New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-28
NEW ORLEANS:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL %, 1852.

Tns FarsnETs All THE NoRrH--The freshets through
the States of Virginia and Maryland. which We have
uounced by telegraph have proved terribly disastrous
the loss of property being literally beyond calculation
and known that large number of lives hnge been
lost The Potomac River at Washington foot
higher than the great food Of 1877 which was the grea
rise from 1874 up to that time On Tuesday morning
the 10Th the Little Falls Bridge at Washington gave way
was carried with resscss force against the Long
Bridge tearing out two spans Of that structure The lime
lumber coal and wood merchants in Washington sus
very heavy losses also did merchants engaged
in the same kinds of business in Georgetown brigan
tine anchored near Washington was carried out on to
the land but again driven down by the force Of the
and carried distance below the city The
Intelgencer contains the following dispatch from Ilar
per Ferry dated the Goth The waters at this point have
commenced subside and further damage is appre
henied to the bridge the Potomac, An immense
amount damage has been done along the Potomac and
Shenandoah river In the vicinity of Winchester several
griot mills been flooded. Both the railroad and the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal have been much injured.
STORMS on THE NORTHERN CoAsr,-During the night of
the 18th and on the 18th inst violent storm ragged along
the whole Northern line of the Atlantic coast The New
York Tribune of the Goth says During Saturday night
Sunday and yesterday heavy northeastern gale pre-
vailed accompanied occasionally with rain and fog The
tides unusually high but with the exception Of tear
Ing off Of the ends Of the old piers the East River
and damage the goods thereon we have not heard
anything serious The vessels at anchor at Quarantine
and in the lower bay rode out the gale in safety The
pilotboat SewYork anchored under Owls Head. She
reported yesterday that she had any vessel on
shore or in distress Tie ship Revenue from Leghorn
lay near Robbnss Reef with both anchors ahead The
yorktown, from London apehored at Quarantine. The
Staten Island Obliged TO discontinue their
trips yesterday morning In consequence Of the unusually
high tides aud the difficulty in landing at Quarantine
A dispatch from Boston, also of the Goth. says " The
brgs Gazelle and Francis Ellen from Havana for Port
with cargoe of moasses wrecked yesterday
Cape Elizabeth and the saved. An unknown
brig went ashore this morning Mt Point Alderton brig
with cargo Of molasses board is ashore Elmer
sons Rock Plumb Island. She bound to Boston
The British brig Margaret from Liverpool wrecked
on Sunday on Nansett Beach, The saved but
the vessel and cargo total loss
GREAr FLoop-Loss Or Lire IMMENSE DESTRUCTION
or PRorERrYPhybrg, April 19,-On Saturday last, the
head water of the Allegheny and Monongahea COM
menced rising the latter Brownsville yesterday
ing at the appalling rate of two feet hour AT
Pittshurg last night at 10 o'clock, the river commenced
rising the of inches per hour increasing during
the night with unexampled rapidy. This morning the
marks the piers of Monongahela bridge covered
the having reached 80 feet and swelling at the rate
of inches per hour. The water by the mark point is
within feet 10inche of the flood of 1882 and as the river
even exceed 1882 The has been rising since
Friday night and almost incessant rains continue to swell
the torrent Several RATS have been destroyed The
Allegheny bridge piers and aqueduct have been seriously
broken number Of men were seen on parts Of RATS
floating down and doubtless many lives have been lost
raft without sweeps struck Mechanic street bridge.
SCATTERING the piers, and all board lost Thou
sands of people lined the shore who witnessed the
uahe to give any assistance fragment of raft with
one man it, red down the torrent. and managed to
escape upper bridges but struck against the St
clair street bridge The intrepid navigator seeing the
danger dropped the steering took running jump
cleared the fragment of the broken timber and aghted
the pier amid the shouts of spectators cooy remark
tight tit that
Iu the lower part of Allegheny City they moving
their furniture into boats.
In pttsburg the dwellings along the river also sub
merged The merchants of Water street moving their
goods the upper stories The river below is overown
Great destruction and distress must
The wall of the curve of the Ohio and Pennsylvania
Railroad Beaver sunk foot and fears enter
tanned that it will fall in thus stopping the travel the
railroad for some time.