The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-05
ADDITIONAL PAR TlCULARS
OF TIE
LATE TERRIBLE STORM.
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STORES ON LAKE ERIE, AND AT PENS isOLA.
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ESTIMATED Loss OF PROPERTY, 81, zoe, 0se.
FUR Their LOSS OF LIFE,
&C.. 60. DO.
Dur Philadelphia Correspondence.

Our Philadelphia Correspondence.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4, 1850.
have nothing new to give you respecting the
| effects of the tornado and the flood. This storm
has been no ordinary event to US Quaker Phladel-
phians. since deprived US Of gas light, last
ming, over the greater portion of eur widespread
metropolis The gas-works being situated at the
waters edge Of the Schuylkill river. oyertowed so
badly that it was found impossible TO carry on
! operations. For short time at noon, yesterday,
the hands attempted to resume operations, but the
result Of their labors very triing; consequently
there was no gas-light in the city last night,
cept for very brief space, caused by the gas re-
naming in the pipes There was no moon, either,
as it happened, all streets were in utter dark
4 ness Until after nine o'clock, when the watch men
stuck candle il each lamp, and threw a faint,
\ filCkering light over the dim causeways but, un-
! nj that time, ust trcets presented many amusing
| scenes. EveTySs6y went shsiiiing and stumbling
about, running against everybody else, scrsping
acquaintance with lamp posts, begging pardon at
specton TO get safely past our public squares, tor
the overshadewing foliage Of the trees created a
/ most intense and ptchy darkness.
prom the Philadelphia Ledger, September ~
In the light, when the flood was highest, those
who locked abroad saw two canal boats nearly side
| by side, which were hurried down the stream.
| There were lights on hoard, and the cries of the
J crew were heard. The suTging pillows took them
| onward until they neaTed the p.ers Of bridge A
trc me ndous crash, heard above the noise of the
| waves, told that the boats had struck the ahut-
menis-thr lights went out, the voices were hush
ed and II Is likely that all ON board persisted at that
! moment Bat lew deaths have been certainly
heard Of though the probability seems to be that
several PERSONS have lest their lives.
The water woke, though seriously submerged,
escaped serious damaged. Duriag the night the
| water was nearly up 10 the tOps Of the wheels,
! having overlooked the embdnkrnent of the foTebay
| above the dam. tn believed tn il the rain had
| cortnued falling, as II had done during the day,
until daylight, the whole OF the water works would
! have been swept away. In the wheel house the
wafer rose higher than IL ever Old before. u was
four feet over the marx Of the great flood OF July
/ lest Last evening there was sull about four feet
Of water upon the floor Of the premises, a1d there
was sboui seven feet OF water upon the dam, but
gradually decreasing In anticipation OF the freshet
end the stoppage Of the works in consequence, the
whole force OF the machinery was pre- siously set
in motiop and the basins filled 10 their utmost
psciiy. Several days will no doa 5t Intervene be-
| fore The works cen he put in operation.
| The works OF the Schuylkil Navigation Com
penv opposite FaiTmont, Il n confidently hoped, have
,sosped museral damage. its precise state cannot
be now asctItsined. a number Of canal boats Ia
TINS ,,ciDiiy, some Of them loaded, were tora from
their moprinEs, md eitner swept down the current
ar wrecked by coming in contact with formidable
! obftaclss The damsge up the river, 10 mills and
othei properly, ls ssid to be most lamcniable.
A canal boat commanded by Capt Geo Irwin,
was swept over Spring mil dam, aud lodged against
| d Iopk. lie sent his Two men on shore To obtain
assistance but duri0g their absence the boat sunk,
and hs no doubt was drowned. he belonged to
this city, aud Is taid 20 have left family living IN
Beach street. It's brother Thomas is also reported
a. having been drowned.
The mills at Morrisiown, Cepshohockcn, and
elong the river either side, sufIsgcd immensely
the Risatef portion 81 them were under water as
: ter ~ their second stories. MIR RiPka. at Mana
yunk We Learn, " Loser To n considerable amounts
CLe OF bis dJ houses u destroyed Some damage
Was done TO the rev railroad 20 avoid the inclined
plane IN progress a Construction but Il can be re-
paired without ~ inuf d.geniioo 81 the work.
From the Gray's Feny bridge the scene pre-
! senied, while the Hood wac nj its height. waa most
| tsDthc. The timhets mad q large fragment OF the
flooring cl ons Of the upper bridges, not less than
I hundred feet in lsBgth, has lodged against the
ahutnen;s near the eastern emo, end this and
Other descriptions Sf lumber piled W fifteen
or twenty feet in height, greatly hndeIing the free
! passage OF the arch. AT the dIawhridge there IL
nsfil nofe formidable barrier. composed OF every
| Description al drif Wood wedgcd IA between the
ice breakers on either side ofihe draw.
i This appesrsto ne quite solid aud men yesterday
were engaged walking about upon Il and gather
ing the lumber and removing IL. On the upper side
81 his barrier lodged three section canal boats.
which came down the stream about one O'Clock
Yesterday morning. -Four or five persoas were on
bos I'd NJ the tiaie, but were all rescued.
! In the evening the city YVES developed in dark
3 ness. 1he pae gave out Rt early hour, Ia con-
sequence OF injury to the gas works received by
/ A female passed down the river on a feather bed,
near Man-yunk. an effort was made 20 save her,
bui il was frutless, and she passed over the falls
and was drowned.
| An extern We distiller, near Reading, who was
/ feeding hive hundred hogs, Vi the whole number
! destroyed by the fr,-het Discovering the water
| rslldly approaching the pens, and seeing their
! utter destruction near, he made an effort 20 save
them, but the water overlook them while crossing
the turnpike bridge, and they were all destroyed
f7ro.a The Philadelphia Inquirer sept al
| Crowds ~ our citizrie were attracted yesterday
/ 70 the hALks Of the Schuylkll, which from the
late heavy rain had been converted. from smooth,
\ BEAUTIFUL and PLACID river, into furious and rag
! ing torIen,--thc stream below the falls being At
one time neary OF level with toe summit of the
cataract. The water was turbid-of n deep, rich
brown and on the surface Of its inlpetuous
/ ~ Mt, might have been a. en- during the whole 81
yesterday, quantities Of lumber. Iees, bruahwood.
and even portions ~ bridge, ana houses. We learn
with ezrtt that several lives have been lost up the
/ country, and many boats and bsryes, forced from
, their moorngs, have bfen probably dashed 10
! pieces or sunk. The waters Of the Schuylkili be
gen 10 fall about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, by
/ which hour the worst OF the destruction had
pssssd by The Delaware has also been very
4 much swollen, and during the whole of yesterday
and las, night great mafses OF trees and drft-wood
foated pasl tn city. Above Treuton the damage
I IL extensive. So great quantity Ell rain, II is
said, " not remembered to have fallen within so
/ short pcsicd, even BY our oldest inhabitants.
We ars glad 10 learn that the LehiGa Works
have not pusssined any more damage by the recent
feshe, thsn BY the hooi ~ July lrsf, and nat the
entire inter- apton will not require more than two
wteL - a. pns N In cornpl~f~ rrpair. Advicrs from