The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-07-30
The Late Storm and Freshet.

4 HS RUM So1uHcHcltlg Ou lnuTsuhN, the
18th inst, and continuing through Friday
and Saturday, have seldom been cquallcd
for intensity and destructiveness, or in the
extent to which their effects have been felt.
West Of the mountains, in this State, the
damage was comparatively slight, the rise of
the streams being gradual and the meadows
over which their waters we're difl'uscd being
much broader than in tie east part of he
State Considerable damage was done at
East Middlebury, though less, We believer
than by the previous frcshet East of the
mountain he brooks were suddenly swollen
to rivers, and the larger streams rose with n
rapidity and force that caused serious alarm
in several villages, and all along their banks
caused more or less destruction to property
\ large number Of bridges were carried of,
some buildings were washed away, and many
fields and gardens were nearly ruined, so far
as the crops Of this season are concerned.
At Chester, Il man named johnson was borne
oil by the current and drowned
Considerable damage was done to the Rut-
Falls. From Burinl ton to the former place
80 milcs-thc road remained uninjurcd. The
principal loss is in the damage done to the
bridge at Jewels Brook, in Ludlow, by the
washing away of the pier. One Or two
bridges below were carried away, and some
little damage was done TO the track in sew
eral places. AT Barionsrillc, the course of
Williams river was changed the whole cur
rent running through the deep cut Of the
Railroad, just in the rear of the village, and
damaging the property of Mr.. Barton to an
amount estimated at $4,000. The cars, for
the last week, have run regularly, falling
but little short of their usual time The
road will soon be in as perfect condition as
before.
On the Central Railroad, the damage is
yariously estimated at from $4,000 to 500,
600. Several bridges and arches, and in
many places considerable portions of the
track, we understand, were carried away. AT
Montreler. thc Onion river wos co b;yh ne
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is said, to the depth of three feet.
The flood in the valley of the Mohawk
was also very great The Albany Evening
journal, of the Goth, says:
rho w.,ers If tho NIoh.wl oon,;a,a, 60
rise ran;dIv mil last rven;na Thn hartS
or Ill.,, 49,. ,.o,.o s,,.no,aae ~ o"''Is
of acres of the flats. A great deal of cut
grass was swept away. and other crops ex
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The Albany Register, of Monday, saws:
The heavy rains nm Tbursasv and Fr;lsv
have nroduced the most extensive and d;so:.
irons tlood in the Undson and he ,r;hr,or;,.s
over known a, ,h;s Season Of tho Won, anG
tho w,ter hoS boon I;obor !, ,i'o s,roo,, -
M Of "a
oral vcors me, TIC ,;yor cco,;n,od ,;s;no,
all Friday and Saturday. and II was not nm.
til yesterday morning that it commenced
subsdlng very slowly and gradually indeed.
nu w''ur oo I'VE up s"e per anu II was
on il. = ' ' ' ~ '''''
A. p.,,;moro h,;,1;,n. ~, ,...
blown down. and much damooe was oxner;.
enced
OF the valley of the Schuylkill, tho Phil
adclphia Bulletin says
The destruction and damage of property
nave peen immense, and the loss OF lie mel
to Pbiadc,nI;o ssrcnteen r -, fo w,o
men, two bows and piri-were drowned
during yesterday. AT flood tide last night,
Gc, rho wa," r 5.a W W" u,Ph h W 'o
ordinary point of HIGH water mark. At the