Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-26
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THE sU>QU EHANNA VALLEY.
All along the lire of the Susquehanna
river much injury has been done nv high
water and gorgcd icn. The cities of Wilkes
barre and Pttston and the town of Port
Deposit, Just above IIavre de Grace, have
suffered most. On the night of Tuesday,
the 18th inst, the ice became gorged be-
tween Pittston and Wilkesbarrc; the back
water flooded the streets of the former
place TO the depth Of several feet, and car
ried away the railroad bridge. Early on
Wednesday morning the ice began To move,
and Pittston was for the first time relieved.
Just below Wilkcsbarre, however, anoth-
er gorge formed, and the water Hooded the
houses on River street, causing cOnsidera-
bile damage. The gas works were over
flowed, and on Wednesday night the city
was IN darkness. Early in the morning of
that day the two wagon bridges at Pittston
were destroyed causing a loss Of about
Ss0,0G0. The iron bridge of the Lackawan-
ma and Bloomsbury railroad which was
carried off the night before, cost Sl2O, 900.
ON the same day, at Danville, twenty-three
miles above the Sunhury bend, the bridge
was carried away, and all railway conrec-
ton cut of. On Thursday the ice com
menced moving past Columbia, and at :
o'clock in the evening the winding bridge
Of the Underwater Company was destroyed,
and one pier of the Columbia bridge moved
twenty-eight inches out of its place, thus
rendering it impossible for trains to pass
over. At cambridge and Marietta proper
A. m.
post the loss occasioned by the destruction
of lumber was very large. This was also
the case at llavre dc Grace. At the former
place the principle street was entirely food
ed and 200 people rendered for the time
homeless. On Saturday evening the water
in the streets was still five feet deep, but il
now rapidly recedng. The entire loss to
the SusQuehanna Valley is variously esti-
mated at from 81 ,00O,0 900 to 81, 500, 600.
TERRIBLE TORNADO ~ THE SOUTH.
\ terrible tornado passed over portion
of Georgia and South Carolina, lying a.
| round Augusta, last Sunday afternoon, car
| rying general devastation and doing sever
al hundred thousand dollars damage. Ca
| max, the shire town of Warren county, 10
miles west of Augusta, was completely de-
stroyed, only single house being left
standing, The Elan Baptist church was
thrown down during service and three of
| the congregation were killed aud % wound
cd. The tornado struck railroad train,
| blowing it from the track and completely
demolshing it. Thomas Crossing, pas
senger, was instantly killed. Thompson,
the shire town Of McDuffie county was
torn to pieces by the gale and much prop
erty was destroyed. Several persons are
reported killed and many wounded at AK
en-, S. c., and the Catholic church was oom-
pletely demolished. Reports from the
country are confused and unsatisfactory as
to the extent Of the damage aud number OF
lives lost, but there seems to be no doubt
that the storm was fearfully destructive,
surprising in extent and violence anything
of the kind in the section for years.
A terrific wind swept over central North
Carolina Saturday. Several persons were
killed and others injured, aud many hous-