The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-10
THE GREAT ICE FLOES.
Steamers. Sehooners. Boats, Bundisgs and
Bridges swept Away.
DISASTROUS LOSS OF. LIFE.
Railroad Tracks submerged and Travel
Suspended,

THE EFFECT OF FRESHETS ON THE GREAT
RAILWAYS CONyERGING AT NEW YORK.
The thaw which has now continued for eight days
had in elect all the Northern ssAtes commepoed
o. Saturday, Jan. 81 by volen, rain storm which con
unusA for thirty hours, and felt very severely In
tsh city. This rain absorbed by the snow slrcum.
sAncs thai prevented freshets from forming Immediate
~, but the subsequent mild weather developed them
very rapidly, and now every mail brings OF the
damage they causing In neay every Northc, State
Al The West the shsv has already NEARLY opened the
Onso but 10 effects have been fell soon In tue
Middle and Eastern states There has been uenss
destruction OF xoJefIy, but utimstsly the principal
nvsrs viii Do rendered navissbIe much earlier In
qussoe Of The premature melting Of the ssoW and Toe
CONDITION OF THE RAILWAYS.
Several Of the principal rarcad lines oopvergins .,
this CITY have bad their trains impeded BY the freshet
end win 81 least two Of them IL vii be three or four
days before there be IN, thing Ike regularity their
departures and arrivals.
BRm RAILRoAD.
All the expires uains this road were stopped
yesterday. vin they be rnnniug again for
q day NO TO come The Cincinnati and
cslgNat trains due In This city Sunday night arrived
In ts but reported oil the creeks on the route very
much swollen the Delaware river several feos higher
tAap usual. During the night the telegraph line
broken down, and all connection beyond Eas-
rovsbsrg stopped II found thai the bridge
sross The Delaware at thai point broken down,
- sAai II would be impossible 70 repair u
fpr II HAST forty eight hours seens tnai Tho Toe hat
piled Of Colchester 70 dam up the vatsr, which
had ssrmed In vast quantities from the melted
Al iesgth broke svsy and carried tuynpibe bridge
Win a. and in ~ oopss por,ien Of Narrovsbursh brss
80 taken with H. Great injury done 70 oil the
adjoining low country. Naro.sburrh IN about 10
miles from Jersey City The express train. which len
shs city 81 oH O'Clock A. yesterday, tesGrsphed
q Port jarvis 10 return ard all the passengers we're
brought back free Of charge. The mail train from III.
mira DID not arrive last night nor The express from
puBkrk n not likely any Of the trains viii GET all
ne vsy through for day or two. his Jet unknown
vhAs damage may have been aDne The road beyond
sarovseurs
HUDSON RIVER ROAD.
Soma OF The trains 70 and RON Albany got through
yesterday IN Consequence Of the effects Of The feshs
above Hudson. ne va<Y two feet on the track Il
Troy and ~ The depo. or osi,e Albany could not DO
used The vstsr wHs the track In sections between
Budsop and Albany.
The only serious damage thai vN known Oh 70 q late
hour night ., soch port Bridge station sSou,
fsuy miles above Hudsoh About 200 fees Of the wood
vovt torn away, but the damage 70 the track vas
vsry ssrons aud doubtful will be properly 70.
ran regularly Tvoa bu, beyond Consequence Of
ae csxyylrr s.sy Of al bridge al oakhll which
sish,S riersd The track This repaired yesterday,
and 70 day al the trains this sde Of Hudson viii run
usual. Passenger, fer Albany will be taken Hudson
roa thence they viii be taken 10 Chatham where they
VII proceed 70 Albany the road the HAr.
ssm CAN take The dncury a, stockport vas caused BY
Kind~hcos Greek, IN which there was violent freshe,
which ala great damage. Above that point towards Al.
bany there are streams Of importance thai fan Into
one Hsasou and she freshes apeni Ne force on The fats
doing no great injury.
HARLEM RAILROAD.
Notwithstanding the runners Of damages, al The trains
Yesterday vsat through In time There vNs obstrpc.
s upu hey sos W Albany, when the train had 70 sop
% ths sish around o few miles non the depo, The
train sm Arb~y arrived eight minutes behind time In
shs city, last evening
INV HAVEN RAILROAD.
Tnsss vss no dfhcuny On this road All the trains
srtvsd n time except the express RON Boston, Which
vNs as&Aansd By me fcery vesshs. II vas reported
shss sss uobnecscu, river ~, very much swollen.
Few yKnEY BALsoAD.
mere y. no ippedlmeps shs road between here
so< rhnade pha The trains arrived 81 the usual time.
Tue streams In ssv Jssey sl reported 70 bsswcIcn,
90, no damage heard IRON 90 ar
NAVIGATION OF THE OHIO.
LovsvnIs, Feb. 9, 1857
Tb~s are sr fess Of water on The rss The Ice 3
sAIl nsvins down, spd navigation 10 fully opened The