The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-10
Further Particulars or the Late storm

From the Utica IN. W Gazette, July 81
city on Fricay night acquired terrible power their
pssssg TO the Esrt and productive of the
os hs me WITH sSs .o.s.n
about four miles east of St. louisville, by the under
mining Of calyert by the swelling Of creek over
which VAS thrown. The engine passed over, but the
tender fell through; the baggage followed and
stood on end the rst did likewise while
whole. rtr
In the first passenger Irish man was killed
His not known. and he was buried on 6stur-
day at Fort Plain. woman and child missing
supposed TO be drowned Benjamin Mason, Of this
head and all parts Of his body. He thrown under
the they pitched int the creek and lay there
tour hours, his head just out Of water. To David
Evans the telegraph repairer belongs great credit for
his srduous efforts to rescue him. The engineer, J.
Relyes, is injured about the head; the fireman,
stanchell OF some such name, nearly lost one
eye, ana Is other~iss badly bruised.
Major Priest OF Little Falls, and Mr.. Bullious Of
this city r.pared to the spot and By diDt Of the most
over The cvlvert by one o'clock ON Saturday. The
conductor, Mr.. CLARK, jumped twenty feet from this
Is q wreck. The passengers Sstu days and 1O<
o'clock trains well the press train Of r. n.
ON to Albany. The trains stopped at St. Jshns-
Vile. The crops destroyed for 10 miles in the
from the hills into the road to such extent
places that il vii, require days to remove them Mil
dams are universally swept away.
Mr.. Vibbsrd, the superintendent and Mr. 0praker q
director siihe company set to work Saturday from
two to three hundred men and one hundred teams It
Ia expected the damage will be repaired on Monday or
Tusscay Van Alstips the areman got into the rivsr
ana notwithstanding he exertsd himself to save the
baggage and mails, Was not hurt The earth, to She.
dtpih OF twenty feet, had given way in four five
places this eide II the break leaving the rails and
ties 10 which they are attached. 49,.
The canal has given way in I'VE places between Port
jackson and Fort Plain. Some OF the breaks are
bad The packet team towing the beat Of Capt Nat
thews drowned The driver escaped North OF
Amsterdam, 100 sheep and 10 cattle and horses
killed.
more severe storm has been rarely, n ever Wit
messed IN the Mohawk Valley; and 80 great loss,
The damage TO The road is computed at $4,000. "a
womsps bouy has been recovered. Among the
articles that are not claimed Is q memorandum which
belong to some person irom syrasuss 40
tram from the break arrived yesterday afternoon.
ct ~ snoth.r with emigrsns at 4 this passed
the break suP-rinte ndent Vibbsrd succeeded In
king ten porary track on Sunday afternoon, about
on. O'clock b. g. Mason is doing we'll two of his ribs
the wounded arr we'll ~ could be expected. Part
OF III. msis aud baggage have not been yet found
AT Hamilton the storm WAS perfect tornado; roofs
with hss Al Worthwhile and Madison 10 the some.
The soLib-Ip part Of Herkimsr county visited BY
the storm the streams suddenly very high;
cattl. we're k by lightning in the fields and bridg
earned on Mr. Hugh Crocker, ofthis city, had two
head VI cattle Allied by lightning ia the town Of San
R.rheia In tnis county We learn from the Chsnango
Valley, that lands ovsrnown mill dams swept away
60
by the train from the East last night at IL
O'clock that the water In the Mohawk East had fall
len. James Mckinney, of this city, who was on the
train that left Albany Friday evening" carried
down the e,ssk about utsen rods when he sussssdsd
In ttisg hold " and reaching the shore Sc
vers others washed farther down the stream one
OF whom got ON tree and stayed there till morning.
IL NOT known whether the rest reached the or
were lost. superintendent vibbsrd arrived in this
train lie reports all right and that the trains viii
leave utual lie thinks there IL loss life
yona the above three The back mails for this sisy
also arrived