New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-09
,iuued throughout The day. The freshet il almost,
If mot onite. equal 10 that Of 1S4l.

tinued throughout The day The freshet II almost,
If mot onite equal TO that Of 1Nl.
re Enstos Erpress Of Friday evening states
that enc span Of tho Bethlehem bridge 10 still up.
Bet ween Easton and Mauch Chunk the destruction
n said to b. fearful.
All The bridges Of the Lehgh Valley Railroad over
the creeks with one or two exceptions, have been
went away, and it may be week or two before the
rr.i,s con run regularly ON the road. Doatman
Saws the loss Of lite among the boasmen Is very
great that over 40 persons are known W ,a'H suu
aver one dm in tho Lehigh. The poor fellow barely
escaped himself, saving nothing but what nc had
nnon bis back It generally supposed among boat'
men that their business is done for this season. tne
csnals, locks, schutee, &C., beng comPietty
wrcc ked and destroyed, aud 1t VIII prooaDly 'aAe
the whole Of the Summer to repair tne oai.aees
W. are Informed that the destruction OF properly
a, bethlehem was great, and that number OF hvcs
we're lost, Ten persons wero taken oil the isiahu'
Ubrre they had been found, cilDginR 10 the treas,
for seyeri hours until the angry Hood bad suDsidca
One Of the number taken oil was found 10 lie deaa
Several persons residing in South bethlehem are s,
missing, and il is fesied they have been dIoWned
and earn d away by the flood.
Inward of $500 worth of lumber, &c, Is
lodged Oh the J. land ut tie Chain DAN.
The TOOL chop Of the Delaware Canal Company
was carried away. also their fences, sheds, &c.
The American Telegraph Company sustained eou.
,idersblc duunge. The wires leading into toHn
across the lehigh a! Eas.cn, We're snapped asInaer
about q. m, BY raft Of lumber, ard telesraphc
communications were Tor time interrupted con-
nectioD, however, YVES speedily MADE, ny carrying
the wires across the Delaware Bridge, ana ,ne line
was operating to and through Philadelphia anu
New-York W 9 o'clock. Tie wire ~. she Lehish
Valley to Mauch Chunk was not 80 readily repaired
From tho Delaware Water Gap we learn that all
the bridges On Brodhead 8 Creek, except the rail-
road bridge, are gone, and that the damage TO the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Railroad VIII
REQUIRE ut least week to repair.
In. Ueiaw are and Hudson Canal lost i've or Elk
hundred feet OF enbankments by washlngs, near
Port JARVIS, and TWO vIaducts were carried away
between that point and Lackawanna. Inc,e weIe
also two OF three land slides. Several weeks VIII
be required for repairs VI there casualties.
The Harpers Ferry Railroad Bridge has been
carried away Stopping for cCDsideraole peF1os INC
Cumberland coal trade TO Baltimore. ,
Tie Tnomas Iron Works were not effected by the
fresLet, but the Green Iron Works are suffering
vsdly, The LAhish Valley Iron Works had to blow
oct ole OF their furnaces last week, and now nave
olv tier old one in blst. The Carbon Furnace, Ut
Parry,yile, had the water about eight feet above
tie iuyeres. The new building OF tne Bstnlehen
Rolling Mill has been injured somewhat. IL was
hot huishcd.
The Drldre over the Swatara at Middetwon was
6 n, red away and the Belviders Railroad had sew
er,l miles oil ils track washed away near Eastou.
The Pniladelpbia xnd Reading aud the Catswiss.
Railroads seem to have weathered the storm OF
larry OH tho former, and the route through 70 WI.
Ii ilispoIt and tue northwest over the istter, woaid
De otened o. Saturday. The Reading ID running
the p, ~ nger and freight trains OF the
Railroad, Dy way OF the Lebanon Valley Ralroad,
70 and IRON Harrisburg Oh regular time, 90 that
there s no suspension of travel Or trade over the
great central artery oil pennsylvania.