The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-06
THE STORM.
GREAT DESTRUCTION AT TIE NORTH

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rious damage to the Hudson River railroad.
From Poughkccps:e 10 Tivoli thousands Of
feet Of track are probably washed away.
In some places the rails arc torn up, and
the bed Of tho track sunk several feet.
The down track from Tivoli to Pougkkeep-
sic c&nrot be nscd aor day or two. Much
damage has also been done between here
md Coxsackie. A large ice-house at T'ur-
key Point was blown down yesterday and
carried down the river. Several vessels
are adrift on the river between German
town and Tivoli, with no one on board.
In addition to other reports Of damage
done 10 the Hudson River railroad, 600 feet
Of track is gone near Scarborough, south OF
Sing Sing. The wind ut CastIefon yester-
day blew down chimneys and uprooted
trees. AT Poughkeersie three canal-boata
and C barge were sunk, while another barge
and sloop were badly damaged.
TERRIBLE sHow-sToRM AT DUrFALo-RA1L-
ROADS DAMAGED.
BUFFALO, January Site mild weather
Of the past week or so was suddenly brought
to close last evening. An unprecedented
fall Of the barometer yesterday indicated 8
change, and at abouc 4 o'clock in the after
noon the weather cleared up with brilliant
rainbow, and shortly after dark the wind
began to blow from the northwest and gra-
dually increased to terrific gale. The
storm continues with binding snow. The
track Of Niagara Falls branch of the New
York Central railway has been torn up and
the trestle-work carried away for almos,
the entire distance from the Round House
IN Inf
gers and freight on the Canada railways are
transferred al Blacl; Rock.
DAMAGE TO THE SHIPPING AT BELFAST,
ME.--IELEGKAPH LINES FRUSTRATED.
BELFAST, January "a severe gale
commenced yesterday afternoon and con-
tinucd during the night, prostrating the
telegraph wires and doing damage to the
shipping. Schooner Ida L. Small, Of Deer
Isle. from Baltimore, WAS sunk at the
wharf. There was no insurance On the
vessel. The cargo ives insured. The brig
Benjamin Carver, from Savannah, was
badly damaged. The river at Augusta was
very high and free from ice. The rain
caused great rise in all the streams,
washing away culverts, interrupting rail
way communication generally. The gale
hes seldom, been oquallcd in severity.
VEPAEAILELEp ELSE IN THE KENNEBEC
RIVER.
GARDINER, NJ, January 3.-Thc river
here has been rising all day, and ia still
cjsing fast. The water in the Kcnncbec is
higher than at any time since the great
freshet Of last fall. The ice broke up here
with 4 loud report at II o'clock tonight,
n "A &c Il -, 10
mixed with logs, &c. This is the first time
since 1888 that the ice has been known to
leave the river at this season Of the year
RAILROAD ACCIDENT AND PROBABLE LOSS
OF LIFE.
CoEcoEp, January "a freight train On
the Vermont Central railroad ran into q
washout near Sharon to-day, killing Eugene
Hassam, brakeman, and badly injuring
Sydney Piss, engineer. a gravel train on
lie Gunco0k railroad also ran into wash
out, iujuring John Knceland: fireman ;
Frederick. Colby, engineer George Mexican,
coaluc;or; ana Edward Sinneham, brake
man. Nnecland is supposed to bc fatally
injured. The som in New Hampshire
commenced with snow, of which three to
FIVE inches fell, followed By heavy rain and
a furious gale.
TIE FE-SNET ~ Ct&%Ei1!CTT.
HARTFORD, january J.--A special 70 the
(oHant from Stafford Springs, c., saye
The Yain 81 Sunday caused Il treat food in
the streams in that vicinity. 81 Stafford
vile, the reservoir, the Home mi!l-dam,
mud The dam Of Converse & Son, were car
ricd away, the latter taking with it the dry
house and chimney stack, and about l25
cords Of wood. The damage amounts to over
$1,000.
DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD N RHODE ISLAND
BRIDGES CARRIED AWAY.
PROVIDENCE, January "a sudden rise
in tie Blackstone and Mill rivers at Hoon-
socket last night has caused food tina: IL
doing much damage. The track of the AIR
Line road is three feet under water, but the
train wcnt out. Two small bridges on the
Milford and Woonsocket railroad were car
ried AVA. Ike Bristol railroad WAS wash
cd so Us to int lupt tic running Of trains,
Tut the road IS all right now.
FALL. OF spIRE ~ INSTRUMENTATION
ESCAPE Or 4 CONGREGATION.
4; Trcrton, n. j., Il" gale unroofcd seve-
raj buildings, but Iuc io:cc OIL the wlnt
seemed 10 cxpcnd itself upon the beautiful
spire Of the Presbyterian church. At the
time Of the disaster the evening services
were in progress, and oil were unconscious
Of tho danger above them. The gale struck
the spirc sQuarely, and with crash it fell
directly into the street, and the beautiful
structure-tAe finest in the city-was
smashed to atoms. The greatest consterna.
;;on prevailed among the congregation unit
it was ascertained that no one was hurt b.
| the falling spre.
| 4 IOCSG WOMAN BECOMES RAvING
| MANIAC THROUGH FRIGuT.-A gentleman
from Sparta, Tenn, gives Us the particulars
of sad affair which occurred in that par,
Of the country last week. At one of those
periodical masqucradings for which tho
rural districts are celebrated, the subject
of ghosts and spiritual visitations was dis,
cus-ed at great length, and with all thai
exuggcration and high colo,ing usually at
! Tackled 10 any theme in which the super