The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-09-12

scene, no less than twslse esssms ha,.s,
been drowned Tbs dam sn4s,es, -
entirely destro yed; four teo,n, hous.
were swept aw ay entire. and several OH.
ers seriously injured. The Msns;o,
House occupied by Mr.. Jones, vas :
imminent danger, and he hastily reu,oveJ
his family to d place Of safety. The foI.
is list of the persons who were drowned
furnished us by Col. John c. Le,sis
who visited the Forge on Tuesday
Samuel Hartung, wife and step-dsurb.
ter; I. Clemens, son Of Jacob Clemens.
VIM. Wingert's infant child, (the family
having been saved on the wreck of d.
house which lodged against tree;) EE..
abeth Freed, Catharine Freed, Lydi,
Freed. Hannah Freed, and Henry Freed:
Elizabeth Coveley, with Jos Coreley,
and daughter of Isaac Bensinger, of Pott.
ville,) and her daughter Margaret! Non,
of the bodies had been found! Three
children, daughters of Joseph CoEeIey,
who had fioated down the stream on some
portion of the building, and lodged againg
a tree about TWO miles below the Forge.
were rescued on Monday night about 10
o clock. 1t is well worthy of remark ths.
the eldest of these girls, with energy and
presence OF mind truly astonishing, cluns
TO her little sisters during the tedious aud
perllous hours they remained on the tree.
and thus saved them, althoug II the mother
persisted before their ewes. On Tuesday
morning another lille girl was taken from
a tree near The same place, on which she
had been perched for about "a hours.
At Tamaqua. the destruction of life and
property, as far as we can learn, was even
more fearful and heart-rending than at auy
other point we have named. Almost the
entire town was submerged, and in some
10 the second stories and even
10 the roofs of the houses. At Haugha-
wOuts Hotel the water was several feet
deep OH the bar-room floor. The stables
attached 10 this Hotel, to that of Samuel
Beard, and also 10 John Jones' we're
swept away. The accounts vary as 10 the
number of lives lost, from thirty TO fifty;
and OF the houses destroyed, from forty 10
seventy-fiVe. We are informed that the
house of Mr.. Foster, Blacksmith. with bis
entire family, (excePt himsei0 numbering
IN all SIXTEEN PERSONS, was carried down
The current bodily. and erery soui per.
ished! The Rev. Mr.. OoerfelCt, German
Lutheran Clergyman. was drowned il at.
tempting 10 save family whose house
was swepl and all perished! The EeS
season by WIN. Taggari, Esq. near The
Hotel of Peter Mead, was entirely Genol,
ished, though his family. we are happy to
learn, were all saved. With Mr.. Baird's
stable pair of valuable horses and wagon.
belonging 10 Mr.. Jackson, RoPemaker, OF
Reading, were lost.
On the West Branch OF the SchuylkiiI
and its tributaries, from Minersviile 10
Schuylkill Haven, although the food was
very considerable. we ale much graufei
TO learn the damage was comparatively
trlfilng, and that the railroads will be put
In order for business in a very few tavs.
The probability is now, that there vii
be no coal sent by canal, from either
PoitsVille or Mauch Chunk, for the bal
ance of the season, and none BY railroad
from here. for al least two weeks TO come.
Should this prove TO be the case, the sup
ply of coal in market must necessarily be
considered deficient, while prices viii
probably rule higher than they have been
for many years. The officers OF The
Reading railroad express confidence that
the road will be so far repaired as % al.
nit the passage of the passenger car in
about week. We are yet without
mail from Philadelphia, although our
Postmaster has despatched daily nail
overland" for Reading. We hope to
have return ere long.
From Danville we have information
that the Susquehanna was very high, but
SO much SO as seriously 80 iniure
the canal, does not appear.
Most Welcome intelligence.