St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-31
Great Damage by Freshets.
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED AND SEW
EN- PEOPLE DROWNED.

Great Damage by FreShets.
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED AND SEW
EN- PEOPLE DROWNED.
SATURDAYS storm was very severe all
over the eastern half of the country.
and especially in New England, and
serious fre>hets prevail i'll many quar-
tiers. In Worcester county, Mass.
| Rhode Island and Connecticut, there
has been very large destruction of prop
crty, while seven lives were lost in the
latter state.
There WAS an extraordinary fall of
rain in the more southern parts of New
| Engl land, Providence reporting 400
inches, SATURDAY. and Sunday night
making .66 in six days, while Maine.
New Hampshire and some parts of Yer
mont had IL heavy fall of SNOW. The
damage at Worcester and vicinity is
estimated at $IOO,O0O. -Four dams at
Worcester, four at Millhury, two at Tx
bridge and one ut Sutton have been
carried away. Three stonearch bridges
at Worcester are destroyed, and all the
low lands are flooded. On the Norwich
and Worcester road il section on au en-
| bankment, % feet high and half mile
long, neal Putnam, Ct, is swept away
and travel cannot he resumed for ii
week. At the same point, il gap in IL
street 30 feet deep and ID feet wide was
quilted out. The boiltr-house and boil
crS of the Putnam manufacturing com
pany'S mill were washed away; loss
$1,000. On the Worcester aud Nashua
road heavy washoutS are reported. AT
| Clinton. Il large tImnrrN owned 10y Bry
ant y King and four houses were de
>troNcd. Eight lImd-SlidcS occurred ON
the Boston and Albany road within
eight miles of Worcester. and one at
Ashland but the road has been repaired
| The Boston, Clinton and FItchhurg road
Is seriously damaged near Clinton. and
on the Providence and Worcester Il SEC
ton 30 feet long is washed away. Bal
lou y Smiths dam at EI>t Blackstone.
down the Blackstone valley. wa> wash
ell away. Al Woon>ockct, K. l.. great
efforts were required to preserve the
dams. and mills and houses in some
ca>c> are partially submerged. On
Clear river at BuIrillNillc there was Il
general sweep OF dams. taking much
mill property. and the loss Is estimated
at S2WO.OiW. \. Hopkins \ CO.'S ma
chine shop. I. +. Hopkins wooden mill,
the dNc-h"u>c and pirkcI-huu>c at the
job Waldr"n mill and part of ll"pkin' :
| spindle mauutactorN are swept away
| The dam i gnmcal lmman mill. and. last
evening it was thought the mill W"uld go.
| similar reports come from all the
streams in Rhode Island. where there
has been Il considerable destruction of
small dams and bridges. Two dams on
! II L 4
new mill at Wan>kuck WAS Hooded to
the depth of three "r four feet and the
machinery WAS damaged from >:1OnO 10
| S:HhW worth.
The damage in eastern Connecticut
amounts to several hundred Thousand
dollars. Among the more important
| pieces of property destroyed are the
dams al Baltic. Versailles and Occum.
and hali-adoZcn or more large brides.
! Twenty -tiNc feet of the north end of
the Baltic mill ut Norwich and 100 feet
of the east end of the cI>t-hulk head of
the dam were washed away. aud 200
| bales of cotton went with them. The
sand Washing down the canal filled it
| :p and turned the current. thus saving
The bulk of the mill. The water cover
eel the lower village. but did no great
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