New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-21
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From ~ Biiihidrs Clipper we exsa.sss sIs Silov.
ing particulars Of great storra and innraa.ion In
bas'lnlc re on the l2Aftpsts.fsss YgCzBH
onr city was visited on Saturday afternoon vrf,b
nooa almost equal 70 that Of the year lssz The
sGoqn sa% q property Destroyed on this occasion x be-
~ Jones halls, about o'clock a the
water rushed down with roaring noise sfisb noal5
be heard several squares from the Rails The hr,oes
spanning the stream were erosded By perons wafcf-
commenced falling about oieIock On FriSav affs,
noon and continued without intexni.sjop- ,.nfil 4
O'Clock on Saturday afternoon. as.1-.ss 7sss...e
Inc irss str.ets oversoEsd were Holiday and sara,
pga streets the water came from TIE sessre n, the
corners 80 rapidly did the water rise that the ,esi-
dents 70 the neghbprhood were Hnabie 10 rer,uTsaDv
articles " Their cellars In half M. hour from the
streets mentioned belor were csvered = Sh,ss n
gallons ok oil was destroyed In the cellar az The usI
district station house, All OF the streams near 6sfi
more were swollen 70 great EXTENT and the los1 BY
the destruction Of bridges will be immepses ls-ga
The principal sufferers in the city Wcre those MR.
sons who resided and done business On Harrison and
Saratoga streets, and the east side Of the Center
persons bsyiBg been drowned wsNers s1fls 4
get the names Of all and the supposition s shat the
number has been greatly exaggerated. We psoseeded
TO the BelVidere bridge. and followed the fsIls doTn
10 the dfawbfjdges and evsrywhere along tia ffpe
nothing could be seen batedeysstatien and rum.
The bridge crossing Center street, at one time was
IN danger OF being sweps away BY tie drfftwood
pag,eg asass IN T. oas large gess q timber sk
An the houses on the line the bridge we're fsn-
dated, some 70 such extent thar the inmates re-
moved Their furniture INTO the second stories We
LETT this locality and 4proeeeded to HolIfdax dnet
to the Marsbars Office 30 the dept, "a Tour feet
Saratoga street was hooded mp to DAVIS street and
looked like small river.A Several of tie police
officers procured small boat and rendered great
ASSISTANCE TO perseus unable to get oas OF their
houses Hillen street was under water % 70 North
street. Gay the bridge 10 Frederick street
was impasabie; the water rshed ints fFenn Cara
toga street with noise resembliBgs young Nja9afa.
From Gay street the water found ia way iuts kar-
rson street. and in less than half an hour the entire
street was covered TO the depth two or three feet
On Fayette street the water reached1up 10 Fred
erick., From Frederick street We proceedet to the
neighborhood OF the Maryland Institute and found
that this locality had come in for ia share. Beth
sides of Market Space were flooded nearly 70 Pratt
street. In the fish market space the water was six
feet deep and about the same depth in Sxann skreet
Several persons in boats were nearly M to Pfntt
street in Concord street. Below this point there
] no overflow. AL the houses on both sides Of the
above immediate streets were filed with wates frs
Ambrose Jones, 2S years of age. empioyed at the
Clipper Mills, three miles from the city, was among
those losing their lives. He was standing on the dam
Of Mount Vernon Factory trying . draw 10 tie
carried down the stream: He was last supposed to
be seen passing over Lanyale dam, and may, by this
time, have lodged several miles down the river ~
After the rain, and when the freshet was in its
height, colesed man, whs was driving two colored
women in wagon, undertook to cross Uu0a Run.
The horse being unwilling to attempt crossing the
negro man applied his whip, Hhereapen the animal
leaped headlong Into the stream. The man was
thrown out and swan to the shore, and the horse
also broke from bis harness and was saved, hut the
wagon overturned and both the women were drown
ed Considerable damage has been. done to the corn,
which had been recently planted Indeed, this rainy
season has been exceedingly detrimental to the inter
ests OF farmers, ButE may consider ourselves much
favored, considering that in some places failr0sd
cars have had to travel for miles surrounded BY
water. where the least misgo would have been de
structive Of life. Throughout Maryland the proba
bility is that great damage has been done by this
storm. - 5z-s ~ "a qAar
We learn that there was mnch damage done fur
ther up the falls but could not learn the particulars
on account Of the distance. {. ..s &