St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-16
MILLIONS IN DAMAGES.
Boston Suffering From Devastation
Equaled Only by Her Great Fire.
Many Mills and Scores of Houses
swept Away by Raging Waters.

mated at $1,000, 600. At Newton Upper
Fails S3s, 600 worth Of machinery and fin
ished work has been flooded with great
loss. AT Maiden the flood has abated eight
inches and further damage is not feared.
The water Is flowing over Spot pond dam
at the rate OF oOO gallons a minute The
total loss here approaches $50 600 At
Boston the floods are subsiding. There
are five or more washouts on the Old
Colony railroad whiting the city limits
Temporary bridges are going mp and gull
lies are being filed. No further damage is
feared and families have returned to their
homes. At hatfield the railroad bridges
are down, and the CampellO railroad is re-
ported washed away. Several other bridges
are down. The Muttock dam broke yes
terday, letting the contents of the mill
pond down upon Warren's mill bridge,
sweeping 1t away. The condition of affairs
at Suambetty, six miles from North Mid
dIeooro, Is the worst in that part or the
state. The Nemasket and Brldgewater
rivers unite, forming the Taunton river,
Whlch drains twenty square miles This
Is roaring torrent, and its overflow in
some places Is mile wide. The iron
works settlement is submerged, and the
smaller buildings are floating. At Taunton
the total damage to the bridge, factories
and residences approximates $3.50, 900.
FROM providence it is reported that the loss
10 mills at Geneva amounts to S26 600: at
the turkey red dye works at BelIefonte.
SoO,OOO, and at the Atlantic mills. $50. 900.
Boston, Feb. 15.-At noon TODAY the
level of the flood was twenty-five inches
below the highest point reached. 1t is now
thought that the regular outlet of Stonev
brook Will carry of the water in fortv-eiybt
hours. AT Taunton there has been a fall
OF twenty -one inches in the ponds. Busl-
ness OF all kinds Is suspended The dam
age at the WhittendOn mill will be LARGE
the wooden mill known as No. 8 having
fallen. The buildings on the east side of
Weir street have settled three feet. The
new iron bridge crossing Danforth street
has fallen. Gas and water have been shut
OF in different parts of the city owing to
broken mains. Horse cars are not running.
the track having been DESTROYED. 1t is
thought number of buildings will fall
when the water recedes, adding to the dam
age, which is already estimated at over
$50, 600. No New York mails have arrived
in three days. At East Dedham the dam
connected with the Merchants wooden mills
is in great danger. Should it fall an I'M
mense volume of water will be precipitated
upon the bridge below it and upon the dam
at the Norfolk mill, which is in a valley at
much lower level. The fall of the latter
would involve the destruction of the Nor
folk mill and great havoc i'm HYDE park.
At Dedham Centre the water has risen
thirteen inches since last night. The
bridge crossing the Neponset river at Ded-
ham road station is falling away At
Waltham the ice has not broken up. and il
the dam at Newton Lower Falls holds, no
further damage is expected at Newton.
The Charles river is a foot higher than last
night and is still rising imperlllng several
bridges, which are now held by ropes only.
Several mills are badly flooded Nashua
adviees say that the ice In the Merrimac
and Nashua rivers did not break up, al
though both rivers are much swollen. The
jackson company's mills are flooded and
shut down. AT Woonsocket the loss ag-
gregates S22, 900.
THE FLOOD IN MAINE.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Feb. 15.-Advlees say
that for two days rain has been falling
along the upper Kennebec. This, together
with the melting snow, has so swollen the
river that the ice is broken up for distance
OF thirty miles to point within ten miles
of Augusta, where it is jammed When II
gives way the railroad bridge must go. In
Haverhill since yesterday morning the
water has risen three feet and is still rising.
The damage on the four streets bordering
on the river is very large. The total loss
throughout the city is $3.50, 600. When the
ice on the river above gives way the de-
struction of property must be immense.
DAM GIVES WAY.
FRANKLIN, Mass, Feb. 15.-This morn
ing the dam at the Eagle factory yielded to
the enormous pressure of the accumulated
floods above and fell with a crash. The
country below is flooded. but full particu-
lars of the extent of the damage have not
been received. The road between Wren
than and Franklin is impossible Fears
are entertained that the dams below will
give away.
ALONG THE HUDSON.
ALBANY, n. Y. Feb. 15.-The water in
the Hudson river has fallen fifteen inches
since midnight. Below the city the ice re-
mains firm, and the gorge above Pleasure
Island has not yet broken. Considerable
loss has been suffered by ice harvesters. The
injury to the Island Park race track and
buildings is estimated at $50. 600, and about
as much damage has been done to the new
blast furnace building on Breaker Island.
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