Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-07-25

THE RAINS.

'nsy be dated on Sunday night the 18th. The
rain which fell on that night and the succeeding
day here, was full three inches, according to
BY Judge Thompson being the
heaviest fall Of rain for three years. The earh
was well saturated, and the streams fiIled by
this torm-which was unfortunately but pre-
lude to more severe one. Wednesday was
clear and very hot-Thursday showery Friday
the floods came. The amount of water which
fell al burlington on Thursday and Friday was
3.23 inches-being within sixty two hundredths
of an inch Of the great storm of July 26-7, 1890.
The quantity Ut Montpelier: Judge Thompson
informs US, was full foe inehrs.
THE FLOODS.
Att P. NJ on Friday, the banks Of the Win
ooski, North Branch, and Dog River we're full
In four hours the food was at its height-having
risen nearly eighteen feet above the ordinary wa
ter mark at the railroad bridge in this village,
and within about one foot of the greatest food
that ever occuned in this section OF Vermont
we mean the food of 9th July, 1880. At the
mouth Of Dog River, the water was from tUo 10
three feel higher than in $780, On the small
branches of White River at Chelsea, the water
was also much higher, and the same is doubtless
true Of the branches Of White River ON the rail-
road line from RoyaIton to RoxSury. In this
section of country, lit appears, that North and
East the food was somewhat less than in 1880,
South and South West it was much heavier;
and this was therefore, taken all together, the
greatest storm and food that have ever occurred
here within the memory of man. The rills be-
came rivers-the river turbid and turbuen:
sea.
TIE DAMAGE.
II is obvious that the damage to fences and
crops is vas. every where. Grass, cut, was
swept of, and the uncut grass submerged is hard
ly wo'. cutting. -sa.rl
At C.sssea village, we hear that one small
building and several barns and sheds we're car
ried away. The mail carrier informs US that
there is not bridge standing within eight miles
in either direction.
The branch of White River through the
Gulf in Williamstown, and on through East
Brookfeld, East Randolph and East Bethel, was
also exceedingly high, and destructive in its
course.
At Montpelier no buildings were carried away,
and the mills, dams and bridges all stood FIRM
Though the water was nearly as high Us in
1880, the damage is much less here. Our stree 8
and many buildings have been raised within the
last twenty years, and Montpelier, famed for
floods, is really growing up above the talIest of
them. State street, from Main down, could be
safely ,caded this time: in 1880 this was inpos-
sible. About all of the cellars we're Of course
filled, all the gardens on the low lands were COW
cred, some wood and lumber has taken its course
down below, and fences are somewhat damaged
On the whole, we are fortunate in the Immediate
consequences Of the flood: the Interior conse
quence upon the public health. from damp GEL
lars aud decsying vegetable and annual matter,
is most to be dreaded. We advise the most thor
ough ventilation and cleanliness possible, and a
free use Of lime, or better, chloride of lime.
AT .Northfrld the water was altogether higher
than ever, and the damage more serious. All
of the highway bridges but one between Mont
pelier and Mortified arc entirely swept away.
The Mortified House was in great danger from
the little brook used to iced the artificial trout
pond This little brook became almost river
On Winooski Riper from Montpelier to Bur-
lington, the turnpike and railroad bridges we be-
lieye are all standing and as yet We have heard
of no serious individual damage, beyond the
flooding and washing of the farms on the river.
NO LOSS OF LIFE.
We have not yet heard of the loss of single
life. By fortunate, most fortunate, provden-
tial escape, the lives OF two carloads Of passen-
gers on the Central road escaped most imminent
danger The train ran safely over bridge be-
tween Bethel g. Randolph, when one Of the abut-
menls had settled, leaving one end Of The bridge
sustained only BY The snperstrmesure Of the track
Ere the last car mad passed, the bridge had set
tied about four feet; but the cars were strong
the connecting bars held-and the engine liter
ally snatched the train from the jaws of death.
DAMAGE TO THE RAILROADS.
The storm seems to have spent its fury upon
the mountains IN tne WESTERN part VI OIonSe
county, and the southern part Of Washington,
probably following the Green Mountsin range
from the South, as we hear of the storm at New
York ciiy-on the Western Railroad-on the
Rutlnnd-and on The Central,--all these roads
crossing the Green Mountain range.
The Passumpsie is further North and East
and we learn has escaped serious injury. The
.Norihsrn loses bridge. yet the .Ner Hampshire
roads have generally escaped; and 90 has the
southern white and Conn. river) division of the
Termonf Central, there being but single Gull
vert washed below Bethel. The train ran from
Boston to Randolph on the day of the food, and
to Bethel on the succeeding day. From the riv
er turning at Waterbury to Burlington, we I'M
derstand the Central is sound, even at the river
turnings, numerous and new as they are. There
are occasional washings of culverts and en-
bankments, but they are altogether sIighter than
could have been anticipated. 1t appears. then,
that the main damage occurred, and the main
force Of the storm was spent, in Tie mountains.
This is true Of the Central, and we learn that it