The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-03-18
Disastrous Floods,


pRild.,' phla. Much ii.-rAe rlitriN su5-.-
The storm OF .A.t uirh' very do-truciSo in tho
interior u the STATE. We hear that tuc Su"1ue-
hanna River aud al its tributarics, cHtraoriiu-
ary high aud tolow M,dGlctoHu, the rG'ltusi IL
washed ausy In the oil region. there ra- also teen
great Hoods oil C.ty has teen submerged, aud great
quantities Of oil In barrels, sweN' asay.
Phildd jIhId, March j. A tpecl dcspatch 70 the
Purs4 from IIarri.burc ssy.. The su-quchlnnah
River &, the scene Of great ana dcstuc,i'e
frc.he Three BRIDES up t'e .tr.nn arc l,port,d
have been carried away and g. lc oomins dow thi-
WY. number Of famic, sho reside on the Inland
IN front Of this city have teen forced 70 leave ther
homes The Nstot IA so deep IN tho 1ver thst tho
Harrishure Wstervorks cannot ure 'hc tanks font
inr on the river. Tho dam,sc 10 proIortl l. very
great. W lives have lesn ost A. ,ar a. 10 knoVn.
This |, the greatest rise IN tho river since -iT Tho
water was beating against the timter oi 'Imhcrland
Valley Railroad hridsev hich ia usus,y a feet above
me level NJ the river Various 'u.oh0f oTor',
houses, have hecu hoalns down the stream al ia'.
E-si7n, IA. HIrch 1.-THE Delaware River u
over .6 feet above los water mari, and ,ill ri'ne
Ru, little DAMAGE hes hcon done above mi, point
vet There /. about % feet nee in the Loh.h River.
Il ~ reported that th. canals have been MATERIAL
damaged but W have reliable reports a. ct
Franklin, Pd, udrrh II We are having tho
at OH City and the rronch Greek bridre A. Franklin
are swept svsy. Allc- Of the railroad rsct are gone
and the tcl,.lsph lines on Oh Greek are washed
avAv, Hous.s, tanks and barrels fu aud empty,
cover The river Tho oss l. estimated hv the million
The river Ia still rising.
Crcnt Floods In New Noris
Tnci, y. !. March II The water In tl vicinity
{. thsse fect higher than before The Vorks
are effectuay stopped Tie fire. ucrc put out lld
no can lie furnished or days to con'. The irUu
bridge acros- the river, built by the L - RR Co,
was carried avay about one O'Clock Little falls Is
the iaftlc.t point reached to-day. There about
two mile. Of elerr,ph poles and wire down I'll. -.'
of Little Falls. The extent OF the damage east Of
that place II not known
Rochester, NIrch .i-1uerr is the greatest Hood la
Rochester and vicinity ever kno-u The ~htrr m
the river flls ell the arches under the a.utIuct and
overflow. .he railroad brid-e. II is -eve.a fc. deep
aud iovs acro-- HuLAlo street. nrr the Arcsdc nlt-
ing all the ccllaIs, aud roy.riHr the grolli ioor OF
many Of the princpsl stores. No trans lcii eas on
the Central or Grnosee alley Railroad s.uce yc.tcr-
day. Al tha rock the Satort still gis,nF The rail
road bridge has been, and Ia Ia danger, hut
lees the water rises It will be rate Todfr the
/ lody Of an unknown woman WAS found foaunr on
EIchanro street, having been washed down TIE river
Albany tdrci lT.-LArse quantities OF ice have
lodged on the Hats below the city, and the river hs.
swollen until the docks and pleTs sIhmcrrcd "a
eight or ten feet. Many OF the streets in the southern
part of the city are under water two or three feet
! The Moha.k has also verfosed ia banks. and the
Centrai Railroad tracks At certain pcnts are under
vaIer three or Jour feet No trains have started for
/ the Wet to-day and but one has arrived. Tho
! heaviest dAmAse l. reported - hove o,riirr.d nt
Fonda. where the hridses and teletrsph wires ver
| WAthet swsy. tg mlle. helos tho c'tv the Hudson
| nver railroad track wH covered ~ water and ice
| and this mornings train had TO return when H.,
] pa,ssugsrs wore transferred 10 the Harlem road
There aIo deientons on the Northern Rniiroad ai,o
There IL no Indication yet of the water iecediuq.
Puu0hLespsi,, March 1.-THE severe southcAst
gale Of Thursday nisht has seriously obs,ructed traye
on the IIudson River Railroad. There have been No
down trains on that road to-day. seyors hundred
feet Of the track between Stuveeant and Albany IL
submerged, and the telesnph poles in that locality
are wsshed away, The Hudson Yesterday rose sew
sral feet above tde-wster mari.
J. s,=The t.SQ ?, U. Train from AlPaDy csR'