The Portland daily press., 1876-04-07

sweeping everything before 1t. First In the
line of the sweeping flood was the stone waste
gate house. When the flood struck this it
tottered, then the keystone of the arch dropped
out. A corner Of the building next gave way,
followed by the wooden roof, which was swept
onward until drawn into a whirlpool, when IL
was crushed to match wood and thrown into the
air. The gate house was toppled over podily
and not even a stone of it has since been seen.
Down through narrow ravine 100 feet VIDE
and one mile long the Hood swept on Inc
sides were quilted and fairly dug out clean in
an instant for fifty feet, until the edge OF the
embankment was almost perpendicular.
Through the pine woods on one side of the
rayipe the waters tore. The largest trees were
twisted around like straws, pulled up by the
roots and carried onward down the river. The
food tore out everything in the ravine and
rushed onward toward the highway below. A
large barn was taken up bodily aud carried
about fifty feet, when it struck tree and was
broken into pieces. Next the flood swept away
the elegant residence of Gov. W. Olney, and
Immediately after took it up and whirled along
down the valley. Reaching Kettle brook, the
water swept across the pond and Cherry Valley
crushing dams, mills and dwellings that stood
in its path. Above the depot at GAINESVILLE the
water struck the Boston Il Albany road and
opened gap 400 feet long and 20 feet deep.
The coal shops were carried away, but the
passenger and freight depots were left standing.
Just before the water mountain struck the
railroad embapkment at GAINESVILLE, section
of the steam forced its way on to the line OF the
road and passing on both sides of the depot,
rushed 10 feet high down the track, carrying
devastation before it. The grades being quite
steep at this point, new impetus was given
the water, and in its course it lifted the rails
and ties bodily from tho road-bed and turned
them topsy turvy. For more than mile it
rushed headlong, and at last, just before reach
ing the stone arch bridge at Curtis Pond, it
bored hole down into the road-bed and made
gap about 80 feet long and 45 or 30 feet deep.
The destruction fortunately was confined to
Cherry Valley, and the Blackstone river. on
which are situated extensive mills, was not
much affected. The loss is estimated at from
$780, 900 to 100000 Worcester is without
supply of water, though is this being remeded
by damming another stream.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Thomas Tracy, living near Carlinsville, ILL.,,
shot his wife Monday night, killed his daugh-
ter, six years old, and cut his own throat
Patrick Pickering, a laborer living in Colum-
bus Ohio, shot and killed his son, aged II,
| Monday morning. The boy had been assOciat-
| ing with an Objectionable boy, and the father
| forced him to get down on his knees and prom
Use never to associate with the boy again, and
a. AZ ao;k; hot 1nod
Two men were killed in the shop of the
| Fletcher Manufacturing Co., in Providence, by
a boiler explosion on Thursday.
The United States grand jury at Chicago has
returned indictments against David W. Mum
roe, ex-supervsor of internal revenue, ard f.
| Bridge, ex-collector.
| On Thursday morning last the store of Hir-
| sches Arothers, at Somerville, Tenn, was brok-
| en- open by fifteen disguised men, who, after
beating the Hirsches, tied ropes around their
necks and dragged them through the streets,
finally releasing them with the threat that
should they remain there another night they
would be killed. When the brothers returned
to the store they found they had been robbed OF
$780, The citizens of Somerville, on hearing
of the outrage, organized com mittee to pro-
tect the Hirsches and to ferret out the parties
engaged in the outrage.
Several st. Louis Aldermen have been indict-
ed for bribery, perjury, &C. 1t is asserted that
the charge against the Aldermen is accepting
money to confirm certain appointments made
hy Mayor Britton last spring, and voting for a
charter for what is known as the East Avenue
street railroad.
John A. Appleton, President of the Haver-
hill National and Savings Banks, was robbed
of satchel Thursday containing $500 in bank
notes.
Felix Murphy, member Of the New York
assembly, is accused of stealing documents.
Miles, the Barre bank robber. was Friday
sentenced to IA years in state prison.
Seven buildings in New Rochelle, N. Y,
were burned Friday. Loss $4,000
VIM. Cummings, New York coal HEAVIER,
chopped his wife's shoulder and head with a
Ratchet, Thursday night, and then threw her
30 feet down into coal bin of the Reading rail.
road wharf, on 9th street, Williamsburg. The
murderer was arrested.
Three men named Miller, Campbell and
by boiler explosion.
1t is reported that the U. S. e press Office at
Akron, Ohio, was robbed of 1926, 600 or $50, 600
Friday night.
A very destructive fire occurred at Fair.
mount, West Virginia, Sunday. twenty-five
buildings were burned. Loss $125, 1000; ipsur-
ance $19860
The store of David P. Davis, dwelling houses
of Anthony Pierce and Bradford Simmons in
Somerset, Mass, were burned Saturday. Loss
$4,000. The fire was set.
Archibald Patterson, internal revenue in.
spector at Halifax, has absconded.
The wife of Rev. Deforest Stafford of Fairfax,
Vt, drowned herself Saturday.
Sarah Mccartney was probably fatally burned
in Providence Monday by her clothes taking
fire. She ran into the street enveoped in flames.
DR.. Alfred L. Haskins, Superintendent of
the Boston Dispensary. while visiting patient
Monday fell over the banisters of the fifth
| story of the house to the basement floor, 70
feet and died in two hours.
The Court of Appeals has affirmed the judg-
ment of the courts below in the case of Dolan,
convicted of the murder of Noe, and the execu-
ton will accordingly take place.
The body of Bradley N. Cummings, well
/
cant lot on Newton street Tuesday morning,
his face resting in shallow pool of water.
He had committed suicide while temporarily
insane.
BRIEF MENTION.
| A bill to tax church property was defeated in
the Massachusetts Heuse last week--Gen.
| Custer thrashed Gen. E. V. Rice in Washing
ton Thursday night because Rice in a printed
card had called him iar--Isaiah Hanscom,
chief naval constructor, says that the charge
that he had money paid him in the Tilton and
Wheelwright naval claim, is false--An in
| junction has been obtained by the Chicago and
Alton Railroad against s. NJ. Meyer and Sam
uel j. Tilden to force an accounting for money
and bonds which the plaintiff claims are ille-
galy held by Meyer and Tilden amo uniting to
nearly $780, 000-The Portsmouth Journal
| publishes leader favoripg E. 81. Rollins for
| U. S. Senator The New York Board of AL
dermen have adopted resolutions inquiring
what course to adopt to recover the large sums
of money alleged to have been illegally and cor
ruptly used by Andrew II. Green, the present