Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-12-12
ACCIDENTS BY FLOOD.

The abutment Of the Barrett sus
pension bridge, at this place, wa
carried away at 0 o'clock this morn
ing, cutting off connection witt
Pike county, Pa. The entir'
structure will probably be destroyed
The river has risen about twely'
feet, the highest known for many
years. The loss to the bridge com
pany is very heavy.
BELLOWS FALLS, VI, Dec. IL
An accident occurred last night OF
the Rutland Division of the Centra
Vermont Railroad, two miles south
of Barteoyille, caused by culyert
being undermined by heavy rains.
An express train, consisting Of a
locomotive, baggage and passenger
car, which left Boston at 2 p. M,
was prccipitated into the stream.
Two persons were instantly killed
and number seriously injured, one
fatally.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11.-Tele-
grams from the interior of the State
this morning report no material
damage by the floods. The rivers
are now generally falling. At AL
lentown, however, the Lehigh river
is still reported Is feet higher than
usual, and the whole of the lower
portion of that city is reported
under water. The residents of the
submerged district have removed
their effects to safe quarters.
CONCORD, n. H., Dec. II A Sc
rious accident occurred on the
Montreal Railroad last evening at
Sewall's Falls, in consequence of a
washout, caused by the rain Of yes
terday evening. AS the through
train to Montreal, consisting of a
smoking, baggage and mail car
combined, and the passenger and
Pullman cars, was passing over, the
engine and tender were precipitated
down an embankment about $50
feet from the road. The baggage
car struck into the side of the
washout and telescoped into the
car next behind. Seven
persons were injured, but none
fatally.
Boston, Dec. IA Pittsfeld
dispatch says that the bridge on the
Boston and Albany road, at Hunt
ington, was swept away by the
storm. On the Housatonic Rail-
road there is q washout at Cornwall. /.
At Leominster great damage was !
done by the giving way of a dam,
A large number of washoutS are re-
ported from various places in New
Hampshire and Maine, in which the !
Grand Trunk and Boston and Con-
cord and Maine Central railroads .
heavy losses.
RoNDoUT, n. Y, Dec. 1.-THE
largest and most damaging frcshet
in Rondout and Esapus creeks ever
known. Five houses in Eddyville
loated away, two schooner5, three
,loops, McCausland's sectional
locks, five barges and a large num~
oer of canal boats laden and light,
ire either piled in the north and
south docks or sunk. The damages
ire not yet known. The docks are
submerged and everything not
secured floatcd off. Some lives are
to be lost on the sunkey
boats, but nothing is certainln
Known.
BATH, Me, Dec. 11.-IIcaviest
reshet known for years. The rail
Dad depot is surrounded by water
md the track through the village
5 submerged to the depth of three
eet.
New YORK, Dec, 11.-Freshets
re reported at various points
throughout the State. Much dam
.ge is done at Elizabethtown. Many
antilles are obliged to leave their
ZONES, many cattle drowned, and ,
everal bridges have been destroyed.
'he iron bridge and over sixty feet
f the embankment just north of
'ort Henry, on the line of the New ,
york and Canada, Railroad was ,
'ashed away
WIKLEsBARRE, Pa, Dec. IL
he Susquehanna River at this
oint is twenty-five feet above low
-ater mark and rising rapidly. The
ats between here and Kingston are l
lbmerged, and the dwellers thereon l
ave been compelled to abandon j
heir homes. /
WOoDsvILLE, n. H., Dec. IL ,
he through express freight train :
'om Boston, with two engines, c
'ent into the river near Wentworth, :
here the trestle was swept away. J
10 one was seriously injured. 8
MINOR DISPATCHES :