The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-04-28
The Storms of last Week.


The las, stormy week was week al
disaslers-by lempests at sea, and 10y
foods on the land The chapter of accI'
dents would fill more space than we can
spare. A few particulars must suffice.
A Plusburg despatch of Thursday
says the ireshei in the Ohio has proved
more disastrous than any since 1882.
Eight or ten lives are already reported
lost, aud the loss of property is immense.
The navigation Of the river is entrel,
suspended, from the fact that steamers
canuot pass under Wheeling bridge.
Washington, april 2O.-The long
bridge over the Potomac, at this city,
VAS carried away to-day, by the lreshel.
The wafer is higher here than has been
known for many years.
Cincinnati, AprH 81 Between
Wheeling and pnlsburg, the ORellly
telegraph line is under water. The
frcshet has caused tremendous loss ol
property.
Baltimore, AprI 2l--The ireshe,
has been very disastrous to the Sus-
quehannah aud York Railroad. Much
damage has been done at Columbia.
York aud Wrightville. At Georgetown,
ID. c.. the destruction To property has
been very great. Stores were flooded
and houses swept away. Al Richmond,
also. the damage done 10 property is
very serious.
Mmtinsburg Va. April % The
destruction OF properly along the river,
by floods, is beyond calculation. Two
families Of eleven persons were drown
ed near Hancock. Houses and barns
near the river have been damaged and
may not be repaired for year.
Several immense breaks are reported
in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
The storm at Norfolk and on the
| coast has been very severe.
AT Lowell, Mass maLy Of the fac
tories we're stopped. on account of back
water. The water was three feet higher
than ever known before The free
bridge over the Merrilnack, at Concord,
N. H., has been carried away, aud
Tears were entertained Of the safety oI
the Railroad bridge over the Nashua
River. The Railroad trains all through
the Merrimack region have been sus>
pended.
On the coast Of Massachusetts, the
marine disasters have been severe. Six
vessels are reported wrecked. and, in
each instance, The ship and cargo have
been total lnss, but fortunately, no lives
have as yet been lost.
The Springfield Mass Republican
says.
The heaviest food Of water which has
passed down the Connecticut River
since 1913. is now sweeping by Us. i
lacked, las, night. (22d. } abou, 4 feet o
the highest mark. Of the lremendou,
flood alluded To. II now stands abou
10 feet above low water mark, aud ex
hihts an expanse that reminds on,
marvellously OF the Mississippi.
The streams in Worcester County
have been verJ much swollen. On,
hundred bales OF cotton were carried
away by the flood. at Webster. Oh Wed
nesday.
AT Masonville, CT, on Wednesday
an oul>honse, IN which there were tire,
women, was swept away. and befor,
they could be rescued, one Of them wa
drowned
The Hartford Courant Of Friday saws
The Connecticut was still rising las
evening. ot nine o'clock, at the rate o
one inch and a half an hour. Ii wa
then Twenty-Five feet above low waite
mark. The cellars in Commerce street
and the lp~er part Of Stale street, ar
filled with water.
FREsuETI WINcuENDoN. Fifchburg
Aprii22 The Cheshire Railroad bridge
in Winchendon, was washed away abou
sundown, carrying mill with IT. Tn
dawn mail tram for Bost on had passe
over il but few minutes befnre. Tn
water has done considerable damage l.
the road. There will be no passenge
train over Tomorrow. The water j
higher than ever known before. Tier
is scarcely a bridge left standing il
Winchendon. and several houses an,
mills have been carried away by th'
foods.