The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-10-12

AS we went TO press last week reports
Of the damage done by the food began to
come in, but the extent and serious nature
of the losses were but family foreshadow-
ed. All of our earlier reports are confirm
ed with fearful additions. In extent it
is unparalleled for the season of the
year, extending all through New England
the Middle states and as far south as the
District of Columbia. In Lewiston and
Augusta, Me-, the ravagcs of swollen
rivers and streams were experienced. At
Broad Brook, Conn.,, a young man and
woman and five children were swept away
with a house and drowned In Manches-
ter, Conn, not bridge is left, and every
waterwheel is still, from the destruction
Of the dams. The great dam on the
Housatonic, at Birmingham, is among
those swept away. A train on the Troy
and Boston Railroad ran into washed.
out culvert and three persons were killed
In Columbia County, New York, the
damage done was great, and two persons
were drowned at Columbiavillc in rescu.
ing property from the flood. In New.
Jersey the loss of property is heavy. A
lady and her niece were drowned at Cole.
vile, in crossing stream in a wagon
Philadelphia suffered severely. The
southern limit of the storm seems to have
been the Dictrict of Columbia, and the
western boundary the Lehigh Valley il
Pennsylvania and the Mohawk Valley il
New York, while its eastward and north
ward course took in large portion ofV err
mont, New-IIampshire and Maine, anc
the other New-England States. All the
mills at Lawrence, Mass. were stopped
the loss Of property in Fitchburg wa.
immense. All along the Kennebec rivel
and its tributaries,in Maine great damag,
was done.
Vermont has been the scene of some o.
the more extensive losses. The losses t.
the r. & B. r. r. are very great. East
from Rutland the road is washed away
for long distance. The railroad anC
five dwelling houses at Bartonsvile wer,
swept away. The river now runs wher,
the depot stood. More than half tn,
distance from Chester to Bartonsville thu
railroad track has been washed away
One railroad bridge between Bartonsvillt
and Chester has been carried away, anC
another is very shaky, its foundation
having been undermined, and will be o
no use until fully repaired. The frs
bridge below Bartonsvilc is gone. TIL,
water has made an excavation of NOR,
than 100 feet deep where the depot stood
The culvert below Brockway's mills ha
gone out The old washout of last sprin,
which was so thoroughly repaired, ha
stood the test this time, which must b.
particularly gratifying to railroad men, "a
it has been heretofore a source of mucl
trouble and great expense in time o
high water.
At Cavendish all the Railroad bridge
are more or less injured. The first bridg
this side of Gassett's Station, has beei
entirely swept away. More or less dam
age has been done to the highways, and
large number of bridges taken away
At Ludlow, Shrewsbury, and othe
points along the line, more or less seriou
damages have occurred.
At Pttsford, three culverts have gon
out, and it is estimated that a mile o
track near the depot has been washc,
out.
These damages are already PARTIAL
,oro;,ol o,J tro;ng will bo n
usual along the whole line in day o
two.
Some damage was done to the Benning
ton 4 Rutland road which caused inter
ruptions in the usual travel and it is sti
a matter of uncertainty when the train
will again run regularly.
The Rutland & Washington road los
the long bridge at Shushan and suffere
some other losses of less importance
The Vermont Central Railroad is washe
out at twenty different points. One hig
bridge was swept away.
1t is reported that the Lebanon roa
is very badly damaged, and will not b
in condition for the running of train
for several weeks.
At Springfield the damage has bee
serious to that enterprising village. TIL
new iron bridge across the Black Rive
was carried off. A teamster, who, wit
his team, was standing on the bridg
looking at the raging torrent at the tim
it was swept away, was thrown into tn
surging waters and drowned. A girls
mill, saw mill and the extensive cab an
Yankee notion mandatory, and tw
dwelling houses, were swept away in
short period of time. The Williams fac
tory was seriously damaged.
AT Saxton's River the food also rage
seriously. 1t is reported that not singl
bridge is left from Grafton to Below
Falls. Several grist and saw mills an
dams have been carried away, Tw
houses were swept away at Saxton
River.
The recent heavy rain in the vicinit
of Burlington has swelled the rivers owe
their banks and considerable damage wa
done. The Vermont Central suffere
severely in the loss of bridges and wash
outs. The trestle bridge, about AIS fee
in length, over the Winooski at Ridley
Station near Waterbury, was swept ava
Monday. The old one had been take
down and this had been constructed 70
the trains to cross over until the new on
should be finished. The gathering drift
wood accumulated with such force againi
the trestle, that it was compelled to yielC
Several wash-outs have been made betwee
Bolton and Randolph, one of considerable
magnitude near Montpelier Junction, an
another at Braintree.
The water in the streams emptying il
to the Connecticut was never, in ii
memory Of the oldest inhabitant, so higl
The bridges Of the town of Brattlebol
are generally swept off,and the roads rel
dered impossible, and the Record est
mates the loss at fully 100000. The Pho
nix estimates the loss halfthis amount. Tv