Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-14
GREAT FLOOD Ar THE EAST.
I'm u, ense Destruction of Property
Railroads anil Bridges Washed aN Y

GREAT FLOOD Ar THE EAST.
Immense Destruction Of Property
MANY Lives Lost.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE rain which
commenced saturday at midnight lasted
until this morning. terminating in q heavy
gale. which, however, has done no serious
damage hereabouts. The railroada south,
east and north are, however, much dam
aged by tho heavy freshets aud the gale.
The tracks OF the Central, Hudson. linr-
lem and Erie ro ads are washed away In
various places. The Upper Delaware is
twenty feet higher: than 1t was on Friday
The freshet in the Schuylkill carried OFT
several freight cars belonging to the PENN
sylvnnia Central Railroad, reached the sec
ond story Of the Schuylkill navigation
stores, swept away larSc quantities OF lum-
Der, merchandise, wagons, &c., besides
seven mules. T.
The covered bridge at Monyunk was car
lied away.
Two boys we're drowned by the capsizing
of n canal boat.
4 great many houses in the city are
flooded, particularly on Twenty-third street.
The occupants escaped in boats.
luC WHICH IObc oOvVntCCA ASoS "S A~oAAAo
town. The flood exceeds that Of 1850.
The damage is immense. Leigh River rose
fifteen feet, causing great damage. The
streets are submerged III Baltimore. The
damage to merchants is considerable. The
goods on the submerged districts were re-
moved. The foundations Of many build
ingS were washed, however, and pavements
torn up.
The damage to the railroads was not seri-
GUS, and has been repaired.
Accounts received from all sections show
that the storm has been general, and caused
considerable damage. The telegraph, save
the cable, has been much interrupted.
Many railroad bridges have been carried
away From Whitehall, breaks are report
ed in the canal ut various places
Tw o hundred and fifty feet Of the tow
path was carried away between Mechanic
willie and Waterford, and fifty feet at Dun
hams Basin, about three miles north of
Fort Edward. At Fort Ann q man nam
julius Lessor, Of Whitehall in endeavori
to escape on the road, was drowned, with
his team. Several bridges on the Renssel-
DER and Saratoga Railroad are swept away,
and the track is washed out in several
places. Several bridges are gone on the
Rutland and Washington Railroad.
Through travel on the Boston and Albany
Railroad is stopped on account OF bad
breaks both east and west Of Springfield.
The fall Of water at Springfield reached
eight inches.
The village of Westfeld is inundate & and
it is reported that the loss will amo unit to
100000.
There has been no train through on the
Hudson River Railroad since early this
I,uo h,,~ Il
feet OF the road-bed and both tracks are
gone. The bridge at stuyvesant light
house is damaged, and the culvert near
Livingston Station partially destroyed.
In the town of Rhinebeck, four ont of five
bridges are destroyed. All approaches to
Rhmcbeck are cut off. The Harlem Rail-
road is washed away in several places, the
main difficulty being between Chatham and
Dover Plains. Passenger trains which left
Albany ut G:2O this morning, left Pough-
keepsie tonight at o'clock Tor New York.
Hudson Dispatcher report that the bridge
at Ghent, on the Harlem Railroad, was
washed away, together with many others
on the limo between Client and Copak.
The Hudson and Boston Railroads could
1un no trains through to Chatham to-day.
About fifty feet of the track was washed
away near Cleaverack Depot, and other
damage was done to the road, which will
be repaired by tomorrow morning.
A construction train OH the Hudson River
Railroad, which left Hudson about nine
o'clock this morning to assist in the repairs
at Livingston Greek, met with an accident
ut Mount Merino, about a mile and halt
from the city, by means of the falling Of a
cnlverr as the train was passing over it.
The locomotive was thrown over and the
tender fell through the culvert. Several
laborers were injured.
SCHENECTADY, Oct. 4.-Several dams in
the suburbs Of the city arc gone, and the
flats are submerged. Several Of the main
streets of the city are under water. The
Mohawk River is ten feet above low water
mark The Erie Canal is in very bad
condition. There are two breaks on the
fosr;mile level five miles west OF this city.
Abortion of tho aqueduct il also gone in
the seven mile level. It will take: two
The Central railroad trains going west
are water bound at this city. The track
sixs miles west Of this city is under water,
and . portion Of the culvert gone The
storm is the severest ofthe kind ever known
in this city. ! e.
ALBANY, Oct THE storm has caused
great damage in this city, by tearing up
pavcments. bursting sewers, etc. The
city loses, at low estimate. $50, 1000. In
many streets the water was forced into eel
lars and Easements, doing great damage
Buildings unfinished were flooded, and tht
! work destroyed.
A sewer in Elk street gave way while 6
horse and.wagon, with three persons in thu
latter, were passing over it, and they were
all precipitated ten feet into the sewer
One of them, q boy named Peter Jones,
was, it is feared, fatally injured.
A brick stable erected i'll Hudson street
by John Ebelis, ia 50 badly lamagedt that il
will have to be demolished. -
A landslide occurred on the Susquehan
M Railroad, near Normans Hill, and q cul
| vert was carried away near Esperance.
| A bad break occurred on the -four mile
level of the Erie Canal and part Of the
aqueduct has been carried away.
AT Ho6mapn's Ferry, the, river com.
menced rising OF an early hour, and has
eontinued all day. The water this evening
was over the docks, and still rising.
RocHEsfsR, N Y, Oct T. The severe
rain storm caused the large dam at Rassell,
Burdsall 4 Wards iron bolt works, at Penn
to break, tearing down the machine shop.
Ten perse rs we've badly injured. The cas-.
| palties as far as known are az follows
| Andrew Michaels, aged forty five years, re-
siding in East Port Chester, was crushed
to death. He leaves a wife and several
children. David Bccde, head cut and 9TH
erwise injured; $. T. Riker, leg broken
and other injuries; Edward Greenwood, J.
IL Burns Nicholas Fox, John C. Kane,
Louis Diehl, Emil Palmer and Owen
Dougherty were also badly injured. A
large number of men have been thrown
out of employment. Loss about S100, 600.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The rain was I'M
precedented in violence. Bridges over the
canal were washed away. About midnight
the whole reserve force OF the seventh pre-
cinct was called out to go to the assistance
Of the families in Purdi' Court, near Penn
sylvania avenue and First street, the Tiber
having overhowed into the eonrt, and to
rescue some Of the women and children
tho officers were obliged to wade in the wa
ter up to their necks
The shantics bordering on the Tiber were
overfiowed, but the inmates, mostly colored
people, got away with their furniture.
Three collins were washed down the
Tiber and lodged near the Adams Express
office.
The storm did considerable damage in
Georgetown. Owing to the rise Of the Po-
tomac the merchants in Water street had to
move out their wares.
BALTIMORE, Oct 4.-Travel on the Nor
thern Central Railroad has been delayed.
The Railroad between Annapolis and
Annapolis junction is washed away in
places.
PHILADELPHIA, October 4.-The covered
bridge at Manayunk WAS carried away about
noon, and the wreck striking the tow path
hriilna Carried that axau also