The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-12
bad washouts at charlmont Buckland and near Shell


Dau WdsnuutS AT Duthtduu anu ucoi SiiNt
bourne Falls.
TRAIN TWELVE HOURS LATE.
The Western express the Troy and Boston
road due here at four O'Clock this morning reached
here about twelve hours late, owing to a wash
out at North Pownal. The water covered the
track this morning that place for
quarter of mile, to depth of
four or five feet, but it is rapidly decreasing. The
freight traffic is suspended and the passenger trains
are very irregular On the Boston and Albany
road, near Chester, span of the 800
feet iron bridge has been broken down,
and passengers and mails have to be transferred
around. A large force of men was put to work on
ternoon by Manager Presc ,tt and it is expected that
travel will be resumed in a short time.
SpRISGfIELD, Mass, Dec. IL, 1873.
There are several bad washouts on the Boston and
Albany Railroad in the vicinity of Westfeld Last
evenings trains in both directions stuck between
Westield and Russell. There are no trains running
west of this city to-day account of a washout, $50
feet long and 10 feet deep mile and half this sidc
OF Westfed. At the same distance beyond Westfield
1000 feet Of both tracks are gone AZ Russell two
more sections of 800 and 300 feet are gone.
At Huntington. one-half of the town iron bridge
one span Of the Boston and Albany iron bridge a
portion OF tho dam and mill OF the Chester Paper
Company and the dixie of the Highland mills are
swept away. The streets are like a river bed.
At Westfed the loss is fully 100000. The dixie on
the south side of the Westfed River overlooked last
evening and washed across Elm street and through
Meadow street, cutting of tho centre of the town
from the depot At the same time the dixie
gave away mile west of the village, pouring water
all through that section from west to east The stream
across Elm street, o-nght ten feet deep. Tho
cellars Of all stores Elm street. nearly to the
Post Office, distance of half mile, are flooded
The stream from the west swept through Lincoln
Franklin and Orange streets. surrounded the fac
tories Elm street the river burst through the
embankment Of the New Haven and Northampton
Railroad which the river and undermined the
track for thirty rods
Late at night the gas went out. The buildings
destroyed were mostly in the vicinity OF Elm street
in direct line of the Hood Steers Turner's organ
factory the east side of Elm street the river,
partially destroyed. The loss is $4,000 on the
contents Of the building
Peck, Osden 4 CO.'S whip factory is also gone. in
Guiding the brick soreroom; the damage to the stock
alone Is s5.oOo. Leonard Atwaters unoccupicd whip
factory. Praim's four story brick block and
+. Avery's whip factory all smashed
to pieces. The quassia cup factory Of s. IL.
scattered mile down the stream; the loss is $1,000;
Praim's block was worth $4,000. Two wooden whip
factories occupied by Holconb D., Cook and Edmund
The track OF the New Haven and Northampton
Railroad is injured to the extent of 5000 in stretch
of a quarter of mile In Centre Village numerous
houses taken of. but no lives were lost Ahouse
occupied by Widow Sackett was taken up bodily and
settled in hole fifteen feet below the surface
of tho ground and the family were confined there for
several hours. The county and Merely bridges and
the west end Of the dam of Crane Bros paper mill.
in Little River, two miles east of Westfcld, were
swept away. There is great loss in the town by dam
age to streets and sewers The river is now rapidly
SuDslulnS.
A Pittstield despatch says that the bridge the
Boston and Albany road at Huntington was swept
away by the storm. and trains from the West are
blockaded there. large number of passengers are
waiting for the opening Of the road.
On the Housatonc Railroad there is o washout at
Cornwall. and last nights train from New York and
special train are stopped somewhere on the road.
At Hipsdale there great alarm last night, the
Ashmere Reservoir threatening to give way. At Leo
minister great damage done by the giving way
OF the dam.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, Dec H. 1878.
The extent of high water damages in Northampton
and Hampshire county greater than were indi-
acted yesterday. Lambs wire mill and the dam of
Clement Hawkes. cutlery mill are badly
injured. Tho State Hospital property
injured by the loss of land and improve
ments. the Vernon. paper mill dam was destroyed.
several hundred feet of canal. and railroad
washed out. and bridge lass.bcsn carried away.
Sixty feet wash on the River road. above
Northamptou. delayed travel allday.
At Elsrescc ono farmer lost $1,000 worth OF
TOBACCO Acres OF nca<low land are buried in deep
sand. The meadows below Leeds are. strewn with
clothing furniture, bedding wagons, broken timber
&c The bend in the river at Leeds is greatly changed
and n great scene of ruin is presented.