, 1865-07-27
FLOOD AT LEAYkEW0RTH.
i Flight of Horror aud Tempest,
Great Loss OF Life aud Property.

tFtoz the LeaTe1wo,th Conservative, esa.1
The damage and destruc,lna caused 6y the
= rains and the great Hood In Three Mule Cfees,
running through the south pars o. Inc CITY,
On IhuI:d.y niyht, arc much greater tasn ~ ~
Inst anticipated. The more We Ie7ie" lae
catastrophe, the greater swells the cata-
logue Of losses sustained, bath by The city
and by individuals.
A little after dark on Thursday evening,
the rain began to descend, and seon "a NJ
down as ne n:y2. taw it b@tose. II, seemed
to strike the earth tu unbtokrn streams, Us
u million engines were sending their waters
from the skies. The cr1ek rose rapidly, and
even tie s:1ectc Of the city were Transformer
into Temporal y sivet.beds, under the descend
Ing de1uge. At abont nine O'Clock, the stream
begnn to threaten the housfs situa: ed nea:-
est and lowest upon its banks, and; tbs In
na.es began to remove their furniture. But
SO rapidly did the water accumulate, that
many found themselves surrounded BY water
as the first indication Of personal danger. At
eleven o'clock the stream had risen full thirty
Jttt. The scene, particularly about the
Broadway bridge, coon became one surpass-
ipg the powers OF description. Houses began
to be dlelodscd from their foundations, and
the Inmates, unable to escape, We:e scseam-
Ing for assistance.
The night WAS one Of deep darkness, and
the wild ming1ing Of duplicating voices with
tic claeh and rOar of tbs clements, while
hundreds OF excited citix:ns lined the shores.
eager but utterly unable to rendcr assistance,
do ao4 ne otaas to
SEN sa7e when the riTcd 1asces Of lightning
brGke into the surrounding b!ackueEs us Il IN
! mccEesY TO show the cxttnt OF the horror
and dcsclatiun cau:ed by this xntery ele-
with family oc four cclored persons 1pon it,
EhtitkiDg Tor assistance. a liSld flash OF
lightning 1t up the scerc just IS the Wild tor
rents swept them bsuenIh the arch Of q
bridge, aid they were seen no more. Hy he
1osc .1orts many Of the unfottunate ones
| Who were 1oat:ng down upon driit-Hpod end
wrtcks OF houses were rescued from their
peril and brought to the shore. The watsr
1eachcd It's height ahcut IL o'clcck, When the
| rain abat:ng, the Eaols subsdel a. rapidly as
they had tlfen.
| Tie number of li7cs los. Is unknown.
Several are missing, and 1t Is quite probable
that many are lost OF which ~ cosnizlace:
eight pe.tons. 20 far as ~ ean lealn, have
tes II recovered. They were taken from thd
Lc:cek and eullrya between tn. Broadway aud
Fifth ststo: br:dses. They were thos. ol
Ia: Murphy, freight contractor: Mr. Tur-
| ner, an employee Of 3Er. NJ Mr.. lwh1t, pro.
Ia colored womap), and three chiilrtn, and 9
colcred bog. Mr.. TUNER WAS drowned while
Struggling to saTe the lie Of Murphy, Mr.
lwait hsd taken his w!Ie md child to th.
G.att House, ard Wls- returning to sagf
s,11le Of his goods, when 4o Tadcd into d:Il
water AID wEs drowned.
The loss Of property 10 the city Will probs
ably reach hundreds OF Thousands OF dollars
Seccad strtet bEl3ge was washed away, au<
szch was tic force Of the water that not
stcre Of the structure remained. Fiftl
street bridge was alsJ swept nERy. ind tn
vutr er:s on Delaware ind ShcHutu stree.
badly damaged. Broadway bridge remain
unhaItntd. Tic walks end pavement
In various paris Of the city, also yielded t
the .nIoadH Of the destroying Clemsat.
Anicng those Ct our ci lzcus :thp EE1s
taintd Inc heaviest lssscs, a1e NJ. c. kunz
who Owls au extensive brewery, situate
o. the buuk Of the creek. near F.tta street
HI lest $500 barIsl Of beer ard 800 cordl c
wue1, loss essima.ea at $4,000.
NJ. Robert afaxwen lost tratn Of wagon
which Gad jus. bstn loaded and tuken ou
10 U1cEdway, near the bridge. The wate
rose ntoye them sweeping two 1oWn stream
and damaging their contents 10 the an Juu
Of more 1han $4,000. \ wagon, losdc: wit
dry ccals, telungiug to Auoros!a Arm:j ,s
which had been m!srd the previous dag, va
IlsS eyer 1n:a ara ~ S&ods BONE away al
| The scene yesterday morning begcass :
description. The 1ood hc,l Eubslied, h1t1 IL
, little stream was m:dsstly put suing ! 9 We
, In o the Missouri, as If UNCONSCIOUS OF reE1r'
. less Z: The le.nuclun and misery 1t ha
c,cIt.d III tie night before. Its banks VIC
s;r.wn With tia dct1!s Q! ruined hYu1rs, b.4
ken Wagons, barrels, llnb+ss, ETC., and Ae
and tasre the lifclcsa corpse Of so:o: 20
5 infer tuaatt y:c!lu.