The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-19
Immense Destruction OF Property Bridges,
Dams and Houses Swept Away.

Immense Destruction OF Property-Brfdges
Dams md Houses Swept Away.
From the Chicago Pr, -, Feb. IL
broge scrcss he Deepancs was swept away On Friday
last and it, alopg With several csral boats, went over
the dam. The Jefferson street bricse has also been
damaged, and Is impossible by teams The river rose
upw arcs OF eight feet
A gen,lemsn Informs % that the dam between the
that both bridges At This point swspt away This
may probably prevent a. early an opening OF the canal
Oh this dsm Was OF the most substantial character and
the pressue by the nocd must have been enormous
The Ottawa Free dde gives An sccouat OF the rise Of
the rivers al that point and Of the effects Of the flood
On'Tbursday morning the Fox and Illinois rivers COM
mtnceo risn g. sra on Fri6sy morning everything below
high waller marx submerged All the fences, stables
&c, hi low ground cast OF Fox river disappeared
below The surface, or barely showed thor diminished
cps. The tenants Of the buildings in the lower psrn o.
Otowa Centre get betw Two and I've O'Clock on FRI
cay morning, very sudden and sed notice 70
quit The foot vsK Fox river bridge was carried
away on Friday, and Q number Of stables submerged,
besides hay fences &c, being swept away. Tho state
OF Affairs on the iipoh river Is described - foloW-
The Ss IN The snor liver so.sd 81 ;Ss head o. tn; the
water three four feet higher Of town than otherwise
would have been the case Abou. boon yesterday the
gorse gave way Now hundreds collected In the neigh
b, Of the Illinois river BRIDGE all anxious 10
tie Tesun OF this nrst serious test OF her noble piers
he zoe came IN inoOpcevsee masses most Of u sixteen
CATS acre 10 size Bul the piers met and stood the
,no.k, firm and immovAble a. the everlasting hills.
Aitsr the zee commenced running the river fell some
three feet but In the afternoon gorged again, and the
wssr: c,m. up TO ihelr marx 81 noon A, the nshes.
point ls4s, when the highest notch Wa reached within
ne ntnery Of the "oldest inhsbitant" An we 20 70
press the weather u sti mild indicating continuance
q tie ,baw.
We learn that the Du Page river ct Naperviue, on
iasy nigh, last, broke Up sna 90 saturday . .s Ia
three bousss belonging 10 Mr. Hives carried
%, tssdes the Du Page Journal Office Mllards wagon
H.. I-.u a~vA atola
and barns The Ioss cannot fall short Of $4,000
We learn from the Aurora Beacon OF the 1eth that on
on s.r,o.. sen Tn .ne n ~
oDtn 10 the eest channel Of the river lie but few rods
from their former position. In remarkable state Of pre-
strvation. Neither OF them badly broken, and
little Injured that they be taken apart ana replaced
~thcui great expense The the west branch
broken in tvo bali being short distance below
tho Wet Aurora depot snd the other half jus. below
Non'ponery. The Abutments We believe, are al len
s,anens The railroad bridge WIS nearly ali swep, away
Tte"me paper gives further particulars asosher points
Tox rivsg a. follovs;-
OF Ia len In dangerous condition. The foundation 70
Of the arches taken ont By the ice which will
ooubte cause portion Of the bridge to fall 81 some fu
tuYc tine.
The mill, portion OF TIE sass factory, and both
ends Of tbe dam, al Montgomery, vere destroyed, and
A gentleman from Osscgo yesterday Informs nc ,hAi
saw mill II the next dam below Monig ,mery seer
nos,rg pas. o.vsgo .th Se wheel IN motion and tia.
upper aide badly stove In Al 0sveeo, the bridge vas
losi spd some 81 600 worm Of lumber, belonging 70
A. Bristol eoih bridges ware carried away, and the
Touring mill badly damaged
a, he liver ,nnsr.d more ssvsr. loss sS.s sny To-
We have heard from. II Ia built upon Low ground 20
tba, the water and Zoe made almos . clean sweep Of
Iron the chicago Pre~, Feb. ls.l
correspondent ., DIXON, under date Feb writes ~
Si. sss ss. s Ss. 70, S
yesrs and sil rising understand pari Of The bridge
At Oregon sona The fr.e bridge jus below Dixon
- soon the zoe moves must certainly 70 The new
bridge ., stsrBE bss bses carried away and the rail-
river win the sssrs Of water would nos save single
bridge aeross II OF any Kind rcat many houses On
the fats along The river are flooded and forsaksn"
Both bridges aoroes Rock river a this point ockord)
have STOOD The test 10 which they bccted by the
food. Kepps creek, stream which runs through West
brasss ths, crossed The bridge on nsn ssees near
the rtsicspcs Of the late John Holland v1 carried
s-sy on Saturday, vhue . double slcsh containing .
stream some distance II was with great difficulty hat
the party were saved.
lied away ard great fear, entertained that the dam
End mill would slso 60 The water was some Eve feet
lbe WAGON biisse scross the K,bv.usee At Cherry
vsney, we learn vss swept away on saturday, and
came 10 contact with the railroad bridge seriously dam
We from Peor, Nous Of The 10Th that The Pc.
oria sLd Oqusuka Tered IRENE ndousy by the rsvsges
Of the ate storm. Ffiy tbouaud dollars will no, re-.
lace the demsfss tccrurg from toe DEUCE Of rain last
troay and SsiuTosy. Bridges q 3, Q, o and Z were
swept away and l7to Zee, Of embsnEment between Pc
orls and Ohhhl, have been destroyed. Kicspoo Creek
rose hsber by twenty inches than the "olaest nhabi
Tart" red ever seen before.
We learn ihe, ho steamer Emma Harrison, Capt. Bald.
vn, tubs on saturday lat, Al Spring fske IN about nf
ter rect Of water. she bad oirso OF vhskay, -four
md ptk, fbipptd from Peoria, portion o. which ".
carried away by the Ice.
Three osnAi boats surk al CoppeF1 Greer whose
ramef We Rave net learned. Oit VI. laden v ilum.
ttg ard the others with grsn, bslopang 70 Potter or
fekn The ice RoTfed twenty feet tgh mile below
rfuf LAKE. The WAREHOUSES spring LAKE were cut
down By TIE Ice.
We darn that The bridge sorost Tox river s Milford,
swept away on Saturday latt
We team that ire bridge scrosg the Kishwaukeo At
Belvdere " somewhat oamsged Inc lovlanos along The
river are completely Inundated, and bridges fences and
bay sitcks ere ref IN ECrErs rcrc and there The
KshVGUkce rose ,go ftCt h'Etcr tar ever Known be-