Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-18
THE GREAT EASTERN FLOOD.
One of the Most Fearful Storms That
Ever Swept New England-Heavy
Loss of PrODerty.

Ever Swept New England-Heavy
Loss of Property.
The report from the fearful storm
that swept through the Middle and New
England states on the 10th and 18th
inst are appalling. Says a New York
dispatch of Dec 18th: 4 heavy rain
storm the last two days has caused
much damage in New England. In
Philadelphia the loss is serious, by over
| flow of wharves and flooding Of cellars.
AT Scranton, the river and streams are
greatly swollen, and should the rain
continue mining operations will be
stopped. The railroad bridges through
out this state are threatened by floods
1t has ralned steadily for full 40 hours.
There is a heavy gale to-day all along
the Atlantic coast, and it is very severe
at Boston; some damage to shipping is
reported.
The following advices were received
Dec 18th:
PITTsBTRG, PA.
The river is twenty-five feet and
eight inches, and still rising.
The weather is cloudy. The coal trains
on most of the roads have been delay
ed by last nights storm, and the tele-
graph lines east and west we're pros
trated by the winds and heavy fall Of
snow.
TRENTON, n. j.
The Delaware has not been so nigh
since 1861. Fair street is flooded, people
are moving out of their houses. Facto-
ries and mills along the river are sub
merged. The Yardville bridge is in
great danger. s..
- KINGSTON, PA.
The citizens Of Kingston were obliged
to build dykes and dams to prevent a
further spread of the river, which now
extends from the Wllkesbarre shore al
most to the former place-a mile dis
tant.
POUGHKEEPSIE, n. J.
Between here and the Rhine
beck's east shore, ten canal
boats lie against the railroad
bank, and floating about the river are
two barns, a part Of a house, number
of bodies, dead horses and mules, hay,
pork, flour, and Is or 90 new sleighs,
etc.
ALBANY, N. Y.
There is a flood in the river here and
many cellars and Easements on the
river front are full of water. Much
damage is done.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
There are several bad wash-outs
on the Boston & Albany rail
road in the vicinity of West
field. Last evening the train in
both directions struck between Westfeld
and Russell. There are no trains west
of this city, to-day, on account of
wash-out $50 feet long, and Is feeG deep,
a mile and half this side of Westfeld.
Some distance beyond Westfeld a
thousand feet Of both tracks are gone.
At Russell two more sections, 400 and
200 feet, are gone. At Huntington
half of the iron bridge, and
one span of the Boston
and Albany iron bridge, and q portion
off the dam of Christer & Co., the dyke
of Highland mills is swept away. The
field the loss is fully $4,000. The dyke
on south side of Westheld river over
flowed last evening and washed across
Elm and through Meadow streets, cut
ting of the center Of the town from the
depot. AT the same time the dyke gave
way. q mill in the west part of the
the village, pouring water all through
that secu n, west to east. The stream
across Elm street runs tonight
are ten feet deep. Cellars, and all stores
on Elm street, nearly to the postoffice, a
distance of half mile are flooded. The
staeam from the west swept through
Lincoln, Franklin and Orange streets,
and surrounded the factories on Elm
street, near River, and burst through
the embankment of the New Haven &
Northampton road, which crosses the
river, and mined the track thirty rods.
Late at night the gas went out. The
buildings destroyed were mostly in the
vicinity of Elm street, in direct path
of the flood. Steers & Turner's organ
factory, on the east side of Elm street.
near the river was partit destroyed.