New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16


So-far as we can learn from the present intel
xnnfed state M rosntnfnicaton INA egtets Of hi
freshet on Monday fhronuhont the State are yer,
severe. From the southern Counties, the inserio
,, the eastern shore fha accounts are the same
I,ridoes Ana siama s,rant awav railroads flooded
and other havoc cansea hv The watery element
Herr ii Miiwaukee ta disastrous re suit has proved
very exteusiye fhe MILWAUKEE, and Menomonee
rivers being higher, and the current more swift
n siar hns bsen Enown for many years Immense
ice rorres Rad 8rst formed above the dam, in the
suburbs 81 ne city, and afterward above Spring
-street hridse meIacing the safety of all the ship
fping and bridges in the stream below them.
Tkis morniIg, about one o'clock, the dam just
ahove Ia city on the Milwaukee river, gave way
iettinu loose al immense volume Of water Il
fushed through the gorge with laundering noise
..1rousing tie whole neighborhood. w,
The cs1aracf thus let loose carried everything i,
Is wy docks, boats and houses. In momen
IL water raised the river over eight feet Cherry
street bridge was swept away ike straw, and
naaber y workshops and sheds adjacent wer,
river 1t . tremendous speed. crashed into Chest
mt street bridge throwing il violently omen AM
almost demolishing It, Not hindered III the Ieas
~ this obstruction, the mass of timber rushed
down the stream with maddening fury, CARRYING
everything with it. . =
"A vessel lying ID til course was badly stove in
Coming to Oneida street bridge, it crushed through
throwing The entire structure OF its foundation
but happily not oyerthrowing it. In less than q
minute It had struck Spring street bridge directly
ain the CENTER shaking it to its foundation. This
checked its course, however, and after remainino
stationary for few minutes, it was carried
reeds. This ended its power for mischief, and the
broken tiinhers foated down into the lake
AT the hour at which we write, we can form no
Sstimate Of the damage done. Daylight win pro.
baby reveal more ravages Of the deluge, We viii
rive readers further particulars at the earliest
q 9ment. # a9s* n ssS
rLoter--4 4. M.--Since writing the above we have
paid visit to the scene Of the disaster The dam
is torn away fer nearly the whole breadth of the
river. The first rush of water and ice shattered
the bridge Just below the dam, and at about halt
past two o'clock The whole structure gave waF
with deafening crash.
Nothing but the stone abutmenfs are left, and
they are very much shattered and mar give way at
any moment The torrent, ia its course, carried
away several small buildings and outhouses on the
] banks oil The river. q s
The Wisconsin Paper Company's barn, about
SIX feet above low water mark, was flooded to the
depth of three feet and four horses which were
in 1t were only rescued at the imminent danger Of
the lives of the workmen The water flooded the
lower floor Of the mill to the depth Of Tires fact
extinguishing the fires in the furnace il an instant
zhe wreck Of the old steamer Nile which has been
wing in the river above Cherry street bridge was
carried down against the east end of .fhe bridpe
With such force as to sever III from its ablsneffs
and sent Il down the stream This carried with II
cutie d number of shops and small fr.ame bnila.
siilgs which were III that vicinity Chestn,,t
street bridge was struck ID tie west end Nv the
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