New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-17
NemNork DAILY Gribnne
UP OF THE ESOPUS CREEK
Eros ne Uy,,s, Republican, Fsb. II.

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The warm weather Of lat week, With continual fog
and oe,asional rain, melted the snow away very fat
and by Sunday much water was s,sodog 90 roads and
fields In many places the water Wa Of q depth sci
dom Witnessed. During that day considerable rain
FIJI and the water breaking through the snow ob tuc-
ton. & ind ito wsy 70 the streams 90 Sunday even
hg the ice IN the Esopus Creek a. this place com
peDced moving in some places, and q. about o'clock
there uss pretty general breaking up, tae stream By
tbs. time having s-olen 20 gree; hisht Bat rifiag
damage, comparatively, has been sustained AZ thH
place.
The bridge 81 Hurley VS. moved sOue feet down
The stream at end BY the weight .nd force Of i,e
and water rendering It impss abIe Workmen are at
Inc down str, sm. The bridge scrOes The Esopcs at
MNble,o.D, known as Can.ine's Bridge was swept
away, and the timber ihereo, has Do DO Fn stream
Al Saugeri.s The GEEK rose TO g'en hight on sun
day evening Large quantities Of heavy lcs passed
ere c,ed in 1896 gave way, and the ire nentou hood OF
water carried eveJ hing before Il breaking up the ioe
below he fals and extending nearly scross The Had-
con Nearly al The vessels lying ct the whsryes sas-
TAXED damages and scme have been utterly destroyed
The soop. Genesee and Livingston, belonging 10 Ce1t.
Jeremiah Finger We Arc inf rmed have o On dam
sged to he amount OF al least - w. Ine steam
krIy boat Cbelses sunk, nothing bu. aoou, tEo or
thr ice. of her smekeppe being v,-ible above The
wster The sloop Oregon, Belonging 10 Rassell &
Sch'ts hss sustained much damage A soop oel1nS
ing 70 Capt Henry Snyder, worth more than $2,0oO,
has not yet been folId-ot co2'se suak seq 70 ler
belonging 10 Cap. John Field, and Cspl Josi.n joys
sloop, hs pde by side on The sha- on Top Of piles of
fsg1 ing stone. Capt. Turner'S vessel the Pilot, 10
ss bly, damaged. BAN belonging % John Phillips,
standing on he edge OF he Large pcld has gone DOM
the ueek Much damsge has been done be-ide, which
We ca. pot here enumerste.
TIE buildings snd machinery Of he r,saufaetaripg
earsbhshnepts have rot suss& ed sersous damage
The paper mill is somewhat injured, perhsps - the
sm nht Of 500 beside The damsse % paper Of abont
Cd equ,l Bat The gres. loss is the destruction Of
The IAN, rendering !. nd possoe to employ ne immense
ss.er poser required by the aTse mile fos 81 leas,
yea ~ me- suipeDdi,g for tbs ,ie ~ operations OF
lie iron Fill he lesd mill and tho psper mil. At
hs,, 200 persons are hrosn on: Of enpoy msnt y this
cal nj, tas greater portion Of whom are depesdeos
ppon er wages fertile daily bread Ct Themselves snd
their families.
Tbe jam vas bal. I, 1926 st c's. Of sbnu. $780,
GOO and The large pond thereby formed With TIE reeef
yoir b. ow pea he iron nil ADD psOe' Il j. .1roso "a
ample wsts. power 20 propel the heavy machinery OF
the several mis- DUNG the mos; pro'racod droa'hs Of
somDer. cam to ,eive tbs purpose msy Pefnsp' be
bull. a. l.se Of The loss 10 the piece, oy tne
su o. neil Of .he manufacturing business FOR he time
il . 4 squire 70 replace the dam ls serious nd7ed
ana % he propre;ois Of 'he works me osss exceed
any tbs: bsye e7er occurred from the b0e ss, hey
were frs: eree,ed ~ H-bry Barclay, esq