Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

THAN A THOUSAND ACRES, AND THE TOP OF THE DAM OF THE LOW EST ONE IS 700 FEET ABOVE THE STEPS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN THIS VILLAGE. AND TT IS ESTIMATED THE WATER WILL AVERAGE TEN FEET DEEP OVER THE ENTIRE AREA.
 These lakes are controlled by the Hon. Wm. H. Barnum to hold water in reserve for his works in dry seasons.
 Trains on the Conn. Western railroad did not succeed in getting through to Mil lerton from Hartford, till thls CThursday) morning.
 THE STORM IN OTHER PLACES.
 LIME ROCK.
 Lime Rock in this storm, although be- ing second edition of this place as it re ceiyes this same Riga stream, which, al- though it has injured us much, frightened us more, has suffered in dollars and cents in damage to buildings, far more than has this village. The: dams are all gone there, and the mad stream wore the regular bed many feet deeper; than it was before. The floods came upon; them so suddenly that little or no preparation could be made to meet them. The. families of MT. Barnum and Mrs. Richardson as we'll as some oth- CTS left their houses in the night and fled to the residence of MT. Norton on the hill and to other places thought more safe. The bridges were all washed away roads rendered impossible the pattern shop en- tirely carried away; the underpinning to the brick foundry washed out so that the brick walls have settled away from tue roof, which is fastened to trees by ropes, &c.; also the underpinning to the old car wheel foundry on the opposite side of the stream, which is propped up SO that it is not allowed to tip out of it's perpendicular and further on the hotel barn has lost most of it's understanding; the underpinning be- Ing so badly washed it is tipped at one cor ner to an angle of nearly 45 degrees, but worse than all is Mir. M. B. Richardson's barn, which contained his fine carriages and elegant harness. The destruction ot the barn and all III it could not have beer more complete, If a massive rock twice tht size of barn could have been suspended above it and allowed to drop on it. It wa literally torn to pieces; scarcely one board or timber remaining attached to another It was remarke6s that not spoke of on, of the carnage wheels or any other part O the carriages or harness in the barn coult be found but what was broken. If all hat been run through a huge ore crusher, ant afterward through few rag pickers, could not have been made finer. The she, attached to the barn fared better: It wa twisted about on it's foundation, but stil stands and cans sbe easily lighted. Tn trouble witb thesshed was, like dog Tray it was in bad company. The storm kin, seemed to concentrate his spite Oh th barn. and the shed being attached wal made to suffer in$part., Everybody sympa thises with everybody else in this great de. struction in this region, and in common with other heavyslosers. MT. Richardson shares in this sympathy for the complet, and total loss of his barn and what it con tained.
 LAKEvlL4R.
 Our LakevilleS correspondent sends u the following concerning the storm in tha village and the ore beds:
 The severe storms of Saturday and Sun. ! hou kI9o s,, about our village, but we arc thankful tha it is no worse.2 That venerable person, tls, oldest lnhabitant,' has of course been in terviewed and declared that nothing lik, it has occurred in' the vicinity of Lakevhl siRce the time of Noah, which statemen is heartily endorsed by all whose memor, Egoes back to that ewentful period. Fh storm of Saturday washed the roads all, ~sidewalks about the village considerably but the greatest damage done was is vfa I,part of the village neel the Burton brook which is known to Lakevilians as tn &'lat.' The waters here rose above tn foot bridge and covered the road as far a the residence of MT. F. Holley, turning tn
 
 sels into canals, and laying waste to severa gardens in it's course. The fine cfoque ground in Mir. T. L.. Norton's yard, vwher l'Ghe champion croQretists are wont to con gregate, was damaged considerably and hi cellar and garden thoroughly flooded A Mrs. Bostwick's the horses were remove, } from the barn as it seemed possible at on time that it would'be flooded or undermine, by the water sNrging about it. ThePorte . and Davis ore beds were damaged -eOnsid 'erably ,t the Pciter'bed being: filled with wa ;. 'ter aud the pumping apparatus injured A the Davlss bed theswater broke through tn fAume which conveyed it to the washthouse short distance above the old pit, washin } out the earth tq a'depth of thirty or fort, feet. The eagipe shouse was atmost,eatire ty submerged, thsshigh water mark bein seen on the shingles near the highest par part of the roof. atAis estimated that tn damage done to the Davis MiuingfCe. b the storm of Saturday alone will eucee G25OO.
 Sunday night was a sleepless oue,to mos of the Lakeyiile people. The Holley M f. tCo. had three men on watch at their ,San and lower pond, and after the shower thei number was largely increased by thos living near the lower pond. The secou, and third showers eff showers they can b called were the most!severe that your cor respondent ever witnessed in this part 0 the country, the rain coming down in per feet torrents and the thunder and lightning continuous. F Dr. Knights school buildin, was struck three times by lightning, bu
 fortunately no damage done. It was esti mated after the first shower that the wate , zNoMlds have tn raise at least half Q Goot ho