New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-03
Destructive Fresliets.


arlvvesterday morning suudry pine and hem
! lock logs Tor saving we're seen floating down th'
river In the sHi lit currca: The number immcnscil
! increased during the day But comparatively yer.
| few could be xecured-the great mass passing dowi
! the River. These all came from Sandy HILL For
! Edward and Glen's Falls, where as We lean iron
persons who came down in the morning cars, large
| booms of logs were pa ted and sent down stream
! One gentleman informed US that not less thai
100 600 of these lo.s passed Geas I ais early yes
terdav morning. The logs had been collected a
the above points for the purpose OF being saved al
the mills Lumbermen inform as that the average
worth of the logs is full al each. Probably no
one third OF them will be saved 10 the owners and
there being no saw-miils on the river between here
and New York, the value OF even those recovered
will be greatly diminished
"P S. From farther inquiries we are led 10 be-
lieve the loss much greater than stated above
There was no diminu,ion in the number OF logs
passing ia the afternoon, and owners OF the prop
erty who were in town looking alter It, stated mat
the whole number carried away would not be less
than $50 900 or 200 900. The loss will all severely
upon the business OF Cur Northern people, whose
capital and industry are largely Interested IN the
lumber trade The property had been collected
from the forests during the White. FOR the Summer
work"
| The Eastern Mall brings us similar accounts Of
great destruction Of property by freshet' in the
Merrimac and all the streams in Northern New
Hampshire and Vermont The Boston Irarelier
Of Wednesday says;
A private letter from Concord, n. II. dated last
evening, informs us that the streams above that
place, with the Merrimac ltsel, are greatly swol-
len. A number of bridges on the Pemlgewasset
bad been swept away. The Concord Railroad IN
Bow, and the Northern and Montreal roads have
suffered considerable damage Tuesdsy,atg o'clock,
p. NJ. the water was falling at Concord.
The Lo,ccH Courier Of "Wednesday has the fol-
lowing particulars
The Merrimac River up country, and al the
streams In Northern New Hampshire and Yer
mont, are higher than they have been for many
years. At Concord the river last night was three
feet her than Mt the great freshet last year
The up train from Boston last night went but little
beyond Robusons Ferry Just this side Of Con-
cord-some six seven hundred feet of the Con
cord Railroad having been washed away at Bow
Falls This morning the passcngo.s were carried
in coaches some five miles. There has been no
train 20 or from the Montreal Road since Monday
about half mile Of the road across the river ne or
Concord having washed away The Northern
Road Is also gone near Fishcrsvlc. The Vermont
Central is so badly washed as not TO be passabe at
Mortified. The Passompsic il also gone at Brad
nd and altogether the damage by the late rain
and warm weather is very Considerable: The Sal
lvan and Cheshire Roads. we hear are In IKE con-
d,tion and the same may be said OF the Rutland
The frat mail since Saturday came through from
burlington this morning. Above this CITY tnc rise
has been As that OF the mountain torrents, caused
as well by the melting OF the vast quantities 81
snow, as by the rain Of last Monday. The river
here looks as If it held halt the superstructure OF
The Railroads in solution. We have heard the dam