The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13
BIDDEFORD, FEBRUARY,1s, 1857.
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der as soon ss.po'sibls. ~ 3 50
Trains all lsh, as usual, but no Albany
passenger 70 been taken. /
The Eide Railroad u under waller 10 part.
No through, passenger trims 90 ihrouah.-
The FIRST train that went on, was telegraph.
ed 10 cJme back.
The wires are working badly, aud they
canno, tell tho ox,eut OF The damages.
Albany. Feb 10. Hvp,oS RIVER. The
water receded considerably las, night, bnl
/, still high. The Harlem train from New
York reached Grcepbush Mt O'Clock yester-
day, No mail has reached us by the Har-
lem Railroad.
Itisrepotted two families on the island
opposite the city have per;shed. I'D. ....i
St. Jahn's Church seadly damaged the
pcws ripped up, eic. ,..aa t" ,.
Much suffering Is Occa.ioned from the
want ofdTinking water The pipes IN the lower
paris Of che city being either frozen or sub
merged. ''
Large quantities Of grain, stored in second
stories, were flooded. States street bridge Is
raised several feet above the iron columns.
The Relief COMMITTEES il active. Soup
houses have been opened near the flooded
districts. ..srr .' s'i -T.'
Chicago, Feb o. CHICAGO Rvrn. The
freshet has done immense damage in this
vicinity, to railroad bridges, tsIcgraphs,
mills, etc.
On Friday, OF Auroua, two bridges, saw.
mill, planing-mill, carriase-iacory, md
large quantities Of lumber were swep, away.
|, is feared several lives are lost.
The Rock Island Railroad bridge at Nor.
ris is goue. Also the Michigan Central
Railroad Bulge a, YpsiIan.i, ard the bridge
ut Niles, together with several over the St.
Joseph's aad Kalamazoo rivers.
Both branches Of tho Chicago river rose
several feet on Saturday, and The southwest
portions Of orr city arc submerged. Tho
liver is now falling.
The damage 10 the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroads, is estimated a, $780,
600.
Erening. The passengers who LEFT New
York by the Hudson River RAILROAD, on
Monday morning, reached here at 5 o'clock
this evening. The track for miles from Al
bany is covered, and In some places torn up.
81. Louis, Feb. 0. The Mississippi river
a, this poin, has risen eighteen feet since
Saturday morning, and is still rising, with
immense quantities Of floating ice.
The Missouriis open 10 above Jefferson
City.
The Illinois is open all The way up, and
has li.en twelve or fifteen feet a, Peoria,
and a, las, accounts was still rising.
The Upper Mississippi is also rising, but
II is unknown how lar IL Is open.
There have been heavy rains generally
throuahon, The West, and numerous slides
have occurred on the railroads.
Ntc York, Feb. i0.-THE RARIrAS On
Sunday the ice gave way in The Rariian, the
food sweeping away before il fifty schoon-
crS, sloops, barges and canal boat; many
Of them, however, will DO recovered again.
A great deal OF property in the various
warehouses was damaged BY water. Total
loss about $50 600. ..r...
Oslrego, Feb. l0-SIRAY VESSELS Re-
COVERED, &c. Tie Elk vessels which were
loosed from their mooring by ,hc frcshet,
aud driven into The lake, were louGd near
Port Ontario, and five ol,hem were brough,
into port this morning. The Belle Adkins,
and Wide Awake, were nearly full Of wa
ter, and in coming into the harbOr touched
The bottom, when the former sank in deep
wafer. The Wide Awake was thrown on
her beam ends by heavy sea, and has
gene ashore near the fort. Both viii be a
total loss. The Virginia, al last accounts,
was in the ice below Onario. The winJ is
now blowing heavy gale.