The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-09-25
PORTLAND MONDAY MORNING,

| dREENTIELD, Mass, Sept M.-Heavy rains
rrave caused considerable damage in this town
streets are badly washed, bridges are carried
away, and gullies six feet deep and two rods
long made In the highways.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-A freight train from
| Lung branch was wrecked at Amboy junction
snis morning by the falling of bridge, which
nao peen undermined by the recent heavy
rains The conductor was killed and the en-
siTuSer ana hreman probably fatally injured.
The great rainfall did great damage in Jer-
sey City end Hoboken. Many of the streets
are completely deluged and houses and stores
nnooded. The new tunnel of the New York,
% %Untario q Western Railroad Company at
| oon nion LIS Is damaged between $4,000 and $780,
voo. voo. The western outlet of the tunnel opens
ineo an open cut, about three-quarters of mile
IA length, with walls Go feet in height. These
banks gave way at a late hour last night, and
d aa immense an amount of sand ard Io,k was hurl-
"a Into the cut Two large steam
snoVels and about one hundred and eighty
sraVei cars are buried out of sight, and the con-
sIucton tracks are covered with rock and
SAND to a depth of six feet in many places
Shortly after the land slide a large black
smith shop and boiler room west of shaft No. 3
became undermined and was tumbled into the
cut. A number of shafts are partially flooded
with water, and it will take two months hard
work to repair the damage in the cut.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, Sept. 24.-The damage to
the Hudson River railroad has been SO far re-
nearly on time There is a single track only
between Spuyten Duyvil and 30th street.
HARTFORD, Sept. 24.-Tbe fall of water in
TINS vicinity during the three days storm has
been about six inches.
TRENTON, N. j.. Sept "a. "A violent and
destructive freshet has been caused by the re-
cent rain storm in this city and vicinity, caus-
ing damage to an extent, 1t is roughly estimat-
ed, IN both city and country, of 100000. AS
f@npink creek which skirts the city on one
side and runs through the centre was over
lowed, creating large lake about mile in
length, and 600 yards in width. From this a
violent torrent rushed to the Delaware river,
causing havoc on its way. The rubber mills
potteries, glue factories, slaughter houses, ice
houses, dwellings, barns stables, outhouses
and sheds were submerged.
PLANFIELD, N. j., Sept. 4.-In Bound
Brook at 10 o'clock last night the water which
was very high already began to rise suddenly
and short time it was blowing through Main,
streets, the chief street of the town, lined on
both sides with stores, and it soon reached
depth of from to 10 feet in the streets and
with very rapid current. In one store the
waler rose over the show cases on the counters
and large amount of valuable goods was
ruined. A more cautious merchant had piled
his goods from the floors on the counters be-
fore closing up, never imagining the water
would do more than wet the floors All the
storekeepers lose from $500 up. In the Ram
sey Hotel the water rose almost over the top of
the bar. Most of the families living in the
Hooded district had time to escape, but it was
necessary to rescue the inmates of one house
with boat. The Elm Park Hotel was sub
merged almost to the roof. At Einsten's
woolen mills the water rose over the looms and
the proprietor hired men at So an hour to work
in the mill saving as much as possible. The
mills cannot get to work again in less than
month and the loss will be $4,000 beside de-
priving 200 employees of work until they start
up. The Lehigh Valley Railroad which runs
along the Eastern river bank through the
town quarter of q mile from the depot the
bridge and a long stretch of track are washed
away and the damage cannot be repaired for
several days. The Central New Jersey track
was three feet under water, and in the depot it
was two feet deep. The Delaware and Rari-
tan canal banks gave way in several places and
the river and canal became one stream. Ex-
tensive breaks are reported on other parts of
the canal, and the five mile lock below here
Is destroyed. The Western Union telegraph
Office is used as testing station and nineteen
main southern wires are run through their
switch board. The water rose over this and
all the wires were grounded and remained SO
all day. The water began to subside about 3
O'Clock this morning, but is still two feet deep
In large part of Main street. The flood is
the highest ever known in Bound Brook
There are reports from the country around of
lives lost, but nothing certain is known. There
wlh.bs an immense damage by loss of live
stock, fences, barns, ETC.