Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-14
The Great krcsiaet.
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION or PROPERTY


A the recent food is uppernosf in the
minds Of the people, they are uFrlra|lv
eager to know Of it. elF ats c|sawhe~e,
hence we devote much space - ehseHj-
cling It's result, and nosiac ite Incidents
ahroad, Is far a. w have besn able U
gather them, from the few exchange
that have come 70 hand.
The rise Of eater evary~hara seems to
have been uneg-mpled in tba recoilaafi "a
# the present generation. TIE railroads
torn up. trtve! impedad, and acniient-
eoa.e auent thercupon, come to Us from
all directions. We give he~ew1l.l aescrip-
tons Of the treshet south.
TROY.
The Times says: The fall Of rain was
without "A parallel III thi~ secrion of The
country. Up t. 80 p. ~, sunday,
the fall was 3i-l00 inchez: fasl : 80 p.
M. Sunday, to 8 20 "a. m, u nd y, il wan
15.1O0 inches! or total IN bout thr-
tv one hours OF FIVE INCHES A&D EIGHTY
ONE IUNDREDTHS or AN INeIl Tint
our renders may better appreclat the i'm
mensity ,thi4 term alone can properly con-
vcy the idea Of the rain fall OF Sunday
and Monday morning. It Is only Necessary
to state that during the months OF July,
August and September, the total rain fall
Was six inches aud sixty-three one-hun-
dredths OF ar inch. So that very nearly
as much water fell in the thirty-oue
hours preceding 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing, a. III the months of July, August and
September The whole country ABOUT as
as far West as Utica, aud away up
North, down South and over L st, wa~
deluged, causing the stream,
to overflow their banks, sweeping away
bridges, and doing incalculahle damage.
The unparalleled rise in the river afforded
the most positive proof Of the severity of
he storm for miles about, After o'clock
Monday morning there was steady rise,
and from l2 o'clock noon up to 4 o'clock
Tuesday morning ii raised at the rate OF
sixteen inches per hour The .'oldest in
habitant" cannot call to mind any such
'all freshet as this In fact it has scarce
" ever been equalled by any spring
iood oocas;Qned by the breaking up of the
ce.
THREE MEN DROWNED.
James Donnelly. of West Troy, Michael
Riley and James Flynn We're drowned in
The Hudson at the Iron Works. Monday
afternoon. All the men were in the en-
oloy Of the Messrs. Burden Donnelly
ATTEMPTED to cross the river from his home
o go to work. While out in the stream
le undertook to catch piece of drift
wood floating by, and was apparently
vearied by his endeavors, for when but "A
short distance from the dock he seemed
lnable to stem the current Observing |
everaF workmen on the dock, he called I
nut for help. Riley jumped into small
ow boat lying at the dock, and called to
lid SO, and the two started out to aid |
Donnelly. When the boat reached the
it was born down the stream with |
great rapidity, and collision with Don
lelly's boat ensued, SCATTERING both boats,
which almost Immediately filled and |
sunk. Their occupants struggled for a
orief moment, and then disappeared be-
,eath the water. The narrowing scene
was witnessed by number of laborers,
Who were powerless to render assistance
ALONG THE PoEsTENKILL
ne scene on the fOeStenKlfi CT eek, In
he vicinity of the stone bridge on Ida
Hill, was at once grand and terrific. Over
he Marshall falls, short distance below
he BRIDGE an enormous quantity of water
; passing, and the shores of the creek are
onstantly crowded by people eager TO
witness a sight which even Niagara can
ot surpass. The water flows, or rather
caps, from chasm to chasm, foamipg
nass, and is hurried down the precipit-
us rocks with lightning-like rapidity to
be bottom of the fall, where it strikes
vith roar that is of itself almost loud
nough to wake the dead. The spray
brown by the water in its descent rises
0 the height of fifty feet or more, and in
istance closely resembles q heavy thun
er storm The sight is calculated to
trike the beholder with awe, and those
rho admire the sublime in nature, should
OF fail to see it, The height of the falls
annot be less than one hundred feet, and
be quantity OF water which has passed
yer them since the commencement OF the
.eshet cannot be computed, but it must
OF course, when the situation OF the
arious mills and factories which line the
anks of the creek is takon into consider
lien, .he amount Of damage inflicted by
lis sadden and G1most unprecedented
sc muDt be extensive. It will be impose
BILE to form an idea of the total loss until !