Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-23
Another Flood.

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The food recorded by us in our second pre-
ceding NUMBER had scarcely time to pass off,
before we have second one to relate, which
though it failed to attain the height fthe
former one by some three feet, is, neverthe-
less worthy of being recorded as food ofno
ordinary magnitude = suhmerging all the
lower portions of our city and adjacent coun-
try, though causing little Or no damage. Dur
ing the nights of the 18th and 10th inst, there
was hereabouts a considerable fall of rain,
which more or less continued throughout
Thursday, though not to an extent to cause
apprehension of a rise of the water to an
alarming extent, unless aided by more than
ordinary rains in-the upper country, which
from late intelligence appears to have been the
case .a. .TaT,, ,.sE, h4I
Dispatches from Buffalo and Cleveland, re-
ceived on Monday evening, report an unusual
fall Of water in all the sections of country
bordering the lake and draining into the head
waters of the Allegheny, Susquehanna, Schuyl-
kill and Delaware rivers, causing much dam
age on the head waters debauching at Pitts
burg, but much more disaster ON the streams
east of the latter place. Most fortunately how
ever for the dwellers on the lower portion of
this river, the unusual flow Of waterfrom the
upper streams did not reach these parts, until
that falling more Immediately in our neigh
borhood had most fortunately passed of, 9th
erwise the damage would have been unusual.
The dispatches from Buffalo, represent both
the railroad and telegraph communications
as wholly suspended, and the Erie canal
as having in all probability suffered greatly
that from Cleveland, in addition to similar in
iuries to travel and communication, also re-
ports tremendous flood in the Alleghanyriver,
and Oil and French creeks in Western Penn
sylvania, and also the destruction of the main
bridges over the latter river and creeks.
Happily for us, the crisis now appears to
have passed, though rain has set in to-day
(Tuesday) to some extent, from which those
conversant with our river apprehend no dam
ger. .. .
In order to show the extent and damage
caused by the late freshets, we subJoin the
following from the Cincinnati Gazette, which
from its centre of tcegraphic communica-
tons, is of course well posted; ALSO we pub
lish additional intelligence in this connection
from Pennsylvania and New York sources:
"There have been very destructive freshets
| throughout the East, causing great loss of
property, interrupting railroads, levclling tel
egraph lines, overhowing cities, towns and
villages, and carrying away turnpike, railroad
bridges, &c. Tolegraphic communication has
been almost entirely cut off, and we have this
morning the smallest amount of telegraphic
news that has been published in any issue Of
the Gazette for several years. The few dis
patches we have from the East, came by way
of Montreal, and these were secured with the
greatest difficulty. The managers of the tel
graph lines have exerted themselves to the ut
most, but until the waters snbsde, they are
powerless. Trains have been withdrawn
from the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroads. The lower parts of Utica
and Rochester, New York, are submerged. -
The Deleware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill
rivers have all overfowed their banks, carry
ing away bridges and other structures. The
Allegheny river is very high Oil city is al
most entirely under water, and the river is
filled with houses, oil barrels full and oil bar
rels empty, &c. The loss of property, in those
oil regions is represented as immense At
pittsburg Yesterday, the river had twenty feet
in the channel and was rising at the rate of
four inches per hour. 1t is possible that tele-
graphic communication may be partially re-
restored in time for our next issue, but it must
be several days before trains can pass over
any of the Eastern roads
| GREAT FREsHET AT THE EAST.
Franklin, Pa, March II. We are having
the greatest food ever known in this region.
The bridge at Oil City and Frenck Creek
bridge, at Franklin were swept away. Miles
of the Railroad track are gone, and the tele-
graph lines on Oil Greek are washed away
| TInusos tonks harrnlc full and horrals aunfv