Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
THE GREAT EASTERN FLOOD,
One of the Most Fearful Storms That
Ever Swept New England-lIeayy
Loss of Property.

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Loss of Property.
The report from the fearful storm
that swept through the Middle and New
England states on the 10th and llth
inst are appalling. Says a New York
dispatch of Dec. 12th A 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
Az Scranton, the river and streams are
greatly swollen, and should ,he 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 heavy gale to-day all along
! the Atlantic coast, and it is very severe
at Boston; some damage to shipping is
reported,
The following adyicos were received
Dec. 10Th:
PITTSBrRG, 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 were pros
trated by the winds and heavy fall Of
snow.
TRENTON, n. j.
The Delaware has not been 50 nigh
since 1861. Fair street is flooded, people
are moving out Of their houses. Facto-
ries and mills along the river are SUBJ
merged. The Gardville bridge is in
great danger.
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, y. ].
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, part of a house, a number
of bodies, dead horses and mules, hay
pork, flour, and 10 or 90 new slelghs,
etc.
ALBANY, n. Y.
There is 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 Il Albany rail
road, in the vicinity Of West
field. Last evening the train in
both directions struck between Westfield
and Russell. There are no trains west
Of this city, to-day, on account Of
wash-out $50 feet long, and Is feet deep,
mile and hall this side Of Westtield.
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 a portion
off the dam of Christer & Co., the dyke
Of Highland mills is swept away. The
streets are Ike river bed. AT West
field the loss is fully $4,000. The dyke
on south side of Westtied 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, a 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
7taeam from the west swept through
Lincoln, franklin and Orange streets,
aud surrounded the factories on Elm
street, near River, and burst through
the embankment Of the New Haven 4
Northampton road, which crosses the