The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-26

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DosroN. FEB. lB.-At one O'Clock this
aorning four Of the 1ooded districts q
Highlands showed that me water I'D -.
cedsd twelve Inches since 81 ,. y. yesser.
day. The damage 70 property here q
roughly estimated q u, OK. 900. AtEast
0angus The damage 70 NeWkSu's sptce
mill win reach several thousand dollars.
A. Newton. Upper Falls. oSs, 90 worth a
machinery and finished work Was flooded
with great loss. AZ Maiden the GOOD has
abatcd eight inches. and further damage
q not feared. The water y nowing over
The Spot pond dam q the rate Of 500 gal-
Ions . minute. The city loses ol0,0o0 on
streets. The total loss here approaches
~, 900.
AZ Brockton the foods are subsiding.
There are Ave or more washouts on the
Old Colony road within the city limits.
Temporary bridges are going up. and gul-
lies are being nlled. No further damage
. feared, and families have returned 70
their homes.
AZ Norsh Middleboro, the Old Colony
railroad bridge IL undermined q both
ends and the water Is pouring over it In
torrents, washing away the road bed.
At hatfield the railroad bridge II down,
and the Campcllo railroad II reported
washed away: woodard's bridge, on the
Bridewater road, II gone. Shows bridge
with water. Muttock dam broke yestcr.
day, letting the contents q The Mill poad
down upon Warren's Mil bridge, sweep
ing it away.
The condition OF a6airs Ct Squaw Bet
y. on the Taunton branch, six miles from
North Middleboro, II the worst In that
part Of the State. Newmarket and
Bridgewater rivers unite. forming Taun-
ton river, which drains twenty square
miles. This h roaring torrent, and -
overflow In some places Is mile wide.
The iron works settlement ID submerged,
end the smaller buildings are floating.
At Taunton the total damage 70 bridges,
factories and residences win approximate
e1SO,O00.
From Providence Il Il reported that the
loss TO the mills 1t Geneva Il ~. 900;
At the Turkey Red Dye Works, 1t Belle
fonte, 10000. I'D q Tie Atlantic mill,
ESQ., 900.
At Taunton there be- been : fall Of
twenty-one inches In the ponds above
Whittendon mill and the hood IL sub
siding. Business Of all kinds u So
pended. The damage at Whittendon
mill will Be large, the WOODEN mill Known
~ No. having fallen. The buildIuEs On
the east side Of Weir street have settled
three feet. The electdc light 10 badly
damaged. and two dyramos are ruined.
The wires are also down. The new iron
bridge crossing Danforth street has fall
en-. Gas and water has been shut OF In
different parts Of the city owing 70 broken
mains. Horse cars are not running, the
track having been destroyed with the
bridges. Il IL thought that number OF
buildings will fall when the water re-
cedes, adding TO the damage which IL al
ready over e5O.000- No New York mail
has arrived in three days.
Al East Dedham the dam 1t the dye
house connected with the Merchants
Wooden mill IL In great danger Of giving
way. Should it fall an immense volume
Of water will be precipitated upon the
bridge below Il, and upon the dam and
the Norfolk mill, which IL in . valley In .
much lower level. The fall OF the latter
would involve the destruction OF the Nor
folk mill and great havoc In Hyde Park
At Dedham Centre the water has risen
eighteen inches since last night, many
outbuildlngs have been washed away and
numbers Of residences are surrounded
with water. The bridge crossing the
Neponset river at Dedham road station
II breaking away.
At eight O'Clock Yesterday morning the
frst through train hence 70 New York by
any line since Saturday morning left the
New York Z New England depot. A.
waltham the ice has not broken up, and
II the dam At Newton Lower Falls holds no
further damage Il expected.
At Newton the Charles river II foot
higher than last night and 10 still rising,
imperiling several bridges, which ~ iow
held By ropes only Several mills are
badly flooded.
AZ Cohssset the Good Is slowly sudsid-
ing. Considerable damage has been done
to railways.
Bosrox, Feb. l5.-The water In the
Aooded districts has fallen about twelve
inches to-day, and Il b thought IL will
subside In forty-eight hours. The falling
water reveals sunken ravements, bulged
foundations and torn-up streets. Food
and clothing In large quantities have been
conveyed to the imprisoned families. a
coed deal q sickness has resulted
fr0m The dampness. Rheumatism and
pneumonis prevail extensively. Many
cases Of sickness and destitution are
reported, and they are being relieved -
fast - possible.
Mrs. Mary Leahy, IN old widow liv-
lsg in . house il the flooded district,
died. Her body Was removed on . RIFT
to-day and buried
Prominent gentlemen have started . re.
lief fund, missing o25,000 In one hour. A
tour story tenement caved IN yesterday.
There wss . great panic among the fam
dies, but al were saved. II 10 estimated
shat the city win have 70 pay o2s,000 -
repair the damage.
TIE Ylssa q Pert Dsposls. Msrylaad-
PoRr DErosET, Nd, Feb. ls.-Mauy Of
the people Of The town ere In . pitisbIe
condition tonight on account Of the nv.
ages Of last nights food which was The
worst ever known In this section, the
gnter being two feet higher than the
Hood Of 1875. The food carried houses,
out-buildings and sheds away with Il, and
the water ran In rushing streams through
the lower part 81 the town. Last night
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