New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-05

resident OF Philadelphia.
Aopg tho western front OF tho clty, tne rive. oe-
gan 10 exhibit siens of tho tre4hes aooae ossa'
These Indications ere watched with acme an2is'
~ from seven 10 eight O'Clock. At 81 oclock the
River commenced swelling, and the water con-
tinued to rsa at rapid rate. ct first 1t rose one
foot in IN hour, then sWo feet, ana haaiy upward
Of three feet MI .;n
which had been descending in torrents all day SUI
poured incesaanty, and the plight was gloomy saa
pitch dark Numbers Of the poor families residlng
on the banks of the River had make pfeclpltase
retreat from their humble habisstiops, aud others
remained awake anXioQa!y watching the encfoach-
ments OF the water.
ting wstels were appalling. Throush sha DARK
ness could be espied, every few inmates, Sne 9'.h
shadow of wrecks, and if the sounds that seeuieo 70
proceed from more than one OF them were n0s!n1.
einsry they contained either haplesa human beings
or distressed animals One man who had ventufea
out in skif to gave something say Wnss he Us
lieved TO be woman on portion OF o house,
Abouttw o'clock yssterday morning, tue ~a'er
had reached it's greatest altitude, aud from thaS
time until four O'Clock the swell remstued station
ary. The water now showed sigua of subsldence
and rs the day broke, it became evident that the
food had expended its main fo;ce The river con-
tDued TO fall slowly during the whole OF yesterday
The dawn OF yesterday morning disclosed sad
scene odeyastaton on bosh sides Of The river, tom
Paramount to the Naval Asy lum. The wharses
on the city side were al hidden from view, and
above some of them the water was full ten fact
high Warehouses, mills, limeklDs coal ana
wood yards, counting houses, stables, and aneds
innumef6ble were inundated many oil en5
smaller buildings which atood near the piers, oo1.
ig IA if they had suddenly changed thef ORIGINAL
positions for new ones away out IN the middle Of
the stream
Immense quantities of wool, coal, lumber. lime
&c hrd been swept off the wharvea, aome OF which
retained scarcely avestige OF the property thas was
piied and heaped upon them the evening before
William.st. from Callowhill to Vine, was COM
pletely flooded, and the water extended up Viness.
nearly to schuyb Front All sne ana: courts 10
the block between Vine, Nixon and w liIlam SIS:
were converted into running streams, and paft OF
Nixonst was under water. The Sohuylalll NaVE
CATION Hotel at the foot Of Vine ST. and the long
BLOCK of dwellings on the south side OF Yne' from
the river to Ashton.st were Inundated anu couiu
be reached only by boats.
Below the Permanent Bridge, the coal sneds OF
The Gas Works, the Philadelphia Flour and Feed
Mills and Freedly's Marba Yard, we're all over
flowed No trace of Beach.st from Market 80
Chestn Ut could be seen. AT the tooto Chestnut 81.
The lower part of the Sohuyikil House WNa anoer
water and the cellars Of the buildings Immediately
adjoining on Chestnut and Beach sts. were niied.
The depot of the Delaware Coal Company was
surrounded by water, aud there was great desLruo.
siOn of property from Chestnut to Soutn s's'
The stables OF the omnibus line OF DouSnerty I"
Powers, az Vine and William SITS. were overflow
go, and their coacht ouse filled Win EaSer. Aoey,
however, gos out all their coaches and horSes IN
safety.
Ashtonst. from Arch to Filbert s.s. was entirely
submerged. The water rose to such night IN the
manufacturing department. of the philadelphia Gas
Wo,kp Mt the foot Of Garke5at as to ecop sll oQe'
rations. The men resumed WORK about noon yea
terday but 40 little progress was made that the
supply of gas last Ii Ebt was extremely limited, and
other liz hts had to make amends for the unavod-
abe failure.
Carbon, Bank and Water sta. were partially
overlooked and Sunderland az. entirely inundaied
The houies On tbese thoroughfarss suffered Goa
| sioerebly a number Gf dwellings, as The foot of
Lombard at. were 0ve3l0we aud tho Easements
Of whole blocks on the several little stree.s border
ing the river, from Lombard TO South, we're filled.
Numerous small terements near the waters edge,
occupied by ind gens lrah people, were submerged,
a1d the inmates driven from them.
On the west benk of the river the water was
vely high and a great deal Of damage Was doae.
W eIher's Chemoal Works were under water.
The water was twenty0ne i0ones or the tioor Ct
Hardipgs Hotel, at the Wire Bridge. Above the
bridge, Kings Hotel was flooded, ana had to be
closed.
The embankment OF the railroad to avoid the
iuained plane, iust beyond the permanent bridge,
witbfrood the violence of the bullying waters won
dsrfully yet it sustained some injury
The VIC 10 Of the Schuykl Navigation opposite
Fairnount, suffered come, but sill escaped sur.
prisngly.
During the night there was great panic and hav-
oc among the canal.boais, number of which ware
broken from their mornings, AID either Sunk or
were carried down tho river Other smaller craft
were wrecked, and several mated vessels were
damaged.
The river was black with vast quantities OF drift
wood, wrochs Of boats, fragments Of bridges, por-
rs p1aOf9 nj ms
&c. and upon the surging bilows were borne nam-
bera of drowned hogs and other animals. A great
many barLels of flour also tioated down
Both sideg Of the river presented lively aIshts all
day hundre % of man, women and children reap
ed harvest by catching wood, flour from the mills
up the 9chuyhl, and other things that the ffeshet
had yielded.
The Market at and Wire Bridge were crowded
with spectators, not 3 few of whom were wsil
DIRE ssed ladeB and gentlemen, looking at the Hood
and it's Xcibing accompaniment.
The omnibusea to Fairnount ran crowded. and
in the after Don extra vehicles bad to be pu' on.
The Paramount Water.Works were soppei
aud will not again. perhaps Tor Soma days.-
This should make everybody prudent In the use Of
wafer.
At O'Clock yesterday morning, the water on
the Paramount Dam was 10 feet l0I inchss high
The extreme rise On the dam in the freshes OF Joly
sat, was u feet In the food OF 1899, the
greatest hight the water al. cd was 10 ees. SO
that the food OF Monday night was lQ3 inches
higher tnan that OF 1889.
A private mark made on the bridge that CROSSES
the forebay, by the elder Mr. Graeh, shows that
this freshet was eighteen inches higher than the
tremendous rain freshet Of 1922
Along the wharves aonsh Of the High st. bridge,
the water rose II feet above high ~aser nasrk, and
AZ Vine It, it rose ct lesss feet above the usual
hight OF the river at food tide,
We met with number Of tho oldest residents
on the banks Of the echuylkill-some of them over
seventy years OF age-and they ell agree toas soe
present lood is the heaviest reahes IN sne Scnuyi
kill eysr Known
No estimate can be made of the destruction of
nrnne,fv from Paramount 10 Gray's Ferry lshaa
beer, it is believed, nprecedented-not even Ok.
ceedsd by that Of the ainter flood Of SO. We ara
sorry TO learn that Nr. John Rice, tbs entarpra ng