The New York herald., 1865-03-20
two mos twas then rising slowIy-about one and
one hall insh an hour

two mos Il was then rising slowly-about one and
one hall insh an hour
From the Bridgs the State House steeple the aoox
presents majestic and impressive sghtsxtsnding,
Ii does both aorss and looking to be mile vida
The lower part Of tife city 10 Hooded.
THE STEAMER CRY or HARTFORD
arrived at eleven O'Clock With some passengers and
great freight list and anchored "a State street do kos
good while TO discharge her freight into the housa
she large quantities OF broken cs very thick ana
solid, from three O'Clock 10 eight.
LIVELY TIMES.
Along the lower streets Of the city tho houses arc
flooded in cellar ar basement, and the activity eyery
where witnessed saving household goods and animals
draws together curious crowd OF both sexes In every
street. Truck wagons are IN demand, and pigs sse
and boxes The water reaches the cellars along the cas-
side Of Front street. There busy activity has Pre-
OF both sexes and all omplexions-apparenty from
every cline in America, Europe and the Orient Boats
were everywhere padded about and shouts OF aughtss
'duck ng in the dirty food.
water yet most Of the houses are by no means aban-
donsd, even temporary-their occupants going and
The Flood I'm the Eastern states.
From the Hartford Evening Times March I81
Much damage has been done to dams and ralroal
tracks up country. At the Holyoke dam contrary v
the Ice above the dam broke only day
Ing and png up in great masses ON the banks for the
distance OF nearly mile, and In place heapsA
up TO height Of twenty feet The cakes Of gitteIinR
Ice passing the grent dam made impressive sgh
which drew crowd Of spectators The tributaries the
Connecticut this side Of the dam flooded, the
Chcopee and the Agawam rising cry high The Con-
nectcut itsolf for awhile ChcOpee the enor.
wnsrs foods are ess nan tho
on Friday night at ten o'clock stood at eighteen fess
above low water mark.
On the Connecticut River Railroad two large cuvsrts
were washed away betw Bernarston and South Yer.
non one with an eIhbankmcnt ton feet high and the
ott ryh nnopf tnirfU htvh Mat LyNlv
covered with Ice, preventing the from passing
till the way could be cleared " gang Of hundred
mon, q
The canal railroad was badly washed in westAed and
train yesterday friday of the track the engines
not being aware that the rails were completely dndes
The railroads in Berkshire county suffered much
severely. mile and quarter OF the Pttsheld and
North Adams Railroad washed away, just south Of
North Adams. No train passed tho road Thur
day. the water in the Cheshire swamps was three ese
No trains went out OF North Adams on Friday on the Troy
and Boston Railroad account OF the high water On
step OF the long stretch OF road mile south
OF pttshed to the Connecticut ne This road sunsrsd
badly near Lee.
county, Mass, Is extensive. Tho mountain streams
filled up and ovcrfowed so suddenly as to sweep away
dams and do other damage which il will take Thousands
Of dollars to repair Not for thirty years. at least has
such freshet been known. Highways and railroads In
many places arc Hooded dams ana orases wnlcn nays
excitement prevails The roads at Silver Lake. Taconas
and other points In Pseld submerged yesterday
and marine vows In the East HousatOnte
street cellars and extemporzed water prv.
leges Other pls es In Pittsasld suffered in the
way. Bobtown IA tory was Hooded out The dams q
Pontoosuc and most Of the factories endangered
and the old dam Of Tlloson Collins swept away,
and the soppage Of portion Of the machinery Of the
works s necessitated At South Adams Punkett D
Wheeler's DAM we'll William Poll0cks was D.
stroyed The bridge below Pollok dam has swuna
from its abutments Perry Il Pennman's dam at NORTH
Adams Is gone. Smiths dam At Lee 10 also reported
swept away. The Housatonic and Hoosac rivers aEa
higher than at any time previous for thirty years.
DETENTION OF TRAINS.
From the Boston Evening Traveller March 16.
The ira OF the railroads at the North asQ
delayed by damage TO the tracks by high water. ~
considerable damage by the rise Of the Ammonoos1Ak
and tn connect yesterday with trains on III
upper part Of the road AT Ftzwliam, on the Cheshire
road tho track has been siroyed for some disAneau
and passengers have walk around tho Creek" Ju1e
beyond Erving the Vermont and Massachusetts red
the track is badly washed for distance Of sixty feet
The track on the Northern road above Northamptob Il
badly washed in places Near Hatfield trestle weS8
had to be constructed 0rdcr to got bad break
and about mills this side OF Soath Vernon culvege
washed away, tog ther with several rods OF tAo
track. The damage win be rapidly repaired
sPRISusIrLD, March 1910 A. II
Tho river has risen about half AN Inch since seven
o'clock this morning. and s ten inches higher than q
ten O'Clock last night II stands ut eighteen ~
ten inches.
BeATrr EDoRo March 1911 AS A. u
The river here has risen four feet within hour and
half and Is still rising.