Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-10-12
From the Free Press
Freshet Itpms

uu',"g'Oo' IN this county, fl,
ter rose higher on Monday than ~ ~; ~'
freshct of 1859, and the river s 'a''
turbulent Some 40 feet of sa~.
carried away at Horton & johns,
The extent of their loss is ab0n, y
A, b. Bates lost all his corn, Will
standing in the fields, cut. III. l
reach $500. Much other dam, ',s'
done, and it is estimated that 4.
loss by the freshet cannot fall un1..
oOo' and it may much exceed hs.,
ures. 'o' 'ncs
The ireshet at Brattlcboro Was d..
tive and accompanied by a sad los, a.
Inc Jam at a tannery at West Br,tfl.I
washed out and the water rushed i
through Milestone Greek, the h,,p
which are covered with building, !
water power j. Estey & Co. !
manufactures, had some of tbs;,
shops floated from their foundation,
their large shop was moored to g..
ton by ropes. Dea. Dwinell, a f,ni
dealer, had his entire building ,n1
of goods washed away. Boynton
dealer, lost bis entire stock anil ,o,ll
Newman Il Tyler, machinists. had
whole end of their shop washed ar,l
The milestone creek bridge was car
away. The Connecticut river briasa
also carried away, and all commDn;.,
is now cut off between BrattleSoro viii
Ind the island opposite, upon which
several families.
- 'o' "oic lost, among then
German by the name of Frederick,
was engaged in getting out lumber II
tey's yard, when the current struok
pile he was on, and carried him ora.
once. This poor fellow was oDe If
survivors when the Central Amor;o,
down on her passage to New Oreap,
eral years ago. A Miss Barrett va,
drowned at the tsnnery. In additio,
these, a man and boy lost their lives
From various other portions Of
State, we hear of unprecedented hipb
ter and damage to property.
AT Bristol, every mill and manuf,ct
in the place was more or less injured 4
dam at Barrett's pill box manuhcti
was washed entirely away. Thayusn|
Il. W. Cane'smill, Butterfeld'smill Re-,
mills, and both bridges near the ht
were all carried away. Two grist
in Lincoln were also carried away.
There is no grist mill left nearer
Bristol than Middlebury or Vcrgonnes|
Dea. Kendall lost his life at FecbvIl
on Tuesday, while endeavoring to assist
the removal of family from house a
ing the high water. lie went into
house and put up ladder to ascend
the upper part, when the ladder broke Il
he fell backward, striking the floor wi
such force as to break his neck.
In Clarendon, several acres Of cd
belonging to Porter Benson, were Card
away.
In Pittsford much damage was done
farmers by the washing away Of thoiri4
crops and Monday and Tuesday Oh
Greek presented the appearance of,u|
sea Of corn and pumpkins. ThcfMh
through from Burlington to Rutland ID
the break, was freight train Of tSS
three cars, under the charge Of RaI
Cadman, conductor, which riwdah
land Wednesday evening. Trawlsw
uninterrupted between these two points
AT Chester, the damage to Dsnnng
tannery was some S., 0G0, and mudh
has been washed away. From Chester
Windham, not bridge is standing an
only three are left on the South BriN
For several miles below Chester, hei
r. is so badly washed as to have IaSi
appearance Of being a railroad hh1
tonvile a gully is washed 80 feet deep
At Springfield, the new iron brdg@
Black River was destroyed, and a'a'
ster who was on it at the time, went a'
with it, and with his horeS was droER
A grist mill, a cab and YankeeHo'
factory, and two dwelling houses VeE'al
ried down the current. In No.SPrn5Sj
a bridge, saw mill and several barns 500
ed the same fate.
Felchville and Perkinsville suffered
verely; two dwelling houses VeE'"T
off in the former place, and a coI''n y
and a bridge in the latter.
At Saxton's River the food raged ~'
fully and two dwellings were undelH"
and demolished. 1t is reported To-" y"
single bridge is left from Grafton w.
lows Falls. Several grist and saw D'
and dams have been carried away j
1t is reported that the Lebanon y,
very badly damaged, and will n''@ :,
condition for the running of trains l"S'|
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