The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-16
"A Great Portion of the City of
Washington Overlooked and
Thousands of Dollars
Worth of Property
Ruined.
Railroad Bridges and Tracks Carried
Away and Travel Almost 'Sus-
pended.
The Nest Severe Snow Storm That Has
Occurred for Years in Progress
in the West.
raE BACKBONE OF WINTER

seems To be Broken in All Parts of the
Country-Reports of Great Destruction of
Property.
WATEn. Gar Pa Feb. IO.-There Is a heavy fog
and rain along the Delaware Valley, and the
snow Is melting rapidly. There is an enormous
flood.
THE THAW IN NEw YORK; TERRIBLE STATE
OF AFFAIRS.
NRw YoRK. Feb 1O-A dense fog and large
foes of iQe on Long Island Sound have pretty
effectually impeded navigation through that
' channel During the night and this morning. up
to 10 O'Clock this p m, none Of the
kity Ferry navigation is difficult on account OF
~ ice and fog. 10 has been raining heavily
most of the day and the danger OF water fam
inc is averted. seldom have the streets presented
a more larpentable and disgraceful aspect than
they do this morning. The sidewalks are Hooded
the whole width with water, backed from aceu-
muiated and frozen snow IN the roadways; and
all crOsSwalks are ponds OF water. Along down
town front back-water has Hooded nearly
Front streets. and "A large force OF men are kept
busily employed i'm draining them out with pals
OF drawing water up with suctien pipes. In ad-
ditiOn TO this many OF the leaden pipes from the
roofs burst with the thaw thus adding 10 the dis
nIomfs,-t of l,edestrians on East River the fog
as 81 de,s thof navigation was nositivelv dan
gerous. Pilots could not see half n boats length.
Many boats were taken off the short ferries, and
those OF the long ones ceased running altogether.
At daylight the fog was still so thick
that it not deemed safe To make trips
from Hunters Point TO James slip. or
from Broadway. Brooklyn, to Roosevelt street.
The Roosevelt street boats landed at Grand street.
detention of twenty minutes was the RUE, ana
truol1s.ar.d carts a great deal more the streets
in the vicinity of the different ferries were blocked
hopelessly, it would seem by vehicles awaiting to
cross the river
drizling rain to the assistance of the do-nOthing
Bureau" supplementing u with fog that COW
cred the slusb rs with pail. The freshet of black
slime increased. and the crossings became almost
impossible. The filth took on a more hideOus
form. .,and the path Of pedestrians was ineumbered
with additional pitfalls. While Broadway and a
few other thorOughfares were rendered somewhat
tOerable, hundreds Of streets ~ere pathlcss
swaaps The city looked al II the waters of del
uge had lust left IT, and there had been no time To
remove any OF the accumulated deposits. As heaps
of frozen slush are melted and mingled with
I oceans of black mud, OdOrs unutterable ill the
k.ni. and the most seasoned throat and lungs are
hot proof against the deadly miaSma. Discomfort
ran a not great rivers oi mire eh1ked up the cni-
! the streets; pedestrians tloundered wildly about
and slipped and splashed and cursed. The un-
y dertaker is the only cheerful man in the commu-
nify- He sees a busy season before him when the
seeds OF pesulence begin to sprout.
~.kA storm extended over the greater portion OF
Ate. The freshet has carried away bridges
Ttchess County. culvert on the POkeepsie.
ord and Boston Railroad was carried away
rayel interrupted. There are fears Of,a dsas-
ice gorge at Delaware water gap. Houses in
uburbs OF Emira are mucn damaged by
lowing creeks. The ice IN the Rapahan-
X hes broke up. The ice in the Schuylkil is
broken up.
TNE FLOOD IN INDIANA AND OHIO.
FCIScINNATI, Feb. lO-RepOrts from various
z points in Ohio and Indiana show that the smaller
streams.are az a high flood doing much damage
z % farm property. road aad railroad bridges 4
wash-Out on the Little Miami Railroad near Cor
win, has prevented the passage of trains since
hst night
THE DAMAGE At NEW ORLEANS ny THE FLOOD.
NEW ORIEASs. Feb. 10-The damage by sun
days storm along the Mississippi sound from
PancasgoUla 10 Bay 81. Louis Is slO0.OOO The
xuffh
the New Orleans and Mobile Railroad. The water
has reached st. Cloud street, and is within two OF
three squares OF Espanade street.
The Inundated district is about Eve square miles
and contains probably $1,000 inhabitants In
many EdaOes the water is three or four feet deep,
ana in low One-stOry houses everything Is washed
out The water in the lake Is lowering and by
morning will doubtless be receding at all points.
II SAD on THE SOUND STEAMERS.
NEx YORK, Feb ALI sound steamers due
Yesterday morning ialed to reach their docks yes
k-<erday, ewing % the dense fer and immense foes
~ Ice. which impeded their passage. The boats
left their Eespectiye piers at Newport, Providence
nnd Norwich at the usual hour Wednesday night
When within 100 miles Of this city the fog hung
heavy over the huge cakes OF lee which stretched
away ON either side. The fleet worked its way IA
the point above IIarts Island. which was reached
late in the afternoon. and the fog then ~
dense the commanders Of the boats would not
take the risk of attempting 20 work passage
through Hellgate CHANNEL and remained where
they were until this morning, when the fog lifted.
HIGH w1TER.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE Evening Journals La
sale, Ill. special says: Last night portion
of the Rock Island bridge here was swept away
by fee aud high water. making II impossible for
trains 10 cross Passengers aud baggage were
transferred. The Illinois has nsen twelve feet
and n gorged at the mouth Of the yermiDi0n, but
lhe ice Is not yet broken below Peru. The people
fiving on the flats above here have removed to
i high grouud, their houses and barnes being sub
Merged"
BREAK UP.
LEwmaUR0, Pa. Feb. 1.-THE ice broke here
on The west BRUNCH Of the susqpehanna this