Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-13
THE STORM.
A Heavy Fall of INTERCHANGEABLE
Damage DOne-Roads and Cellars
Flooded.

The heavy rainfall which commenced yes.
terday morning has caused considerable
damage, flooding roads and cellars, including
the grain mill of A. 5. Stetson & Co. or
Franklin street. Travel has been suspend
ed and the roads in many other portions OF
the town are impossible this evening Be.
tween this place and Brockton they are sub.
merged in many places and travel will have
to be suspended.
New BEDFORD, Mass, Feb. II.
The heavy rain caused considerable dam
age in the northern part of the city and there
are several washout on the Old Colony rail-
road. large gang of men is at work shor-
ing up the track. The sewers are overfiowed d
and many yards and cellers are flooded. The
pond at Wamsutta Mills overfowed, flooding
cellars in the vicinity.
TAUNTON, Mass, Feb. ~.
Heavy rains during the past 36 hours has
been the most destructive to property in this
section since 1857. On the line of the Old
Colony innumerable washouts are reported
and trains in every direction are from one
to three hours behind time. A special coal
train ran iato an open culvert near Myrck s
Station this afternoon, together with several
coal dumps. Fireman Russell was buried
beneath the engine and instantly killed and
Engineer Badly injured.
CoHAssET, Mass, Feb. 10.
The storm which commenced early yes.
terday morning and has continued with in.
creasing severity to this hour, 10 p. M,
caused a veritable flood in this and neigh
boring towns. The freshet this afternoon
was the heaviest ever known here and the
damage to property will be very large. The
cellars and streets are very generally flooded.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb. l2
The Blackstone river is overflowed and
several factories are flooded and forced to
suspend. At White Rock it is feared that
some buildings may be swept away or so un-
dermined that they will collapse. Many
families are leaving their houses.
WORCESTER, Mas.., Feb. Il.
The city is without fire alarm telegraph
service, all the wires in the city having been
broken by the heavy ice storm last night.
Seven-eighths of all the telephones are use
less. The electric light wires are partially
down and shade trees all around are greatly
damaged, the loss being more serious than
by the storm of two weeks ago. The rain
has been falling steadily and heavily for more
than "a hours.
NEWPORT, R. l., Feb. IL.
The storm here is very severe. There are
many washouts and parts of the city are
flooded above the fences for acres. Sewers
and streets are damaged.
NEwBURYHoRT, Mass, Feb. II.
Another ice storm prevailed here Thursday
night. A large quantity of rain fell, freeZ-
ing a. fast as it came down and this morning
the telegraph and telephone wires and shade
trees were broken down under the heavy
weight of ce The telephone wires are in
a worse condition than during the storm two
tba at N
with large branches from the trees.
EAST WEYMOUTH, Mass, Feb. II.
The storm has done immense damage in
this vicinity. The dam of the Weymouth
Iron Co.'S work it is feared will go owing to
the flood The residents have been warned
from their houses by the superintendent.
The loss of the dam will cause damage OF
thousands of dollars.
BosroN, Feb. IL.
The Overlooking of Stony Brook has as
.umed most serious phase and the damage
caused thereby is by many times larger thar
was at first supposed. The water still con-
tinues to rise, and as the result an area o.
nearly half mile square in Roxbury, bound
ed by fremont, Cabot and Ruggles streets
is totally submerged. This district, which is
low land, contains many family hotels
dwellings and manufactorys, including thu
Boston Betting Co.'S works, Roxbury Carpe
Co.'S factory and the oil cloth works of Tower
Wilcox & Co. These buildings are all badl
damaged and the loss will not fall short O.
Sl50,000.
The police and others have been engaget
all the afternoon and evening 10 rescuing tn,
people from their dwellings in boats. From
a large block on Burkes Court, containing
90 families, some 20 persons were removed
The Highland skating rink is badly damage
and water rushes through the building in tor
rents.
Stony Brook drains large territory Yves
of the city and has proven itself entirely to
small to meet the demands made on 1t durln
the recent rain. conduit, which is situate
near the Boston Betting Co.'S factory, be
came gorged and the water backed upon tn
company's premises, necesshatiDg susper
| sion of business. Rain is still falling and tn
water continues to rise over the Hooded dis
trict, the rise being several inches per houl
| Should the rain cease now the water woul
probably not .ubside for two or three day
MANY buildings have been partially under
mined and are in imminent danger of faliin
On Simmons street fifteen families wer
obliged to flee TO the upper story of thei
block where most of them are still impri
oned. portion, however, were rescued
the crew from the police boat. The amour
of DISSOLUTION brought about by the flood
far beyond any true estimate at this time
BRoCKToN, FEB. i2.
The storm of the past two days has bee
the severest for many years. The factori'
are flooded and work suspended. The ope
atives were taken away in boats. Bridg'
have been washed away, and fears of mol
damage are entertained.