Connecticut western news., 1874-06-12

I pond, an opening was made at the larg, lake near the grove for the water to pas through, thereby relieving the center of tn, dam somewhat from the pressure of tn, water upon it. During the afternoon force of men was kept at work at the up per dam, and when they left at six oclocl the water had lowered about quarter O. half an inch and the worst was over. Tot much credit cannot be given to all em- ploYed in the fight with the water fo their long continued and unf1agging exer- tons which were the means of preventins a great deal of damage to valuable prop erty.
 .-..... . ASHLEY FALLS.
 The storm at Ashley Falls partook mort of the nature of tornado than anything else; in fact it was tornado such as tho country never before knew. The new school house was not only blown down bu blown all to pieces the debris being strewr over the ground for large section around MT. Grove D. Griffith's barn was blowr down, killing one COW. His horses, whict were In 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 ot the house. Mrs. Ashley's barn was blown down and badly broken up. A part of the roof of John s. Peases shed and granery was torn off, and the chimneys to houses belonging to MT. Jones, John Turner, Fer ris' hotel, Mrs. Richards, Mir. Shelley and Mrs. Parsons we're thrown to the ground In some of the orchards there, not a tree was left standing, while all about the will lage trees were torn up and thrown in al, directions. The track or belt of this torna- do was said to be only about half mile in width, and tbe storm of wind was accor,- panied by torrent of rain and hail Ii commenced to blow from the northwes, but soon changed to the north east.
 NORFOLK AND WEST NORFOLK,
 We think the roads anywhere within tbe area of the storm cannot be washed worse than between Norfolk and West Norfolk Near the mill just west of the Norfolk House the trouble commences; the road being SO badly torn that for distance of several hundred feet it is almost impossible to go on foot, to say nothing of getting through with team; and further down at the silk mill it is even worse than above for perhaps 200 feet. Fifty rods further west, section of perhaps 500 feet is now occupied entirely by the river, and pedes- trianism isn't possible only on the side hill near it.
 Near the Dewell place, the road for distance of not far from thousand feet is washed worse and more deeply than any we ever saw before anywhere. The water cut very deeply into the road--at least six to eight feet deep we think modest esti. mate. It has left the stone house known as the Dewell house, also two others near it, almost isolated from the rest of the world, washing very badly all around them. The white house farthest east is nearly un- dermined, and is tipped considerably.
 At West Norfolk Mir. Holt's farm is Gall washed away,'' his damage being not far from 5000. MT. J. K. Shepard's dam is gone, also small barn that was near it. ca the road to the railroad depot from Shep ards tannery, the brook known as the North brook broke out from it's course about 20 rods from the tannery, and pour ing into the steep embankment, carried away dirt enough, which, if thrown up in. to the air would make quite respectable hill. The road was occupied by the stream rom there down to the tannery, and left it full of rocks and powders, and resemblino the rocky bed of river more than any, thing else. The damage to Norfolk will to great many thousand dollars but to give an estimate would he lmpossi- ble. --s
 IA correspondent sends us the following .o accompany our account of the floods in NEWS
 "One of the amusing incidents of the treshet is that of the young man from this place who probably heard on Sunday night, above the noise of many waters voice 'alling him. Samuel, Samuel ? for, arising 'arly Monday morning and finding the rail oad refused to assist him in getting out of own, he hastily left father and mother be- lind and was last seen vending his devil 'us (hope he didn't say devilish) way, over he hills northward in the direction of New Marlboro; no doubt often turned back by 'nsympathising streams, whose bridges lad mischievously disappeared under cover # the darkness. But as nothing has been leard from him since, it is supposed e'er his he has sailed safely out on the troubled ca of matrimony, and Housatonic had on Tuesday morning bride.
 SEQUEL. Married in Housatonic. June tn, Samuel Garfield of Norfolk and Miss ennie French of the former place.
 oHAPiNvILLE AND HAMMERTowN.
 At Chapinville and at points further orth, terrific storm of wind and hail ac- ompanled the rain, and crops of all kinds we're prostrated, fences blown down. trees prooted and the roads badly washed. At iammertown the roads are destroyed and oth dams broken away.
 ORE HILL. The waters from the more elevated oints at Ore Hill rushed down through the illage and changed almost the entire face f nature. It tore the roads, gullied the ards and fields and filled the ore pits with water and sand.
 FALLS VILLAGE
 A HprVp1on1o hor | ell over and down the embankment on which it stood. There were several horses D the barn, but received no serious injury.
 TWISTED.
 It appears from the following account, which we clip from the Hartford Courant