New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-06
TREMENDOUS FLOOD.
TEN TO FIFTEEN LIVES LOST

TEN TO FIFTEEN LIVES LOST.
Fyom The Esez covafy RepuAssa
Our citizens were aroused from their slumh.-..
morning w ednes dayl at early hour, by the rv,
the Ausable River, raised To 'eariGi night bra.
heavy rains Of last night and Yesterday. The M.
has reached greater hight than ever be fore knss,
not excepting the great and memorable Hood u iSs'
About o clock part Of the upper dam gave Va,
sweeping into ruins the saw mills on each SIDE q x
river. All the gearing wheels and machinery b -
stro, cd; the bulk head and hume are also S,h
Il Go. have also been seriously injured in tho ds,.
TO the s,aye factory The new stone nail i,r,n,e -
Messrs. Kingslands II nearly destroyed nums,ys
the nail machines were saved by removal ,.,l, J., :.
morning but at about /, the Hood still rising ths -
of tie factory next the rlver gave way, dashas NJ,
ruin. one.han of the building, gearing and mash,.
Next on the list for destruction was the mschin. a.
of Messr. Green and Coro. Ihs whole eesblss
uent was nearly new and built OF stone in the uo,
sui stantial manner. Soon after the fall Of the M
factory tie machine shop gave way, and, with al :,
valuable lathes tools and machinery, was next dssAS
to destruction. The furnace and pattern house, VIA
their contents, were unnJured.
Coming dowK the river after the destruction Of -,
sv ing bridge the forge and rolling mill OF the Me,.,
| Kingslsnd ore seriously damaged The bulkheedA.y
ing given way the floods poured into the upper end #
tie rolling mill ard forge doing immense iniury-ss
dermiuins and throwing down the furnaces carryr,
out part of the wall next the river, washing on NJ
foundation displacng and njurng the machinery a.
| The lower nail factory escaped unrlurei.
On tie opposite side of the river the fumes my
Kinesland and .. Reese x Son are gone, The dam.
age 10 ~ kingslands axletree establishment must BE-
several hundred dollars.
Tie new slaug hter-houSe, barns and sheds rcer.v
erected by Richard Hoag, have every vestge he's
| DESTROYED and swept off, Dir. hoag barely succeeded
in saving several valuable horses carriages and ssy
,ra heads of cattle few moments before the sheds
| and barns were floating 10 destruction.
No lives were lest i'll this immediate vicinity.
| The next serious damage ia on the dam at Kins.
| lands new rolling mill near the Lower Falls. Here
the bulkhead and pant of the dam have been CARED
on The forge is entircy demo. ished, and slso the
bellows-l ouse ard blacksmith shop. The machinery
in the rolling mill Is not injured, but the furnaces and
stacks are nesry d. slroyed and about on third Of he
| building from The foundation to the roof has bso
| carried of The old saw-inl Mt Birmingham goae
The Rridre has been swept over the Falls, and he
property on the east side OF the rlyer More Of ~
| aameccd 10 what extent we could not learn. Rvs
thought the stoDe.arch bridge in this village wosA
Give way before the continued battelng of saw cs,
| iimbtrs trees and sumps that were swept with such
furv against the abutments and under the arch but /
| Vet stands firm and hopes are entertained that NJ
| danger TO that is nearly past
| We are in receipt OF thousand rumors nom up Ne
rivera day or two will be required Ia test them of.
rrctly. The works of the Peru Iron Company at GIN.
tonyie have been severely injured; The bridge gone
the banks separating the canat TO the forge iron s
river is nearly washed away the sawml is gone; sse
pait OF the Nail factory. AT New-Sweden the brst
| il gope the sawmill on the east side; also the Old
| Brewster Forge At Ausabe Forks the damage /
very severe. The keg factory and sawniI Of jess
Potter are said 10 be destroyed. The bridge across he
east branch of the Ausable is gone; also o.
stone building kept as boariins-ho
| ing house kept by Mr.. Wolf. Three of Mr. Wof'
children we've carried off with the building and lost
| The widow Kennedy and daughter are drowned; asa
one of the toremen in the rolling mill, Frenchmsn
Eight dwelling houses also destroyed. OF the e.
tent of the damage to the iron works OF tho hesxs
| Rogers. we cannot speak with certainty how
| ever. not TO be very great. Catholic stone church
at ,he Forks is nearly destroyed, having been under
| mined and large part OF the walls thrown down.
Some OF the pew-doors were hooked out OF the nyq %
Keeseyille this foreno Several small houses On vi
fats below Rogers's Iron Works were swept on bsic
tleir occupaDts could escape and a number oi Their
| mates p.rished. -
| that be saw one woman screaming Tor heip c1fe
over the dam there this forenoon. VI course no hsl
| could be rendered. and she was dashed y piece
| Two men had most miraculous escape. lucy %
| climbed TO the roof of the house which was ioatr
| down the river, and us II neared tue oridge al New
| Sweden both sprang for their lives and reached n
bridge in safety escaping TO the shore. In mouen
| n ore the house and bridge dashed to pieces
the fury Of the food and swept down the rapids b.
rcaus, bedsteads, chairs, &C. have hoafed down
river all the forenoon. Among other articles, seven
| collins have been noticed from some cabinet shop y
the river. The oss of property on the river must ;
| very large. The Purmoris, ut Jay, are SAID to
heavy losers All the booms and logs are bonej man
expensive bridges and miles of the plank road are Dc
stroyed.
| In this village the banks of the river have bes
lined all day with crowds of citizens, women and en-.
dren, looking with terror the of destruction
but entirely unable TO render the least assistance
| Oct. will long BE- remembered by the inhabitants
| Kees.y vile and the valley of the Ausable.
7. S.-We learn that the brilge-, mills FORCES a
| dams on Salmon River, Clinton County, are more
less injured, and many entirely destroyed.
On the Boquet River We learn that great dana
has been done, particularly at Elizabcthtown, but
| hear Of no lOss of life.
STILL LATER.-The Purnorts Co., lose their dan
| forge, coal and coalhouses store aud goods cabin
and wheelwrightshop, all except a stone grstml
From Purmoits to Keene ten miles, every dam, brdg
| or mill on the east branch Of the Ausabe is swef
away. The damage TO property on the Ausable Is YER
great. Most Of tie establishments injured or destroye
were new, and in perfect running order.
The dead bodies Of nine persons who perIshed N 'n
food that swept Ausabe Valley have been resoSe'sS
we have letter from Keesevlle which states ih'
our Geographic report of the food was incorrect. I'D
| writer says, "No bridges destroyed OF irJureS