The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-25
The Freshet in Connecticut.

From New Haven Journal, February "a.
The heavy rain Of Wednesday, as was anticipated.
caused he Naogaiuc and others rvers in this vicinity =
swell n1d overflow their banks About one A. NJ on mus
day tbs ice In the Naugatuc at Derby broke up with rs
mendoas crash, and caused q considerable excaemeaS
among the people, many of whor, were aroused from
their sleep by the noise. Toe ice rushed down streew
with great force tearing everything before it, and doing
considerable damage aong the banks Of the river The
track Of the Naugatuc railroad lower street tho
town OF Derby covered with water and rendered
impassAtc,' as also the causevay between QeetT
town and :Ss village of birmingham The only mes6 4
convey between the two psceo. yesterday By
boas and The owners Of small craft dd good ferryinS
business" AZ Derby Landing the most damage was
quantity Of lumber TO the rairced track, completely
blocking up the road that trauc could pass y
yesterday. Wcrkmen busy all dry In removing the
rubbish and repairing the track and expected tha
it would be ready for the passage Of trains last night
Fortunate y the merchants and mannfsc mrers on tho
Birmingham side were prepared for the freshet hsyiny
removed their goods from the cellars Into the upper
stories and consequently none Of then suffered any Loon
Yesterday afternoon the water began to recode, ana
last evening" u WAS falling fast and the Ice from above
The road between TINS place and Derby rs badly washes
In many plscee and the travelling is nythng buk
West swollen yesterday to the size OF q large
river, and the meadows along its benks between West
vile and AlDgtown were over1owed The banks Of Mid
and QunDp'sck rivers were also overilo ved but Ne
damage sustained beyond the LOGS Of few stacks q
We learn THAI bridge at watervr,, near watertownv
washed away by the food but have not been abe -
The bridge Destroyed is one beIonCsg to the Naugatus
! Railroad, ovsr which the track is nsd. The brsge b
about three hundred feet long, about OF which u
carried ave. OF the trains cannot pass "
Mr. Waterbury, Superintendent OF TIE road, In The
city last evening" making arrangements for the purchess
Of timber end repairing of the fridge, add II 10 hiA
opnson th,tn will be ready for h passage Of trains -
the course OF three or four days Ia che meantime,
sepgers wlbe cketed through to ssted aud arranNa-
will De made conveying IN around the br
with the least possible decay.
The Hartford, Providence and F3hkill railroad bridge.
at Hop ses, between Andover nod Wl.llmsnuc,
moved BY the reshet SO that no trains could pass over H.
yesterday.
Little ri7er. al Hartford, sweden by the rains and
the heavy Of ice piled up against the rail-
road bri5ge making complete ice dam, and causing
sudden rs of water which Tnes OF
ipg) serious consequences TO the JAIL 10 b.
gers Bros electro plating factory to the dwelling houses
thereabous, and to the river3srder Of the Park Al
tmo.t the water three feet In fifteen minutes
The hou5ss Hicks street partially flooded aud Tie
Hicks street school had to adjop The piled up lee tore
away a s:anong tmbers Tin parO OF the old rslrsaA
bridge IA Mulberry street, GrA the whole r1ass Of lea
went The body Of a-man WIS seen borne on by tn
flood, GOD beyond the powered rescue II was caFried
DANIELS dam and ia full view Of crowd Of specta
tors Main street bridge; II down and passed under
the a-oh, went by and passed the lover dam anA
carried under the ice.