The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-03-25
The Great Floods.
Terrible scenes OF Destruction aud SUI.
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Hirrsburgh, pa. N1veh II The hood 10 the
susquehahuA River Il lnprecedeutsd. he rivor IL
tliIty inches higher than n the te.tructise ireshet
Of l. ~. Thousand. Of lumber oss, sth millions Of
Tee, VI saAe lumber have already passed this point,
bcins .4.pt away ~ tas food. lnt.iecuce i.om
tAe north and sest Of ~ Ilica+ tie mo.; frightiul
dest. uction q prupa'ty ever krovn IN ~. st,,"
Bridges have zen svept zway, with Dwelling outes,
stof, houses sud lafus. Attlioo, 'aid 10 10 en the
Juniata River, IL boiae borne etA fcarul violence
down the suolm. No trains have PACED through
Ilsrsburs Or rhilsio!?Ai, Tor the l,t twelve hcnu.
! lhe lover part Of I,.rshuis it completely under
water much Suffering has been cfescd among many
p.of is.. ulo! live st 9lddlctovu ard In 't.vil.
Isge. ATOMS ne shore, clear TO C,lunILs. -" &C.
81. nyl " T-Ifa'e p0ptf'y and ne suhrin' 'rnonc
nti,l:u.b - i-rHeuf.. Ine Gree ia sr,.fdi s: .c
fi,. afc4 W. jnis city qurnrhod. md Tie ip-nWt.
vtI chill. Al ne Lumber tiocEed u HA'le''s '''uu-
iis ani Hiadl"'osD has been -tcps rrN. Millions
Of dolsrs I'll net cover tn To-, already su',inei
paarlu. gl. gar.h 18Th. uos' '"-uuctiye
Hood ever knosn "a thee parts " rssns on the
ncrihseH branch Of Tho 'usIuehst The Tsilroad
6, sulmersci and on travel susisn.cl. Al tho
'fl .,s on tacseft brpreh ~ far ~ WI 'iansp'-t,
ave gene. line Lacsa..uuA and B!oouil-r q" Il
ualo- s,toi ~ como place, ,on feet. r' ..glI IN
n
.r.o IL undcr water and tho river D. utll RAPIDLY
hsing
| PHI a'a phio, 11r-h i---pur h'-t r9orts from
Hafd,,ufr state that tho water IN TIE Susuelnuna
river :. tAil'euu iua!c. 4l'ler th,n ne eat food
~ i>T 1elesrNphic communication Owed win
! Hafi.i-re - II O'Clock. and the ptothDliues No
! that the line has br"n ~a,hed way.
The FLOOD IN the Hudson River.
! 4 'b1ag. Mach II. The food IN the lluir0u river
h~ pshed agIctter D. eight than hn bcsn known FOR
many Year. aud ,till risa. 70 crossing The plat
form iiOm the oTries the railroad station, nl,sen.
| s,t- eau sep over the cas lamp. The ioe drin Il
pretty much cleared away In the river. Albany PFC.
the sspeai Of dirty Venice. flaiboats are sub.
stltuted for railroad hAciA and the N1tth rSer seun.
boat palace are expected up here On Monday. GIcAi
damage hU been done - tie Hood - the Hudson
Riyei Railroad The outside Or down track has hoen
battered h me ice and Il .u,nerred r miles At dif
iorcnt place. above oughtecpse, tho drh ice having
cAnted tho seepcrs aud washed thc outside track
and bank IL has taken great labor 70 r"t tho trains
through on thu inside trSl. Travel tnnsf"rred to
| the Harlem road The lIudsOn road VII be bnprs,.
ucsbie Letwsen \ 5sny sud rourbkeslsie for soue
days. NJ trains have arrived here O. m west Of Ponds,
! Montgomery County, since Thursday afternoon, and
none viii b, sent ont Tor places beyond that pOnt The
Central Railroad track. are more or eA daracei te-
t~ cen Fonda ard Rome, and some triisea have beou
carried away. Tho DAMAGE done 70 I'M, rond
(, in the vicinity Of Fonda when, treC four miles
ofthe road hss heon washed away.
| TnggI t,.p-D, Adrch ls -Oue mils aud Laf Of
the hudson E.'er Railroad track in the vicinity OF
sohodsck, j. vUhed aSsy, and the company hA is
sued ali order su,pcn Ling tie running OF Ill down
trains Up trains convey their p.ssons ~ 20 Albany
via tie Hudson and lIcfkshiIc ROAD.
LATER.
Ink FLrrp 1T u>ptSg.
| Alldnp, M1rch 10 Tho river hiss fallen between
four and I'VE fec' from II, hIehe,, point, aud Al boat
has arrived here from CAtskill coming through the
main channel II 10 believed that navigation ~ fairly
open bstseen Neu York and Albany. A passenger
loa, lie expected Io-moTOV morning. Tc,o.npLlc
communication Wet resumed Tonight. T~C
trains nom beyond the Fonda break the Central
RAl.oa have arrived. For The ar, time sired Thur.
day, the regular II p III mail train s-nt out TO-
| night.
Thn Flood al the West.
B,L6ao, haTeh ls-wc lean this morning from
Rochester, dist the New York Central RAILROAD
bridge swept away at ~ o'clock Last hight and /,
h reported four men we're drowned thereby. The
water Ia three feet deep In the Arcade Building a,
Rochester, preventing M nstoss or eErer Al the
lower portion Of Rochester Il under water, and II,
dsmaSe viii be enormous, There 1. no communcs
ton from ono part Of the city W the other. The %
pcra ARE unsble to publish, the water hAvng er,in
erlished the fires under their ensines There IL nc
telerrphic Communication eat OF Utica As yet ",
are informed that the injuries to the Erie road "a
tend over distance Of nearly lon mics, mostly eN
OF llorucusyillc There several breaks hetweer
lIornollsville and lunkirt. The Lake shore ro.d
but slightly dNnaSed and will be all rirht soou.
Sg'I-s,, March lg--Tho fIeshet. ThursdAv an,
Friday, Wa very seyen IN Ihs region she water il
onondssa and other creeks having been his her thai
Q ever before known, quito number OF bridges owe
1 streams within the county have teen swept AWAY
y Dams wore carried away. come building, dc.'toyed
and many Injured Ia the south and esst portions
this city, several streets flooded 10 be tA.s
able only hy bnsp, aud over IN d~euings vcr
flooded more ~ less. The snit works on the Re.er
walton suffer severely, especially 10 tue First Ward
prolshly to the eItont Of sl5LUO 10 s2oUUOo. III
oss In this city and county caused By the Hood vi
not b. less than half million dollars The water
the creek hG fallen 10 its usual spring level but th
lake " very hiSh, aud tho sslt works suffering
10 Jef In Want.
Ief Davis has issued paTtiul message 10 the reb,
G,nsra4- ana ftDrt tho u,nurptt,l form 80,