Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-26

well-ordered ship-bottoms, but in convey |
ance improvsed for the occasion-towards the
seaports and the great outlets for foreign ex-
portation. The farmers along these routes
complain that they we're not consulted in re-
gard to the sale and transfer of these articles,
but that the same we're violently con6scat-
ed" and no vouchers left for the amount taken.
In fact if not a high-handed outrage upon the
peaceful denizens of TIE valleys, it was most
certainly hagh-seater raid upon their possess
sions and property. And many an individual
can reckon his losses by hundreds, and some
by thousands, of dollars.
In this town we believe the heaviest damage
falls upon Mr.. Geo. H. Bennett, who had a
portion of his Sash and Blind Factory swept
away. together with large amount of valuable
lumber. His loss cannot fall short of $17O0,
loss which falls heavily upon an enterprising,
industrious and capable mechanic, but which,
we doubt not, will only temporarily retard his
business operations. Messrs. Lane, Pitkin &
Brock, Machinists, Iron Founders, etc., had q
portion of their fume carried down stream, and
we're damaged to the amount of $1,000. The
only effect of this will be to delay for day or
two the extensive and profitable business of this
reliable and go-ahead firm. ID. X. Bennett
had his clearinghouse Partially undermined,
and removd his goods therefrom in expectation
that it would topple into the stream but it
was spared that fate. Messrs. E. 5. Camp
and J. r. Langdon both suffered considera-
BILE loss in personal property. DR.. Calklns, liv-
ing up the North Branch. had severll of his
valuable sheep drowned Many other ndivid-
ais we're damaged to some extent by the sweep
ing away of crops, personal property, and by in
jury to their lands and tenements.
Two bridges in Montpelier were swept away i,
and in Worcester they were completely ''clean-
ed out" Scarcely bridge is left standing on
the North Branch and the roads are most Sc
riously injured in nearly every town from which
we have advices. At South Woodbury., the
dam across the stream gave way, and the sud
den accession of accumulated waters to the
already swollen stream carried away and rem
dered impossible all the bridges, nine in Num-
Der, between that village and East Calais. In
many other towns large numbers OF small
bridges carried off. or the water swept
around and cut channels at either end of them
leaving the wooden structure high and drv on
the stone abutments, while culverts aud sluice
ways swept with the bosom of destruc-
ton.
The damage to mills and mill owners is very
heavy. At Worcester Corner, Abbott's mill
was badly dealt with, and the loss it is thought
will not be covered by $1,000. Putnam 5
mills in Middlesex. We're considerably Injured,
and some three thousand legs were swept down
stream. The loss here IS estimated at $4,000
From other mills and water privileges in this
section advices are not sufficiently definite
to enable US to accurately estm .te the amount
of damage sustained by their owners and occu
pants, but it must te qui,e large, nearly al
Of them suffered more or less.
Vt East CALAIS quite serious accident oc-
CURED. On SATURDAY morning, Rev. Cyrut
Liscomb and osher citiz,ns went out 10 the
dam holding the water by which the nachln
cry of Mr.. Goodalls carriage shop IS pro
F PEELED, to view the sublim!ty OF tue raging
waters as they were poured over the higt
falls at that place While attempting L
eros. small foot bridge connece 81 with til,
aume, the dam gave way and Mr. L.scoml
was precipitated INTO the channel o: TIT
stream, carried down the falls, over two dam,
, "a distance OF ter rods, with a fall OF from
seventy to seveaty-fve feet. The first seen
of him after his plunge into The stream, ht
was discovered standing On small, rocky
island at she bottom of the falls cliBsing 10
l. l., -,
for his hlcless remains, rescue him from the
perilous situation and conveyed him TO hi
home, much to the JOY of his anxious family
He was badly cut ana bruised, bat is now
improving and the prospect is good for his
speedy and complete recovery from thes9 in
uries
The Vermont Central Railroad vas sally
Z" demoralz,d " in several places; bat the
managers and employees have been Indeiatiga
bic in their endeavors TO keep the trains nun
ming, and the travelling public have reason tc
be thankful that so little interruption ans
Inconvenience has been experienced by then
on this road.
In other parts of the country people have
Jared much worse than have we from the eff
fects of TINS equinoctial storm. At the W es
particularly, the loss of lives and propers.
and the breaking up of the railroads and or
binary lines of travel by the heavy fresheu
have rarely been exceeded The large rivers
have, In mauy instances, overhowed THEN
banks and deluged large sections of coun
: try, compelling the inhabitants TO flee fol-
their lives, leaving their property to the mere,
of the inundating waters. We have no desir
, to record the occurrence of such anothe
equinoctal storm until G. least another year