Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-06-15
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sTonzTs Avn FLOODS IN THE NORTH.
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rnrilIang scenes Il 8. Paul ana Sc. An-
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Prem the Daily Msnnssotisn, June ca

Thrilling scenes Is 81 Paul ANA st. an
Prem ths Daily Msnnssotisn, June 9Th.
ghs6psd of 1851 cannot be compared with the
press g regards damages, for at thst time there
vas but hitls property, relatively speakips 70 Dc
damaged
INCIDENTS AND ITEMS.
On the upper Eat the rU9f and pips Of Cooo's
naR mill still glinmers above the water ~ WlH
Sustain mach ipjury while some logs ana unoers
have been Aosied away. The few houses 81 me
foot Of EsTls street are isolaied ann surrounded,
"a partly fIled With the vstsr. steamboat has
gone mp the fat, back Of the saw Mill where noRe
s.sr ,oest bSJsre, IS far IS We can learn.
Osrts loaded vita stone we're going over the bridge
an saturday morning, dumping the stone down ID
protest the enbanknent at the end. 1t was piled
ful of furniture all day and procession Of cows,
horses pIgs and wagons loaded With furniture, &c.
was coming over.
We cannot pretend 70 give any figures Of the les,
and damage Occesoned By the food. In The sg-
sregate It viii be enormous, II the waters do not
snbside. Coming as il does ia the hardest Of hard
times here it via be more severely felt. After This
food, We predict no one will want to settle on bot.
tom lands again, while our high, rich, rolling pEai
rIes invite settlement.
TIE FLOOD AT ST. ANTHONY.
At st. AnthoBy and Minneapolis, The storm and
food hsYe been terribly destructive and properly
70 The amount Of hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
have been destroyed and lost.
The ST. Anthony Reening Meas Of Thursday, June
I'd, says:
The storm Of Tuesday raised the river at St.
Cloud two feet in a single night, end the water at
this place shows q similsT increase in volume.
Last night It rose IA inches. AT Elk o'eieek this
A. N. the boom Of the St. Anthony Water Power
Co., gave way under the long pressure, aud about
5000 O0o Of logs, valued st S40,Ooo,l went over
the Falls. About A. COO 900 Of them TO the value Of
$9s, 900, we're the property Of the Mill Co. The
boom at Coon Creek contains about 10 coo 600 logs
and Is momentarily expected to give way
STILL LATER.
A friend who came down on Saturday evening
furnishes rs the following memoranda
FLOOD AT ST. ANTHoSY.--The pier which the
Turn-table of the upper bridge al St Anthony
stands fthe bridge is drsw-bride) has been moved
down stream some thirty feet! Another pier nearer
shore has been swept assay, taking about 100 feet
of the bridge with it The water was level with
the bridge at 10 A NJ to-day, and is probably over
it by this tme-there is great danger Of the whole
bridge goingl
The Suspension Bridge is as yet intact, being
about three feet above the water. The fifth pier
(from the 81. Anthony side) of the lever bridge
has gone, taking ao ut $50 feet of the bridge with
it! Both adjoining piers are being undermined by
the food. The Suspension Bridge is probably safe,
unless the above il should come down in body.
At least $4,000 worth of logs end lumber have
gone over the falls within three days. Two small
The falls. are told, present an appearance both
fearful aud sublime. The torrents pour over the
precipiee with terrible force and increased roar,
and the spectacle has attracted even persons from
this city. Portions of the rocks, we learn, over
which those torrents have poured since the time
that the Almighty FIRST set creation in notion have
given way to the pressure Of waters and fallen down.
creating still more rugged cataract esprit Isl
and" Just below the cascade, has also been nearly
swept away. Che Minneapolis Mill Co.'S dam still
stands intact, while the drift Aood does not yet
reach the only bridge that can be crOssed-the Sus
pension.
From the St Cloud Democrat, June ?.
We had frightful storm last evening, or rather
SUGGESTIONS Of storms, lasting from o'clock until
midnighA. The first came from the east, wind and
sheet lightning II was but past, when q second
came up from the north, bringing myrisds Of hail
stone and torrents Of rain, bateriDg and destroying
vegetables, Kidding windows, carrying of fences,
cspsizing hen houses, tearing up trees, and light
ing the work Of destruction with an ncessant play
Of binding sheet lightning This was making a
grand finale when storm third rushed up from the
west pouring out sheets Of rain, like great billoWy
rivers, and bringing still more vivid Lightning witt
stunning thunder.
At Sc. Augusta, large Catholic church, with
steepe unfinished was hurled from its foundation
and destroyed. large store-hOuse three stories
high occupied with grain and goods was leveled tC
the ground. A blscksnith's chop was blown down
The Wster-poWer mill had its roof and one side
carried away. Two dwelling houses we're unrOOfed
and trees in all parts Of the town and along the
river were torn up by the roots.