Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-10-12

considerable timber. This accumulation
of water, timber and flood wood swept down
the stream mile and half to Rounsevel
& Colburn's mill, carrying away their boom
with about forty feet of the dam, and near
ly 500, 900 feet of unsawed lumber. Passing
along down two and a half miles to the
mill of Burbank & Church, it took off their
mill entire, with machinery and all there
was in it; also a bridge just below the mill.
The next dams were in Bethlehem; John
Pierce's dam and canal were considerably
damaged, and Ira Richardson's dam car
ried off entire.
SAD CALAMITY.
We learn that J. NJ. Thompson of the
Glen House, White Mountains, and his
cook, Major Huckins, were both drowned
by the freshet on Monday. They went into
Mr.. ThOmpson's mill to remove some ma
chinery, when the mill was swept off and
both were drowned. These men are well
known to all who have visited the Glen
| House, and both leave families-Mr.
! Thompson leaving wife and three sons
and two daughters. Major Huckins was
formerly cook at the Parker House, Bos-
ton.
There are thousand stories afoat con-
corning the amount of damage done in dit
| ferent places, many of which are fabulous.
We have endeavored to give only those
which we have good reason to believe are
true. Among the reports is one to the eff
| feet that the grist mill at Lisbon, y. H.,
was carried off with S25, 900 worth of wool
| belonging to James Hale. Also that there
are 26 bridges gone on the Central railroad
between ST. Adams and White River juno
ton. Also that the bridge at Montpelier
is destroyed.
Since the above was in type our southern
mail has arrived, from which we learn that
the flood was far worse in the southern
part of the state than here, and it extend
ed into Massachusetts, and New York. We
have not time to insert but little more. In
Brattleboro, we learn from an extra of the
Record and Farmer, that the damages to
that town and vicinity are fully $500, 900
terrible to contemplate while three or
four lives were lost, two women, man and
a child certain. The Record says, among
other details:
almost every resident of Brattleboro is
to greater or less extent a sufferer by this
watery scourge which has passed us by, and
left us thousands of dollars poorer than we
were on Sunday last. The damage to the
roads and bridges which the town will be
obliged to rebuild, and repair, and the
money for which will be necessarily raised
by taxes, cannot fall short of $50, 1000"
This is what the town loses as corpor-
ate body, the rest of the vast sum is shared
by private citizens, in sums large and small.
One firm loses $4,000. Esty & Co, the me-
lodeon makers lose 100, 900 feet of lumber
PLAINFIELD.
The town of Plainfield suffered terribly
Concerning ravages of the food here,
we take the following from the Waterman
and State Journal:
Monday morning it was apparent that
much damage was being done to the high
ways. At one O'Clock p. m. the Great
Brook had swollen SO that it was with diff
ficulty that the dam of Charming Hazeltine
was saved as well as the bridge below
Word then came that nearly every bridge
between Plainfield village and Perkinsvillt
|
destroyed This news was very soon veri-
fed by the long pieces of timber, and piles
of plank then came floating down stream
Our attention was next turned to the
Winooski river which was rapidly rising
Soon the saw mill of Willis Lane began tC
tremble and fall Then the brick grist mil
commenced to crackle, and about dark the
grist mill and saw mill fell with terrible
crash. But the work of ruin did not stor
here; the water was running three feet deeI
through and under the shops, and it was ap
parent that they too must fall. The build
ings were cleared Immediately. Soon :
loud crash came, and two more building
fell. The waters Immediately closed owe
the scene, and ten minutes after not tim
Der of any mill was to be seen.
The waters next pressed against tn
shops of Mark NJ. Page with such fore
that they were swept out of sight in an in
slant. The dwelling houses next stood il
danger, and several were cleared of thei
contents. 1t was thought at one time tina
Mr.. Lanes house and barn would be swep
away, but fortunately were left. A bar
and part of the house of r. Tailor wer
|. carried off. Darkness closed over the scene
! and spectators could do little but watc
the raging elements. 1t was terrible to be
hold. The loss to Mr.. Lane is nearly q
quite 81 900, and to the village alone Gel
tainly $4,000, and to the town and to 9th
! er individuals $4,000 more.
e The little village of Quechee in Windsc
: county, is great sufferer. The factory I
J. c. Parker & Co., is complete wrec
: says the Woodstock Standard, and Il
5 company lose at least $4,000. Daniel
IS Cushing lost nine acres of corn, some
: ton of hay, about rs bushels of beans al
y y nearly all his roots. His loss is quite lara
ic Peter NORM lost "a head of superior lo
wool sheep which he had reared with t
greatest care. Theseare the largest loss
re There are scores of smaller ones. The Il
7, to the Windsor Manufacturing Co.,
g {. Windsor, is $4,000. Thelcss to the Woe
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