The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-23
THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR KossUTH " DOWN EAsT."
We have received the following particulars from the
Boston committee, Of the arrangements for Kos5uth
move mcnts down East
Another Flood on the Western Rivers.
IIrcm the PittsburY Commercial journal. April 10 l


LIVES MISREPRESENTATION OF PROPERTY.
Ne have scarcely been able to up the damage and
rounded by another and still destructive inunda
dation. At the time commence this article-Sundy
evening at lO1s o'clockIthe water Is up to ~ feet,
hour with heavy rain falling which commenced Fri
day evening about ~ o'clock. and has continued, al
most without inteImission, until this hour.
In the recent flood the great rise in the Monon
gahcla whilst the Allegheny was swollen beyond the
bounds of ordinary spring reshet Now. both rivers
headwaters Of both leads to look for still further
croachments Of the flood
At Brownsville. sunday morning. the Monongahela
rising at the appalling rate Of two feet hour and
from the hcadwaers Of the Allegheny We learn that the
valleys charged with heavy bodies sf snow to aggra
waite the unprecedented fall Of rain.
What may be the effect Of the heavy rain Of Saturday
swollen and still rising it is impossible to predict with
certainty With the information have Of the state of
the streams below US tho Beaver the Muskingum the
kanawha and Scioto all running over their banks and
the Ohio at this point already up to within eleven feet Of
the great food Of 1882 and still rising at incredible
rate conclude it is scarcely possible for the
tiers to begin subde before the influence Of the rain
now falling will be felt add disaster upon disaster
The Allegheny steamer, which arrived at eight o'clock
cessation throughout her trip from the hour of her
departure from Cincinnati on Friday morning; that
rising river through every foot of her passage These
facts authorize fears that the water not yet within
many feet of its maximum height.
The Allegheny river s covered with floating fragments
RATS valuable timber and lumber Of all descriptions
which have been swept from their moorings and now
minge in wild confusion with trees, drift wood, and
fence rails Numbers OF human beings have been
RATS and portions Of RATS they have swept past
the city cngpg their property at the peril Of their
lives regret say it is reported that lives have
actually been sacrificed In view Of our inhabitants by this
adventurous spirit One raft Of lumber on which de-
cency sweeps gave evidence that had been carried
xpectedly from its landing and having three
it, precipitated upon one Of the perpendicular
piers Of the upper Mechanics street bridge the raft
shattered to fragments, and the men lost 1t is difficult
to realize that three men, in broad daylight in full view
Of the numbers which despite the psting rain lined the
banks surrounded too by the multiplied means OF saving
themselves which the severed boards presented could
thus have been drowned. But the impetuosty of the
stream which at this moment begars description with
the chilling temperature Of the water fresh from frozen
fountains may be sufficient to explain sudden paralysis
fthe vital powers the only hypothesis which
admit that drowning has occurred in these circum-
stances.
the maddencd torrent, and man on 1t was vigorously
struggling to control its lie guided its headlong
sey past the Mechanics street bridge the Aque-
duet and the Hand street bridge but not lucky
in steering by the piers the St. Clair street bridge
Fortunately Of the piers Of this bridge have been
strengthened within few years by the addition to their
upper edges massive walls ice breakers which in
Of standing pcrpendicuary to the current present
inclined plane. with easy angle. Our solitary ma
yigator finding himself doomed to inevitable contact with
the pier dropped his steering and squared himself
for a running jump and just his doomed craft to
the swell, the obsructod torrent he sprang forward,
and leaped brav,y clear the crashing and surgng
timber made his footing and cheered by the raptu
and joyful shouts Of excited crowd Of witnesses,
he clambered steadily the pier all fours and with
friendly hand from the top he was soon the bridge.
II was he pthly remarked whilst he wiped the sweat
from his brow. pooy tight fit
All the lower part Of Allegheny City sovcrfowcd and
the inhabitants are In most dcporabc state Of suffer
ing and alarm.
On our side the lower situations the Allegheny
border the city submcrred and the water has in
yad, the and cellars Of numbers Of dwellings
Fears arc entertained that the large stores Of lumber
piled in this quarter may be swept away during tho
night Some few are busy moving of what Ia most
endangered the dreadful weather renders II next to
1 s,... a. tyt1 N s.
compelled await the waters subsiding and stopping
short o. the DULY chance for the saving of their pro-
perry
Fears are entertained for the security Of property
sor, in the cellars the MonoDgahcla front between
Wood and Market srccts and along Wood street to Sc
cond street The water advancing the large sewers
which undic wood street and converge there may in
wade hoee coars from below thould the rise continue
few feet further appears pretty certain. Parties
interested however having taken the alarm arc on the
alert ond have set watches upon the advance OF the
food Some Of the merchants expOHed 10 damage
Wick Il Mtardloss, Lewis Dazell Co. James A.
IIutcbison & Co. Vim. Bngaloy 4 Co j. ;. Diworth II
I Co. king& Momscod aud Graft Lindsay Il Co.-baye
oneroo pom The removal Of I'LL destructble property
from th,ir collarr
The steamer keystone State which landed Saturday
night hm been unable 70 discharge her cargo lest da-
mage II oud TO the property from the rapid move
mont oi the food
A. we oloso this article Il IL impossible to convey TO
Icidtr idea q The gloom and alarm which prevail over
the multitude Of silent yet stirring watchers who keep
pocsson a the river bodcra of our city and doom
I'd 10 rafe anxious night there
HMI.rAsT LiINiN o'CLock In the hour from 10 h.
20 min 10 II ~ min tie water has risen seven inches,
aud tie twel nrptars rapid whilst the rain
nllf uDdimDi bed IN volume aud stcadne,s. The wator
H. now over ~ feet
TwtIVr oCIocK-Our local reporter brings in con-
linaCn 81 the reported Of life, but makes 10 two
live Loot ~ the hqueduct and Nc tho 81 Clair street
bridge Two Other p.nons eecapcd by crawling up the
piei& q the latter In the in which have dcs
ofited ono 0c8po.
H.rf rnsr Two oclocA During the lat two hours,
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