, 1875-03-22

buildings. occupied by mechanics and lab,rnv
nalI. although built OIL stteetd that iu.rrrc,i
each other a. regular intervals, gcncra,ly r,a,lI
, alone, eaols surrounded by rmAil incosnrr,
When tho tee n the rtso1 began ia move The
leo in iH courao. From Tho way ii,
which tho masses ltn.. and the d,roct;on
IN which tho fallen tin'berH Of tho l.onsea
| wcro thrown, and In which ro'uo Of Tho houses
worn moved. 1t 's eviaont tl,at lilo frcsaure Has
lateral, that is to say, from tho lanks Of tho
river toward The lligh lansl and mot downward,
witt! tho river course. To t'lfa tbs compAra-
tivolv smafl amount of damage dono is die, for.
had The leo como down With tho current Of tho
river, /: would liavo inevitably awcpt tho whole
Of tho lower rnrt Of the tosn away. In very
many Cases thn male occupants OF the dwellings
that wero partially s,,hmcrgei only fow mo
menth later we're actually OIL TIM leo III the river
when tho alarm vaa tiyn,,. nntl wero compelled
to Hoe for their lives. and snatch mp their chill
dren ns they passed their holmes o., taeir why to
thu high ground. OF tho !, 5v' inhabitants Of tho
place, but niEht Or ton remained. and to them
no accident happened. tho buildings in which
they sta;"od not Icing injured The lat
eral ndranco OF The r'inhlnG mass Of Ice and
wafer uas 40 grost that thu roopio had to run as
tho top OF their apool tn order to oAcapo aud in
ono instance q man wah sean waist deep in tho
wator with clAtl 1t, oaci. arm surrounded by tho
f!oatinR Ice. Another by TIN nntno Of Lott tried
to pnt lia hnsHo 10 q wagon. when tho hr0ak
| began, 10 remove his family. but waA overtaken
by tho water before he could do no. Ono Of his
nclgllbors. Mr.. Aber, went 10 his anelstunce
aud iouk ono Of his children aud carried 1t tn
p'aco OF safety, folloHcd ty Mrs. Lott, WHO
chtried another tho oieAt holding her hand aud
running by her aile. tlnppy ttle water began
to sul.ile alter it i.ad attained hoIglt of from
to ~ fcct ln tho ,nhabltod portion of the
| village, anil no damage was dono to property In
tho uprer part of tue honHes. Soou after the
| water Ind re.urnod so tho rynr ciouee III tho
weather occurre'l. anil 1t became Intensely cold,
aud everything trozs hard and flHt ,naf,y OF tl,a
l,ouseh around which pools Of water rananrd
be,ng completely surrounded by araall Iascs
OF fcs this morning. The hourn Of tfr. Michael
Hogan. two-atory frame building. WAS
! moved forward about 20 feet. tho ute beng
cnpied BY mound Of ice blocks fully ~ fcct
i.iel,. At midday Mr.. Hogan wn4 hnsy engaged
in tunnell'iR into tho heart OF this mass, Ia or.
der to get at his coal pic, whirh, he gad, he
knew ought to be somewhere inside. Tho house
next to his. which was unoccnpied. also Of two
stories, WAS moveJ forward 25 feet by tbs sA.no
pack. Mother Of tl,eAo buildings were injured
otherwise. except by tho water which entered
the lower atories.. Tho barnA and out-houaes OF
atr. Carlow, veterinary surgeon, uaB com.
pIeto1J destroyed, lilo walls being crushed to-
gethcr and thrown tlow,1 by tho ico IIIH dwell
ing, now hnuae built nnly yaar ago. roccivod
singular Injury, tllo foundation wall, which Is
Of aoltet masonry, beng crushed in fur ppacc
OF Hoscral feet by large block Of ice. md Ito
COLLAR. used as kitchen. WIS litarn!lY
! packed full Of Fragments of leo and SNOW.
Aln.oat all tho fences Hud .llr.,hbcry wcre
and out-houBos. all mixed in tncxt1tcatie coatu,
sion, present. bewilda,iHE accno Of devastation
Tho lover portion Of tho town. known ~ tho
iats,' was nlBo Submerged. ana ts now covered
with nn immense OF leo. VARYING from to
% feet III height vcrv few buildings Of any
consequence To,o in this part OF tho town bll:
whnt wero all more or lcsa injured Ono liouEa
VAS thrown on ita side AID cp11icd some 90 fea.
from ita original alto.
htnUft lin hn1,tR NJ Tho riynr tt,a 1rr-nat
mounds OF icn hre to be found, in sorao cas
renohsng the height Of 80 foet, ulaH4ed auu piled
! up in tho most fantastic shapes. In ONO place
sonio Of tho yonng MOI, Of tho town tosl:t.l
tho snrfnee. They doscsil,u it LIZ boing very
baautiful, being all Of clear ise.
ISc1DESTI
PoRT JEWS, N. y, March 19.-Mnny tonct-
tug and Interesting iueidonts occurred during
the food. Among the hundreds OF familica who
were forced to deserted ther homes there wero
some who mot witt. unusual circumstances.
Ono of tiesa4 the !nost touching. ~hs the casty-
Ing Of Mary Ann Kelley from her mothers house
to Sissox htlcet. Miss kelley had been help
lcBa Invalid, Hho Was taken from, her very
| daatll-bad and conveyed TO tho Children'a Homo,
in Ball street. A Sister Of Charity walked by tho
| sido Of tho sleigh in which tho dying Gtrl was
placed, AMI held her land wllio abe cotnlo1teu
her with cllocrlng words.
a poor widow, living In Germantown. tho
morning Of tue tlood, can,o to this race to order
before Hho left her house nn'i the corpse with
her daughter. agel years. While the bereayod
mother WAS absent this flood came rolling dovo
| tho lats. 4 man living rtar Tai, to hor honSc.
aud cndeavosed to induce the little girl to lcayo
H.. Sho ro!usota TO 1easo her dead brother. Tho
man picked her up, aud carTied ber, weopuE And
screaming, to = Placs q safety. When
! motllor's deserted house aud ro-cu,esod 1t.
| She ramalncd but an instant, and then ran
out with tue dead baby in her arms. Tic luo1
wRs but short distance away, and bearing dnw,,
upan tho ground tho ttio girl had to c.oss with
her bustlcn. Sho renchod \ aafo poation bofato
tho wayo Of leo rolled by, aud, 1oohiuy hack 10
SEQ llor h!nbln homo crushed to atoils iu tho
Of Ice, she ntArte In search OF her mother
Tho latter. wAou tho alarm was aoun1cl. hsaten-
od to relnttt homo, anil mot hor little girl carry
nE the 1folens baby in tho midst Of tho crowd
that tlrongol tho high ground. Tho scena that
followed il Understandable.
Tho wlfo OF Patrick Creighton, cripple, car
rled him out Of the honaa. which was Lattetcd
In by the leo tefore tlioy knew Of its uear ap-
proacb. IN doiuE tAis she at tl,a same TIME
maintained control OF nine small chlldron, hriag-
tng thom all to safo places. An old Indy living
alone refused to loaya her house ut ali. and was
catriol with 1t IS feet Rmong tbs ice and lnndod
high Oil 4 huge cako. Sne ron,aned In tho house
during tho Wholn Ut tho terrific strife OF tho
oloments about her.
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