New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-01-06
DAILY CRESCENT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
Great r'leod in the Ohio and Tributaries.
or THE CONSOLIDATED CITY or rsw ORLEANS

~ aits GuahShiDAFED CITY OF FEW ORLEANS
Great FLOOD in the Ohio and Tributaries
IMMENSE HEHTRrcrIoN OF PROPERTY
An unprecedented and rapid rse has taken aea in the
Ohio and its tributaries and amount Of prop
sry hls been destroyed different points from Pittsburgh
dos2H, The louisville Courier Of the 2sth nit says
vast anoar.s # damage has been done in all drec-
40 hogahe.is Of sugar the Hpaer rharf late Monday
night but before daylight the river had asn to the sugar
and before could be removed 1t grert!7 damaged
TN Of the r. " Patton consisting cotton end
peanuts sit the greatest difficulty from float
ing Of The Of tic Eclipse kept at work all
night in rolling her freight back from the encroaching
waters
coal boat belonging Eli Iezure with i2 900 bushels
Of coal. sunk in the bend at Jetfersanye and an
other boat was torn frn III; mncrings and swept the
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Ls5ofsfs e-e greatly ii demand yesterday and ass
night and fifty CENTS rsr hour freely paid by the
movers and merchants vic had gods contiguous to the
river
The same raner. Of the Goth has tie foflossfag
The river continues to rise ut fearful rate viii, eTery
apprehension Of food equal 70 the disastrous overflow
Of 1877 During She twenty fGr honrs ending with last
evening at five o'clock the river had rie five feet
inenca in front Of the city and all the hoes along the
line o the wharf were submerged and the river +1tend
ing one-thir Of the the streets From dag
light yesterday morning mp to four O'clock IN the after
hour and from eight O'Clock it was rising at The
rate Of 5ue and halfinches per hour.
Last tTennv the wter in the first floors IF the
sides Of Wall street and Tie second 5ors of many If the
hanses on Water street inundated The steripg7
and losses II undre of poor families who -saed along
the river is very great From the upper wharf al the
way up al1ng the crsek anil the mills the whole
conntly oyerf6wed without resee Of dry ground
be saen In any direction Some six eight Of iur
ber are in great dargsr ii being swept off by the food
The EGiling- mill. Flonrng- mills and the Lou-iana
Ba.giag inanulattcry are rnated and oreralions Of
ceure, suspended In the lowe. part Of the city. the
tIGtpries including the Boiler makers and sHlhNr3
MI oTefan@ed ani nuch IF theiF aerts aneer Tater
vf.N N44pr aLt T ~ ,f.
havr astahou5 sSQo worth of material wEch MAJ sapt
off by the food
shppngsport II ALL overaowel ard Portland possesFss
hut enc spot Of dry land all ese, far thr eye
reach IL desert nt waters All the oua4 along thu
shore havins the river flowing their first doors.
Al NV Albany The rork houses endangered by the
back water and the hogs the hooks and the pdrk in
the warehouses had to BE- removed. Two Of the snay
beats Gu the stocks are partially under water Capt
e. Russell and the contractors using every exsrticn
to prevent loss and haTe chained the boats town
The water rises almost as fast as merchants
innye their goods from their warehouses 9. Dufeld \
Co. ASa force Of 80 men at expense Of twenty five
crnt ret hour engaaed tweny three hours in removing
mans from their provision warehouse the river They
removed 450eN hams and Sustained no less At the
Farmers TOBACCO warehouse 800 hogheads Of ngaE md
1000 barrels Ut mnlases have been stored By persons who
were threatened by the water @
We learn by teIegraphic deepatches from Madison
last evening o'clock that the river had risen with
IN four feet Of the ood Of ls4 and then rising
risen to within eight feet Of the high mark Of
lS4. and if the destat. from Madison is correct the
present food will equal thai.
WE learn that the pork house Of Iar,s h go at th u-
psr end of Jssrsonvile i likely 70 b dahsssd BY The
back water from the creek.
At shaw nesown vast quaptities Of pork have aecumu-
lated which likely to he lost by the flood Four goot
boats were purcia.sd here yesterday to be tosel
Shawneetown by the JAS Jackson for the purpose Of
saving the pork
we isarn fro, Capt Burec u The Clipper. that i'm
mense loss s be sustained bt!aT sAis W the overflow
The ccrn-cribs generally kept ths banks Of the
river they we're nearly all fnl good deal Of the
corn was sacked. y will be nearly al lest
The river has risen sufficiently high make passage
back Of Jefersonville 1t crosses the ulank road at
FreDchs mill.
TRt Wi,.Rr-Wn consider this very appropriate tint
u ask the attention ff the city fathers to the wharf
the city has such place Is = STEAMBOAT landing We
should like to it now twill be reenb bered that ths
Mayor suggested 10 his inaugural the purchase Of tht
property Water street between Sixth and Eighth r
wharf The matter has been mentioned since There
is public landing boats at all hav,
gone to Portland and those that remain are lying upor
| private property.
this morning The passenger train Of the NJ Railway left
the depot Mr. Clement, the Superintendent however in
9rns an he messengers that the probability was from
tine r& Of yesterday AMI Of the news lie had received
the rise in . Miami that the rac, would he
again oTertsown and possibly the train could not gel
through Some few returned to their hotels but The
srtaT7=i passangErs-yent wi.s.rr' he train
Since which We learn by Telegraph td&: train
had rrached Morrow ana is hy this time IN, ns rity We
therefore ufpese the Columbus train went safely up
VI visited Fulton this morning to how the rise
fectti cur shphudiug neghbors Tila of pendle-
fplFt lLe tIPrF btpN GtsnnibiS IS
partly submerged The town Il Brooklyn in Kcntueky
opposite, has the water running through the
tree,s. Tia RATS Of lumber and l1gs above Fulton
have many Of them been washed away We learn that
Temple lost raft WORTH $1,000 and raft of Ashcrafts Of
white pine, worth $1,000, well nigh carried aF.
There the stocks steamboats, &C the follow.
ing ship yards: TRa at Temples two LtheruGf1 IS
and the majestic low pressure steamer Jacob srader
Iohnstons
The is around portion Of each Of these and
| every effort being made for their safety.
at seven cleck this morning Of the section of the
old dry dock an unimportant pnrt hoated of and went
down the river mention it TO show that the popular
srpfotion that the Cincinnati dry decks had been swept
away is unfqnnled. They are safely secured
Most Of The maufaGtories ard mills in the bottoms and
the river have been compelled to suspend operations
All the houses the Levee. from Ludlow to Broldway
and from Mlinto Walnut streets submerged.
The Times uf the 29th adds
Much valuable lumber has oated away from the yards
about Fulton and the rise continues Of which there is
o'cHcl this morning the had reached the south
eurhstone at the of Buter and Front and Pike .
Front 81. and was then rising the rate of two inches pei
hour Il is to the cap of the Deer crack bridge aud
two feet more will bring it the top The the
eyeeis anything but gratifying The BEATS lying two
and three tiers deep and the prospects for loading and un-
loading decidedly slow.
The Whitewater river has been higher than it was ever
known to he before The town of Harrison was sub
merged and the canal damaged thun by any previous
freshet. Several ml-dams along the river carried
away and a vast amount of property destroyed.
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