Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-04-23
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mark reached since 1890. The highways
and bridges are necessarily being great
ly damaged. The Arched bridge span
ming the I.amoille River leading To
Westford is impossible with teams,
portion of the north abutment being ear
ried away. The bridge on the new road
across Mill brook on Water Street il in
Il like condition. There is scarcely II
culvert or brook bridge on any of the
principal roads i'm Fairfax but that is
swept away. On Wcdncs, ay night the
water reached the window stills of Gault
and Shepardson's WOODEN Factory at the
Falls. Our informant further informs
us that the only means of travel in Cam
bridge Boro is said to be by water in
boats.
1 he saw II i'll at f. Highgatc owned
by Rixford and Keenan,, and Mr.. RiX-
ford's machine shop were carried away
on Wednesday. The loss must be quite
large.
The rush ofwatcr following the break
ing away of the dam at Hubbell's Falls,
near Essex Junction, broke the boom of
the Winooski Lumber Company
Wednesday PM, and over Il thousand
logs were swept away beyond recovery.
We further learn from the Free Press
that'the flume of Edwards & Stevens
machine shop was also carri Il away
Some fifteen feet of the southeast corner
was thus undermined, at II o'clock
Thursday forenoon, and the workmen
were removing the stock and machinery
from the aXehelvc factory, in that end
of the shop, il anticipation of fu' ther
disaster.
The damage to the Lumber Co. is not
less than 5000. OfOther losses we an
not give an estimate. The Falls and
river above and below the dams and at
the High Bridge present a grand sight.
The Winooski bridge stands firm and
the dams, so far as known, have sustain
ed no damage.
On Wednesday in Montpelier, State
Street, from the old Episcopal Street to
the cemetery, was almost entirely under
water. Near the Main Street bridge
over the Winooski the water flowed
across the highway into and around the
residence of Mr. Charles Silver, threat
ening for time to undermine and sweep
it away. In many cases shops were
filled With water, on the surface of which
floa ed chairs, benches, boxes, tubs and
barrels. 1t IS said that the firm of Ban
croft and Holmes removed over forty
tuns of goods during the forenoon. The
sudden change in the weather in the
evening checked the flood and saved
the village from more serious damage.
The water in Perkins Pond in Plain
field broke away at its outlet Wednes-
day carrying away all the bridges upon
the brook to Plainfield village. Perkins
Pond is about one mile beyond Plain
field Springs and about four from Plain
field village. At the outlet of the Pond
was located n saw-mill owned by Mr..
Henry :. Laird, which was entirely de-
stroyed. Mr.. Laird's loss will probably
reach the sum of two thousand dollars.
IN MONTREAL
Yesterday morning the water lacked
only about foot of being as high as the
highest point reached in 1861, We
learn from the Witness of last evening
that lthe state of affairs in Griffintown
Is such rs to cause serious anxiety for
the condition of the inhabitants of that
portion of the city. They are suffering
chiefly for want of wood and Goals and
even those able to buy can with diff
Guilty obtain these articles, on account
of the yards being flooded. On Wednes-
day some of the police authorities spent
the whole day in rowing about the
streets with bread and other necessaries
for the suffering poor. n reporter OF
the Witness, who accompanied the
police in their visits, says:
AS the relief party passed along the
streets, the chamber windows of the
houses were filled with women and
children clamoring for bread.
Men stood upon chairs in their door
ways, preferring the same request, and
boys were sent from distance on RATS
with similar pressing petition. Moth
ers with infants in their arms and sur
rounded with their little ones, were
calling from almost every window, tell
ing how many children they had got
and how long it was since they had
any thing to eat. Passing through Col
borne, Ottawa, and Murray streets, the
relief party found many cases of real suf
fering. Those were most destitute who
lived in lanes and back yards. Int
these out of the way places the sergeant
and our reporter padded their boat IA
den with bread, and thejoy with which
they were welcomed by the imprisoned
inhabitants we'll repaid them for tl,t
discomfort they experienced from the
cold, heavy rain which fell continuous
ly. In the loft of stable they found ;
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