Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-14

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The Boston Branch Company loses $4,000
in goods. The cotton factory of George
N. Goulding is flooded and $4,000 worth
OF cotton is ruined. Both the Spot and
Ell ponds are overfiowing and more dam
age Ia expected The loss In this city is
estimated at $60000
At Gloucester the food is the greatest
ever known. The streets are impossible
and many houses are flooded, and the fur
niture in them is destroyed.
AT Essex great damage has been done
to railroads. Bridges are down and the
road beds destroyed.
SUITS FOR DAMAGES.
The Roxbury Carpet Company, the Bos-
ton Betting Company, and others have
filed claims against the city Tor damages
occasiOned by the fiaods.
All the pumping engines the city can
raise are being used to pump out the cell
lars.
Over 5000 people are confined to upper
stories and have 10 be supplied with pro-
visions by boats.
The Boston Betting Company's factory
is almost afloat. Their loss is over
$4,000.
The Roxburg Carpet Company's loss is
$50, 600.
Two hundred houses on fremont street
are damaged $4,000, and 400 houses on
Ruggles, Winter, Spencer, Cabot and
Culyert streets, total of 100000.
MANY NARROW ESCAPES.
There were many narrow escapes from
drowning to-day.
At Peabody, Mass, 600 feet of Foster
street are submerged. The water touches
the bodies of wagons, Twenty-three
houses any many stores and shops are
flooded.
AT Foxboro, Mass, Charles Freeman's
wool securing mill was carried away.
The loss is $1,000. The Foxboro foundry,
L. Nj. Stevens & Co g leather board mill
and Canto Bros. q Bixby's straw goods
factory are damaged 100000.
The Boston and Providence railroad
track south of West Mansfield is washed
away and the river flowing through the
road bed.
$4,000 SWEPT AWAY.
BRoCKTON, MASS, Feb, ia careful
estimate places the damage by the flood
in this city at $4,000. Fifteen thousand
dollars will be needed TO put the streets
and bridges In good condition. The heav-
lest individual losers are j. A. Beaie,
whose loss is $4,000, and Houghton,
Coolidge & Co., $4,000. The water is
subsldlng, but there is prospect Of the
ice in Cross and HOward's ponds break
ing up, in which case the results would
be worse than have Yet been felt. The
work of removing women and children
from the course OF the foods in boats and
carriages, was continued until daylight.
The hotels and several public balls are
filed with these fugitives, and the city
served them with breakfast. Work is
suspended in many Of the flooded facto-
rIes. Extra editions of the local papers
were on the streets at daylight. Railroad
communication and the mails are entirely
shut Off.
HEAVY LOSSES IN RHODE ISLAND.
PROVIDENCE, Feb. 13.-The damage by
the flood and freshets in the city and State
is almost Unprecedented. Seven hundred
dams and bridges have been swept away
They were situated on almost every
stream, and in some instances the damage
to mill property is very great. From all
sections come the same stories of flood,
inundation, loss and rescues OF impris-
Oned families in boats. At WoOnsocket
X. L., many mills were flooded by from
three to six feet Of water. The water is
three feet deep on the streets. The water
works reservoir is expected to give way at
any moment. There are heavy washouts
on all the roads. No trains were ran to-
day from Providence 10 Boston. Nearly
all the mills are idle. The damage reaches
into the thousands.