, 1866-08-01
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Destruction Of the Susauehanna
Railroad Bridge.
Phenomena Attending the Storm-Teu
Spans Utterly yAnuilliInted-TAe Piers
Entirely Observation-Disclosures Pre-
cipItnted Among the Dcbris-Loss Ono
million Of fDol1ars.
[Fsom The Philadelphia Inquirer, July s7ih}
HATHE De GnAcE, Nj: :, July eGth, 1855.
Aiter the close ofa remarkably warm and
terday evening, with one Of the most terrific
and destructive tornadoes TINT ever took
place in this vicinity, during which that
magnificent piece Of civil engineering, the
rnilroad bridge over the SusqUthanna Kirer,' I
at this point was swept away and almost
entirely demolished, nothing renla.nin. of |
this costly and stupcndons work but tle |
solid immovAhle stone piers and one of i
the spans-on the Perryvillc side Of the |
river.
About halfpagt six o'clock In the evening |
q fresh breeze sprung up. and from the aP-
prarancc Of the clouds tlIat sklrtcd the hori-
zon on the northeast 1t was apparent that
u storm was brewing. and its advent was
for. The wind increased and tho clouds \
thlckcnel, and about ten minutes past seven
nrctnrk almost entirely 11nbera1ffctI n tornn
do swept with irresistible fury directly down
was It in spacc that The residents on either
si3c nf t1,c river cvnrrirnreif unfbinr mort.
thnn a severe hloT. such "a usually accom-.
,mnirs yioIcnt thunt1,r ator,ns and did iittie
injury beyond damaging tic appearance Of
M not a sn ~, *. rir"r r,1 onc If tho
strongest and most substantial bridges ever
erected WIS like 70 much tlndrr iu tho hands
u ~ th nny Ecyv "u cn,nncnrcmcn, of t,c e.orn,
+bick ieovv rain s"t in. ncrt,,,nsnicn ,rith
iai t 1,.t ~ ''.ss
,h'lnr ssts e. ~ as, W. u. r.. ~. r.,n Nv, ~
n, M s,,aa, r ".a "as @ ,nn ' hor,1 ,nas ~ ~
IN, II was itnI.,ssibic 10 SEQ twenty yaris be.
"is you, r arc WIN te 31, nao m ~ ,n ie srfao s"sa
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n;,itv, e4'"D'" "'s "' ADs"'""s 'A'i''S''
Tic tic residents l.erc, ustcr housing them.
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rt,,,. IF ll,r brits'. ThI. VIM swri,t ral,l,liy
anwt, liz river iuwn,,l thn bny, n,h luz.
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tm rrr,Iv,r ri,nns III il. ii i. tfon,1|i h,,w.
c,sr. tlni i c"'!,l,irralie p"rt!uM IT ii" lIm.
nuicss prkcl IL NJ, i, by W ycsarIs in Cl,cnn.
,'rl1, ,.r~ ~ ~ ~
ijmr,l,r thc hrlrht or ,l,c to,ua,lu the citI.
xcna l.crr licnrl what ,h"y supposed to lie
cultnr In ,is svl,,,sl. hs nothing wl,utcyrr
rUuii le serIl IN thc river twrI,tv ynrI. fr,,,i,
| lin ehorr. it wns mi mill uttrr thu t1r1tttl,
Ind .,,rnt lis lilry. ulll lie smoky nf lmtiic,
ns It wcrr. clcnrrd away. thpy discovered
tlni im f,ln1u,srtt t}u,ltlrr was t1tr crashing
| OF Inc t1ml,rfs IF thc irl,,uc II. tiIry wrrr 10
NJ rurrirJ ,inwn inin il,n wntrr.
1hr entire inss il r-tjnlntrtl Mt n1,ou,
al lHalWsl Lut II il Thought thni tle c,ttir,
hr!lgo ran l,c reconstructed In ahont al,
ii,r work Of slM,m,t,,u lie ,,tcrs WIS cum
,nc,,rcJ ;" r1"""'"S '"@ f~'' '"' ~''
AiIhnurh Inn wttul md Iran ,ytrk Ia |, inns,
of ril1i,.. fhc stonr ,,lrrs md huilrctsrs n
| rithcr rud nr lin hr.l1yr rt.tttntn lutnrl to
.i"',,. .i, In. " t,.n,, rr,,,nyr In, rc,,nrt. in
rn,,t.t,,,,rrnry II, lin, contrary tolW1,l,snnti
int,'
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tihlr ii wue lrrlruyrt. but f,rtt,uutctv tttr,
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. lin nr if,n hri,ivr. hui ,iIi ilut ,irral,l
wuml,i In curr,tai nw,,y. when suddenly n l,Ol