Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-23


The -rel- haa-cf Tuesday. which ta1ueIr I--
idly tes snow stored In the woods. jo.nsl u..a
tie as-7y rains. have oocls.aueI severe a.ols.
All s-rio-- injury TO the railroads. A bal
break has occurred OLA the Vermont Central at
. B-autree. occasilalI by q vlsb-ou-. and auotl-
ar 90 Richmond from the same cause. In all
l.i11 90 The one already noted OF Hlr-.lui
Tie Ft ana Canada has al=l been ssnevllt
washed IL spots. but ua5 enough to stop the
Trains.
Those who have any desire to scetie Wiuo-ssi
Falls Or their hest should saet them now. Welnss-
bay the val-ue Of water pouring tuuuItuous,y
over t-au appeared immense, with the river.
which was then within four feet Of the bridge.
rs.HE steadily. The basement Of the WocIsu
1ii- building was entirely a5oisl. the water
coming quite Up to the higher bank along which
The r-.l runs, All Of the island below the falls
only worry small portion was visible From
dis point away north 20 the railroad bridge the
river has ezcse.lel ifs ordinary channel So FIR
-'-- --ees wh.-l Of c,llr times are rod from IT,.
slse, ROW aPpslr nearly in the center Of the
---a- Large s-luus, broken branches, Old tree
,.aaa- and the .e5rs which foods generally
-.-.er. sire occasionally swept along by the tur-
BIZ waters, and either deposited on some recent
s t.aei island, ar thrown mp On q projecting
point Of Gle bank. Loasin- u0rtlvari from the
railway bril- -s, the whole Of the iu,ervals 1n the
LEFT is flooded, IN some parts so deeply tlat the
tops Of The fences only are visible. On -tsrf-ht.
81 short distance down. where the bank was ra,i-
az --T, the water has aver-cPpeJ it, and Sowing
..--, las -r---.,y covered tae fields Olcourse
,ls swamp through which the railway passes.
lis nearly returned TO It's primitive site as d
Lake, a14 over the highly desirable building lots
therein certain Of cur fellow citizens. engaged In
81. g---a., st uu=zrl-z. were yesterday passing
.- 4a..-. There is d vague rumor Of "a corpse
having been seen 70 pass over the falls Tuesday
afternoon, 1u, we have heard nothing definite On
tn. natter Up toahteh hour last night the river
was reported to Be still rising.
Tie saw mil belonging to samuel Tyler q,
lu11el's Fall, near Essex junction, was car
ried away by the food about O'Clock
y,s.erley afternoon The rear walls of the
p'-er mill belonging TO Nessrs. Hunter and
land. no the same pi1ce, have been srert
ay, and fears are entertained that the mill
VII De swept away. New machinery % the
value Of about 5000 has recently been put in
the mill, a-luaue Of II can be removed. So great
is The peril
There wore DO trains between Mortified and
Essez Junction lost night The road IS under
uiuei near Richmond aud in several Places tri.
SIDE. There have been several ss wash ont. 81, IN
tie ether side Of the mountain. sad -pesisl
.raia has been made up at Northaeld to 70 to the
relief Of the trains beyond. The night train
from ST. Adams returned from Essex Junction
TO st. Adams last night No freight trains
reached there from s.. Adams after dtyl;rbt
yes 'erday morning, but the passenger trains
were 10, delayed seriously.
No mails, except the through New York mail,
reached here fsom the east and south Yesterday.
and the sleeping train did not 20 out over the /
Rutland road last night. The mail train this
morning VIII leave at its usual time, however
The break on this road south Of Pitrsforl is
very serious one, the track being overtlowei for
O great distance, and it may take several days
for the water to subside
No train left here for Essex Junction this
morning until O'Clock
At Richmond the water is higher than for
many years, travel on the streets being impeied,
and at Jonesyille it has reached the lower floors
Of Che houses and in some instances driven the
occupants to more lofty Apartments.