New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-16
THE FLOOD RECEDING.
WATERS sUBsIDING IN NEw-ENGLAND.
REsUMING TRAVEL AND TRAFFIC ON THE RAIL-
ROADs-DAMAGE TO MILLS.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

BOsTON, Feb. 15.-Ihe ROXbury flood
is subsiding. At to-day the water ceased to
pour Tremonst at Culvertst and the level OF
the food twenty-five inches below the highest point
reached 1t estimated that In fortyeight hours
the regular outlet Of Stony Brook will be able to carry
off the water IT from the submerged district
above. The series o. lakes between Jamaica
Plain and Hyde Park has been drained few
inches below Sunday mornings level.
1t is feared that many buildings will collapse The
sandy soil cannot be relied upon except where buildings
stand upon piles, and in such considerable
warping and twisting feared. The Inspector OF Build
ngs and his and the police the alert for such
accidents. They are apprehenslve that buildings may
fall where accident IL least expected At tho same
time they do not feel justified in condemnng every
building in the district To do would compel the
eviction OF fully 5000 people and great suffering would
follow The work Of the " the poor aud other
charitable people and has just begun The
suffering among the hom eess not seriously felt
until to-day There are hundreds OF applications
for aid. Food, fuel and clothing needed. The au
thOtcs have given assistance to 700 families and others
applying in scores Children in some families are
found to have covering but their night clothes in
which they clad when taken from their homes.
The damage greater than reported in tho district
bounded by the Providence Railroad, Camden and Ire
mont sts This territory Is filled with tenementhousca
OF the lOWor classes, and the water stands above the
level Of the surrounding ground in most places. The
damage TO some buildings IS so serious as 10 MAKE
necessary for the occupants TO Leave their houses In
many cases people lying on deathDeds have been hasy
removed.
NORWICH. Feb Is tSpecidD-The retirement of the
rivers within their natural BOUNDARIES dscoses the
fact that the damage dOre by the flood In this neigbOr
hood ls unprecedented. The new dam OF tue Norwlcn
Water Power Company, which yielded yesterday Is
ruined I cost $4,000 I'm 1852. The mills dependent
upon 1t for power idle. Tho track and bed OF the
Norwich and Worcester Railroad skirtng the shetucKet
Ia completely annihated just above the steamboat
wharf The river wall bult OF stOucs Weighing ten ana
twenty tons Is and everything t taned down 10
hard pan. II Will take month to restore It, The dam
tO merchants and corporations in town Is estimated
~ Sl50OO0 Jewett CITY, mill village about ten miles
north. although a small place also sustained loss OF
Sl5OOOO The loss in Eastern Connecticut VIII reach
Sl.OOO,OOO Thousands OF working people are thrown
employment by the bursting OF dams and the dis
abng destruction OF mills when the mood was at It's
height, IT measured three inches higher than in 1876
The rainfall measured nearly seven Inches.
EEw-HAvES. Feb IS tSpcciab. -New-York and Boston
travel by way OF Wllimanuc and the New England Road
reOpened to-day. NicePresident keed OF the Con-
soidaed said that he expected the Boston and Albany
and the Boston and Providence Roads would be opened
tonight.
AUGUSTA. Nc. Feb. l5.-For two days rain has been
falling along the upper KeEncbec. The dOwhpour to-
gethcr with the melting has swollen the river
that the has broken from skOwhegan for dis
tance OF thirty miles To point within ten niles OF
Augusta. whore IL l. jammcd. When It gives way the
railroad bridge must CO.