Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-16
DROWNED NEW ENGLAND.
The Water Still Generally at Flood
Height.
IN MANY PLACES IT is FAST RISING
And Greater Damage is Anticipated TO
the Immense Amount AIreacy
Done.

BosroS, MASS, February l5.-At one
o clock this morning tour Of the flooded
district at the Highlands showed that tht
water had receded twelve inches since siS
p. m. yesterday. The damage to property
here is roughly estimated at 81 100000
At Mot6eld the railroad bridges are down
and the CampbelIs railroad is reported
washed away. Several other bridges are
down. The Muttock dam broke yerterdsy
letting the contents of the
mill pond down upon Wsrren's
mill bridge sweeping it away. The con-
dition Of affairs at Squambetty, six miles
from North Middleboro, is the worst in
that part of the State. The Newmarket
and Bridgewater rivera unite, forming the
Taunton river, which drains twenty square
miles. This is a roaring torrent and
it's overflow in some places ls
a mile wide. The iron works settlement
is submerged and the smaller buildings are
floating. At Tarenton the total damage
to the bridge, factories and residences
amount to $l5O,OOO. From Providence it
is reported that the loss to mills at Geneva
is $50 900, at the Turkey Red dry works
at Bellefonte, 'SjO,O0O, and at the Atlantic
mill $4,000.
THE FLOODS IN NEW YORK.
PoRT JERvIs, n. Y, February ID
Miles of lands in Orange county and ex,
tending into Sussex county, n. ) E, are iu-
undated By the overflow OF the Waikiki.
Roads are i'm passibl.. Thousands Of ties
to be used in the construction Of the old
South Mountain railroad have been washed
away. Several mill dams have bsen de-
stroyed also.
At noon today
THE LEVEL OF THE FLOOD
Was % inches the highest point reached.
II is now thought the regular oltlet OF
Stony Brook will carry off the water in IS
hours.
At Tauntown there has been fall Of 2l
inches in ponds. Business of al! kinds ID
suspended. The damage to the Whitten-
don will be large. Buildings on the east
side OF Weir street settled three feet The
new iron bridge crossing Dantord street
has fallen. Gas and water have been
shut of in different parts Of the city owing
to broken main8. Harse cars are not run.
ming, the tracks have been destroyed. 1t
is thought number of buildings will fall
when the water recedes, adding TO the
damsl which ia already estimated at over
$4,000. No New York mails have ar.
rived for three days.
At Esst Desham the dam connected with
the Merchants wooden mill is in great
danger. Should it fall an immense vol.
ume of water will be precipitated upon the
bridge below it and upon the dun at Nor
folk lnill, which is in the valley at a much
lower level.
At Dedham Centre the water has risen
thirteen inches since last night.
At Waltham the ice has not broken up
and if the dam at the Newton lower falls
holds no further dsmsge is expected
At Newton the Charles river is
\ ltOI hibhEh
than last night and still rising imperilhng
several bridges which are now held by
ropes. Several mills are badly flooded,
Nashua advices say that the ice in the
Merrimac and Wsshua rivers did not
break up although back rivers ore much
swollen. The Jackson county mills are
shut down. At Woonsocket the losses
aggregate $4,000
Augusta, Ne adViceg say fer two days
rain has been failing along the upper Ken
nebec. This, together with the melting
snow had 80 swollen the river that the ice
is broken up for o distance Of 80 miles TO
a point within 10 miles OF Augusta, where
it is ismmed When it gives away the
railroad bridges must 60. In Hsverhill
since yesterday the water has risen three
feet and is still rising The damage on
four strets bordering on the river lie
very large. The total loss throug hout the
city is so 600. When the ice in the river
s'so gives wBy the destruction Of property
must be immense.
FRANKLIN, MASS, February l5.-This
morning the dam at Eagle factory yielded
to the enormous pressure OF accumulated
floods above and fell with a crash. The
country below is tioc le1, but full psrticu
lars Of the extent of the damage are not
received. Fears axe entertained that the
dams below wi ! give way.