The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-19
CITY Intelligence.


THE EoulNocriAL STORM AND ITS EFFEcrs-s,D
SCENE oD MONDAY NIGHT ALONG THE NORTH RtvER
GREAT FLOODING OF CELLARS, AND MUCH rIo-
PERTy DESTROYED.
The storm that commenced on Saturday night, in
creased in violence till Tuesday when we were visited
by the sevrest snow rtorm that has been witnessed
this year The bay was very rough and the action OF
the wind on the waters caused high a tile that on
Monday night nearly all the easements in Greenwich
and Washington streets were aoodsd-driving those
that occupied them to seek shelter amidst the pelt-
Ing Of the pitiless storm wherever they could find it.
Many Of them took refuge In the station house Soms
Of the col,szs were hsa with water thst beds
covered some had four feet OF water Ia
them. In Washington street there we.e from
forty TO hfy Easements; In Greenwich street
twenty nvei ana IN all the cross streets, Al
sany Cedar Carllse, Morris and Rector streets til.
cellars were more or less flooded ON the corner OF
Rector and Green wch streets, chars tables bed ding
cradles, SO, were floating around the place At tas
eorner Of Albany and Washington streets, tho tide
In - suddenly that the police had hard work 10
get the women and children out In one cas-, wsers
there were sick en- igrsnts who unable to leave
the bed they took out bed ana eli together There Is
large amount of property stored in the cellars on
South, Front and West streets, destroyed II wa.
terrible scene Assistant Captain Fulton Of the First
ward and the police under his command together
with Alderman GEfin, rendered every a.si-tance to
the sufferers. The Common Council have much TO
answer for in permitting the grades OF those streets
remain az they are The cellars ought to hsy. ben
long since hlleo up with earth. The cellars 10 South
stroysd In them The gale was very severely felt At
Staten Islaud The shore road at stapleton va. CO.
v,red several inches deep vita waer rhe sea Washed
Quarantine, received much dsmAg. vanderbilt's
LANDING dams and the bulkhsad
recently butt at stapeton was partly wsshsd a~sy.
N,sly all the vessels Mt Staten leland draxx "a their
anchors Rome OF the coiers In the East river suffer
ed considerable damage. Itwas rough nigat the
storm, though II somewhat abated contnaed all aay
yesterday. The steamers which leit here on Mondar
evening Tor stonington, Norwich aud FsIl Rvn alter
pu "A In "a Ia md 10
scooIpt OF heavy weather. AHA N. next LAY the
state OF Maine and Worcester returned 70 the city
turn, whsn the stste Of Maine left. TAe stesmsr
Champion came in, at about II oslotk from New Ia
We learn from the State OF Maine that the storm
most violent during the whole of the nlshs and
forenoon OF next day and that near ths gate, tho
water 30 high at iull tide to Overflow maay OF
the piert and whsTves either eide.
NuabsK or Pfrsoss N,,sLy DRowNrn nv rps
DRowNiSu % rHEE sHaaRocK.-h man named Jonu
Murphy stage driver walked on the bridge into the
river a. tNliansburghi!erry v Il Monday lie was res
oued from drowning by John y. Hamilton. lie
brought TO the Eleventh ward station house aud sub
qusntiy sent TO his friends at the corner oi Brooms
aud AHngin streets This IL the seventh nan saved,
In shott time By Mr. Hamilton Another ysung nan
pss.nseTly drowned, at o'clock Monday by sllisx
into the Zip at the Houston street ferry v.stake
out by efe,rs hearsins aEd CroS-y, Of the Eleventh
bi. clothes dried There wa. sil another esse Az ths
Eleventh yard man calling himself John 0 Burks,
Tell into he ast River at the foot Of Sixteenth street
ct nv. clock yesterday morning. lie very much
intoxicated alter St Patricks spree he was saved
BY yoppg man named David OsboTss Who Vas
ssltsp az the time on board Of tloop lying At the
dock The noise having s-sked him, he tprunS ron
bis berth just in time TO the drosnnx man Hs
brought lin 70 the Eleventh ward station house..
where be was taken care Of On voaday, alto. a nan
FAMED Henry johnson tell Into the water. ana vas
rescued from dro~ning By polcemea AcGsb. aud
DurJta Of the First ward police Most Of these ea.ss
occurred nom the drowning Of the gr~sn im mmortAl
shsm St Patrick 10 sccountabe Tor all.
hvrr 1Sirsrp or rHr R.rtaosp TasoE.-Yestsrdsy
morning, while The snow was falling very fast, deaf
and dumb man, whose name We could not isarn) at
umpted 10 walk to Harlem upon the railroad track.
lie ". observed BY those on the down passenger
train when Forty third street and every effort
wa made by the engineer Of the locomotive 60 warn
the upfortupst. mute Of the danger he W.. n The
warning vas Of no avail, sod ths untortuusss man
va caught upon the catcher sud terribly injured
In various parts Of his body Prom books and papers
that we're found In his possesson, u was sscertaned
that be artist and resided here In r~sn-
~. third street The conductor bad aim properly
cared for, sdical aid procursd AMI everything
wee done TO alleviate his suferings
Io0N USpfs rHr BEps-At half.pas ] 4 o'clock yes
tefcsy morning John Tbonpson was iound secretsd
us wss found there when Mrs butchers going TO
bed. Tie police described him as bad isokln ng f.l-
lev. either . FTsnchman % Dutthman ON the
night o. Monday lsst The i1tn iosant tns houss No
st Geofgee place, Thirteenth street In the tmme-
ethfed and number OF articles stolen th.retrom.
including certain unmentionate matters appertain-
irs to sgsntemans wardrobe, Witch were tases from
the ttdsid- Of the owner. IN which himself aud
wsoem unsuspectingly lay, and under which the
tbitves we're, 6oubtltss ensconoed. Thsy appear o
cttlte's exhibited Ia some Of their proceedings this
&C. ss'on ss the value o the usissns articles Il very
Ttetg - eompsFiscn With shut had tyidsnay passcd
oho,t bt y their ia'psctlon O. indeed, With what
Ntsh rcAttertd on the h,oI " the i'm mediate neigh
toi hotd c The duor, ~ which hasy exit hai been
iccl uuf for siivp, ssocus. us-setJ J. an. kw, tss
ovttr vhsEeot my - ioual ~ the above address.
brA1H ~ Aropsysv.- - Coroner deer hold AZ Inquest
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