Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-05
STORM AND FLOOD.
Immense Destruction of Property

/ Immense Destruction OF properly.
New YORK, Oct. 4.-The rain whicl
commenced Saturday at midnight laste'
till this morning, terminating in heaEI
gale, which however did no serious dam
age hereabouts. The railroads south
east and north, are however much dam
aged by laeavy freshets and the gale.
The tracks of the Central, Hudson
j Harlem and Erie roads are washed away
in various places. The upper Delaware il
/ twenty feet higher than Friday. Thl
freshet In the Schuylkill carried off several
freight cars belonging to the Pennsylvania
Central railroad and reached the second
story of the Sehuylkill navigation stores
and swept away large quantities of lumber
merchandise, wagons, besides even mules
and horses. A
The covered bridge at Mansyunk was
carried away. Two horses were drowned
by the capsizing of q canal boat A great
many houses in the city are flooded, par
ticularly on TWenty-third street. The occu-
pants escaped 10 boats. The water rose IL
feet at Norristown. The food exceeds
that of 1850
The damage ia immense. Lehigh river
rose fifteen feet, causing great damage TO
the tracks submerged in Baltimore. The
damage to merchants is considerable,
goods in submerged districts having been
removed. The foundations of many buds
ings were wased away, however, and the
payements torn up. The damage TO rail-
roads is not serious, and they have been
repaired.
PREREQUISITES, New York, Oct. 4-The
rain caused large damage at Russell, Berd-
sail & Words Iron D0lt Works, at Penn
berwick, two miles north Of Port Chester.
The break carrying down the machine
shop Tn persons badly injured. Loss
100000.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Much damage
was caused by the siorm-canal bridges
washed away, houses damaged, ETC., but no
lives lost.
New YORK, Oct. 4. = Accounts received
from all sections show the storm has been
general and has caused considerable dam
age. The telegraph, save the cable, has
been much interrupted.
Many railroad bridges have been carried
away from Whitehall, and the canals have
been damaged. Seventy feet was carried
away at Durham's Basin, three miles north
Of Fort Edwards. At Fort Anna a man
named Julius Lesser, of Whitehall, while
to escape to the road was
drowned with his team.
Several bridges on the Rensselaer, and
Saratoga railroad are swept away and the
rack is washed out in several places.
Several bridges on the Rutland and |
railroad have gone through.
Travel on the Boston and Albany rail- |
'oad Is stopped on account of bad breaks.
NEW YORK, Oct 4.-The storm sub.
iided at noon, weather now clear. The |
dispatches from the central part Of the |
State reports damage to the New York |
Central and Erie railways. Portions Of |
he Harlem railroad are washed away. |
some bridges are gone. A freshet has oe.
.ured in Schuylkill river, at PhiladeI-
ohia, and several freight cars were carried
way.
Considerable damage was done in the
over part of Baltimore.
Some damage was done on the line Of
he Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and es.
'ecially to telegraph poles and bridges.
The storm ceased at Baltimore early /
his morning, and the food has subsided.
The fall of water at Springfield reached
light inches. The villsge in WeslGeld is
and il is reported that the loss
will amount to one hundred Thousand dol
srs. No trains through on the Hudson
Siver road since early this morning. Near
two hundred feet of the road is
.one.
The storm was very severe at Rcch-
ster, Albany and Schenectady. The
ivers rose to a great height, breaking
ANS, washing away railway tracks, etc.
The loss at Rochester amounts to $l00,N
100, and at Albany to S60,000 Several
'ersOns were severely injured.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4.-i'he covered
ridge at MansyuDk was carried away and
he wreck striking the tow path bridge
,arried that away also. In this city, on
Cwenty-thirG street. all the houses are
loOded from Market street TO CalloWhill, |
Ind in the Mansyunk houses the occu.
PANTS had to be taken out in boats, and at |
Morristown the water rose seventeen feet.
The flood exceeds that of 1850. The dam.
Iges will be immense.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 4.-Travel on the |
Northern Central railroad has been de-
aged. The road between Annapolis and |
Annapolis Junction was washed away in
many places.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. The water in
be Schuylkill river is above all wbaryes.
Six cars were carried away from the Penn
ylvania Railroad tracks, and thirty four |
reight cars have been turned bottom up.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, Oct 1.-The Lehigh |
liver his risen fifteen feet. The damage |
lloDg the valley is immense. The railroad
racks are submerged and there are no