New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-04
HARVEST For STEAMBOATS,

/ THE FREsHET AT ALBANY
II Tie AUony Ereaing Journal of May hos the follow
II ing
II HARVEST FOR STEAMBOATS,
II m From Tbe Albany Evening Journal Nav ,
II The distractions upon the Hudson River and Harlem
Railroads have turned the entire of the mighty tide
II travel into the steamboats,
II The lendrick Hudson, Capt. St. John, took away
cloud OF passengers last night She seemed full to the ut
N most extent of her capacity.
y This morning the Isaac Newton Capt Peck arrived
with over thirteen hundred passengers and immense
II The Rip Van Wrinkle and Manhattan came M also with
rousiDg loads of passengers.
THE RAILROADS.
The Harlem and Hudson River Railroads are both Grip
pied but the extent of the damage by the food them
not yet known No train has passed over either road since
Saturday and il feared that several bridges have been
carried away. As the flood is gradually subsdng the e1
tent of the damage will be known in the of day or
two. The Central and Boston Railroads have suffered but
little and nothing has occurred TO them interrupt the
running Of the trains which have come in regularly on
\ time
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THE HARLEM RAILROAD
Rsso,p &C., SIwYsss sSD ISL
SIR The trains OF the Harlem Roa, viii run regularly
today Dover Plains without any delay at Pessantvis
bT&se wnh S 70 run 0Vs[ at this monins
G N' ' ga aa : cCct tbs noTs VIII get
ready pov Plains take the mails Was
soon be Iss% that the the breaks win A but
WIN. j. CAMPBELL Axt -up't
To GEO L. SCHUYLER, Esq, Pres't HsIiem r. h Co
The steamers Isaac Newton and Manhattan arrived at
early hour this morning with large number Of passen-
gers; the former had less than 300 persons board
when she reached this city. Her passengers taken
off in fiat bottom boats and landed platform erected
across Broadway landing the sidewalk. These boats
hold only about - persons, consequently took several
hours before her could be brought ashore Ihe
Oregon has been lying the pier since Sunday with
large cargo of freight, unable TO discharge il.
The Manhattan landed her passengers on barge at the
foot of Sates bridge They taken from the barge
in small boats and landed the bridge, and thence con-
yeyed in flat bottom boats 10 the sidewalk in Staest.
The Hudson River Railroad trains tomorrow, and prob
ably for several days thereafter will leave the depot here
for over the Hudson River Railroad, as follow;
First train for New York ......'.'....'''. u ~
Second train for New York .....'''''''.'''li ~
Third train Newly
This arrangement Is only temporary: The hsarrange
men caused by the food will be remeded III lew DAYS
when the trains will usual. , ;,
The Harlem Railroad track has suffered CONSIDERABLY
from the food MANY barns. bridges, out-heuses fences
q c. were swept away At Brewsters hily feet OF the
track was torn up at Prendys at Newcastle IyO
and this latter point mill dam gave way, SUD
merging factory and several dwellings and dong CON
siderable damage railroad culver with several rods
of the track carried off at PeasanvIle, am portions
Of Williams and Hunts bridges are gone. ,r
The albany Argas oi yesterday morning says Inc
waters of tho Hudson gradually recedng from Inc
streets of the city Monday II marks level
thr.e feet lower than the highest point
The docks and piers yet covered and the water e.
tonds M the streets running west from The far
Dc,n-st and they are still nav gable.
or course the stores along the river be reached
except by boats. 81 |
The eseu of injury cannot pow b. ascertained thu