Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-06
Worse Than Minnesota Billiards,

Springfield Republican March y.
of Saturday show that the damage
done in New England was not exagger-
ated, and i'll several places it was the
most violent and destructive storm for
nearly half a century. The loss in
Massachusetts. Connecticut, and Rhode
Island cannot be less than Il million
dollars: and undoubtedly Il dozen or
more persons were drowned. People
of the manufacturing valleys Of Con-
1lecticut and Rhode Island look upon
the blow that has fallen upon them as
Il terrible calamity, particularly as
many of them were deeply in debt be-
fore the storm. in consequence of the
hard times, and Il large number must
now he out of work for considerable
period.
The feature of chief local interest was
at Ludlow. Where the Broad-brook
canal gave way on the farm of Zuri
Whitney. The canal there is formed
by building all e:mbankment OH hill
side. The water found it's way to the
road leading from Belchertown to Will
braham, which it followed about 1000
feet, and then ran off through the
meadows to the brook.
The freshet in Worchester county
turns out to have been much more Sc
rious than at first reported. The dam
age ut Clinton by the going out OF the
Messy pond dam is put at $S5O.OOo.
Seven large manufactures were des-
troyed. 1t had quite the Mill River
accomplishments too. Though ample
warning WAS given, it is now thought
that two people were drowned i'll the
houses that went down at Clinton.
Fullervillc, which was quite q thriving
little settlement. is wiped out nearly as
completely us was Skinnerville in the
Mill river valley. The Ceder pond dam
also went out, taking two bridges, one
stone arch OH the road to Brimiield;
but the mills below escaped with slight
damage. Fred Austin was drowned at
Webster while attempting to take the
| tiush-bOards off the Slater pond dam.
Moultons reservoir of 50 acres ut
Rutland was carried off. and the river
at Ware did II little damage. Wor-
| chester was excited, yesterday, over
the probable breaking of Paxton dam,
the first of Il series of dams and mill
ponds in the Cherry valley; but though
the water exalted itself, the disaster
didn't come.
The whole loss in the region of Nor.
witch is set down at $35O,OO0. So far
as can be ut present estimated, the loss
by the destruction of property in the
town itself is about $4,000, which is
under, rather than above the actual
damage. The loss of life was chiefly in
the vicinity of Norwich. A number of
persons on the mill side of the stream
at Baltic were cut off by the giving
way of the bridge. Of Il party Of five
who attempted to cross in a boat, foul
were drowned-Joseph LaPierre. Mar
cha Perry, Mary Smith, and girl
named Mccartney. Andrew Plant was
barely saved by Il number of men hold
one anOther's hands and forming q
chain out into the stream. DIR. Chas
Sweet, of Lebanon, the well-know1
bone-setter. was drowned while at
tempting to cross Hope river, anG
Joseph Bennett went down with a dan
at North Windham. At Taftville, 10
seph Blackman, IS years old, wa:
caught in great mass of timber
while trying to save some property
and was carried away, his wife, will
a great crowd of people, looking on.
Mrs. Coleman, at Versailles, got 80 ex
cited while being taken from a house
partly under water that she dropped
her child only fortnight old, and i
was drowned. Ashton, r. l.. reports
boy, II years old, drowned.
The ravages of the storm were by II,
means so great along the Connection
Valley road as in other parts of tn
state, but that section was not exempt
Early Sunday morning the water ros
so high at East Windsor hill as t.
overflow and break way the race-wa.
to the saw and grist mill of j. w
Stoughton & Son, undermining and let
ting down part of the saw-mill. Mel
were at work all day, and teams put OF
at night, to stop the water and save tn
other buildings.
The Chicago Times wants to know
} s'we fellows" whose grandfather
!: fought in the Revolution are not goin
to have our expenses paid to the Cer
tennial?