The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-03

Vho FLOODS NJ eh0 West.
INUNDArI0N or CTrIRs--BRID0Es DEsfROYYD-RAII.-
ROAD TRACKS BROKEN UP = Less or LIFE AND
0RxAY DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
The Cinoinns6 Times, of the 18th ult says;-
'The spectacle presented from the mouth OF Mill
creek to the upper part Of Fulton, u anything bat
idea Of its dreayinsss without witnessing it. We
not only find families and business men driven from
their quarters, but much property Heating around
ut the mercy Of tho water All the ship yards, saw.
Cos extensive rolling mill, have had to disoon-
tinue their business, and turn their astsn-
ton to saving their property. All tho lum-
Dor e s.S and
day and to day 50 securing it that 1t may not
float away Many houses in Fulton. Brooklyn,
Newport, Covipgton, and in the lower parts of our
city, have had TO be deserted for places
yards about Fulton, and If the rise continues, Of
which there 10 every evidence, the loss will be in.
calculable At eight O'Clock this morning the Va
tor had reached the south curb stone at the corners
of Butler and Front and Pike and Front streets, and
was then rising at the rate Of two inches per hour
1t 10 up to the Gap Of the Deer creek bridge, and
two feet more will bring it over the top Tue scene
ct the levee il anything but gratifying. Tho boats
are lying two three tiers deep, and the prospects
for loading and unloading, decidedly slow. The
contradictory reports from above leave in doubt
- to the quantity Of water We have yet to expect
and we oan do nothing more than say that, fro =
will continue to rise for Q day or two yet
Mr. Jshn Woods, the President of the Hamilton
snd Eaton Railroad, says the Cincinnati Inqvv~
Of the 10th. writes from Hamilton Saturday night,
December 25th, that he had passed up his road, and
found but little damage done to 1t by the floods
Three hundred dollars will put the road In good
running order again All the bridges and embank-
ments are safe, except small bridge over mill
race, which was washed out Regular trains Will
be running in three or four days from Saturday.
He says that three of the turnpike bridges between
Hamilton and Eaton have been swept away. Mr..
Clement, the superintendent Of the Little Miami
free from water since Saturday morning. The
damage il very slight"
The Louisville Courier of the 10Th ult ssyG-As
was anticipated from the immense amount of rain
points with great fears entertained Of food equal
to that Of ~. The river in front Of the city has
risen with unparalleled rapidity, with prospect
Of any abatement at late hour last night. During
fully ten feet, and during the day yesterday it vas
rising at the rate Of four inches per hour, which is
the most rapid rise ever kno wn at this point The
weather was clear and cold yesterday, and freezing
quite hard last night Tho entire wharf and Third
street bridge are overlooked, and all the houses
along Water street were, with one or two excep-
lions, inundated last night, and the river had then
risen to within eighteen inches Ct tia high water Of
done in all directions The steamer Delta, from
New Orleans, discharged forty hogsheads of sugar
on the upper wharf last Monday night, but bsfore
daylight the river had risen to the sugar. and before
cargo Of the N Patton, consisting Of cotton and
peanuts, was With the greatest difficulty saved from
floating eff. The crew Of the Eclipse was KEEP. at
work all night in rolling her freight back from the
encroschirg wateYs A coal boat belonging to Eli
Lezure, with $4,000 bushels Of coal, was sunk in
the bend at Jeffersenville. and another boat was
torn from its moorng and swept over the falls La
borers were greatly in demand yesterday and last
night, and fifty cents per hour Was freely paid BY
the movers, and merchants who had goods contigu-
The Louisville Courier further says:-Our OK.
charges come to US filed with acoounts of the dam
ages done by the freshet Of last week Ths destruo
ton OF property In every direction has been very
great, accompanied in some instances with loss Of
life, and We fear the half has not yet been told
We hear that portion Of the track Of the New Al
bapy and Salem Railroad, ct the Muddy Fork Of
Silver creek, has been washed away: We could not
learn the extent Of the injury. We have already
noticed the destruction Of three bridges on the
Madison snd Indianapolis Railroad, and the loss of
lie. The Cincinnati dtlas has been informed that
the Jeersonvile Railroad. which connects with the
Madison at Columbus. has suffered severely in the
Wholesale destruction Of track and bridges. We
hear Of An accident to freig ht train going out on
Friday from Indianapolis towards Lafayette, the
whole train running into Sand creek, after the
i've IN number, drowned.
The recent freshet has destroyed about half mile
OF the Jefereonville and Columbus Railroad in the
neighborbocd Of Rockford The trains are conse-
quensly pr. vented from making their regular trips
The Dayton Gazette, Of the 18th ult says the
canal seems TO have suffered somewhat, as well as
the railroads. by the freshet last week Two breaks
occurred ab0ve-one about three miles this side Of
Troy, at 10. Johns Saw Mill, and the other this
side Of Tippecanoe. They will be repaired in the
course Of three or four days. There said to be
two breaks also below-one near Middletown on the
level, and the other at the Millcreek aqueduct, q
nnrti af - oh 10 h1d Noxino for
the present is suspended.
The Dayton Journal says the Miami and Mad
rivers were rising rapidly on Tuesday evening, and
then within IL inches as high as the Friday before
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