The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-02-21

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Railroad Travel Seriously Interferet
With.
ALBANY Wednesday, February 10.
None Of the railroads connect ex.
ccpt ria Troy. The train from
New York at seven only landed it.
passengers in Albany ativeo'clOck
Those by the Hudson River RoaG
came ria Hudson Chatham, East
Albany and Troy, by rail--thencc
by stages and water to this city.
The thaw, which commenced on
Monday, swcIled the Mohawk and
other tributaries Of the Hudson to
such an extent that it became evil
dent last night that we must have
Il high tide, but we had no thought
0 fsuch Il food as has come upon
us. About seven o'clock last even
ing the ice broke up at Troy, and
came down against the solid ice OPP
positc this city. That holding fast
for a time, stayed the mass Of float
ing ice.
All through the night those oc.
cupying buildings adjoining the
water were engaged in getting their
goods up stairs. Nobody, howev-
cr, anticipated any serious results.
About eight o'clock this morning
the floating mass which had accu
mulated above, swept the Cut into
the canal basin, forcing everything
before it. The havoc created is be-
yond conjecture. Tie basin was
crowded with steamboats,, bargcs,
canal-boats, elevators and floating
docks. These were so fast in the
ice they moved as one body, sweep
ing with irrcprcssiblc force every
thing before it.
The iron bridge across the basin,
at the foot Of Stale street, was lift
cd offits foundations and thrown
down. Three large bargcs are ly-
ing in the new Central Railroad
Freight Depot. All along Qua st.
the canal-boats and bargcs and
steamboats, are on the docks, in
several instances being damned in
to the houses. 1t is said the larger
boats have crushed many of the
smaller boats that lay between
them.
Those buildings on the south
side Of the Cut were swept away
by the rushing ice, and demolished
as perfectly as if they had been ta-
ken down by hand. There is pro-
badly not a building on the pier or
quay that is not seriously damaged.
The extent of the damage can
not be asccrtaincd, but enough is
known to justify the opinion that
it far exceeds the loss occasioncd in
1857.
Our streets in the lower sections
fthc city arc filled with flour, pro-
visions, cotton and other articlcs.-
The poor in the southern section Of
town are driven from their houses,
the water in many places being
above the first floor. They must
very much. The lumber
ards above the city are also flood
lumber being scattered all
,vcr the flats.
The Troy road is covered in
many places, the stages having to
'ass through water deep enough
o float small boats. The ice two
below the city, is fast.
The water, at seven o'clock, was
cross Broadway at Maidcn-lane,
he Stanwix Hall being approach
d in boats. The Exchange is sur
on three sides with water.
IL the basement Of the Delavan
louise it is three feet deep. Ifthe
holds until Monday, it will
Iood the entire length ofthc street,
nd reach the upper stories of the !
buildings on the pier. These are
He'd with grain and flour, which +
must be nearly ruined. {
| hear of no loss OLIVES, nor in {
ury Of persons. !
The weather is so mild that little ,
,crsonal inconvenience is incurred |
y those engaged in efforts to save |
heir property. The greatest diff 1,
ulty is experienced in extricating
he boats. They arc wcdgcd fast ,
n the ice, and frozen together !
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