Show terrific flood at dr vike pike handed us ua this morning a letter from 0 huntsman fillmore Fill moro giving riving the particulars of 0 a very destructive good that has lately at that place tile gentleman states that lio lie lias has lived in fillmore Fill mora since 1834 and lie he line lina never before seen been anything of 0 the kind that would compare with it in point of destruction of co if property and alli tile general terror hicle incident ent upon such tin an oc cablon the flood appears ap to have been caused b by a sudden swelling of the north fork ot what li known haschalk us chalk creek the wa water ter ot of that stream rays mr hunts man welled suddenly to a depth of over fifteen feet everything before it in its course lvery bridge and dam throughout the whole bole length of the stream was torn away anti and the matei int together with great reat quantities of driftwood and other floating debris was car I 1 led down wit with lit the current the yards sheds and fences of tile tha lower part of 0 fillmore were totally demolished one olli dwelling house shared the same barne late fate me menaces inmates escaping their lives A woman several yaw children was waa hemmed in by the flood and ana while endeavoring to reach a of safety with one of of them in her arms WAS knocked hat flat by a mos maps of drift but mr A greenwood coming ti 0 the rescue brought her safely to land inna no lives were lost but the destruction of property is very cry great the tha water overflowed it has left a heavy deposit d to 0 sit of mud and sand from the tha mountain mountains s |