The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-02-18

GREAT HAVOC IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL
STATES.


| STATES.
Probably the worst and most widespre al
storms on record have afflicted differen
parts OF the country this week, and inflicted
damages which must score well up into thu
millions
Rain falling steadily for 4S hours, caused
flood which submerged the lower part O
Washington Monday. About the Balti
more and Potomac railroad depot the water
was six feet deep, and at Ford's opers
hous was three feet deep. The lowel
portion of the hotels on Pennsylvania av
enue between Third and Seventh streets
were flooded. At an early hour Washing.
ton market had few inches of water in it,
and it rose rapidly. Soon the food was
ee-high. The workmen at Gray & Noyes
foundry on Maine avenue were engaged in
casting with cupoa of heated metal,
when the water ran in on them, and sup
posing that it would be better to prevent it
reaching the cupola and chilling the metal
the bottom was opened. Immediately the
liquid mass fell into the water and the steam
generated so rapidly that, with report ex-
eeeding that of a six FOUNDER, an explosion
took place SCATTERING the two cupoas and
throwing several of the workmen quite a
distance. The railroad between Trenton
and Burlington, N. j., was under water.
Canal boats were lying across the track on
the Trenton road. A number of establish
ments were inundated. As far as the eye
could reach the shore of Pennsylvania was
covered with water. There is not much
ice.
Saturday night East and South Harris.
burg were partly flooded. Many persons
were obliged to move out, and Sunday their
houses could only be reached by boats
The loss by the food is fully $50, 600. The
RappahannoGk- was 70 rcsrayk~rfow water
mark at Fredericksburg, Va, Monday.
The iron railroad bridge over the Wabash,
at Delphi, Ind, was carried away. The
guard locks of the Wabash and Erie Canal
also gave way, and in a short time 200 peo-
pie were fleeing from their homes. The
loss at Toledo foot up half million dollars.
Ten thousand persons at New Orleaas were
committee, being left in starving condi-
ton by the water devastation OF last week
Along the Hudson and in different pnrts of
Connecticut great damage was also done.
A new blizzard has aggravated the snow
blockade that has afflicted the northwest
md especially southern Minnesota for two
weeks. On the Sioux City road snow drifts
n some places are higher than the telegraph |
poles. A train at Mountain Lake has been |
,lockaded ten days. Other roads are nearly |
IS bad off. Mountain Lake has been block
Ided for ten days, Council Bluffs, Ia, hsd
! terrible snow-stOrm Friday and Saturday. /
which completely isolated them from
he outside world. No trains arrived or
departed from Friday night to Wednesday
nd all have been abandoned. The trains
hat left there Friday night have been snow
ound at distance OF 100 to 200 miles
rom the city. The Chicago, Burlington
nd Quincy attempted 10 start a train out
or Chicago Saturday night with gang of
0 men to shovel the s7ow Other bust
ess is about suspended, and coal dealers
Aven't ton of coal on hand. The deep
4 SNOW seems 10 have fallen in Kansas
I'D stuck trains are scattered sll along the
ne.