Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

of boards and other material having bren built by Carpenter Bundy at the lower pond, an opening was made at the large lake near the grove for the water to pass through, thereby relieving the center of tn dam somewhat from the pressure of the water upon it. During the afternoon force of men was kept at work at the up per dam, and when they left at six o'clock the water had lowered about quarter or half an inch and the worst was over. Too much credit cannot be given to all em- ploYed in the fight with the water, for their long continued and unflagging exer- tons which were the means of preventing great deal of damage to valuable prop erty.
 ASHLEY FALLS.
 The storm at Ashley Falls partook more of the nature of 8 tornado than anything else; in fact it was tornado such as the country never before knew. The new school house was not only blown down but blown all to pieces the debris being strewn over the ground for large section around. Mir. Grove D. Griffith's barn was blown down, killing one COW. His horses, which were Tn the barn at the time, were not seri cusly injured The roof to Hiram Meach- am's house near the depot was carried sev eral rods and thrown into the fields west of the house. Mrs. Ashley's barn was blown down and badly broken up. A part of the roof of Joh1 $. Pease's shed and granery was torn off, and the chimneys to houses belonging to Mir Jones, John Turner, Fer ris hotel, Mrs. Richards, MT. Shelley and Mrs. Parsons were thrown to the ground. In some of the orchards there, not tree
 was left standing, while all about the viii
 lage trees were torn up and thrown in all
 directions. The track or belt of this torna-
 do was said to be only about half mile iu
 width, and tbe storm of wind was accom-
 panied by torrent of rain and hail Il
 commenced to blow from the norlhwes
 but soon changed to the north east.
 NORFOLK AND WEST NORFOLK.
 We think the roads anywhere within the
 area of the storm cannot be washed worse
 than between Norfolk and West Norfolk
 Near the mill just west of the Norfoll
 House the trouble commences; the roat
 being SO badly torn that for distance ot } several hundred feet it is almost impossibl, to go on foot, to say nothing of getting
 through with a team; and further dowl at the silk mill it is even worse than abov, for perhaps 200 feet. Fifty rods furthe west, section of perhaps 500 feet is nov occupied entirely by the river, and pedes trianism isn't possible only on the side hil near it.
 Near the Dewell place, the road for } distance of not far from thousand feet washed worse and more deeply than an, we ever saw before anywhere. The wate cut very deeply into the road--at least si to eight feet deep we think 8 modest est mate. It has left the stone house know as the Dewell house, also two others nea it, almost isolated from the rest of tn world. washing very badly all around them
 The white house farthest east is nearly UT dermined, and is tipped considerably. At West Norfolk MT. ,Holt's farm is "a
 washed away" his damage being not ia
 from 5000. Mir. J. K. Shepard's dam
 gone, also small barn that was near it. O the road to the railroad depot from Shel ards tannery, the brook known as tn
 North brook broke out from it's cours about 20 rods frcm the tannegy, and pou ing into the steep embankment, carrie away dirt enough, which, if thrown up 1T , to the air would make quite respectabl
 hill. The road was occupied by the streal } from there down to the tannery, and left , full of rocks and powders, and resemblin the rocky bed of river more than any 7 thing else. The damage to Norfolk wi } amount to great many thousand dollar but to give 'an estimate would be lmpossi ; ble.
 A correspondent seRchs us the followin to acconapany our acc0unt of the floods i } Norfolk.--ED. NEws.l
 } 'Oue of the amusing incidents of tn } freshet is'that of the yopng man from th } place who probably hesrd on Sunday ngh above the noise of many waters,' vsic calling him Samuel, Samuel ? for, arisin early Monday morning and finding the raj 3 road refused to assist ffSm in gettlng out c town, he hastily left fsther and mother bt 3 hind and was last seen vending his 'dev ous (hope he didn't sey devilish) way, eve the hites northweed in the direction of Ne, 3 Marlboro no doubt'eften turned back b unsymnathising streams, whose bridge r had mischievously disappeared u0der. .eove : of the, dark uess. Bat as nothing has bee
 heard from him since, it is supposed e'e this hehas sailed safely out on the tveuble 3 sea of.natrimony, and Housatoric had O , Tuesday morning bride.
 SBGuEL. Married in Housatenic, -Jau Z 9th, Samuel Canfieha.of Norfolk and lGis
 Jennie French sf the former place. NoHAPlNvlLLE AssD HAMMERgOMX. t At Chapinville and at points fupthe 3 north, a terrific stocaa of wind and hail ac z companled the rain, and crops of all.kint ] were prostrated, fences blown down. .tree
 uprooted and the roads badly waehsd. Hammertown the roads are destsoyed .sn both dams broken away.