New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-21
(;rcat Floods and Loss of Life-Immense De
struction Of Property.
PrrrsBURcH, Monday, April 10, Is


On Saturday last, the waters of the No
nongshela and Allegheny commenced rising. "
At Brownsville, yesterday morning the n'e was +
the appalling rate of two feet per hour
At Pittsburgh last night, at 10 o'clock, the water COO
n,cnced rising at the rate of seven inches an hour 10
creasing during the night with unexampled rapidly
This morning the pier marks OF MOnOngahela Biiso
were covered the river having risen 30 feet aud I'll
rising nj the rute OF inches per hour.
BY the mark at Point Steam MIL the water Is whin.s
feet 10 inches OF the great hOod OF 1892 and the v
is advancing as rapidly as nj the commencement i'll
feared the Aood win exceed that Of s32. 1t has BEN
raining since Friday night almost necessarily, and acoa
tinues TO swell the torrent. a
Numerous RATS have been destroyed, and the pers Il
Allegheny Bridge have been seriously broken by tn
crashing timber. ~
A number of men were seen floating down on parSs
of RATS and doubtless many lives have been lost ~
raft without sweeps struck against the Mcchanicx
bridge and was shattered in pieces All on board per-
ished in sight OF thousands VINO lined the shores unable
however, TO render assistance man on iiagment0
log raft managed 10 escape the Two upper bridges be-
truck ST Chairs, where he managed to jump on the
Ter and rescued.
families are removing their furniture, &c, In boats
In this city the dwellings along the streets near tho
liver are also submerged At the foot OF Wood-st and
Water-st the cellars filing and merchants are 70
moving their goods to the upper stories.
The rivers below are overlooking, and gfeat deYsar
on must inevitably occur.
The Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, near Beaver,
as sunk one foot and the road otherwise damaged
The travel on the road must be stopped Tor Suma
DISPATCH III PITTSBURGH, Tuesday, April 20, 1854
The river has been receding here since 5
o'clock this morning 1t had reached within three eet
of the food of 1872 The damage to property canns
vet be estimated but must exceed 100000
In the low grounds of Allegheny City, comprising tie
First aud Fourth Wards not less than l5oo famihss
were turned out of their houses, or driven into The
upper stories Along Rebeccast, the water ran In tr
rents, being six feet deep The water passed along
Federal beyond Robinsonst, nundating the beautiful
residence of General Robinson and completely cutting
off all communication between the bridge and Allegheny
CITY Quite profitable business was carried ON hy
persons with sk ferrying passengers over IRON mo
bridge TO the landing.
Pittsburgh proper suffered but little, although the mer
chants along the river put 10 much Inconvenience
by the sudden removal of their goods. Many families
were flooded out. In Hay-st and Water, hall wYso
Penn the first stories were all filled and the amaes
moved out on skifs RATS, &c. On Marbury Duquemc
and Pont.aley over one hundred families moved ouk
The lower portions of Rirminghs South Pittsburgh
Manchester Lawrenceville, and the first NTH aud MAN
Wards bordering Allegheny, were several feet under
water stopping the work In the foundnes. machine
shops &c; business almost entirely suspendeQ
Yesterday and workshops were closed
About 80 feet of sheeng were torn on the Jam OF me
Mononeahela Navigation Company which greatly en-
daneered the whole work
Thomas l.. Mcmillan Assistant Judge OF the Cominoa
Pleas an old resident OF Pittsburgh died on sunday
last, much respected
The Coroners Jury again sat the recent poisoning
case the stomachs having been analysed by Professor
ST John of Cleveland College, and several witnesses
examined The Jury returned verdict Of wiul Inar'
der against John and Honora Cany-the uncle and ssn
of the victms-who were committed tor trial