New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-06

spees sue 49, 7srss portion Of tho wall OF this
building on the stream ,,,o,i+. the
Aa7d was uos less severe, altnoQsn tae i7J4y
YEA not 70 30 great Gn extent Ice VI
f,r, the store TO the factory X aS carried away
IN. and slI-so that not vesege OF it re-
yn,ired house in ia immedlate Vicinity
sI,o COR plete|y riddled, and part OF Il Carried
away. end come OF its inmates bad naf'o" Go
c.ne Tao children that zefe asleep II oQnA
IN the house were sns.ched from asery grave
iust after tbs dam gave way and last a. zoe v 4
ter bad retched height OF i've ieet ABOVE tus
sroU1d feor The basement af Burden sore Vas
sI.o co11DleteIT Hooded and all is articles sEoTed
svey there were more o. less injured
TIE loss in Messrs. Winsl0ws X Co5alng
Lowe Factory vi be very conslderaoie, y9ua5
lad aged about l6 or L years, was swept Oh y
the saters. aud drowned His body was found on
mexdow beiov the r,iIroa3 this morning, an1 an
iDopest vss hela ozerit Hehad been at work IN
tie factory and after his labors bad been eompet-
ed he bad gone 70 sleep in corner OF The oal4dlas
Desr the stream.
When the dam gave way and the food came, 1t
sweptaway portion Of the building aud carried
evsy tina unfortunate ynung man. Several ar
rouly escaped daath when the lood shoe tals
building Some fourteen or fifteen MA had but
lust left Off work and gone home when the dam
cave ysv Some five or six. however, remained
When the " sters came rushing upon them they
aed for their hVes--some seeking safety by
climbing up the machinery and some escaping
through the roof ct the building AMI Ia various ooer
WAYS The water was some or feet above the
ain floor OF this building. TIE freshet swept
sgey the foundation of the building dis mansled
and racked il from foundation to root-niared the
machinery seriously and must put ssop TO all york
for some time to come.
Several persons had narrow escapes One man
wsp struck by the rushing flood and only escaped
l. end h1l1ing the branches OF d
rec Wecannot estimate the loas sustained.
From the Phi sdelphia North American
The FLooD IN TIE SCUYLKGLL.-Durlng Tues-
Cav night the food 10 the Schuy Kill, IN the region
OF Philadelphia. entirely disappeared, leaving that
.tresm Yesterday morning so apparently dlmjnu.
tive in its width from ahore 20 ahore, aud, wilma,
40 sti ard placid that one could hardly bslieve IN
the reality Of the contrast to tbs Of the pre-
yious morning, when an expansive torrent OF
turbulent waters sweepiHg past the W estern
iron. OF the ciry-i.s track macked by destruction
and disaster.
The evidences OF .ha h5od though, were la
mentally visible in the m0d-covered wharve9,
strlnped bare of their valuable De posi:es-in the
wrecks of ama d craft stranded 10 every drecton-
and in the sad faces Of numbers OF worthy men,
who had lost their all
AtMsnayunk the mills hre all stopped, and that
thriving, busting borough, yesterday, exhibited
dismal sight
We regretto notice. the numerous Losses OF our
citizens along the river and among the WnArVes
and htorehouses, which all contained muc4 Valus
tile property Frees & KissiDger had alI ths!r
wood, coal, Office, &c, swept away. The wood
snd coal ward of Mir J Acob SoldeT shared the same
late office and stables carts aad drays, all carried
off Anthony Bickes board yard was cleared but
little lumber was saved William Peacocks coal
and wood wharf was cleared, and he himsef was
in the most imminent danger, and was rescued by
L~ot Lir .l0aI HfLtsr lost all
his lumber, scarcely board remaining. MessrH
Boas & Lott lost large lot OF lumber Deysher
& Brother aIso loaf ANAL lot OF lumber. trltz ~
Seltzer lost all their lime and wood, and all the
goods in lheir warehouse. AhoAtcontalulng some
50. COO worth Of groceries broke loOse, and became
a total luss Mr. Bushong los: some 1000 head Of
hose, aud the properly in and around his dlsniery
g8s dan ged and carried away. HIS loss Is est
mated at S25 GOO. Mr.. 4. Nj. o Briens machine
shop, with ali its fixtures, was swept aWny MI
VIM. Call lost all bis lumber and several line
Scbu,lki boats Mr. John Heller's two houses on
Frontat. and the old Baptist ChutchopPoste, were
all carried off Maj Richards lost fine unintfhed
boat aud nearly al bis timber. Jacksons rope
walk was carried of and much OF It's stock. All
the houses, up 10 Third st. were greatly damaged,
sad there were three feet of water IN Lauers
Brewery William Peacock TWO houses above
LUIS dam zero demolished Rauden6ushs no.
tel. at the locks in Franklin ct. was partly de-
stroy led.
From the New Haven Journal, Thursday.
Tfe severe rain of Monday caused quits Hood
in the Housatonic and Nagasuck Rivers. The
ceuseway at Derby was overtowed to the depth
Of seversl feet and passing vas impossible except
by means of bosts. The Regular tralns on the Maui
gatuck Road were detained beyond their time in
consequence Of The damage done to the bridges
and enbankmerts along the iae. The Derry
Journal says that on Tuesday, from Derby to Biz
bingham and Huntington, there WAS one broad
sheet Of water. The water is rapidly rising and
we ere a?prehensve that much damage will be
done
In Humpbreysville the foundation to the Post
Ofice was washed away By the food which SO
careened the building to render for the present
unsafe, and the postmaster mas temporarily re-
moved to another location A small bridge near
the Lcbfeld Station Was washed away and
other near w aterbury was somewhat Injured. We
learn, however, that both repaired and that the
tratns were able to pass yesterday.