Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-14
ICE GORGE AND FLOOD.
AN UNPRECEDENTED RAINFALL
AT BOSTON.

DO6IONs EGUs Aos-1u no Ahluldll III bHio
section is almost unprecedented. In this
city the fall has been nearly six inches
in two days, equal to the average fall of
two months. A vast amount of minor
damage has been done IN many parts of
New England, especially to roads and
bridges, causing an lrksome delay TO
travel.
At Forboro, Mass, the dam at Free
mans wooden mill is gone, and the mill
has been swept away. The Union straw
works are flooded, and Canton Bros, and
Bixley's straw works are tottering.
THE FLOOD AT CANTON.
At Canton Kngley's iron works, the
Washington mills and the Revere Copper
Company's works are more or less flooded
ana in danger of destruction. Outward
traffic on the Boston and Providence rail-
road is entirely suspended owing to
numerous washouts.
Owing to the bursting OF the Sto1ey
Brook sewer on Clay street, Boston High
lands. last night, caused by the cOnhne-
ment of the Stoney Brook within too mar
row limits, section of tie CITY. covering
an area of half mile, was OverflOwed to
a depth of from two to three feet, flooding
the Easements OF all dwellings and stores,
uIlfluR lub IGbluOnbS AulU Lut upper
stories, and causing q loss Of some $780,
600.
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES AFFECTED.
Several hundred families are affected
and several factories at BrOcktOn and
OUTLYING lands are flooded. Many mill
Easements are flooded, and the loss is
some $50, 900.
At Peabody the water is four feet deep
on " WashingtOn street, ana the food is the
worst ever known. The loss will reach
$50O
In Middlesex county the rivers and
streams are higher than for ten years,
and many mills have shut down.
At Taunton the Old Colony railroad re-
fuses to sell tickets to most points on its
lines. Business men are moving their
stocks to safe places.
WORKING TO SAVE DAM.
over 100 men are engaged in trying to
save MOrey's bridge dam which, If lost,
will entail unprecedented ruin and dis
aster. A wall Of rock and cotton waste
has been erected 100 feet on each side,
but the water is pouring over the road
three feet deep. Some factories are in
danger of floating.
At East Weymouth every factory is
closed. Whitman's pond dam is on the
point of giving away. Te5s will flood the
GulfG NdlltNs Inc luldDlbduI1 VI tub
lower districts have been driven to the
second stories OF their houses, while some
dwellings are completely under water.
sTREwN WITH DEBRIS.
The track of the flood is strewn with all
manner of debris. including dead fowl
aud swine. At Concord, N. H., and fur
ther north the telephone and telegraph
wires are all down and messages 90 via.
White River Junction. There is great
ruin and damage on every hand. Snow is
rapidly disappearing and the worst Is
not yet.
At Peabody, Mass, for 600 feet the
main street is under water to depth of
thirty-siX inches.
TWENTY TANNERIEs SUBMERGED.
over twenty tanneries are flooded and
several families have been rescued in
boats.
At Quincy the canal is overhowing, and
TartOT's curry ing shop and Mirrels' car
riage factory are under water.
At Hudson, Mass, the Assabet river
has overflowed, carrying OFF most of the
bridges between WestbOro and Hudson.
Tower Bros.' machine shop, Carter It
Co. aud Moneton and hamberlain's shoe
factories are closed. Railroad travel on
the Central Massachusetts, road is entirely
suspended.
TRAINS FEELING THEIR WAY.
Trains on the Fitchburg road are feeling
their way through several inches Of water.
Many Otner cities and towns are reported
under water. Water is everywhere.
Cellars and Easements are flooded, bridges
are gone, and the lowlands are submerged
at Boston. Highlands, the submerged
district, 8as visited to-day by many thou
sand spectators. The Highland skating
rink, the finest in Boston, was submerged
this morning, and the costly and beauti-
ful decorations were ruined. The damage
Will be many thousands.
HOTEL WRECKED.
In the Boston Highland district thew est
minister apartment hotel will be a COM
plete wreck. The dwellings on the food
ed streets are mostly 3-story marble
fronts and as the ground had already set
tied greatly before the flood, 1t is proba-
Die that most of this section Will have TO
be rebuilt. The residentssfOr upwards OF
a mile are living in their upper stories
and are reached only by boats.
A serious food has inundated n large
section Of the low land occupied by tene-
ments in Dorchester, near Dublin street,
a station OF the New York and New Eng
land railroad. The Easements and first
floors Of large number Of buildings, oc-
cupied by many families, are ahoat and
the occupants are unable 10 leave their
bones.
CHURCHES READY TO FALL.
Cne hundred and fifty thousand dollars
is now the lowest estimate OF the loss by
the bursting OF the st0ney brook sewer.
The food caused the shutting down OF
both factories OF the Boston Betting Com
pauy and the ROxbury carpet works.
The German Baptist church. on Vernon
street, Is undermined and Ia liable 20 col
lapse at any moment. There is eeven feet
Of water In the basement Of the Ruggles
street Baptist church. The water is still
rising IN the Hooded districts.
ArrLEBORoUGH FULL or WATER.
At AtteborOugh, Mass, the streets are
full OF water. Writings dam is gone and
the dam at the Mechanic mill will prOba-
bly, 90. There are wash0uts everywhere.
5Weepps bridge, this side Of West Mans.
field, is gone, and another bridge just be-
low has been carried away. No trains
are running and no mail has arrived.
Some families are living on Islands made
by the flood.
At Fitchburg, Mass, the storm has iso-
lated the city. All the telephone aud
fire alarm wires are down and only one
telegraph wire il working. The em-
plOyes OF the Union Machine Company
have kept at work all day pumping water
from the shops.
1000 LOST AT MAIDEN.
At Maiden, Mass, Barretps pond over.
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