The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-11

Terrible FFeshet-L0s Of Life.
The late rains produced one of the most
Tremendous and destructive freshets, to tn }
Lehigh Valley and other sections in th }
lower counties, that have occurred sine }
1850 Ia Tamaqua the freshet was not q,
grea, as that of 1850, but ir other seciion.
throughout the Lehish Valley, i, was great
er.
On Wednesday night, the people residin Z
on Pine street Tamaqua, fearful OF recur
renee OF the scenes of 1850, left their home 8
7, and sought shelter and safety in some NOR 3
elevated parts OF the Town, but for,onatel y
about twelve o'clock the rain ceased, AMI
the swollen and angry torrent of .he Little
Schuylkill began TO subsfde
Within the limits of that borooph. the loi :
has been comparatively Eifiing and beyon
'he destruction of bridges, and the inundil-
lion OF cellars, the damage is slight.
The railroad bridge at The upper end nf
Railroad street leading from tie . High
Mines" TO the Little Schuylkill railroad a :
though not swept away, is so much sunke O
Anu strained as 10 De useless.
The bridge across the Little SchuyIkiIi neiir
the Gas works, was entirely swept away; lis
| was also the new stone bridge On Cent e
stree, but recently erected, at cost of son e
$1,000; and The bridge below, leading fro n
"Greenwood Mines 10 the little Schuylk II
Railroad.
The damages to private property, higi-
ways, railroads and canals in every dire :
ton around u.s. have been so extensive, tn a.
We scarcely know where 10 commencs >
failing them
The saw-mill Of Mr.. George Cole, at tile
tunnel, two miles above Tsmaqua has BEEN
much damaged and We believe he also los 20
some cars and lumber. The river at Il Is
point made clear breach through the rail
road embankmeni, for a distance OF abou a
hundred leel and forming new channel
Mr. Henry Huhu. has also suffered mu .h
damage at his powder mill about a ID le
outbuildings were swept away.
The Stove Foundry OF Mr Francis Bright,
Immediately above Tamaqua was also dam
aged The dam was swept away, and the
building undermined and the machinery .e
siroyed.
On the Little SchuyIkill railroad We le-
lieve every bridge has been carried sw;ly,
except The one at CentrevilIe Ii will be
some time before there will be train over
the road.
The Schuylkill Valley railroad was also
considerably damaged, but travel was re-
sumed on Friday
Considerable damage was done to he
Reading railroad, but owing to the effici sni
and complete arrangements provided by
that Company, against such emergencies, a
passenger train came through from Phila-
delphia TO Potisville, on Thursday night
The dams, locks and embankments OF ihe
SchuyIkill Canal have also been much in
jured.
By far the greater destruction however,
has taken place in the Lehigh Valley, and
the loss OF life has been deplorabe.
Almost the whole town OF White Ha rem
has been swept away. The splendid iron
bridge on the Beaver Meadow railroad ,ab ,ve
MaucE Chunk, has been destroyed The
Lehigh Valley railroad and the Lehgh
Canal have almost been wiped out, an 4 il
will be labor of months 10 rebuild theu..
The town OF Mauch Chunk was complete
ly submerged, and the loss OF life and piop-
eny has been terrible. Those of our re ad-
ers who have ever been there, can form
some idea of the height Of the food, " zen
it is known that canal boats stove IN the
second story windows OF the ManioE Honse
hotel, a, least thiny-five feet above low va
ter Some lives were lost here how m any
we are unable to say, but have heard the
number stated at thirty, We hope howe yer
this may prove to have been exaggera ed
All the bridges, coal wharves and c;nal
boats, together with many houses were
swept away.
The town of Weissport four miles be low
Mauch Chunk, was completely hoode'l--
Here also great deal of property was de-
stroyed, and a number of persons drowned; /;
among them we are panied 10 state, Mr.
Peter Bowman. formerly an old citizer of
Tamaqua, and two OF bis children.
Taken altogether, the great food of June
4th and 5,h, 1862, will long be remembered
as one of the most terrible ard devasta ing
in It's effects that have ever swept this re-
gion of country, and wehope We may n,,ver
be called upon 10 record its like again.
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