Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-14
The Freshets-Great Flood at Albany
Immense Loss Of Property.

or at Deerield meadows. The water and ice
sci back, undermining and entirely destroying
Stebbius' grist mill at Deerfeld. known as
Meadow mill, with from GOO TO 500 bushels
of grain and meal. Two families were with
the utmus, difficulty saved. The mill is to.
tai loss. The amount of damage is estimated
at $4,000.
Albany is visited by the greatest flood ever
known there, The damage is reckoncd by mil
lions. The city throughout Sunday night was
a scene Of the utmost confusion from fire aud
water. Llborers were at work removing goods
from the lower floors of stores in the lower
parts of the city ill about L o'cuck, when the
water rose 50 rapidly that they were obliged to
NJ for safety. At o'clock, Monday morning,
ahe water was three fee; higher than il was
ever known before The entire lowcr part of
,t,e city was nooded aud the water flowed
through Broadway from The Exchange 10 the
lD1lsvan house, flooding the stores and filing
.,ts cellars on the west side. The streets be-
3 tween Broadway aud the river were navigable
ijy boats.
A, two o'clock, Monday morning, the wa
Ter was rising at the rate OF inches in five
minutes. Persons who had retired to bed, think
ing themselves safe, were aroused by h0rsemen
who rode through the wafer, Knocking AT the
doors OF houses TO arouse the sleepers 10 sense
of their danger. The widest confusion pre-
vailed, the people in the lower parts of the city
having barely tine to escape with their lives.
The bellowings and cries Of large number Of
cattle stabbed in the dis,ileries, which were
d Al. .I.l l,,;.
mcni. About 3 o'clock the alarm bells sound
cd for fire, and flames were discovered bursting
forth from buildings in different parts of the
city. T. c. Warner g. Sons lime kins and
buildings, Gibson s. Dalton's planning and plas-
ter mills and r. Barrett's fine brick store on
the pier, were all in flames al the same time,
having each caught fire from the Stacking OF
lime. The height of the water rendered it i'm
possible 10 reach the scenes of connagiaion
with engines, but the 6remen put of in boats
with buckets and confined the flames 10 the
buildings where they originated. About this
time the wind changed and the weather became
piercingly cold. Propeller Western World
caught fire and was sculled and sunk 10 save
her cargo, 1000 bushels of corn.
Rumors pravail of several lives being lost
and they are probably correct. Part of Green.
bush was submerged aud two men were drown.
ed, one Of whom was lying on pier, inioxca-
ted. Several steam tugs canal boats and barges
were sunk. The canal warehouses on the pier
were stove in, the flood making a clean breach
through them. A number at horses stabbed in
the lower part Of the city were drowned 800
head of cattle were drowned at East Albany
Two or three wrecks of houses went down the
river from above Monday morning on the root
of one Of the houses were two men. The rail-
road tracks were submerged and no trains left
Albany Oh Monday.-A public meeting has
been called to devise measures for the relief OF
sufferers by the flood.
Mr.. Silliman, a lumber dealer, had mar
row escape with his life. He was in his office
when rapid rush Of water over the distrc,
took place, and he was surrounded by eight
feet of water before he knew of his danger
He cut his way through the roof and was res
cued by boat.
Monday evening the waters were not reced-
ing, although there had been no percep,ible ris,
since o'clock. Teamo were employed il
dragging out the accessible dead cattle. Hug
masses of lumber, offices, houses, etc., wer,
pouring down the stream with frightful rapid
ty. 1t is impossible TO conjecture the extern
of the damage; days must past before correc
estimates can be made. Ice on the pier is pill
ed up 20 feet. r. II. Pease's machine shoI
is demolished and the valuable machinery de
sroyed. The Central railroad freight house
filled with large amount of flour and provis
IL
line warehouses on the pier were cut open ant
the contents carried of by the ice. The ice it
piled 10 feet high on the Troy and GreenbusI
railroad the entire distance. The citizens anc
officials Of Albany are acting energetically fol
the relief of the suffering The Hudson neve
opened so early but twice before.
At Troy the water was higher than it ha
been known for 80 years, the city as high a
Fifth street being overnowed. Bridges iron
up The river came down with considerable fore
and lodged against the Troy and Saratoga rail
road bridge. The Rensselaer, and Saratog
freight depot on Green Island caught fire from
ahe Stacking OF lime, and was burned. Train
from all points were stopped and business er
trely suspended.
There is food in the Susquehanna rivei
The ice gorged four miles below IIarrisbur
and is piled upon the railroad track some tie
or fifteen feet high. Trains are Of course ST..
pended. 1t is reported that couple ofbridge
over the Junala have been swept away, toge,l
or with several pieces OF the Cumberland Va
ley bridge. An enormous destruction Of pro-
erty is threatened. The Delaware river rol
Is feet at Easton, Pa, and the town was foo
ed in some parts to the depll, If five feet.
house at Lamberlville and a portion of Va
Cleve's foundry at Trenton were washed ava
The bridges are all in precarous condition
the ice in some places being piled up 90 feet
The ice in the SchyIkill broke up, Sunda
night, at Philadelphia; most of the wharv,
are overlooked, and large quantities Of wood ar
lumber have aoated Off Several canal boa
were carried down the stream, and others lei
On The wharves by the subsidng waters.
great portion of the wood work of Il
ions bridge between Washington and the vi
ginia side of the Potomac was swept away |
ice on Sunday and carried down the river.
There was much ice still gorged above II
bridge. The telegraph crossed on the brid!
and is Frustrated.
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