New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-08
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lhers Vas very general ctviuy IN OF side walks suna
n ighbOrhools.
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The storm productive considerable damage 10 N.
Hudson River Railroad Aboat ii O'Clock A. NJ the s,,s
ard earth Of the Railroad sunbsoknents near D,bb. P
Spuyteuduyyel Nsnhattsuve and other places VA. 10
ened BY the excess Of ram and WISHED upon the t.ck =
srge quantities. and ia many places to eoaSser,Al.
depth The consequences sss that the trains yer. d.l,s
until nesrly O'Clock By which time ths ves, 80
bad been cleared The worknsn engaged ysr .,s.
in clearing the other track. No person was hart
N nRoqxIYN
The rains also did considerable damage to TIA ro.a,
esdinz from Brooklyn forming de- gulas ia sons pl,
90 as TO render the passage Of vehicles dcu In Tu,
avsrue. Carlton. deep cavity made er,eodiu,
across the street and vehicles driven over ne sids
vsns in consequence 10 Kent av near Flushin, e,,.
siderable damage also resulted from the sane cause and
in the outer Wards the rsds in several instances are ss.
impossible In Stewards LEY, running out Of York.,,
deep and dangerous excavation MADE, into which
horse and wagon with the driver, Mr. Alexander Robin.
SOD were precptNted BY the eSerons Of tbs residents az
vicinity M Robns'n taken out and couysyad "a
his home His injuries Of nature which precluaes Tia
hope Of his recovery Il thought last evening .Asi be
could not survive until this morning
IN JERsET CRY.
Not much damage WAS dome in Jersey City A few cea.
lars were flooded and the foundations for bulldogs
were somewhat damaged by the banks being washed sad
hy the collection Of wster in the cellars
~ rERGEs
The Bergen Point Plank Road damaged for sbeat
two miles IN extent b;Esen Armstrong place and the
oil cats st Ccmmuupav lane The plsuks were torn u,
sni the foundation OF the road somewhat broken up
Sheriff Merseles Superintendent OF TIE road Immediately
put ms TO work repairing H. thai teams could pAss
Iheerpense Of repairs will amount 20 abou, sao0.
~ NEWARK
AT Newark the rain inundated ali those portions Of the
civ which on account OF their low situation insufficient
drarsge are liable 10 su'h occurrences Nashngtonst
below the Canal and the in.ersaog streets were CON
petey Hooded slo The vicinity q the old buying ground
and the low spots around the Of PSas aud Jmy
sts torrent Of water flowed down the hill through Mar
ket St so that at the Of Washington it abou,
three feet deep cellars in all directions aooded aud
great dSmsgs to property must necessarily ensus IL is
feared also that the dispersion of h from sinks into the
ards and cellars of dwellings will become source Of
noy snce and disease One track Of the New jersey Rail
road between the Market st depot and the lover part Of
the city flooded and otherwise injured that il could
not be used but the trains regularly, with the excep
ton of the necessary detsnons Occasoned by the
and waiting for each other while using single track Tbs
river did not rise so as do any damage the whsrvss
1t is somewhat remarkable that August s. lsi1 ten
years snceiust years difference in date from today
the great storm occurred which flooded the city and de-
stroyed large amounts ofpropey in This city and county
The Newark Plank Road also considerably torn
away between Bergen Hil and Newark. The stages
prevented frsn passing for over two hours.
The locomotive OF the train due at Jersey City III ran
OF from the track in consequence Of sand being washed
upon the road by torrents Of water There was delay Of
only half An hour large number Of cellars
lowed and fre engines put into requisihon to empty
them.
Since the water sub sded somewhat 1t has been found
that much damage has been done 10 sdev slks psvig
besides that by the overflow Of cellars In Msrkets
large body Of water flowed from Of Mr.. R,nkins
ronds At the atone bridge there such an a)cunula
ton that danger 20 eghborng buildings apprehended
Fire engines were engaged in places 10 pumping out
cellars.
Al Paterson the greatest amount Of damsge was done IN
col sequence the breaking Of of the banks of tbs Nor
ris Canal by which means large quantity ~ water vs.
els charged the city and the lower part Of II bdy
flooded. A number of buildings flied with water TO
the depth Of ur feet in the first story, aud the horses
compelled to swim fson a livery stable which dsi
uged The Railroad Depot badly flooded, and the
earth was so much washed from under the track this
locomotive fell into the cavity The damage at Pstersonb
reported 20 be over 1000 Fish found in great
numbers ia the streets area and buildings after the fresh
having been washed y ire from the canal
Men at work repair ing the damage to the canal II
will take some time TO pat the banks in order.