Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-23
gepprter.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Disastrous FLooD.-The highest water
,.or known in the Susquehanna river, occurred
Iost week. The warm weather and rains of the
srst davs in the week, melting the heavy body of
snow caused it to rise rapidly, and by Thursday it
had reached point beyond the memory of the
o15ast inhabitants" and still rose rapidly By Fri
7or morning the wafer was several feet above high
,,atar mark running over the banks at this place.
submerging buildings and filling cellars water
street and in the lower part of the borough reach
ing to Main street.
Early ON Thursday, the west abutment of the
dam gave indications of being undermined, and in
danger of falling, which catastrophe would have
involved the loss of the embankment of the Barclay
Basin. and the most disastrous consequence
Through the energy of the acting Superintendent
JAMES NJ WARD, the progress of the break was fl
nallv stayed and the abutment saved. The Bar
clay Company lose heavily but we are glad to learn
that their loss not serious as at first anticpa-
ted The road is somewat damaged by the partial
destruction of two bridges, which can be soon re-
paired.
The embankment at the east end of the Towanda
Bridge gave way Friday night causing fall ofsome
three or four inches of water in the pool of the DAM
The entire embankment is washed out to low wa
ter mark and the river runs freely in the break
otherwise the bridge is uninjured. This does not
impede travel, as the company have procured boats
and are ferrying across the narrow channel
between the road and the end of the bridge
The dam and schute have suffered severely The
west wall of the schute above the abutment is
washed away, and below the abutment very much
injured. The eas; wall stands down to the DAM
and from thence is almost all gone At the end of
the dam, is an ugly hole, through which the water
passes out into the river instead of following the
schute As a consequence it is impossible for lum-
Der. An experiment has been tried of running
RATS the dam, with unsatisfactory results
The dam itself seems to be intact. The damage
though heavy be temporarily repaired in a short
time.
The Canal north, is not injured to as great an
extent as was feared There are many places
where the towing path is washed away, but none
where the bed of the canal is injured. We are as
sured by those who have been over it that ii can
be repaired in time for a season of boating Many
Of the canal bridges between here and Athens are
moved from the abutments. Below we are with
out reliable information as to the extent of the
damage Report says that it is serious in the loss
Of aqueducts &c.
At this place, the unprecedent rise caused much
excitement. large quantity of lumber, timber !
&c, WAS piled upon the banks. Great efforts were
made to save it, though much was lost The water
in the lower story of the Court House stood four
feet inches from the foorof the jail OF course
the prisoners were moved story higher" The |
rise was so rapid, and unexpected that in many of
the submerged dwellings and store-houses time !
not allowed to remove the furniture, and great
damage sustained.
Upon the whole, after hearing accounts of losses
in other places we think We have reason to be
thankful that We have suffered so lightly here. The
creeks throughout the County We're not unusually
high and We do not hear of any great damage being
done.
We hear from neghboring towns on the North
and West Branch, accounts of great destruction.
Williamsport Northumberland, Lock Haven, and
other towns represented as having been flooded