 80 ,u.nv 80. wt,hn,, 49,
80 - u ~ A , w. ,,y in -, a. a, o'. os
~ 49, 800. ~ e,..,.d ,,,r non,hs rh ppSo.s
y, ..Insia 80 .haS. n. x.,.r nd 80. mn" re-
-, 1870, ~. aso.n.a 9, ~ ,,,,,ss ~. ~.
a, y ao,,s an 10 VAN IN. o,h.r M m. a.ny.r INV
iLe pbiind.It his Ldg,r OF tn. 22d lust rpea king
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ros. rnpioly ali dsv and last night the water had
reach, Geig ht p.nrl, M to III. mark of IN. mrmo-
rsbr ir,,bet Of lsl fhe coal ana sood vharves and
i,u,h.r xsrds along tn bnnLs ,re .om,,I,i.l, nh
merged ana qusnti.s of their contents viii douot-
les be carr, d away Many dwelling houses from
W ate, street 10 Front street and nj som. point. "A
hi.b I'M as second street mr.. nor. or less
suo during Yesterday sf DON and last evening their
FAMILIES were fast leaving m, M and r.movin, tb.ir
bous, bold goods Ir.ntIin .tr,.t h. nnd.r ster to
vii hin hall sonar. OF ~ eopd sr,.t Cbesnut street
ana ,t,..,s h.,aw .hou, ,ha s.,. 90, 800 49,,
h,b ,kirs IN. river 10 m. south H. also oy.rlovn
m, st,r h,ipV ip manx az m, houses Nor,h ~ m.
Penn street bridge Inc mood bss also 10 an
.oual III, nj upop ,,,,a a, a m. str...
snd ipnpdsti,y house. IN. r.i, con,1nn,s no ,sIi
steadily us 10 n late hour last niyht and une,. 4,
,oop e.ss,s ". fear m. fr,sb.t has t va, don. IN.
worst As In evidence of m. i'm u.use ou.ntity of
rain which has fsi.n we NAV sta, that m. bolos in
" aInut street between third and Fourth h filled
With water 90 he d.ptb of several f.,t AMI nres.nts
the appearance Of a VAT pond which had aIw.ys
existed there We omit.d 70 stat. above that two
s,ou,,uct, Of nh. 4 pion Cn,.l which crossed m.
away by IN. flood reported last n that the
Poplar heSk bridge three miles below town had been
swept away. but hop. the report H. untrue
The storm II ThursdAy night Die great damage TO IN,
mutt sna other tI..s IN this y,cin,,y great msny
tne truit ti,,s Which promised an abundant Weld
~er, torn by the roots or strpped OF their
tranch.s The shade trees IN oar streets also suffered
serious damage rome ara btirely Frustrated and
scarcely any escaped tn. Ices OF limbo Our streets
a. all directions are strewn with branches ana leaves
~ though hurrie ans had pass.d over us som. An.
jury wss also zone TO ho,.s 10 III. loss OF roonnx
rLinueys. kc. but 90 not hear of damage in thi.
way a. any great extent IL IA in possible TO 1--WE any
thing Hks the partienlars Of IN. storm and
IN THE days paper but ~e believe we have hastily
tk.tch,d above III. facts relative To tn. disast.
Witch have thus FAR tran spirtd
The 1pbtop New Jsrs.y I'm erican Of the 22nd inst
tays;-1he recent rain caused the river TO raise
her than at any time since the great ehet Of $780,
1t W tuppo.d that ~ twelve feet above its usual
level All Saturday. logs. tssed timber, fences snd
various Mind OF lumber cam. down tn. and the
thore va lined with men. ~om.n. aud children s-cur
ing A. several canal beats and scows also passed
down snd some -ood ~oIk $50 feet long supposed 70
have ban connected With the canal ~orks at Ne~
Hope LOGGED IN The creek mar Worthwhile. We
heard that the pele.are Division Of the f.nnsyl-
ypta fsnhl rfiOred aud the bank had nj