New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-29
1.-THE RECENT STORH

The recent storm Ard feshet hss been one Of Ii.
ost severe ard disastrous that has occurpnd in the
State or years It appears TO have extended al ov Il
tie eastern northern and interior counties. but no.
west Of Bcffslo Lake Ontario Is the only one of the
ereat lake. which the gale seems to have been felt
owing to the ls,eness Of the hour at which our psp
from the northern parts Of the Safe reached IS we
can only give few extracts.
The FLooD IN SYRAcUsE.-The city and vicinity il
now iufft ring from freehet, which h.s been une.
quaed for half score OF years. The Oeondsss
bridge on Jefferson street. Timbers have lodged
against the bridge and men are busily employed in
getting them clear. If these 60 the Walton stree.
bridge viii scarcely Withstand the shock. The creek
ia higher than has been known for 80 years Jeffsr-
son Park ard the adjacent fats al.o under water
and the surface is covered with floating corn, buck.
wheat, pun pkins and the spos Of many garden and
dooryad. Syracuse Journal.
town were compelled to lssve their house this morning
vad;ng 10 their waist through the water and Carving
their wives and children on their backs to place Of
safety.
The machine shops ard manufacturing establish.
ments Cd the low grouros are inundated The shops
Of Frazer e. Burns, Ashley & Willston, A. Powell
and others are full--hke ourselves drorned out.
as of fftytwo freight carr passed our office this
morning eastward, drswn by two locomotives but the
wat. was 30 high In the tunnel TO put out the loco
motive res and bring the entire train dead stand
they could rei,ber go backward or forward.
The wind which was In the southeast last evening
had char ged into the Lorh east during the f)repar 81
The Light and blew a perfect gale The schooner
Christara. Capt Patterson from Plotou, witt csrg
Of goo bush. barley, IN attempting ~ come 10 10
hslbCr q about IL clock, under t1resail and j,b
lost bel gsfi and in consequence she broached 70
struck toe pier ard 10 a few moments WAS compile.
Week. TIE captain and crew FOUR 10 number Inau
aged TO get the pier and thereby saved their lives
Pieces Of the wreck are srewn along the shore abov
the pier. The Chfistsra was a Canadian vessel, al
il il DIG babe that she was insured The barley WA
ton.i gned TO George Ames.
The schooner Dahls Captain Campbell, wa
wrecked on Mouse I;land. Alter tho vessel struck
she pounded back aLc forth tor some me- until btd
stove Oh he rbcaTd side, ana then resting clOse
against The Island, the shore of which at the point
where che struck Of perpendicular, Jagged rO;ks.
sbout twenty feet in hight. The crew saved them
selves by watching their opportunity between seas,
al clam perng up the rocks TO land. Tbs was diff
cult operation OWING to the Sppeliness Of the rocks;
and IN his Efforts TO et of, tue hrst mate, 0. L. Ham
iltop. Of Oswego, had three of his ribs broken.
The FRAscIs SKIDDY ADRnr On Monday even.
ing, curing the hight of the tempest, the steamer
Troy. The vessel had partially turned, wher sud
cen blast Of wind caused her hawscf to part and she
came with great violence against the cans-boat Kin
derhook Of Ne~-London, badly damaging her and car
ryiI htr away from her dock. At the tune of the
currence there were on board the captain, John
rrayer, bis wife aud two children. Fne canal
boat d,iited down the river at the mercy Of
tie elements and the waves nearly seven
hours, until che ashore at O'Clock on
Tuetday morning, on the ia.s just below Bath
with two feet Of water in her hold and in shaking
ditop. After laying there short time, the propeiler
Geo NJ Griffin came TO her aid. when the Kiaderhook
was got of and lowed to the Canal Look. The boa.
was then taken into the canal and speedily placed 10
the weig h-lock. Yesterday her cargo, consisting of
corr, was removed, 800 bushels Of which was got
out in good condition, ard about 1000 Bushels wet
lie boat belongs to A. ii. Hoveys Line, and the
cargo was consigned to house 10 New-fclk aud in
inss,td in the Corn Exchange Insurance Company
he cargo was removed at the mitigation Of MI Ho-
vey aid tie agent Of the Insurance Company in this
city. Albany journal.
The GALE IN RESssELAER CoUsTY.-The gale has
tet ere in the country lnevery direction fences
are PROSTATE, trees laid down, ch!mneys blown of
from houses, AID farm sheds and barLs in some n
stances destroyed. 1t fortunate that growing crops
have been very generally taken TO- the loss upon
Il elm must have been considerable.
IN TINS cry, some lumber has been carried Off and
few chimteys oveituiEVu, I~s Il - 49, &c -.-
rotable Gamsge. "
The water is very high indeed much above high
water mark being three feet over the Alb1uy-
street deck, and SILL rising. Troy Times.