The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-03-25
Disastrous Floods.
Immense Destruction Of Property.

Pbiadciphs, March 1.-THE BrltNri~ sav. -
The s.orm Of Ia. nilh, va. very destructive iu the
interior Of the sute. We hear that the sls,n ne
hanna Rige-. AMI al iis tributaries are c. rG..din-
erily hish. and hollow Mla.otown, the f.irc,d 10
Washed asar In b nj REGIONS thee h,s a's, teen
rrcn. toots. on CITY hss teen tutmct.cI, an great
Iuan'itce Of oil LOO barrels svcpt sway.
Yhiad,'jhd rirch I, 4 special ic,pa'ch 30 IN,
rr'es from llUrshurs says The susluo. aunaA
River is nov 81, sc'1c Of great and oe.t. uciy,
ife-l 60. Ihroo t.dses ur tie ilpoitsi 10
have teen carried away snI 20 te coriu ms down this
wa uufIl'r Of families rho reside on the island
800 .iout OF the riy have tcen oi ed to ,a,r b,r
homes The wHler T. ~ .rep W the river ihei thc
w. usnurc Wafer, orks cannot u.e tlv TANKS 'front.'
ing IN 'he rlve- Tho dlnssc to property b. WY
eroat. No lives havo tcsu Loot a. far Ne /, knop o.
lAs e ID" sreaiest rse In she river snc, is4j Tho
vster we heating assinst the tmer Of Cumberland
valley kaiirosi bfdgeuhich j, ususlly o. eI above
The level n tho river Nsrious household cfe,.r,eu
ho,sc., have been foatins down the stream Ill DAY.
Eisian, rs, Edrrh i7-rhc Delaware River is
ovef 20 fet shove loN-waier marx. and ,tll rising
But hide dru'ase has boon done above ht point 80
yet. There Is Atoui - feet rso in ;he Ichsh River.
II 10 reported that the canals have necu materially
dlmared but We have no reliable report. d. vet.
Franklin ~, Varch I've ar. having The
erosiost flood ever known in TIL. region The hri-c
Al on C.y and the French Greek bridge =, franklin
swept away. Miles Of the railroad track arc gone,
and 'he tccsraph lines on oil Crrck are washed
away. Ilou'cs, tans-, and barrels ful and empty,
cover the river The 1ss i, estimated y the million
The river Ia still rising.
Great Floods in New Work
I'eg y. y, March 1.-THE vater in the vicinity
IA thUe icet higher than before The SUI work.
are cIsctually topped The fire. wee put out and
NO gss eau he frnisAed for DAYS 10 come. The iron
bridge acres. the river built by the a - H. Il Co.
yrs carried ssay about one o'clock Little Falls
,hc iaithest point reached today. Their, arc about
two miles # telegraph poles and down ih, side
Il Little Tails. The extent Of the damage cas-, u
that place D. not known
R.ehS-ter kar-h u There {, the rrca,es, Hood in
Rochester sud vicinity ever knouu The wAtor In
the river fills oil the arches under the N,uoduct and
oyerfoss the railroad bridge II IL .cyera feet deep
and tovs Buffalo street. near the Arcade, I'll.
ing all the CELLAR and covering the srouri Aoor u
many OF the principal tiores. No trains len east on
the Cenir, Or ienesee Valley Railroad since ,c-iot.
dAy. st the rock the water IL It'll rsins Tho rail.
road hridse has been, and !, in DANGER hut un-
e's The vatt. dscs more Il viii be safe Today ne
Exchange street having been vA,hsd down the river
Ahlng, Ma. H. Large quantities Of Ice na O
ods,d on the flats below the city and the river hu
swollen gnii The dock, and piers are submerged TO
KIT Or ten lori. Many OF the streets la che southern
part ~ the city are under water two or three feet
Tho Mohawk hAs also overlooked It's bank, aud tie
Central Railroad tracks at certain points are under
w-Ht three or tunr t,rt No trsins have started Tor
the Wet to-day, aud Tut one hAa arrived. Ihe
hragteri dsnisFc II teported 20 have occutrtd NJ
Fonda where the bridcos and telegraph wires wen
washed avsJ. y miles below the CITY tho iiud-oa
river railroad track covered by water end bee
and this MORNINGS train had 20 rrtuiu NhOn its
passengers scte tranficfrsd 10 tue HARLEM foai.
Ihete are tetentions the Northern inil cad alno
Iho.y n no indication vet Of tie wator feceiins.
iouOdkcpse, March 1.-THE revere southeast
gale Of lh aAy ulsht hn serlouty ohelrctoi travel
on tne Hudson River Railroad. There have been no
down traius on that road today. Several hundred
feet Of the TRACK between s'uvessnt ani Albany /,
snbmercod and the telegraph poles In .hat locsip
arr washed asav. Tnc iiudson yesterday Tose sey-
eTal feet shove Underwater marx.
p The jn D. ~. train from Albany came
throrrh tout h shout one hour behind time Tra,ei
on ,uis route Nill he resumed tomorrow.