The New York herald., 1870-04-22


At this city the freshet is ram at a stand. 1t IS
raining to-day AID there are indications OF further
rise OF ire water At business along the docks s
suspended, Us also aiong great part oil Broadway
Rcnsseinerviiie Under Wuter-Desrruction OF
Property tor Distance OF Ten Miles
Details OF the Losses.
ALBANY, April 81, 1870.
A correspondent OF the Eoennpg Journal gives the
following account OF the ireshet In Rensselaervile,
III this county,
The inhabitants were aroused In the night, and
found that lood was pouring down upon them from
Ten Mile creek. Tney were oolgea to nee tor
ther lives TO the hign ground. The nood rushed
onward carrying destruction in It's track Tor ten
m.les TO Catsk creek. Tie drst obstruction was
snail dam at the top oil the tails aud a trunk con
veying water acro's me stream on SUSPENSION
bridge 20 supply power for WaterUurv's wooen
mh. Inese were swept away down the stream iiAe
cnan. I next encountered the wooen factory,
sweeping awav new addition and unoermlnlng
q potion oi the MAN building, anu tue who.e
structure was IN danger ol destrucGol On tne
opposite side OF the creek Mr. Waterbury'S new
barn and carriage house gave way before the force
o. the current ana we're swept down the stream.
WIN oair OF line TOR es four or i've sc ol NAT
ness wagons, carriages aDG otner property. Next
went the factory brlnge tn.n MI. bhrtoh's DdrI. Il
portion OF his house nd the bridge opposite; also
air. Washburns barn. with It's G nlenLs next
the arlsJ null dam and race. Mr. shutters fine saw
mil, cider mtl and other machinery all succumoed
to tue resist ess force OF ne hood. Below thls
low land was AL ovcrlowed, and several dwelllo y
were carried oil. the Inmates oarely escaping VIVA
tneir lives Sick persons were carried out through
the raging waters TO dry land, Wine others had 10
climb trees ana leDces Tor ther ilves MT FarleY's
foundry, with all us conGedts hs barn aaa teams,
WAGONS, harness, &c. are AL gone; also Mr.. hip2's
new barn. seventeen head OF cattle ocionyinS 10
MIR. jenkins, were swept away win the noOu. SIEVE
ial carpenters, who were repairing Mr. Jeuhlus'
house, ost uelr iui chests OF tOoS valued AZ $780,
A messenger Eas Just arrived from Medusa SIX
miles below. saying they have escaped wien loss OF
BRIDGES dams aud slignt damage To mills.
The Freshe. in the MolIsi wk-Tridges. Houses,
and Other Property swept Away-Daua ges
by the Flood in the Genesee and SchOharic
Valleys.
ALBANY, April 81, 1870.
At Schenectady the nood has subsidized some ar
teen ieet The honawk Driege was but slightly In-
jured The soil che dixie washed or to the depth
OF about six inches the water was two feet deep
on the oor of Mr. De-ran's hotel at the north end
OF the bridge and channel 10 the depth OF TWO o.
three feet ana feet wide washed out OF the
dixie. between tue motel ana bridge, the grouDd
was wasdei away several feet deep within lew
feet OF Coonei 1ai's residence near the Ui gc The
injury TO the Cana Is considerable TGe water rushed
mo the head OF Inc seven mile level auI nlled the
canal IL ran back into lne ut TINS END OF the
level Superintendent Van VrinkeD was on the
ground and assisted matters as much as possible
At the aqueduct the 1eeder was carried away and
Inc water came rlsnng down the canal, DONG much
damage,
very unavorape to this opening OF the canais at an
early Cale Inc low spots on the canals where here
Is no way Tor drainage, are hlled with water, which
VIII scarcely disappear IN uiontn under favorable
weather. The wafer Is nigh IN most oi The stream,
and very seriously lnterreres with The WORK OF repair
and lutte OF nothing can be done IN Aprii. be iil-
pre- ssIon appears TO b4 tnat the canal VIII open
somewhere about the 10th or i5ln OF May
THE sCHOHARE VALLEY.
The lreshet III The Scnoharie Valley very severe
doing much damage. Baras, Outnou es, fences,
&c., have Deen swept away; nulnoef Of cdtte have
hnln Is..N nj
Of their houses TO nigA grouhi.
The FresEet in New uampsiiire--The Mcr-
rimac River FallinE-RniirOads Iscpnirina--
Snow.
CONCORD, April a. 1870
The river fell about fourteen inches during the
night A large force OF men are employed repairing
the railroad, and 1t is believed that travel VIII be
sumed to-day. fnree Northern nails are here
awaiLlng trans or atIOn.
mere IS u slight covering OF snow on the ground,
which Iell iast night.
Arrangements for Railroad Travel Until
damages nre Repaired.
CONCORD. April q, 1870.
The up trains have been teleTaphed 10 rome over
the road. The regular quarter past three O'Clock
train Tor Boston via Lawrence Will leave Mt half
past three O'Clock this afternoon. The passen gers
ior Lowell Will be sent to Lawrence and i.oweil bv
the Lowell anu Lawrence road. IL Is expected the
trains Will run regularly alter to-day.
The Freshct in Mainc-iIeigLi Of the SncO
River-Property swept Away by the
Flood.
PORTLAND April 81, 1870.
The saco river was higher yesterday than at any
time since 1927, having risen three feet On Tues
day all the booms and one mill were swept away at
Rar Mills. The covered bridge at Moderation all
the boOuIs, one sawmll ana the wOocn mill belOng-
ing to the estate OF the late 0llver tracy, ana some
sElall buIlilnrS. were also swept away.