The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-23
Disastrous Enects of tho Lato Storm.
GREAT FREsHET ON FRENCH RIVER, MASS, AND DR-
sTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

Disastrous Enocts OF tho lIato storm
GREAT FIEsHET ON FRENCH RIVER, MASS, AND DR-
sTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
Rosros, April % 1852
The west branch Of French river, In Charlton rose
higher Tueeday night than known before and
carried away the Dir dam belonging to L. Hard
ing Co. of Oxford and Samuel Slater Sons, Of Web
ser The reservoir overowed 300 The cost OF the
dam 81 500. The rush Of 40 arge body of water
carried away several dams and bridges and caused
siderable destruct'o. Of property below In Charlton
grist mill and mill, belonging to Mr.. Chance, with two
dams carried away Two three bridges were de-
stroyed also Fenners dam and Fishers dam at Fisher
vile Tho dam Of Samuel Slater & Sons is gone, and
storehousc containing hundred bales of cotton which
were seen floating down the river
DISTRESSING ACCOUNTS FROM NEW ENGLAND.
BosTor April DIP. NJ
The in the Merrmac Concord rivers is greater
than before knownbcing full thirteen feet above
summer level and still rising
In Beyidere a suburb Of Lowell nearly all the houses
by water to the depth of four to Eve feet
In Centerve from sixty to one hundred families have
been driven from their in boats and their
cattle have been saved by swimming
In Lowell the Middesex. Booth. Massachusetts, Pres
colt and Lawrence mills have been obliged to suspend
work-the yards being overnowed and in some OF them
the water reaches the machinery in the lower
This afternoon heavy stones being placed the
Pawtuckct bridge. to it from being carried away.
Concord river bridge also by order OF the
Mayor.
Much damage also reported by tho food in Manches
ter IN H. and the various railroads rendered nearly
impossible.
THE FLOOD IN fHE POTOMAC-EIEvEN LIVES LOST.
The destruction property along the river by the food
is calculation Two families Of eleven persons
drowned Hancock Houses and barns near the river
been swept on great numbers The canal Is greatly
damaged and may not bc repaired for year
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Is open to Cumber
land
LARGE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY SWEPT OPT IN vIR-
aINIA-wHoLE VILLAGE DESTROYED, Er0.
BALTIMORE, April 22-P M.
The Virginia papers, received this evening, filed
with the details of the damage by the recent flood Tho
towns Of Worthington Paramount, Rvorville and New
port, inundated and many houses were swept or
More than forty houses to float past
Every house except one and parts o. two Others In
In Fredericksburg and vicinity tho damage done was
very great Falmouth bridge entirely swept away.
GREAT RISE IN THE OHIO, ETC.
PoMERsY, (Ohio) April 20, 1852
The river at this place il within two feet Of the great
rise Of 1882 and is s swelling at the ratio of seven
inches per hour.
CINCINNATI April 20, 1852.
We have received from the East since Satu~
day Reports reaching of tremendous floods and
great loss of property
CINCINNATI April q, 1852
Tho river is rising hcre at the ratio four inches an
hour feet below the freshet Of
1892 The Pittsburg rise has just commenced coming
but as the above here are not rising the
here will not rise than fifteen feet Tho water at
Wheeling forty six feet and at Pitsburg twen
ty one. 1t has fallen twenty feet at the latter place
STEAMBOATS, sTorPED by THE WHEELING BRIDGE, &C.
The river is still very high The steamers Pittsburg,
Brilliant, and Messenger detained below the W heel
ing bridge and the steamers Keystone State Allegheny
and Cincinnati detained Mt Ptsburg in consequence
Of being unable to pass under the bridge not with
their pilot houses much less their chimneys The loss
to each boat besides the loss to the State will not fall
short Of So 500 The boats bound up full Of passen
gers and heavily laden with freight
1t raned very hard here during the whole Of yesterday
afternoon but has abated this morning.
There feet Of water in the channel and
the river falling.
HIGH WATER AT ALBANY.
ALBANY, April %. 1852
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