Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-06
THE FLOOD.
ResuIG of the Great Freshet-LOss O
Life and Property.

Result of the Great Freshet-LOss OF
Life and Property.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5.-Three per-
food. The Norristown aud Reading rail
road is badly under water. The Balti-
more road between here and Wilmington
is four feet under water. Passengers go
by boat to Wilmington. Tie water in the
Schuylkill river is receding. The railway
between here and Baltimore will be run
ming by night.
Troy, n. Y, Oct. 5.-The freshet has
caused great damage. Three lives were
lost
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5.-The wafer at
Fairmont dam mas receded nearly six feet
sinoe yesterday. The streets which we're
flooded are now nearly dry. but covered
with mud aud debris lefE by the water.
Hundreds Of cellars are filled, and at the
large establishments steam fire engines are
engaged in pumping out the water. The
turbine wheels at Paramount will probably
resume work this afternoon.
Troy, N. Y, Oct 5.-The hood il un.
precedented. The water in the Hudson is
eighteen feet above low water mark.
Great destruction of property ia being
done along the Psrtenkill and in THE city,
The mills are being greatly damaged
North Of here the country is flooded.
Three houses we're carried away st Me.
| ChsnicsVille and q woman named Humph.
reys drowned.
A Freedman at Fort Ann was drowned
in the Hudson.
At this city last night, man named
DJnnelly n. Reilly aud Jas. Flynn were
also drowned. There were two accidents
on the Troy and Boston Railroad last
night The first was a collisioa between
a freight and passenger train, three EN-
ployees were injured.
LATER The same passenger train Wa,
thrown into Hoosick river at Hoosick fall
by wash on the railroad track and tire,
lives lost.
The names of the killed are DR.. Fow.
Ter and wife, of Hoosic Falls, and Charlie
Aiken, Of Sand Lake. The conductor, II
J Clark wss seriously injured. The los
to the West Troy lumber men by H.
freshel will reach Sl,000,0O0.
ALBANY, Oct. 5-The water ia thi
city is still over the docks and in its par
allel with the river. South Bro ldway i
navigated by small boats. Nearly all tn
Easements and cellars east Of Green stree
are flooded.
BETHLEHEM, Pa ,O.t. 5 That portion
between Lehigh river and Monarc,
creek is und,r wafer. An immens
amount UI wall able lumber was swep
away. Wiersport Is completely flooded
The iron bridge opposite the Mansio
House at Maunchunk, We swept away
Thirty.seyen coal barge went over th
dam at that point and were completed
wrecked.
Broadway is entirely undcr wafer, az
| several houseS were washed into the street,
! The basins at Whitehayen are all broker
| and great rats Of timber are floating dowr
Loss 10 lumber men at Whitehayen
very heavy,
The Lehigh Valley railroad at Catal
quaha is swept away. The Lehigh an
Susquehanua railroad will sustain heay
! damages, being washed away at maG
points between WhItehaven and this plac
The canal is washed east Of the town.
= BosToE, Oct. 5-Reports from MAR
and New Hampshire represent the stor
% ss unparalleled in severity. In COnCol
n every street was b'dly washed aud gullie'
. Hundreds of cellars were filled and sid
Ia walks caved in.
h L. W,s CyIc ri on house Was Carri
n away Long Pond Tuac two feet.
m Farnham rrus-,, tbr highway was gull
# TO the wild Il rf twenty feet aud the dep
.i Of fifteen iy,t NvsrIy sne hundred +,
n of The bed OF tine Clarenuut railroad "
ia washed Uut, ihe rails IN some inrtanC
J. sinking ten feet.
- The Montreal road is also reported
n q bad condition. Very little damage v
70 done in Boston and vicinity. a SIN
-. ppr,ian of 5oliiseGra was blown OH.