Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-16
The Government Fleet Wlnterine
Behind CAROLS Island, Near
Cairo, Breaks Loose.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
Worth Of River Crafts Float
Down the Mississippi.
over n Minion Dollars worth OF Prop
erts Destroyed in sIassachusetss-
Other Loskes.

tf iNNc IN MANNAtnNSEIINs
BOSTON, MASS, Feb. l5.--EloOd re.
ports continue TO show serious disaster
TO bridges, railroads and buildings Ia va.
riOuS parts OF New Eugand. but no loss
OF life Is reported The total damaae Ia
Massachusetts, cannot now be estimated,
but VIII reach st least 81 ,o0o, 900
TlIK HUDSON ON THAR.
Albany, N. ", Feb 10 The breaking
mp of the ice IN tho Mohawk and above
Troy Ia the Hudson has damned the
water here, and that portion OF the CITY
below Broadway Is entirely submerged.
The Delaware 4 Hudson Canal company's
I tracks are six feet under water aud tenn
poraly bridges have been built. The
tracks of tho West Shore railway are out
OF sight and everyone Is on the alert for
the breaking OF the gorge ut Troy. II
this should happen, tie food at this
point VIII assume violent proportions.
THE SusVuElIANNA FALLING,
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb 10 The food
caused by the breakup Of the Ice IN the
Susquehanna has about snbsidtd to-day
IN consequence OF the break In the
West branch and In small streams. IL
rose several feet above the figures TO
which II had fallen last night after tho
gorges had given way. canvass OF the
lower sections of the city shows great
amount OF damage, estimated at from
$4,000 10 $4,000 and falls mostly on
poorer classes. The rise was so sudden
that they could not remove the furniture
| from the irst TO higher floors. The Penn
! sylyanla steel works aud all that portion
OF the town lying Nlong the railroad was
under four feet of water and the damane
there Is also great. At Md
dletown the damage after the
1 gorgcs gave way was great
A channel iilty feet wide was washed
through one of the large Islands. Tho
people there were In great danger, but
succeeded In removing all their goods
/ The highest figure reached here was
twenty-ono and bali feet, three feet
lower than IN 1866, when the great Hood
occurred. Along the railroads west sew
eral wrecks occurred on account OF land.
slides, but no person as far as ascer.
tanned has been Injured. All trains are
moving regularly To-day aud no further
trouble Is anticipated
ruRoUGHouT MASSACHUSETTS,.
| BOSTON, MAss, Feb 10. AT | O'Clock
this morning a tour of the flooded district
at Highlands showed that the water had
receded twelve inches since p. M, yes
terday. The damage TO property here is
roughly estimated at $4,000 At Newton
! Upper Falls S8S coo worth OF machinery
aud finished work was flooded with great
loss. Az Walden the food has abated
eight inches and further damage IL not
feared. Water II flowing over the dam Mt
the rate OF b00,0 gallons per minute.
The total loss here approaches $780,
900. AT Bro, kton the food
| Is subsidlDg. There are Ave or
more washouts at Old Colony or within
the city limits. Temporary bridges are
going up and the gaps are being filled.
No further damage II feared. Families
have returned TO their homes At Mail.
field the railroad bridge is down. at
Campello the railroad Is reported washed
away. Several other bridges are down.
AT Mutterck the dam broke Yesterday,
letting the contents 1f the mll-pond down
upon Warrcn's mill-bridgr, sweeping IL
away. The condition of affairs at Suuam-
bette, six miles from North Mlddleboro.
IL the worst In that part OF the state,
The Namaskett aud lirldgewatcr rivers
unite, forming the Taunton river, which
drains twenty square miles This Is a
roaring torrent and It's overflow IN places
IS mile wide. The iron works settle.
ment Is submerged and smaller buildings
are floating AT Taunton total damage
TO bridge, factories and residences ap-
proXimates $3.50 900 From Providence il |
Is reported that the loss To nils ut
Geneva II $2G, 900, 40 the Turkey bridge. |
works ut Belltfoute 100000 and at Allan |
nc mills 100000
DAMAGE no TiiE GOVERNMENT FTnEr |
81. Louis, Mo, Feb. 10 lin addition
TO the damage sustained by shipping in-
terests here yesterday, from The breaking
up Of the gorge, II has just been learned
that the government fleet, which was an
ebOred behind CAROLS Island has been
Injured, perhaps seriously, The fleet is
an extensive one, consisting Of three
steamers, forty harges and twenty pile.
friYers, valued In all at 5000, 900
The force Of the floating ice caused
all these boats 70 break from theIrI
moorlngs and float down the river. Seven
OF tbs barges have been recovered nj
Chester, III IN good condition. The
other vessels have not been heard from
aud the damage cannot be estimated.
No further serious damage In this barDor
Ia addition TO that Of yesterday has been :
Inflicted, aud the greatest dangers con.
sderod 10 be passed.
Tine steamer Gtn. Gilmore has gone
aground at the foot OF CAROLS island I
with six barges. The Gen. Gilmore IL
,taunch craft, aud II & thought VIII en-.
cape with slight damage. The steamer |,
A. A Humphreys Il stu floating down
Inc river wlthont as yet having suffered I
my damage. Two OF the Pile drivers !,
ma two more bargcs have been recoy-
sred
NEw JERSEY LANDS INUNDATED.
PoHr JERyIs. n j., Feb. l5--Mlles Of
and n Urauge county aud extending into a
sussex county N j., are inundated by
ne overflow Of he Wallkill river. Tho
Dads are impossible. Several milldams g
AVE been destroyed by tho hpods. h
DuMNARy or TiiK DAMAoR @
Boston, MASS, Feb. I5.-.-At noon To- II
lay the level Of thu n ,od was twenty-five 0
nches below the highest point reached, II