The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-06-10
The Late Flood In Pcnnsyiyasia.


A correspondent of the Philadcphin i>uunru
gives the following further interesting details
! A great storm has passed over Eastern P,nusyl
wants. In It wake are ruined heds 81 ,tn.i,
stranded boats upon three great riy-Is, tpttoiiu,
and deHertci houses, aud nj least one hundred d,q
bodies, dashed by Wild current zgniuht mouLtiii
rocks or noatin, ogs The works completed by "a,
Joint ,n 4. of labor and capital "a long cou,t. 81
years, lave hecn swept almost out oi csn' nee ~
single night \ score OF Iron furnaces lsve ceased
| I. NJ, after their sparks Int the air; hunir,la VI
! sturdy lHhurcrs have been thrown out of employ
| mcnt and the accnes aud incidents which marked
| the great nud nf lsil have been repeated upon au
enlarged scale IN June, 1862. In no se, ton la a.,
! loss been AS heavy as Ia the valley ~ th. Lshgh,
! ath ,Ugh thc scluylkill snd Delaware Wed with
| each uthci In their rage
| The heavy rains OF l.a week are fresh In the
| minds Of our readers. on Mpnisy, Tuesday and
| "Wednesday ltst II. heavens were opened ss II 10
! naugutste II new dciuse. Whilc the torrents
rW"t the streets of The ci,r und fi,d the sewers,
! ihoy gradually accumulated ib the mountain dis
tr!uts cLaus Ell rivuletl iuio miniature rivera and
poured into the Irhiph until its urtallv coal black
water assumed muddy hue, and it's husom held
| The dttris 81 the ruin which II had caused.
There r no river east of thc Ohm thu, has rem
d-red more ser Ice u nan tl0u tho Lrlish. Al
most at tie point where " Nt-t .rnerlts from the
| mouut,.n- and assumes Us uaInc II ~ checked,
turned from its course aud mad, feeder H. the
canal rhe dame followed each rthcrin succ.s, on
until near EAItor distluco 81 over forty miles
They average at least one 10 every two n.ps.
Tho head waters Of the L'hi'h were The nst b.
feel the heavy rains, hut no ,''o,t wu vHihl. until
"wednesday Ayht laat Tho .Ntftme uurihcru
dam, Il b. bel, vel, then gave why This WnH al or
near WHIT, Haven The Hood of wstDI poured
splthward, cariyirg everything before II, and re-
e.. vluy new iorco '.nd acquiring new imIotl.s ns
4 pverrnme each bstAcl, Dam H1'r dsn was
destroyed, until scsrcey ttre remained between
Malch Chunk AM Wilt. iingon.
The food role On IN tho icnl Of night, herald
Ing it progress hy aterrble roar. II tore canal
ho1ts from th,iI mourings, sud SWEPT them away
like feathers. t. .,aA,t.-it III, cellars, ani mount
eel h. the wind" Ms Of residences upon tH banks; II
undermined Il Y walls OF tls iH. aud and then
carried uSs I,iln M IA. firm of unlutky slocpcrs
who could n,S,scJps. u cncrourh'd upon new
Territory, rospins the waving III ds as no scytho
could hlY, dJ.G aud, H. apparent r'vonge, seized
i,r .cs nni arm vehicles, and conveyed them t.
places uni avn To mGn
The ALARM spread along the river. The water ac.
tualy rnse Vfeen JecsM ten minute, Fires were
built at ir.ny points and crowds collected around
them, gN,iag into the black void beyond, snd fear.
ine 10 ht1 human cry pierce the dull roar ~ the
stream, Moro thfu one voice wns thus raised for
help. re.nal boa drined down. now inclning ~
one si.S and dil ping It's decks iato the river nnd
sRs'n sycrs'ns 's position. Opt were six men.
Th.ip shouts cnsi lie dist nrtly heard but no AID
could BE- afforded. The brief interval In which they
p,7sss the gE5srs WAS one ~ horror. TIE boat
itru.s rock a, the head of an island near Btthe.
ho'n- and split ssslInd.r. Tao men clung 10 the
wrrk. and onslly managed. With one exception, t.
sss-ire r.shng place untl the morning of Thurs.
| day. Before rescue came they were Joined hv five
| others. These were hkon 10 the shore by Mr..
was recovered and properly inferred II was terri
| bly, bruised.
There are many Isl s,ds in the Lshigh. TIE soil
generally fertile, s,d they are n,Siy AL rultlva-
ted. This was tho cAia with the orA oip ,sto Allen.
town. A covered ridge led to the mn lanl Du-
ring The night a,taat crash aroused tie & rec fam
ilics living upon the Island, Their only means If
escape had been carried away Dy bridge which
formerly had SCANNED the stream above, mud tie
two fabrics were an route fot she Delaware. There
no bos,. and even 4 thcr. had been, the
a kufl Iybs sftYh {.
current were hut slight. Row the fan lilies passed
tie night & "Wednesday and the nornilg Of Thurs.
day we do not know. But when daylight appeared
they fouid many acres e grain and garden trans.
formed into barren waste. Tie rich loan bad
given pl.'o 10 white sand, and hurc- anl haYns
had assplssred as II by tho touch vi the mageian.
For .heir own safety they l.dsbted Lo proyi-
de.ce AMI solid briek walls
There VAS high canal lock st Mauch Chunk
II was veteran and Htod tire shock Of the treshet
- l-ll without trembling. When the rlsh
JaIne last wouE its good reputation mad, the quiet
water below ia hrrhor for scores OF boats, tho
crews looking over the river well al the dark.
ness would lsrnit at their less fortunate COM
psa'ons, an blessing their luck. Many of thom
went TO bed. The lock gave way. The busts were
ohHulphel In the torrent, and ofthe sleepsrs II X
bslieHed that at leas, hhy awoks 10 find them
lIlAtod the great world lo'oro the days OF u an
TIE names Of these victims will never he knD an.
Ihey were OF course, strangers at Msuch C' luL,
earn NJ their lis .ns by travelling with the hlav
from place TO plsce. number of wome. were
suluu, the LOST,
Ou tue low lanl above Bethlehem -to9A "A hous.
Occur by family whts name, wa telieve WAS
Hoffman. Tie frame structure wGA swept away,
aud woman aud two children were drowned
Below B'thchcm the corpres, {! two persona. n
man and woman, were found, The woman was
banging upon fence, In ses nude state
70 great was W force of ps water that the ,hlox.
est trees were iprooted and twirled around ike
cork Bats nsaed with coal were landed hish b and
dry on ths sides Of mountains. The Grey Fay,e.
of ,nI
TRACK Of the Lshlga Valley Railroad, half wsv be-
tyeon Allentown md Bethlehem - -
Five months will not repair the damage 70 the
iehigh Canal, The enbankmeus ere ruined for
%,,sS %r.otea Tue looks '~ o'ossp - VI, bpss an
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