The New York herald., 1850-05-03
The Late FI0Ods--Grc.t Destruction Of
Property.
TlIE FLOOD IN TIE HUDSON GTy1.e.
lFrom Inc Albany Evening Jonrnal MAY

The Late FIOOtis--(ircnt Distraction of
| Property.
TlIE FLOOD IN THE HUDSON RIVER.
from the Albany Evening journal, May III
The freshet continues. The water rose some
| twelve or fifteen inches during the night. Saw
| logs and lumber continue TO float down with the
current; and, from what we gather, the los.
OF property must be immense. From conversation
with gentleman who left Glen's Falls yesterday.
learn that the frcshei, in that region, first be-
| came formidable on Sunday last In the forenoon
the iirsi booms gave way, and the logs came upon
those further down the stream with such force ~
To- carry them oil also, together with a part Of "a
bridge near The Falls. Beside the saw-l0gs large
quantities OF hcmlOch and spruce timber swept
away, valued al many thousands of dollars. Our
informant estimates the number of sawlogs lrfird
oil at over l2j.0OO lie values them worth 81 80 Ia
- apiece. II this estimate be not high the loss
will exceed S200.mO. They mostly belonged to
,"elve persons, and Ind been accuml,tin for two
years. The water AT Glen's Fas was higher yes
icrday than it had been before in thirteen years.
Thee immense body of SNOW in The yast
wildemeS region whose streams find an outlet in
the Hudson. The Mohawk is not unusually high
there being but comparatively little SNOW Va The dis
Iicis by which it l. fed. But for this, aud the fact
that there Is no ice IN the river here 10 obstruct the
flow of The water We would have had hard time
of it.
Prom The Troy whig. Msyi
Since Monday morning there has been gradual
rice of The nycr, and ON Monday night and yes
erday forenoon il continued TO swell, subln 'rgins
/ the wharycs on both sides Of the rNcr. Tn: rise
/ was so gradual, however. that most OF the loose
property in the way was secured. and The eiect of
1 The water provided against Early yesterday morn
/ ing, sundry pine and hcmlock logs for saving were
! seen floating down the river in The swifi current
/ The number immensely increased during the day,
bnt comparatively few could be secured, The great
mass piSsing down the river. These all came
from Sandy Hill. Fort Edwards. and Glens Falls
where as we learn from persons who came down
in the morning cars. large boons of logs
parted, and sent floating down stream. One gem
ilouIan informed us thai no less thaa iOp,OJJ of
these logs passed Glens ais early yc-tcrl ~ morn
ing. The logs had been collected at the above
poin,s for the purpose of being sawed AZ The mills.
LunbcImcn inioim that the average worth OF
the logs l. full 81 each. Probably not onc-thrd Of
them will De saved 10 the owners; and there being
no saw mills on the river between here and New
Yo!k, the value of even those recovered will be
| greatly diminished. From farther inquiries we are
ted TO believe the loss much greater than stated
| above. There was no diminuon in the number
of logs passing in the afternoon, and owners Of
property who in town looking after ", stated
that The whole number carried away would no: b.
hess than l5O.OD0 or 2D0.Oco The loss will fall
severely upon the business oI our noliher peo!de.
whose capital and industry largely interested
ilc lumber trade. The properly had been col
eccd from the summer during the winter. for the
summers work
TuE FLooD N um MrERivAcS RIvrH.-The
| Merfimack river, up country, and all the streams
| IN northern New Hampshire and Vermont, are
| higher tian thcy have been for many years AT
Concord. the rScr, last night, three feet higher
ihan al the great ircshet last yepr. The mp Train
| nom loson, lasi night, went bat little beyond
Robins uson's ICTry lust this side Of COncorl--orns.
six or seven hundred feet Of the Concord Railroad
| having been washed away at Bow Falls. This
morning the passengers were carried in coaches
some FIVE miles. There has been no truin To
| from the Montreal road since MOnday-about half
| a mile of the road across the river near Concord
| having washed away. The Northern road " also
gone near Baskerville. The Vermont Central is
80 badly washed NJ not 10 b. passablc at Norhfeld.
The Iassump~ic IL also gone AT Bradford, and. al
| together the damage by the late ram and warm
weather is very considerable. The sullivan and
Chcshire roads, We hear. are in like condition; and
| the same may be said Of the Rutland. The first
mail since Saturday, came through from BgrliGz-
| ton, this morning. Above this city, the rise has
been rs that ol the mountain torrents, caused ~
we'll by the melting oi the vast quantities oi snow.
/ Ms by the rain of last Monday. The river here
looks as IL IL held half III, superstucturc Of the
| railroads in solution We have heard The damage
ON this line oi roads estimacd high az two hun-
dred thousand dollars. II will require more than
! n week 10 get the roads INTO pa-sihle condition.
and tvp three months for their compete repair.
/ -L1usH tMdss) CoHrio, Mryl.
! FLooD ~ NEw lIAwPsHiRE.-A private letter
/ from Concord. y. H., dated April ~. informs M
that the stream above that place, with the Meni-
mack itself, are greatly swollen. number of
/ bridges on the Pcmmigewassct had been swept
away. The Concord Railroad IN Bow, and the
/ Northern aud Montreal roads, have suffered con-
/ siderable damage Some 900 or tO feet of the.
I Concord road have been earned away. The train,
lasi evening could not pass Bow Bridge. The
I in CamPon, had both been swept away. AZ .
o'clock last evening the water was falling II Con-
corj.-Bosion Turdir, MayI
FIoopr~ rt,r NonrHFEs Mrssr.strrt twelve days
the Mississippi st this point has bceu steadily risnx
The immense quantities. Of snow In all this upper
try-in ps.cs being four ret deep has been di
solved rapidly ny screra days 81 rain followed by
succession oi SUM Line This readily accounts
for our high wst,r, which, az. write friisy, y NJ
IL TIN rising Persons Just arrived from the Worth in
form NJ shat there IL much snow yet In the n-ighr.
hood 81 Fort Gaines continued rise may thcfforc
] b. expected for some days The nr.t impetus 10 ep
unusual rice q the waters. gv,n by the Nnnoso-
ts which oomm,necd it, Hood Friday cf last week.
Tho bottom lands adjoining Port Smelling aud N.nio
Ia completely inundated by Mondsy night On
Tuesdsy ia. Mississippi above the mouth Of the Min
nefota reached IT. minimum huight of last year aud
Kept on rapidly rising Most ~ the wood st the FOrt
secured but c0n.ilsrsbl. from the ncighhprhood
has passed dow " the river This the fate alD ~
several hundrcd cords stationed n The vicinity of the
upper landing Sc Paul. aud between that pbint and
fort Smelling. Much building timber has also b-rs
carried on Thoac acquainted With our lpratirs
ndvr af the ,tate of hc Hood ~ the following facts
Al tbr upper landing the water line u nov about two
thirds distant om the lotom !" the inp oi me lover
doors uf the warcinuscs Tho hoor- in these building
Is,. been torn up To prevent the water lifting the
franz. r. m ieir foundsiion Their sai"ty IL yet
matter a. dorit st the lpwCr landing tho has
nearly r,arhsd the window sius oi Mr.. Roberts sore
Tis lover aoor q the iur Company warehouse Il al
| - under water more than fo,t The loser srarf-
1 nsnt e vr nandali's store y likewise submerged.
| a steamboat to make landing. would have TO q a
eord,rsllc way up Jackson street The rise already
l. gster - We hsrn than nj any spring re-hc, since
1874 There las bs-n higher water at juno rises
since then however 1hodin,ren-e isst scen hish sni
low ~ntrr mark st this time y about eighteen icct
Safudsp Morning. The chilling wcsthey vf the Last
trent four hours has checked I'M rising The
halt last night. nfler r,aching about sis in
'hs- stc,c the point mentioned IN thr preceding r.
mark. small frame warehouse bclongsg 10 thf
FUR Compsuy has bssr carried on from Neadcts. ~
,outsinVd about twenty-five cords of wVyi-N. Pssi
tn,nnsssisl cA'cni,l,, .fp'a I3
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