Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-14
GREAT FLOOD AT THE EAST.

GREAT FLOOD AT THE EAST.
I'm m enas Dsstsnc.ion Of Property
NailreaAs AID Bridges Washed away |
IN amy Lives Lost.
ENEw YoaR, Oct. 4.-Ths rain which |
ctlnmenced Saturday at midnight lasted |
until this meEnipg. terminating in heavy |
gale, which, however, has done NO serious
damage hereabouts. The railroada south,
cost and north are, however, much dam
aged by the heavy freshets aud the gale.
lem and Erie ro ada are washed away IN
various places. The Upper Delaware is
twenty feet. highersthan it was on Friday.
The freshet ia the Schuylkill carried of,
several freight cars belonging to the Penn
sylv6nia Central railroad, reached the sec:
ond story of tho Schuylkill navigation
stores, swept away large quantities of lum-
Der, merchandise, wagons, &C., 'besldea
seven mules II T.. =, - i! q
The covered bridge at Monyunk was car
lied away.
Two boys wore drowned by the capsizing
of n canal bOnt. So! - :
A great many houses in the city are
flooded, particularly ON Twenty-third street.
The occupants escaped in boats.
The water rose seventeen feet ut Norris
town. The flood exceeds that of 1850.
The damage is immense. Leigh River rose
fifteen feet, causing great damage. The
streets aro submerged in Baltimore. n 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 L'"F" 'f -@''.',. : 'fr 49,
The damage TO the railroads was not seri-:
GUS, and has been repaired. nf ssno' i a's'
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 railrcaa Azi4ges. have been carried
away. From Whitehall, breaks are report
ed in the canal at various places.
Two hundred and fifty feet Of the tow
path, was carried away between Mechanic
willie and Waterford. and atty feet Mt Dun-'
hams Basin, about three miles north of
Fort Edward. At Fort Ann Q man nam
julius Lessor, of Whitehall, In endeavori l.
to escape, on the road. WAS drowned, with
his team. Several bridges on the Renssel-
aer and Saratoga Railroad are swept away,
and the track is washed out in several
places Several, bridgessre gone ON the
Rutland and Washington Railroad.
Through travel on the Boston and Albany
Railroad Id stopped on account of bid
breaks both east and west Of Springfield.
The fall or water at Springfield reached
eight inches. si"i,t /. ~, 81: Il; g>g.,!
The village Of West,eld is inundate &, and
it is reported that the loss will ano INIT to
100000. ,;atst:::.57ta9 ..!e.s So, - -. o !!
There has been no. train through ON the
Hudson: River Railroad since early this
morning. Near Castleton two hundred
feet of the road bed and beth tracks are
gone. Tho bridge at Stuy vesant light
Livingston Station partially: destroyed.
| In the town of Rhinebeck, four out Of i've
bridges are destroyed. All approaches to
|Rhinebeck are cut of. 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 6:2O this morning, left Pough-
keepsie tonight at Z. O'Clock for New York.
Hudson dispatched report that the bridge
at Client, on the Harlem Railroad, was
washed away, together with many others
on. the line between Client and Copak.
The Hudson and Boston Railroads could
run no trains through to Chatham to-day.
iAbout fifty feet Of the track was washed
away near Cleaysrack Depot and other
DAMAGE was done to the road, which will
be- repaired by tomorrow morning a.,
Aconstruction train on 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
at Mount Merino, about q mile and q hall
from tho city, by means of the falling of q
culverr Is 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 are gone, and thu
fats are submerged. Several of the maiI
atfeets Of the eitys are under water. Thu
Mohawk RIVER is ten feet aboye low wate
&ond Rti0h 81 There ara two. hteaks- on til,
folEapile teYel;s 1Ie natlssss wsstof this CITY
AN6fsipn az Tho hqped Duct I'd also gone i
{hds seSe4 Vile sle1el. s T. will take tn
weeks 6fepair the d9nages Il.
4hA Central lailr6ads trains going wes
- watAt- found ut tk3ss city. The tract
@ksHsiaeeswest.Gfth 1o city 10 under. water
Ind portion a.. N&rulvert gone. Tn
stormie the seyer ofthe kindever know
ALBANY. ootsl n storm has cause,
great damage In this city, by tearing 81
patements, bursting sewers, etc. J.; Oh
city loses. at = low estimate, $50, 600. Il
many streets the water was forced into eel
lars and bSseme nts;S a.idiH4 great dazisae
Buildings unfinished were flooded, and th
work destroyed: =. ..l., .,,.:. ,,,,.r..
4 sewer mElk street gave way while
horse and.Wagon; with three persons in th
lstterlv we're passing over il, and they wer
all ,Spreeipitated ten feet into tho sewer
One Of them, boy named Peter Jones
was, it is feared, fatally injured.
A brick stable erected in Hudson street
by John fatbeiissEia, e bealE damaged shsti
will have TO Gl|9nqllah Ss.
A la1dsside 0eculfe1s on the Shsquehan
pa Rqillpa1 lsArs1 lprWanlt Hill and cul
}ekysA5sidas ay neAr 1a1parance.
HID 4se4t pes4 fs4 on th1sseds MI
AHeE the EN- yaeRJa a9l sta1tsrok I'll
oqnedult Aak 0Gce1fiod aaes 80 IS
ss1Ao9mSSsF Ferry tAbsNjaersc cor
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