New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-17
PARTICULARS or THE STORM.
Loss or IIPE-GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
RAILROAD BRIDGES CARRIED AwAY-RECovERY
OF Two BODIES

RAILROAD BRIDGES CARRIED AWAY-RECoFERY
OF Two BODIES.
CONNECTICUT.
The New Haven papers contain details of the recent food
in Connecticut The Railroad Companies have suffered
severely and great number Of bridges have been ear
red Off Several lives lost in the vicinity Of Ansona
we notice the names Of Georgiana Bartholomew young
lady aged years Charles Victory John Alien about 70
years Of age, and Andrew Finch boy aged about 10
years
Correcion-A note from the Secretary snd Treasurer Of
the Derby Building Company states the loss to said Com
pany by the late reshe in Connecticut at $4,000 to $1,000
instead of $4,000 or $4,000 published in Tuesdays
Tribune.
From The EewHa7en Journal, Nov. IS.
We enabled to give this morning further accounts
of the great freshet the Hou,atonic and Naugauck
Rivers gathered from extra Waterbury American aud
from other sources The following we take from The
American received at this Office last evening:
TUESDAY, r. 81, Nov. IS, 1853
Never has il boen duty to record as heavy and sud
den calamity that which has befaen the people OF
Naugatuck Valley in the partial destruction Of their rail
road and other damage by the deIuge Of Sunday last 1t
upon the people like thunder botfor no one who
retired Saturday with the moon shining brilliantly
head prepared for such an appalling reaction in
twenty -four hours
The railroad had just been put complete order for the
approaching winter and track in better Trim
than IL Saturday iast Mr. Hurd the SuperinteDd-
en that afternoon remarked that the road be
fore in perfect condition, gave such evidences OF
future permanency.
en upon the mighty and stormy elements Of Nature Never
did the rise upon such Of desolsion as that OF
Monday morning the inhabitants of Naugsuck Valley
From early dawn until Sunday night the poured down
IN almost unceasng torrent OF waters, creating del
uge in the Nauga,uck never before seem not even in 1901
called the JeerODisn hood 10 which the Oldest nhaban
had been accustomed 10 refer the greatest record
The food reached iis maximum at this place about
o'clock Sunday evening rising nearly four feet above
any previous freshet since the railroad constructed
AppreheDsions at the frat entertained that con
siderable damage sustained by the works Of the Man
4. aff.f 4
BuTnhams do, and the Iron Foundry works-but upon
close inspection the injury found to be comparatively
trdngnone OF them suffering buts few hours suspension
The trail Of The Manhattan Co was body washed as
sso the eyoe between he river and that Of Benedict "
BurnLams.
Although there has been individual loss and the
towns the river viii sustain very considerable damage
in the destruction bdges injury roads &c the great
bulk Of the damage falls upon the Nsugatuck Railroad
Corporation, and too which mparts 20 the
,auiy an increased expense for repairs well
timely interruption Of it, business.
1t Is impossible, at this early stage 10 compute the
amount OF damage done TO the railroad the length Of
line i viii take TO put L in running order To the mex
Yerenced eye the road from Derby Wsterye conveys
. look OF utter desolaton
The damage sustained above bury station Vol
coitTle greatly exceeds that the other part below,
every bridge being SWEPT of except that a, Wolcotye
viz ] he Wstervile bridge over Hancock Brook, Hin.
oif and jericho and over Naugatuck the bridges 81 VOL
cot.yle and seTbury being the only two left standing
On the whole route The track from Waterbury to Won
cOve i also badly torn up in many places and the
bsnhmert undermined. From Wolcottvills to Winstod
The rOsd j. uniniured.
After passing Gerbury bridge south the two pTinci.
la bridges that Hop Brook. Naugstuck and
tie one the Eaugnuok ut iIumphroysviIe, both Of
which are gone. The track from Waterbury to Ansonia
hos suffered c,nsidorsbiy-how much unable 10
soy from Ansona g. Derby tho ombsnkmcn is washed
awsy end To, 'roch h confused heap o( wool iron and
rubbish Beyond Derby 10 tho junction every thing Il
sound aud aair.
Tho aspect NJ Wat rhury station INV on, rorlalp. IT,
be- mentioned and gloomy enough e The wa'orrsn
over ihe platform "a tho depot hui We believe ~ freight
wes injured Considerable nnri and iumhet noaiod
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