Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-01

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 Colds Mills, the Hume and wheel of Dickin
 sons saw mill. covering all the flats by Mr
 E H. Hart's. At Coles saw mill the water < was IS inches above the highest mark ever made on it.. bearing on it's flood uprooted trees, fence rails. slabs and large quantities of debris, and, in it's passage down the rug fged and narrow descent past Mr. Baldwin, and the old furnace. rocks of tons weight were hurried along with tremendous force.
 Reaching West Cornwall the flood carried destruction in it's path. Cochrane < Sher- woods tin shop was turned into the road and went along with the rush of waters, going to pieces before it reached the river. The old Post Office and Drug Store were in great danger, the water rushing through holes knocked in their sides for its passage
 covering the floor two feet deep. Every thing movable was taken out of them, also from Mrs. Kenyon's Milliner's Store; and the water> surrounded the dwelling and store of Pratt & Foster, the depot and all buildings in the vicinity. sxs ge.3s.s
 The house of Mir. Witherell was greatly exposed in it was woman with broken limb with her attendant and a, number oi children It was with great difficulty that they were removed. No lives however were lost. ..-t-.~ s., '' ? =
 TUESDAY MORNING. the, subsiding Iof the water. we can see something of the damage inflicted upon tue village The l water has cut channel some forty feet wide. and eight to ten feet deep. between the store of Pratt & Foster antl the site of the tin shop down which the brook now runs.o The whole village presents sad scene of desolation; men and teams are hard at work, endeavoring to make the road passable, 80 that business may be re- stunned. The roads and crops on the hills arc considerably damaged, but the farm CTS have left their own to assist in the so much greater damagesto the village. 4
 I The shower seems to have extended to a little above Falls Village, and the railroad is greatly damaged, the bridge gone just above Falls Village, and the culyert washed out just above the depot. ,.a..I -..4 The town authority meet this afternoon, to devise ways and means for such repairs and improvements that a similar catastro- phe may, if possible. be ayerted in future. Two bridges and two sawmills are carried away at Cornwall Hollow. and Roberts
 Hill will afford work for Gen. Cook for a week at least. sci @a ns 5e 1o9 a.u zyx.5. T | a'S''isf.Ii TWISTED. zst ilt8 h u | . Winsted is said to have suffered consid. eradly the sidewalks, roads, gardens, &c., near the river being much damaged, and the basement of the Clarke House flooded. We hear that much damage has been done on the Nepaug river at Bakerville and New Hartford. South End. l7'i 2, slsi',s s. -e sz Is l THE NAUaATUCK RAILROAD.
 F. The damage to the railroad in consider able. All the bridges between Wolcott- will and. Winsted are washed away. The track is badly washed along the line, as far as we have news. A bridge and about 200 feet of track are destroyed at Ansonia, which twill take two days to make even Temporarily passable. We hear that $100.. 1000 wilt hardly meet. the damage to the road. The flood did not reach the lower end of the river till Tuesday forenoon and the Waterbury early train of that morning went safely through to Bridgeport. .' E l 4s, THE HoUsAToSIc RAILROAD. s sa
 The principal damage done Oh the Hou- satonic. railroad is at West Cornwall and Falls Village. At the latter place the em- bankment west of the village is washed away for 70 feet to the depth of 25 feet. Temporary structures were going up rapidly when we last heard from the place, and the passage of through trains was prob ably not delayed over twenty-four. hours 1 TIaG, = L1rcHFIELD STATION. ~ ~. r. l The flood reached it's height at the Litch- 1 field Station, at little before s. The whole flat was flooded, the Harwinton bridge went of, and the water stood foot l deep on the floor of the Depot. The eve- l ming train reached 9 point about three l quarters of mile below the Station, where I they found the track flooded, and that it was unsafe to proceed further. At about l asm.3 Tuesday morning, the water had gone down, so that the passengers could walk up to the station on the track. ga a'i- f l ,o1q I'm EXTENT OF THE STORM. .. gasg3.
 l Monday telegraphic reports show that there was violent storm at Buffalo. Sun day night. Three houses were struck by lightning in Brooklyn and one in Jersey city, Sunday afternoon. A thunder storm and tornado are also reported in Philadel- phia ct the same time. The storm reach. ed Hartford about p. m.. Monday, from which time till 7 p. m., Az inches of wate, fell by the. rain -guage, and lightning struck in several places in the city. Buildings are. reported struck by lightning at New.