Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-03-06

/ The FREsHET IN VERMoNT.-We copy tr,,
| the Springfield Republican the following dean
of the damage by the overflow of the Clnu.a,....
| river in Vermont:
"The damage by the freshet on SATURDAY a.
| Sunday 10 Vermont seems to have been 1r--
| severe along the line of the Centr.l rairosd ft
| in any part of the State. There were upw4ra. 7.
| half dozen breaks on that road, greatly O. .,-
the trains on Monday. The ice gorged in The o.-
necticut below Windsor, causing the river "a J..
| back and flow over a large territory in and 5
| that town. drowning about 500 sheep and ..-..
number of cows and pigs. One farmer lost .-
| cows, and another lost one that was wor h --
| dred dollars. The water thirty fee sf,
| low water mark-two and half feet higher H.
was ever known at Windsor before. The
| bridge connecting Windsor with Cornish r
| on the opposite side of the Connecticut. v
| from the abutments about . 'cocA Sandy b +
| ing, and was taken down the river about t,r.-
rods, where it strGck the bridge on the nl
| railroad across the Connecticut. Ia:ee r. b.
four spans of this bridge, not less than 400 f.
| in length, at the east end, were instantly t..-
| off the abutments and came down the river. z
| of the toll bridge logged on the Island. bl,
remainder of it and the railroad bridge r--
down the river, when the latter reached b,
| Falls, about noon, distance OF twenty SIX .
one span of 1t remained upright, W..n 81
road track and the bowls filed win X ---
have usually stood upon it, protec,.5r T..
fire, undsturbed, the water not even h4v.--
spilled out. In going under the Su.livar fs..
bridge, al Bellows Fails the arches OF nal l---.
were so Injured as TO prevent trains from
| compelling the railroad company to Use
Cheshire bridge. About o'c.och Suud-- ---
uoon part OF the Windsor bridge pass j.
Ooro, having gone over 80 miles IN .ls,-- over Ia.
hours. This (ralroad) bridge about ool 4
IN length, ana the span next 20 TIE West shore
still standing. Passengers were taken over r.
ing the day on Monday iniskitis, and By to-day
Dig fat boat from Harlland viii re4ca there
be used ferry boat until the brldgs IS r-
From Windsor two miles north the trslA -
so badly washed 20 make Il impossible, an ..--
sengers Monday were carried around r..
Hartland, where a bridge being
structed over Queechy river, the ireste y rs -
the temporary bridge was carried awoy, prev -.-
ing the trains from passing Saturday aigl..
Royalton the third pier on the we.t sid- j.
new bridge over White River was CARRIE -a-r
and passengers now have to be carried ar01c.
At Randolph the trestle work OF the templI.r
bridge was knocked out by the ice, and wn-a Oh
Montreal express from the North arr.ve1 th-rz
the engine taken from the train and TIE l-.
left until Monday. The engineer crossed -1-
brdge on foot, and the fireman, VINO rem4.1e.
with the engine, pulled the :" throttle . and
the engine GO over unattended. Il reached liz
opposite side, when the engineer took il ID hand.
and with several passengers went 70 tb= IS lite
RIVER junction. There we're also breaks I'd ElC--
mond, Georgia, and between Essex junction AID
Burlington, but the whole line was put il rua1i1z
order, excepting the bridges al K WALTON zu-
Windsor, so that trains passed over ,he roaC
Monday night.
Inc Montreal express train thrown from
the track on the Vermont Valley read. near Dun
merston, Saturday night, going north anG -1e
baggage and passenger cars were thrown down
the embankmsnl, OWING to rock. The sleep
ing car remained on the track and Went lorcr
that night. The other remained there ~ -
day No seriously injured, although
several passengers were considerably bruised.
On the Passumpsic and other raiIro as .l -1-
State the damage was com parauvely :. 90, 4l.
the trains Monday met with very little G-t---
ton. The loss to the Sullivan Railroad. 10 con-
seq Ience of the Windsor bri6g- being csrr.-l
away, cannot be less than $1,000; an o. -a-
Central Railroad, who operate II, larger >al.
IN consequence of he detention Of the dowuwsr
freight.
Tue Rutland Herald states that on S4turd
arge portions OF that town were flooded. y
large part of Edsonviile from two to four +---
under water. The Easements OF the bulldogs Oh
The east side OF Merchants Row were flied To the
depth of several feet. There vas twa feet et
water in the Herald press room. over % e. ~
orasks " and at West Rutland there vas also .
overflow. A good deal OF loose property v->
swept away and many families were oofsec -
quit their nom, or retreat to the upper stori->
No serious casualty Is reported. The PcuL
Bridge near Middle Granville Wa carried away.
and two bridges the Western Vermont road
are missing.
letter from Bradford. Vt, reports hsa
water in Waits River. A bridge across th-
river, two dwelling houses and blacksmith shop.
have been carried away; also dan at Br-dfor1
Centre aud bridge at East Corinth.