National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-10-15

it' tittb anu d37uhi l'Ei' INV ilttli- |
road bridge: 4. Napt lost a dam;
q. &. Burton. mills and dam: Mess (
enger Il llazcn, dam: l.. T.. Barton. |
brick and wood valued at $1,000 =
G.. W. kibbing, stock, lumber ard .
machinery, buildings, Sc, worth |
SSGC0; Burbank & CrandaIl, dam
&c, loss $1,000; all the lands along
Broad Brook were overlooked. and
the loss in buildings and crops was
heavy.
BRATTLLBORO.
AT BrattlcborO the loss is i'm |
mcnse. and is estimated at $500, 900 |
The new bridge over MILESTONE
Creek, A. f. Dwincll's Furniture
Warehouse four story frame build
ing, A. i. Boynton's Boot and Shoe
store, Boyd's Fish Market, Cranes
Blacksmith Shop, toll bridge over
the Connecticut River, and a LARGE
amount of lumber at Estey & Coz
yards, are among the things that
We're. having been entirely swept
away 10y the food. The Record
says:-
Almost every resident of Brattlc.
boro is to greater or less extent a
suffer by this watery scourge which
has passed us by, and left us thouS.
ands 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 re.
pair, and the money for which Will
be necessarily raised by taxes, can
not fall short Of $4,000 Mr.. G.
II. Salisbury, who is erecting fine
house on High ST., had a lot of lum-
Der, plans, &c. in DwinclI'S shop, all
of which are swept away Mr.. SIS
loss is fully $500. People had arti-
cies at the shops for repairs, that
shared the fate of the whole. Boots
and shoes lett at Boynton's to be re
paired, are iirecoverably gone. In
fact, it would he hard to find man
woman or child. in Brattleboro, who
has not been a loser.
1t also reports that two lives were
lost by the flood.
SPRINGFIELD.
Friday, Oct. 5.-Sprngfcld has
suffered terribly by the ireshet.-
The whole valley of Black River is
n sad picture Of destruction. Our
village has sustained severe losses.
The new iron bridge across the Falls
went down AT O'Clock Monday, With
man named Morcy, who was lost.
The bridge at Gould's mills and the
one below there near y. p. Whites
is gone, also the Seaver bridge. The
bridges at North Springfield are
gone. The bridge in the village
is the only one left across Black
River. Saiford's grist mill, Robin
son & Frosts saw mill. Ellis. Britton
81 Eaton'S cab shop are swept away.
Joseph Smart's house is carried off.
Three houses owned by Geo. Kim.
ball were undermined and tipped
over. Two houses at Gould's mills
gone. Mitchell & Co.'S Foundry SuS
tanned considerable damage. John
Chipman's barn was carried off. The
new part Of Porter & Whcelcr's and
Chase Bros blocks carried away
The saw mill at the North village
gone. also the saw mill dam and
bridge at Leland's. The roads are
badly gullied and culvcrts torn III
all over the town. There is besides
Il great amount of loss to numerou,
individuals. The sufferers are not
dishcarteu'd but rcsolutcly set abouI
rebuilding at once.
BENNINGTON.
The Bdnacr says, "Thc loss can
not he arrived at with any degree o
accuracy at this writing. The town
will have to build four or five new
and expensive bridges, including
the iron one On Main street, and re-
pair rs many more, and great sums
Of money will have to Ice expended
on every principal street in the vii
lagc, and the expense will likely bC
increased from the fact of winter
being SO near at hand. The loss f.
the town cannot fall much, if any,
below s30.CON.
"Thc Railroad company will have
To build one new bridge (lt the sand
bank and repair "A number of 9th
ers, besides replacing nearly half q
mile of track.
"Ihe loss to private individuals j.
heavy, and impossible TO correctly
compute, inasmuch az nearly all on
the line of the dclugc were more or
less damaged. I.
"As the water subsidpd at night,
having commenced falling 1T about
q oclock--it was hoped that the fen.