The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-30
THE GREAT FREsHET.
DIsastroos Inuldatiohs in the East
Less OF Lille eId' Ctsupcticr OF Prom

Troy n. T., April g.
/ The Hood IN the river here is the highs
est since HIST. The lower part of he city
Is Inundated, and several piles of lunbee
! haye been carried away fram West Troy.
Railroad travel is suspended. The ssorA-
house of the Gems Falls Limc Company,
at Green fsland. contsining about 500
| barrels .! lime, was set On fire by the va
ter s!aking the iin,e, aad wholly destroyed.
together with the storehou>c of Fale- &
Sweet. of this city. Loss s5,UlA The
tre>het above us Is very severe. The
| boom sbove the dam at Glens Falls, was
carried awIy this morning aud forty thous-
and i Is we're &c, alsi.r. l'ha l9ss will b
;csy Lcavy.
Grsnty, Canads, April, e..
w Ii:ie nmher o. persons were coaxrega-
! ted on The principal bridge ct this place
last evening watching the food, oae end
gave Hay, preclpltating eleven persons in>
| 10 the wafer No as>istan %
c2uld be rendered to the victims of this
disaster, and the whole number were
quickly carried ou; Of sight and and drovn-
cd.
Albany, April %.
We are having the greatest food here
since 1881. The water is rising an inch
per hour. The streets are f.odei. The
Hudson River Railroad is submerged at
different points between here and Stuyves.
ant, and III .oBe places The track i washed
away. The Rensselaer, and S.ratoga
Railroads is FIVE feet under water tetwse a
here and Troy.
Concord. April %
The flood in the Mcrr,nac Is the great.
est tha: has occurred since 1862.
A raft OF 9l5 900 logs, belonging to Mr.
Barron, at W White River } Junction, Was cara
ned away.
-. Schenectady, April %.
The Mohawk River il G'teen iset above
low water mark The valley above ,he
city is entirely inundated. The water is
from three I" tour feet deep on Ill.,. puhlie
roads The water touched the old Mohawk
bridge last night, but is a little lower to.
day.
Springfield Mass. April -.
The CONNECTICUT River reached 2I feet
above lOw-water mark this morning and
has >lnce receeded about foot Direct
travel between this city aud Nurthamptou
Is suspended, and one track on the Hart.
fort aud New ilaven Railroad at Thomp~
sonvllle damaged. 1t will probably be re-.
pared TO morrow. The river has been the
his hest since 1862.
Watertown N. Y, April, %.
great fre>ilet prevails on Black River.
girls. mil, house, WOODEN factory, and
machlneshop have been swept away. and
several other buildings, Injured. Dams,
tiooms aud bull heads were carried down
stream. 1t will take months TO repair
he damages. The pumps for supplying
he village with water were also datnag~
ed
The less will amount to scycn .housand
dollars.
-, Albany. April 22.
The water as probably reached it's high
est point and has been at stand for TWO
hours. The Mohawk is falling rapdly,
The Central Railroad trains are moving
cautiously through the water. The tracks
apnear to he but slightly damaged, and il
Is expected that trans will run regularly
10 mprrnw. The uudSot. has no. been 20
h gh since 1857. Hundreds of famiiies
have been driven out ot their dwellings.
and there Is much suffering. Fhe mails
from all dlrectlnn> are six to twenty houra
| i'ehnd time. Up to late hour this even.
ing the water had rcccded only All inca
from the highest point.
5.. Dunville, Ca. April ~.
| The track of the Buffalo and Lake Hur.
on Railroad east Of this pnnt is covered
with water to the depth of six feet,
| Though passengers are transferred TO rho
Great Western cars at Paris An immense
DESTRUCTION in this section has been caused
10y the food
Montreal, April %.
The inundation is neary az bad now al
during the food of 1861, aud there is yet
no prospect of relief by the ice .reakiny M.
The custom house is surrounded and the
water has reached Lemnine street. La.
prairie is flooded to an alarming extent.
he water being nearly up TO the caves OF
the houses. A signal of distress has been
hol,ted, and much loss of lile and stock has
prObably taken place.