New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12
ALONG THE HUDSON.
HOUSES FLOODED AT NEwBURG-sTEAMERs DAM

HOUSES FLOODED AT NEWBURG-sTEAMERs DAM
AGED AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DAMAGED.
NEWBURG, n. Y, Dec. 1.-THE storm proved
destructive hereabous. -Four and threequarter inches
OF rain fell. The roads badly washed IN
every direction of the exposed beng rem
dercd imra'slble and the dwellings thereon flooded
TIE streams are greatly swollen and some small build
have been swept away. The tide last night the
highest ever known the river covering nearly every
dock NJ hi' city The buildings in the lower streets
were filed with water anu several serious washOuts
occurred the branches Of the Erie Railroad.
At Cornwall, Yesterday, many houses near the river
were Hooded, and the people rowcd the docks IN
boats. Onc or two small barns were carried away at
Highland Falls. sixty cords of wood noated of the dock
at Fort Montgomery At FshEll Landing the Duchess
Hat Works were partially inundated. Btundage IL
Places stolehou,e flooded by the high tide; 300
barrels Of lime were saked aud the building narrowly
escaped destruction by fire; the loss was $500.
FIVE HOUSES SWEPT AWAY.
Ro>DorT, Y. y, Dec 1.-THE reshet in the RondOut
and Lsnpu Creeks j. the largest and most destructive
ever known Five houses in Edcyye have been hoatCd
away and dcStr ycd. The srIooners Kate and Mary,
and the -loJp, James Grant, Boa Akin and Charles
Lyncn M"Causand's sectional docks, the barges e. IL
WoIIcud, k Schuyler Honcsdale, Marvin King and
agLo number o. canal boats, Laden and light are either
pied ou tac north and south dIkes sunk The steam
rrs ". l.. Crdue, P.ttstou and A. Il. Valentine are
damaged. The James W. Baldwin and William Cook are
Wmiurcd. NUt cannot leave owing 10 tho frcsnct All
the decks gIC submerged aud everything not secured
hes nuatCd of Tine E-opus Greek ut Kingston
D. LlI,r than ever before known. Inc low
lind. no tnp vr4,crn part OF tie city suburbs
aua ,he families IN the houses west Of the bridge were
r,s.I,diu boats. Inc Hood IN E,opus Creek damaged
ran" 'u'' Io The extent OF 100000 SIX Doals OF Toe
Marina steamer torn loose and carried away ana
ibo Marina Was left high on the Mats Tue buikhead 81
inn Ir and wool were lost. The entirr dglndgc at
Kingston. Nbur. Eddyyille and ROndOut are roughly
estimated AT 100000,
AfIliyTllr 80 water has 80 damaged the guard lock
TIA delaware aud Hudson Cana! that the water ran
over nd through T. and hls flooded what IL known ~
the d" H." winch were buldiUg5, five OF when are
d sirovci and many others damaged. one large tchc-
Incnt nous. was W shed from it, foundations aud car
RED some stance 20 The man road W here II Is wrecked
The cn.rr place Us food 4 below the hI The stables.
Vuth,i..s r;c. o. the " Gy" we're carried down the
creek WIN tn Tue debris streWu all the way
from The lighthouse TO Eddy Nilr Inc house OF Hiram
DAVIS Was haatrd 10 the upper end of Island Dock and
there lodged the fur0rlurr drr,d away. The barn be-
pugug ~. Bach was 1oac1 10 the south dixie WITH
q morse iuii; N" animal saved stables wtn uiSs,
COWS ami -,c,, IN chem went down the creek and were
lost Inc stores Hooded aud tine gods damaged The
lumber for Lqmb,li'- new cchuu-c carried away.
The steamers Martin and Eagle, Of the NcWbulE and
Albany Liuc could Lot enter TIE creek. Inc cana, at
EddyVLu !, much u.lnIg,C.
FREIGHT HOUSE BURNED
HUDSON y. Y, Dec. u.-ruc freight house and Office
Of tue Cutskill, hudson and Albany Steamboat Com
pany, at this city, was burned ibis morning; loss
$1,000; Insured. The lire originated from lime being
Stacked by the irtshct
RAILROAD TRAFFIC RESUMED.
PorguKEErsIE y. Y, Dec. ll.-IIaus on tie IIGdson
River Railroad are now running regularly. The damage
Ulster aud Green counties hy the storm Is heavy
Between LeIo and Rhinebrck on tie ,as; shore, ten
canal boals lie against the railroad bank, and floating
about the river are two barns. pant II dwelling house,
numerous bpdc. of drfD horses and mu.cs hoy, "ld
Hftrru or twenty rlclCus Most u tn"s, ihiu-s No
,oub. came down Roudout Creek ava into the Hudson,
from Eddryily. Reports from 'nl>kil SNOW consider
able damage nlon. that stream
InE RIVER RISING At TROY.
Troy, y. Y, Dsc IA greet irc.h'i prevails here.
tbr most extensive ever known in vicinity AZ this