The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-16

go greatly as before, since the proprietor fear
Ing o9s S i, removed his stock yet
mil OF Messrs, Randolph, Heft & Co. was en-
65Iedy Wsshed wa away. Upon this dam there were
uePOsIteu ABOUT one hundred and fifty tons of
coal, which gave way, and one hundred tons
were precipitated into the river and lost ono
nnunuIen TONS OF coal belonging to Thomas Scho.
neld q brothers woollen mills was also washed
away. These two mills are opposite Manayunk.
Mason q FitzpRtrick's mills were Hooded
and considerable damage done Ali the b each
non alRsn IN the Inquirer Paper Mllls have
The trains on the Philadelphia. Germantown
and Norristown Railroad were stopped at Falls
Lsne LAD station, while the track had TO be cleared
caution
The trains on this road can now run only to
Spring Mills, the water completely inundating
the track. Last night the horse passenger cars
ceased running, the water entirely covering
the t'ike road, this side OF Manayunk, TO the
depth of five feet. This new-formed river ex-
tends from Shaers lane 10 Jones lumber yard,
village by that route is cut of. The road is
utterly impossible. Some daring individuals
more foolish than wise-attempted TO ford it
with their teams, and came near losing their
lives in the attempt
taking the Ridge road over the Hills, and down
Shaer's lane-which adds two mills, however, to
the distance to be travelled. The Schuylkill, at
this point, is as turbulenta river as one desires
TO see-much less to be upon. II has COM
pletely inundated CampbelPs dye-house de-
stroying all the dye stuffs, etc. The Main street
In Manayunk was river, the water coming
down 1t with such force as to carry away every
thing which tended to impede It's progress.
Green lane and Mechanic street. were badly
ploughed out: the water burst the culverts, aud
extended itself In the cellars of the houses
along its course.
A gentleman who has lived in Montgomery
county opposite the town of Manayunk, for the
last fifteen years. asserts that he has never
known such a steady fall of rain during all that
lapse of time. The water in the Schuylkill river
rose two feet between the hours OF six and
eight last evening. Fears are entertained that,
by its further rising, much additional damage
VIII be done. Ihe ram Is SILL falling, and no
Many fear that the large wooden passenger
bridge which crosses the Schuylkill at this
place Will be demolished. The water, rising to
such great height, comes within six feet OF
the bottom of the bridge. Huge trees are hurled
against its abutments, as II to tear them from
their places.
A sad spectacle meets the eye in Manayunk.
1t presents melancholy SIGHT. Streets made
gullies, sidewalks extemporized into streets, a
watery barrier stopping all business Mills all
closed, and drenched observers tramping
through the streets with wo.begone faces.
Stones and dirt are everywhere deposited
mostly in the houses In all things considered,
the damage in and about Manayunk by this
freshet Will exceed 100000
The Wtssahickon has become river-and
below its falls Johnson's worsted mills have
ceased operations because of its deluging pro-
pensities. All along its descent of the Ridge
railroad tracks at one point and filed the sedi-
ment upon them at other places Three large
road, and a large stone wall below the second
toll gate was undermined and fell with
rumbling crash: A most disastrous storm this
Schuylkill will long be felt by the Inhabitants.
SAD DROWNING Casa SERVANT GIRL AND
CHILD FALL OvERBoARD.-A lamentable case
OF drowning took place this morning, in
which servant girl and ichild belonging TO
Thomas Potter Esq, Councilman of the Flf-
teenth Ward, lost their lives. 1t appears that
cape %aY wbere t6sy Sd WsTe ben
few days, and that they had arrived at Camden.
and were about embarking on board of ferry
he ri ifu al of w
servant girl, having in charge the child, on
making an attempt to pass from the slip to the
boat, lost her foothold when the and the child,
about eight years old, were precipitated into
The cry of distress was Immediately heard,
and the passengers made a rush for the spot
from whence IL proceeded, when they saw the
girl and child both struggling in the water for
their lives. Ropes and planks were imme-
diately brought into requisition, and every
eilort was at once made TO save tne sunereFs, ne eh
two were seen to rise for the last time and then
sink oeyona the reacn OF tne humane men VINO 40
the distracted parents can be better imagined
than described, who thus had their cup of plea
sure suddenly dashed from them for that of one
filled with bitter anguish
Efforts were continued to bemade to secure the
bodies of the victims of this sad disaster, and
after working for some time they proved sue
cessful, both servant girl and child having been
dragged from the water. The affair has cast
gloom over the neighborhood where Mr.. Potter
resides, and many sympathizers have visited
the house to render such aid as the case may
warrant.
Coroner Roberts, of Camden, summoned
| jury, who viewed the scene of the occurrence
as well as herd the evidence of several wit
| nesses, none of whom were able to state how
| the accident occurred. The supposition of the
| engineer was that they were crowded off the
| slip. as there was quite rush at the time. 1t
| was raining heavily, and the passengers were
| erowding and endeavoring to escape the rain;
they appeared TO be ANGRY from some cause,
| probably the delay and lateness of the hour
| In reply to an interrogatory, the engineer
stated that three passengers walking abreast
at the end of the slip would crowd person Off
blame, and returned verdict that the lives of
| the victims were lost through accident. They
recommended further, that the ferry companies
take some precautionary measures to guard
against such an accident in the future.
FAMILY JARs.-A disturbance took place last
evening at No. l340 Wood street, between Mrs
Mary Achtemacht and her husband, causing
quite an excitement in the neignborhood and
drawing together large crowd of persons. IL
appears that there has existed, for a short time
| past, difficulty between the parties named, in
| consequence Of which the husband has kept
| aloof from his better half Last evening the
| husband proceeded to the premises above
named, where he found his wife. He then gave
| orders for the delivery of a quantity of goods,
| claiming them as his own, he being the head of
| the house. His wife feeling that she had an
| equal claim on the articles in question, pro-
| tested against their removal, when a quarrel
| LOOK place, resulting in an officer being called
| In, and the parties at variance with each other
| In this way quoted down. The matter will
| undergo proper investigation, and 1t is hoped
that the couple who pledged themselves tn love
and cherish each other Will stin be found living
on amicable terms.
oBITUARY.-Captain Alexander McCausland,
| late Chief Engineer in the United States Navy
died this morning at his residence, In Vine
street, In this city, OF disease contracted while