, 1866-08-14
ANOTHER FRESH 1T IN MINNESOTA.
Great obstruction of Property nj 1.0rti-

EAtafs
From tho Rochester lhiLa,.l ls0ft, An.iHt III
We dycllcfs IN The Inntt,sa' expect that
strcasn u get III IL cnlti waller spree nhont
once Il yraf, hui we fnye jrrt t,rei, favored,
fur tl.s: frat 1isi,c, with second iftsshet III Y
slnslc tea:.'n. The licav} rain Of Sunday al,a
Atundav nights begun to u!lcct tho river
about midnight t'f Monday aud It zose moro
RAPIDLY tlIan has cycr before hec., known.
From about ttiur o'clock I'LL about seven on
Tuesday morning. the river rose vita great
rapidly. uye:1loWin;. the whole bnttnn', and
old settlers say that south Of Coii;1ssc street.
il was two fcct or Inure higher ilal in 1851,
which wus tho highest water ever known
hu1c. Snrth Of college street, It seems to
have lHcn t,f about the nainc height n ut
that tilnc. 1t is a singular fact that While in
was Ia 1star Crvels. this ltcshet sccti1s ta lav:
been causcd bt the rain south al1 West Of
Us raising the main river
Nc 1,uye no. heard Of any lives being lost,
though some ia,niiies living on the school
EtctiU". west Vi the river anu north OF Ztiiu-
lto street, were in Il good deal Of danger.
The families Of Mr.. Carroll, Mr. Sullivan
and AIr. Williamson have lived OIL tile ilat
z7es;t Of the river for d couple Of years past,
and were pul 70 much inconvc,i:nct by the
high water OF lasl spring, but this tinnc they
suffered rrrcrc1y. THEY were aroused about
four O'Clock iii the mur,.:ns by the water
co1ni,:s into their houses, aud Us they wtfl
then cut off from the .uaia iat.d, they climbed
into trees near their HOUSES. Tiltrc was III
one tree The family Of Mr. Carroll, consisting
OF IN Old gentleman, his wife aud two young
men, aEI in The other tree M-. Sullivan,
his wife with u young tahe, ana tittlt
boy aud girl, and Mr. Williamson. his wife
and daughter. \ crowd was s<<atsaetsd on
tue shore, and after the usual confusion, in
shout two hours . couple or t,o4ts Wcrl
found ard Cooper, the Ctarou Of all such oc
tssions, Joe Wagner and Mich Peters put oi
in boat and brousl.t tise FIRST ltaa ashore
after which Tom NcCabe took t!a. lllcc Q
Peters and the folks up a tree WIRE nil safcl.
lsn1ett, thou.:t. not without grave nrprelcli
S~e;ons that they might get drowned in tryin:
10 csc1,c. The houses they abandoned wcE,
1illrd will s.,,ll, and settled down screra
feet In the ground: and aFs now pestec
wrecks They have lost everything Ilatr.
Simonas, who lives On the river ltottoI
across tic strcnn from Coles Mill, was als
In considerable danger aud had to rcMoy
lis fa1ilily to the Iigh ground.
Most Of the houses III East Rochester, Iics
The river, were deserted by the families lirit
in them, In consequence OF the wafer Eettat
into the lower st.rics. A considerable ~
ton Of East Rochester was under water, ~
tie hollow between Dr.. Cross and the "a
road OH Broadway was very rcsl.cctah
sgas struck by the bridge uyer tho race
front of the York State Honse, Us IL t1oat<
loNn stream, mud badly daiir..ed- Tuc bu
eide Of Olcs' nilltacc and Dulklead has be-
1ltfIY washed ONt, and LIE DuiREEI0 81
race Of Coles mill has also been badly to
out. It will bc some time before either III
can he put In running order. HuMmasoi
mill is not injured ILc high wafer .s.rfi
the bents away from under the r:1iir.;
bridge, hut il was kept together f'y the L
and Iafle, and passengers wnlStd across on
Tuesday raor1iit.., but shortly after about
Third Of it WAS taken away 10 save it.. 7
bridge is a1.no-t entirely repaired. We
Informed tia; the railroad bridge at Haas
is also gore.
The destruction of outbu3ldings, cord VIC
and other loose property belonging to-l
Eone living 1.ea- tho riycr, must have b'
verg s.reuss- 4 few cattle aud several IL
were seen swimming dawn stream III the {
rent. Geo. Dai'Ily, Fred r ,mtne1 and
Walden all lost several hogs, bnt some II
9iuce becn recovered. Niche Il r. C0ttcr
two stage coaches, two sletlslls aud lul,,
wagon carried of. but lnye since got
coach and sleigh. The faot bridges are
Eolcte, and 1er7yin- is tic fasllion ay
The bridge at the foot Of Broadway snstai
hut slight injury, and is still passab1c.
The destruction alu,ls the Zu,nbro r
bottom above here, must have been '
great The only i.lstanre NC have set Ac
81 is that cf Mr. Ilandcrsen, a( Salcst,
had 1iock Of l1o sheep III pastnrase J
the river, A1,l lust all but ols,:.
Portrrs mill and tue kalnar mill, bot
The town oi ll;lu,ar, have Lad u1cir i
1aEep cut