The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-04-01
Storm. and Floods.

The heavy rain OF Saturday last oluseu
n severe freshet in the New England nv
ers and streams, aud in many places great
damage was done At Norwich, Conn,
20 feet Of one end of the Baltic Mill, and
1850 feet Of the bulkhead Of the dam were
washed away, and the bridge at the lower
village was destroyed, The damage at the
mill will delay operations for three months
-Four persons were drowned Sunday even
ing, while crossing the pond. la Putnam,
Conn. one OF the streets was quilted to the
depth Of 30 feet, the chasm being 10 feet
wide. The railroads are broken in several
places, and the loss throughout Eastern
Connecticut Is estimated at several hun
dred thousand dollars. In Worcester,
Mass, aud its vicinity, the damage Is es.
timated at sl00,0OO. A section of an
embankment % feet high aud half mile
long on the Norwich aud Worcester Rail-
road was swept away, and trade will be
stopped for u week. ln Clinton, near
Worcester, a large tannery and four houses
were destroyed. The Boston aud Albany,
Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg, and Provi-
dence aud Worcester Railroads, are seri-
ously damaged. There was great destruc-
ton of dams and mill property 10 Rhode
Island, the damage on Clear River alone
being estimated at 100000.
The steamship Great Western, with a
general cargo, from Mediterranean ports,
went ashore near Amityville, Long Island
on Saturday night, and will be a total
wreck Her crew were rescued,
All the vessels arriving at New York
Sunday, reported damaged from heavy
gales during the past few days. The bark
Lillian, from Matanzas, brought the crew,
eight in number, Of the brig Ceres, aban-
doned at sea
The schooner Harriet Newell, FROM
Elzabethport for Bath, Me-, was wrecked
on Bluff Island early last Sunday morning
and went to pieces. Captain Kent aud
his wife were drowned the crew were
saved. A brig was in company with the
schooner when she went ashore, aud
wrecked stuff, supposed to belong to the
brig, was afterwards picked up. The
schooner Il. i. Simpson, from New York
for Portland, was totally wrecked at Cape
Porpoise on Saturday night. Hyr crew
were saved. 1t is reported that several
other vessels were wrecked off the coasts
of Maine and New Hampshire the same
night.
The brig A. Porter, of Annapolis, n.
s., with cargo of salt for Boston, was
wrecked on White Island, Monday morn
ing, aud all on board, except the first mate,
eight in number, persisted.
The steamer Great Western, ashore near
Amityyille, Long Island, is reported full
Of water. She is valued at Sl75 900 and
her cargo ut 100000 Some of her
cargo may be saved
The losses by the foods in Clinton,
Mass, 1928 900; in Spngue, Conn, $780,
900; in Versailles, Conn. $50, 900, and
Danielsonville, Conn, s25, 900.
The old packet ship Ontario, which
went ashore of Little Egg Harbor, about
two weeks ago, was beaten to pieces ia
Saturdays storm.
Accounts from New England give fur
Their details of the extensive damage by
the storms and freshets in that section.
In the West and Northwest, Monday night
and Tuesday, snow storms set in. At
Chicago the drifts were very deep in some
places, and street cars were stopped. Tn,
snow on level was from six to eight inches
in depth. At Toledo, on Tuesday, the
worst snow storm Of the season occurred.
with furious northeasterly gale. About
six inches of snow fell and it drifted badly.
The damage by the floods in Worcester
county, Mass, is now estimated at S..
100000. Three lives were lost. Several
thousand operatives still remain idle at
Lawrence, owing to the stoppage of the
mills by the back water.
The heavy wind storm in Philadelphia
Tuesday night blew down the new depot
OF the Twelfth aud Sixteenth Street Pms.
senger Railway Company, which covered
nearly square Of ground at Twelfth street
and Susquehanna avenue. The building
was under roof aud the company expee.
ted to occupy it in about ten days. The
accident causes heavy loss.
After continuous rain ut st. Louis.
Monday, the heaviest snow storm of the
season set in there. About 10 O'Clock
Monday night, and up to | | o'clock A. NJ.
tuesday, some ten inches Of snow had
fallen.
The Lynde Brook Reservoir, Worcester,
Mass, broke on Wednesday. The reser.
Solr covers one hundred aud forty acres
and contained SOC, 900 900 gallons For.
tunately the break in the dam was discoy.
cred early in the evening aud timely
warning conveyed to the inhabitants If
the valley, thereby avoiding a repetition of
the Mill river disaster. An the pines in
Worcester were opened soon after the news
oil the break was received, and every
means resorted to to lower the water in ,bc
reservoir, but without effect.
During the thunder storm in BrooL,v,
N. Y. Tuesday night, a one.story framo
house OF Elijah Burdick, colored was
blown down, and Burdick, his wife. who
was about to become mother and ,wc
children were buried in the ruins Bnr.
dick and one child were rescued b,Jly
bruised, but his wife aud boy two wears
and half old were crushed to death Thc
storm caused an immense tide in the Hud.
son in the region of the Highlands 4
steamer aud barge were driven ashore ~
Barrytown and sunk In lower norts ~
n! New York city many cellars were flooded
Inc Jersey meadows were flooded and |
much damage must ensue. A dispatch |
from Putnam, Conn, says that the Pat. |
nam Manufacturing Company's mill aayc
way under the effects of the fresbet in
volvlng loss of $4,000. The ice.bonse
o. the Boston Milk Company, containino |
SUI tons Of ice, was destroyedb by the hoayS |
pressure Of the water.
At Richmond, Va, on Tuesday niob, !
the roof and four floors of a double bT;cI
occupied as storage denot hv |
the Old Dominion Nail COMPANY oays
way, crushing through to the basemsn,
There were about 1000 kegs of nails and
'eveml hundred tons of bar and other ;rou ~