New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-16
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The New Eork Tribune publishes private letter
from llawara District, New souill Wales, dated
March III, 1880 In which the following account Of
tefsahie Good which recently occurred in that
vicinity i gwen
We have recently had tropical torrents of rain
sAak were fearfui. But Ia February the food gates
of h0aven seemed to be open, ana nil the f0untai
hesds o. the rivers to have burst their bonds 70
e#eFii0w MS. These districts have been devastated
BY one Of the most fearful foods ever known IN
AuesrAaia Life aud property have boon saesaaced
10 an extent tsaiy appalling. The damage done
cannot I'D estimated. Whole families, with every
living thing on their henaesfeaes crops arg ~;
were svvapt into the sea ot the resstaess Ho0d &aa
no one lett Il tell what they have lest
At Bells Creek ngglngs the elaHlils haNe III
been Cited. The PEGS miners were Tn'fiee away
cleas eyer fali of Thousand feet deep g the
hgstan III which the remains of as ny Were found,
No enc at The digging escaped ~ teii now suoeeniy
the waters came down apoil them, or OF the goie
ts was {,ne litss g1rl Mas fogsd asays q
rnxssi,ar fiye brothers md sisters, and home. All
sisat sse ms sessed and lySed il tire world were
swe5st asa IN one night lhis poer unfortunate
WAS ssAsa5ed down lie poverty and orpaanage. The
faeapf the nopntry Is 80 changed that she cannot
point out the place where their house stood.
Il Maar ths source of the Shaal Haven river. All one
point, Tie water was seen 70 Gene rushing down
tsp0ataEe plains, like vast pyramid The river
rose in q iew loass one hundred feet. The upland
Hats Wera like great lakes. ON and on swept the
avalanche Of watefs IN is desciating path.
An ifaEnense beAt af richly cultivated lands sJnil
ing With plenty has been left Ike ruined desert,
fiIied oF covered with sand and rocks. Houses,
gardens crops cattle, horses fences, trees, sells
1iiens sainen and children we're SWEET over prcci-
piees down through valleys, and on into the surg
isls sea and ahruWn back upon the coast in indes-
criHable confusion. For many miles the shore was
covered with The awinl wreck Boats were rewed
and steamed ever where town had stood, in
eYieavpring to save some OF the drowning people,
who had gone mp to the tops of the highest build
lngs.l En this way some were rescued last before
the houses weFcsswept away. Some of these boats
now stand high and dry in the midst of where q
town once stood. The sioai Haven river-bed has
been flled mp. The waters have found another
channel.
+ Anisland at tho mouth Of shoal Haven was in
habIted BY shout ninety families, probably nearly
fonT hundred persons. The people seeing the
I'd thA highest hills. Soon all they had was gone,
and the waters kept creeping up after them. The
people were wonderfully preserved. A vessel at
sea saw them and sailed to their relief TheF were
saved 5nsf before the island was submerged.
a great many individ ual eases Of thrilling inter
est Aye related. Many . poor mother sacrificed
her Fife III wild efforts to save her poor children
One yauug man, id his efforts to save his mother,
swami with her through the food, and carried
her across an overlooked field. He struggled
hard to reach place of safety he succeeded and
Laid hia treasure his feeble motaer--down but
only 70 'see AAef die Ten minutes after lie had
brolgls her 70 sHfe place she closed her eyes in
death haylstack floated down in sight with men
hanging 10 III They were, indeed, drowning men
catching at straws. Huge trees, with drowning
fa1sales hanging to the branches, swept on before
us. y would fill ayolume to record the details OF
sl1tef7mE which have desolated this wrecked dis
trict. Tie destruction has been most complete.