, 1869-10-08


i,roAcn md o'hrr inInrtrs: li~arA fssrcnwopi,
.1a'nrs q. ftouins, Nicholas Fox John L. K1no,
at1', "'t' En,ii 1'1r',I w. ionSnerty: wcro
;Mri: @ , n.,r nv .1owns ,, s,tac nu,n'xrs q ncn
3ltN,soo,
rhhSndrlpt,bn and Vicinity
FT"h Ire tHiiahttta.,a Lr,fy<r, ut t.
Ibe htaEJ rAr slnEHI III kubl1xy, ttAy ami night,
hat3 1ae eject 10 20 twrll the schusIkNi aud ia
tr1lu1sttrs that the river ,rsIcsiay was higher
than II lad teen s!nee w., anu i was thought py
teaE. ston hf,er midnight the ttAe IN the Scbuy,-
All lrrnL. *hd by dat!icht The river hal w ill.,
10 fnShJ tlarsK oyernowed. nna lumber md olhsr
r!Gpett, was 'utttcti down tue Airean-
&. sotac sdea may be turned Vi ihu appearance OF
the Etfcs Vt The Chestnut 4trrtt bttAQr nj Ii
O'clock. when II II slat4aI that lhe whrr ~ II
tina, CInc ny u tue po,ht Hhere tue Central arch
mtcts toe aputnvut.. Previous 10 shls the west
hank OF tic srhuylkill nat tlctu Submerged ior
Considerable .llstatce Rest~nsd aud the water
carried from The Track OF The Pennsylvania Hail.
Ioai duzrD Or lnoEe fTri9at Cara, aiit dawn The
st1eam they Hunted utl.t u portion VI them were
aIcs7ed ~ tie piers OF 1c CncstGut street bridge
mi.srs tlcy trGa.nc.! for short time. They we're
thets Hblfled down lite cusTeht aud Werr Ia IT.
lie lost sight nt- Some reJsons who had taken
Ehest.r ftom The .soIm IN The cars wers carried
s,oatmen who. at tue rsk Of their lives, rowed out
" Ire lsr1dEe. The houses wen. Goo3ed, avrur uf
ihtIai to The height Of shrlr second fooIB, and tn
the eHeah noafeo e7tctcs OF 1utlll1re, carried
from them AMI from te0ements h,gi.el up Ihe
river. AT fines the stream would t,c literally
covered with ,nese and with other atilclea-
TR cnty ttlIt1 Street Throughout lts length from
ArtkcI street 10 C3lpwll1l afrees was sa6Tuercrtl
Ihe water varying 10 depth iFtm two to nve ieet
There a1e factnres, lime kllns anil lalnler yards
coal yards, mills and dReliinR houses here and
'he uac4age NUT he itnlntlse- Arch street IVES
osernowed clear up 10 T~tuiy. second street
The CeflnIS we're all u}lel. The damage done
here falls almost entirely upon the poorer c!asses
who can Ill atlur, to s.4r the loaies which vii en-
sue.
In Rare Et1eet the water reaches Quite NJ 1.h
az IN Arch sIrfet, and rs the dEcltlng- -huuscs
Eunr c10utE down 10 the rivera edge t(ere Is
much mGrs daioa9e. Ao.s Of .ae buildings were
floor. and the people were Kept busy moving out
uToA RATS nno IN b1atR.
terrible sppear1nce. The water reached nearly
70 TxentJ- -secoua street, mud betwccn Twenly-
third md T~cntS-f0ur1h Ftreets every house was
The inhsbants sers re taken Al en- oat ia hos.. boat "A''"S
toEI,n Fm . Vine sl'sei 1 up ,a c.!lowh. Twenty
Me w. Dea VIZ tb, xsss ana @ to- a
Eser wa entirely oyerauHesL The particulars OF
The injuries sust1loed coul not be obtained.
Along Call0Nhil street. from Twenty-thlsd
Street to the Wire Isrtdae, lae houses bofleriug
upon the river are ull Injured noru or less. The
, wstsr II M some tnttaEce. CONES c!ear up 70 the
level Of the Erect, atd u all the backyard there
are beAps o1 det+tis.
The destruction OF property Mi along The river
coal dealers are no doubt heavy sufferers,
Al O'Clock the wster over he Aam was eleven
aud = nAI teet high. which WIS = half foot higher
than thefe Ia any reS>uEd OF.
From the pun4her OF barrels oi oil carried down
ths current, II y believed teat some Of the large
5en9enes up !ne SchuJikal 1ase suffered heavily.
a.! tne Hoo1 ana lombeF ystos e10cfed keverr-
u, MANa Lhc Iht!Rne1phta FftsSel Brick WOrk1,
ii Christian street wharf, ha.l their machinery aud
a'ps osRasHt e.s ty sese eis aso
assssat s VI t"S esLs "naen Hoa,e'i on l!om tnc
.,, u1ne VI thS nss[. We1e uasaea aeahst Tue
10 ~ reans.N Nao'x hattfua.' ana iaFXc gap was
insae "a u usslro, ,lnR iht tEaek. few moments
ssT'Ioe sSc t9 ms acet'sa' several rn'ns passed
~ ne e, %a'er q y y we MFsanekoa was AVG anasu"
any iy niga, and came rushing aoxn with gTeaI W
da!lAEe Mas oohc up The s.sram
- Ahnhsunh me hona Was very desisuctisr,
@ nn, sa ,, ~a ease 81 oean,e 1se ~ 70 m,
nenctI TO tlse now!y u AlaDaypok, little aiteT
minniEss, but no Particular not.ee va va , tascn Of
1u,n down WIZ such vcioc1s5 that bella we're @ 1ang
70 alarm me thhsolnnfs ana 6, oHneis nee 2! MUS TO
nn 1 es o 81 aas Reo
ot wnsn are M s.snatea near ne = watets el9e.
at u any ksees s, ns wa,Sf me eSd
@ a ~, tU. ~ ~ ~ tho .e
IN ~es th @ S,s1 o. S osn m rs r.
ssa ssGt o. INC a~rnn9s ,1; f., 1ne 1n ,nhasss VINO
1enr.. IN 'ns,s ~ III hs ster raro, liz Waa srScrs
fcst % UNDER M water, ana lie cats irom ,Ss cy on;
; y, ~ ~. " ~, ,n, I'll ,1 - 49, ~ 1nn =, ~
@ ~ ~, f 1rc,nr va NM. y, ,ps rn " sos n
Jute, we're 1ocHr.,. and The eoo.l. and maca!ncry
non 81 tnt.n ~ 11 u1 ."r t ~ .h
x s Sesa e .a sssss =, s m iss
Ct s,nrrage hating becn eansed by the long
drought ..,, -,
from tic trh,pe at the upper rn Of the tuMn, Y
"a h"ss, Tue 1'ser e s*,sle+i nssna H. "S, Il va,
Ka.lnn, IN ur srir, tu ihr l'c.sltng Itat,rpad Ct
tne uthcf, eunplcrly CO, e7uy the Island OF rhlc:
I'm tnt,on Mi1 Wlrrcnn.a ela, pihef 1nltit Il
Win ,he ~ r.;sr @ WAS wss Ut 1t i: telsat, caa.i ne,t
ibc Inlp Works aud commenced to noat s~,fl,
lovu the stresnl. A hoy nns seen oh the DECK
running trsntic.!IJ fronl ntle ena Of per 10 N.
uluer. Al The lrosi Atrnarictl TN, upper. ut pal
i,raEr, which crfetea !" MONTGOMERY County,
was eeeu II thpee III aud psar inr bridge tha, ~
winter MAS loo high ttf the h'hs " ra's nhoef
ath about went uP calling uron the buy 10 Jim
int tho r1scT; hut he rtlhcr 'ihl not heat or wa
teu much fftghte1Ic', ~ cntnFlJ. n tcr mo
iIat one rpm was ii'et ,tr an. !. fell usst upoI
thr tA'st, laitlnR 4 ithes'si me an9fJ httod !n
10y ~eui ,1uwn ~lh Il. hs hantl. npise'f, as II Il
sgun1. THIS nas the I4si pcefl III hid' -.
Yhe Bthtr trRBR Hf thr l1rtdRe sosn 1asr wa!
ana vt" n'sie.l 'inrat Shining t!e tanaI nIlY.
alpl5 gaze eHl ht,i utp Guw, the tltet Nltll III
tkul II tInttta VI iht prl,et htlrp. a ttifif1 u
tIt Nttf " NlEp lMf ftAlA kAhlRat lhh INtkils{N1
,tIa liHiItpp tifiiet. III inv httstIatt AHWt a
tt,u run Hntss taise quantities ~ rllptnt,h1a
ttlit kt.t ett il ,hlH ~ eetuIlttl wtfa NAallt1
AMI II IL a,,"i,4t tt,,n f4ti 10 I'm. tnt,,s i,
#tnt II plst 4,nttpt .tue Tim ttsEt, 1he IN \
AlhtWtt w.a VI, Nht'e1 wref nj tatp hVttf telltf
nnf, htnt il Ms. III {nsst,It IL III tHa 4Alnin y
tah esu, TIE en,"p .s}, Wy sad u NilUy. tstsE
H pirsitaR'. uti,,t N,ttl, atr1 lin I.asVs IL th
t.n" .Nn.l,. IhA .@Gs. aui.u lAls t.Att NJ N@,s.
yuma Ia ,sh1nse.A Hts t@4Ity, ina ~~tpf ,ststlIH
t!N ,,.Lks n ii i.N .,~th ~ it'n ,stsA VI sntrf,
hr', v" '"p. II trhrlAt't Vt''ss tr4si.E ~" 'u
Hhik irt M thne lhf l'tr NJ He taIs!, @'s ItlI
NJ ~ Ihfs "Ii nsIsn MSna}''it, y Auhsa 'Ahef
t.MHt}, srIr Att" sts .l's dA41a4c.l vi Ihe Raa
II,n'finy ta.v lower stuiits-
Al tlal lttH'h. ft!n' tn!H'"n A1HNa. !@e "a.
nG"t, d lie rrw "r.nr h.a'.r c,trsst! AHh y
~ The mschtn. y, t,H Al %ntihtk y. III whstt q
~Alrr hAii sul,+ir.i sr.traI lrrt It MAJ l"aLa ~
La sltit l.il4r> had terra 'ins.c 70 H.p hu1l.lla
Fl Ia l.H.L..ic. II tl..tt distance utNoTe. to with
yhutI t,.~ tpct. ut Sntrl.tn~n, tut &r;.rA nf I,
rht YIefrI.la i y. tri.1oHn Nall0<i VA tsreEs
suil wntrr tn tie url,u Of rtyctsl feet, ~
70 ,1t1na .s.s1ng lie ,laJ ar evening were run IL
Al tunsh,.l tsktn The waI1r rt..c with Srt
rai .u,t,, uti t.u .itrt-,srn n,!l4 0i Ailru, Woo
-. nv flno...l l., ,lu .lrpth ni frnr ltlr 10 .
1sct. Tnr MA ur J. Wu<,l I'tl-, ~ tla,cA !
ler.f Eroatd. xas teal, covered vita "att
Ttt tsMacr 10 thr mil on,l not bc aecrr1ans
fir lsrnd!FS lsaI1ruat IN Isr writ lsank Of I!
't!.f, u Asa po'n', WAS COVERED With HAIrT. ~
Atf.ns Ne1e st"i1r.l IT. cnnr. lucnce Of Il. y
TO le t, moved II ,,n,1s, 3"N 'AN ~
NeloF Gta! . Frtrs ts't1gr the nooA teGan
i."r - c:ct.ct -, .,t ing snS*apS eanAA nesNes