The Portland daily press., 1886-02-13
Rain and ice.
Extensive Damages Caused by the
Storm.
Great Havoc Among Trees and TeIe-
graph Wires.
A Soldiers Monument at Shrewsbury
Mass, Destroyed.
Mills Shut Down, Schools Closed, and
Railroad Travel Interfered With,
Only One Life Thus Far Reported
Lost.

and sleet that has prevailed in this section since
Yesterday is the worst in years. Trees are load
ed with ice, and many of the finest old shade trees
in the city shorn of their largest limbs, and in
several places have fallen upon and crushed
fences All the tower clocks in the city are so
clogged with ice upon their dials that they are
stopped. The public schools were suspended.
NEWPORT, r. l.. Feb. ia washont on the
Old Colony road at Tiyerton delayed the Boston
train several hours this morning The storm is
very severe.
NORTH ScIrUArE, Mass, Feb. 12-The storm
of the past two days has created genuine freShet
No 122, on the Old Colony railroad, over the riy-
er near the statiod, has been lifted by the water
and;one of the stone abutments washed away. The
water is over the tracks, and the road-bed Is bad
ly washed.
FALL RIVER, Feb. 12.-There are three wash
outs on the Old Colony road between here and
Tiverton, about mile apart. There IS SAID TO be
about 25 car loads OF filling Waseed away leaving
the ties unsupported.
WORCESTER, Mass, Feb. 12.-The ice storm of
two weeks ago had a terrible repetition in this
heavy rain Which began to fall late yesterday af-
ternoon, has continued steadily, and trees and
wires have suffered terribly In the city there is
practically no telephone communication, all fre
alarm circuits are useless, and telegraph business
is at a Standstil Many streets are impossible by
reason of fallen trees, and the havoc is beyond
the cost of dollars. The ice belt in the county
does not extend beyond Sutton on the south and
Westboro on the east, but north and west the
same trouble is reported exists in this city. In
Shrewsbury the soldiers monument was de-
Stroyed by falling tree at an early hour this
morning
NEWPORT, r. l., Feb. 12.-Steamer Providence
from New York. arrived here at 2.15, twelve
hours late. She was detained in consequence OF
the heavy weather and swell outside. 1t is said
by experienced seamen to be the heaviest they
have seen for great many years.
The damage by the storm i'll the fifth ward is
very great. One storekeeper lost 100 bushels of
potatoes, and another half that quantity. An
aged lady, i'll in bed, had to have her mattress
placed OH chairs resting on her bedstead;. The
damage done by the overflow in this section of
the town is unprecedented.
PRovIDENcE, r. l., Feb. 12,-The heavy rains
flooded the low places near the Olneyville mills,
this morning, and three mills were shut down by
water in the engine roons or wheel pits. The
Geneva worsted mill was closed this morning, as
the water had broken the wheel.
A bad washout west of Wood River Junction.
on the New York, Providence & Boston railway
has delayed all through trains Two are held
west of the break and one east, and Supt. Gard
ner and a large force of laborers are on the spot
at work. No boat train has come through
FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb. 12.-The eight-rod
way in the eastern portion of the city is flooded.
The water is about three feet deep. People are
ferred across at some points, and at one place q
temporary bridge has been built. Streets running
east and west on the hill are veritable mountain
torrents.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Feb.12.-The storm which
commenced on Thursday still continues, and the
sao ooa essa @ see ~ try Many
cellars are filled. The water pipes are burst in
several places News from Rockport says much
damage has been done there. The cellars and
streets are 0yerfOWed. -sEsE1
NYACK, N. Y. Feb. 12.-The Severest rain storm
of many years prevailed throughout Rockland
county Yesterday. The main thorOughfare for
Nyack to the interior of the county was covered
with water to a depth of four feet, and travel in
that way was shut off. At Orangeburg the water
was so deep over the West Shore Railroad tracks
last night that the fires in the engines were put
out andtrains were thereby delayed. The storm
is still raging.
NEW BRUNSWICK N j. Feb 12.-The ice in
the Rartan River broke during the night and the
river Immediately overflowed its banks and sub
merged the lower part of the city. The water on
boats. All business in the ship yards and coal
yards along the river has been suspended.
JOLIET. Ill.,, Feb. 12.-Hickory Creek last
night was a raging torrent: the water being at
gorge formed above the Richard street bridge.
The Chicago, st. Louis and Western Railway
Bridge has been carried away.
PORT DEPOSIT, Nd, Feb. 12.-The heavy rain
of yesterday caused rapid rise in the Susquehan-
ma River, and the lower part of the town is flood
ed. Many dwellers along the river front were
compelled to make a haSty removal to higher
ground At 10 o'clock last night the body of ice
opposite Rock Run was forced up over the tracks
of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad, c0y-
ering them TO a depth of six or eight feet.
SOUTH ARLINGTON, Mass, Feb. 12.-The heavy
rainfall which commenced yesterday morning has
caused considerable damage by flooding roads
and cellars. including the grain mill OF A. s. Stet-
son & CO. On Franklin street travel has been sus-
pended, and the roads in many other portions of
the town are impossible. this evening. Between
this place and Brockton they are submerged in
many places and travel viii have to be suspended.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Feb. 12.-Heavy rains
caused considerable damage to the northern part
of the city and there are several washouts on the
Old Colony railroad. large gang OF men is at
work snoring up the track. Rivers are oyer
flowed and many yards and cellars are flooded
The pond at WamSutta NILS is 0yerf1oWed flood
ipo feared
dam on the Nash road will burst, in which case
serious results are apprehended
NoRRIsTowN, Feb. 12.-An ice gorge has form
ed in the Schuylkill river from Rogers Ford to
Black Rock dam, a distance OF two miles, and the
rising water has compelled the Stoppage of work
in nearly all the mills along the river at Norris
town, Rogers Ford and Spring City, and travel on
the Perkiomen railroad has been seriously inter-
fered with.
CoHAssET, Mass, Feb. 1.-THE storm which
commenced early yesterday morning and has con-
tinued with Increasing severity to this hour 90
p. m.), has caused veritable flood in this and
neighboring towns The freshet this afternoon
was the heaviest ever known here, and the dam
age to property will be, very large. Cellars and
streets are very generally flooded.
TAUNTON, Mass, Feb. 12.-Heayy rains during
the past SO hours have been the most destructive
to property in this section since 1857. On the
line of the Old Colony Railroad innumerable wash
outs are reported, and trains in every direction
special coal train plunged into an open culvert
near Alyrlcks Station this afternoon together
with several coal dumps. Fireman RuSSell was
buried beneath the engine and instantly killed,
and the engineer was badly injured
Boston, Feb. 12-The overfowing of Stony
Brook has assumed a most serious phase, and the
damage caused will be large. The water is still
rising, and as result an area nearly half mile
square in Roxbury, ebounded by fremont, Cabot
and RuggleS streets, is totally submerged. rms
district contains many family hotels, dwellings
and manufactures, including the Boston Betting
COmpany's works. RoXbury Carpet Company and
the oil cloth works of Tower, Wilcox 4 Co. These
buildings are all badly damaged, and the loss will
not fall short of $i50,00O. The police and others
have been engaged all the afternoon and evening
in rescueing people from their dwellings in boats.
From the large block in Burk's Court, containing
20 families, some twenty persons were removed:
The Highland skating rink is badly damaged and
the water rushes through the building in torrents.
Stony Brook drains large territory west OF the
city, and has proven itself entirely too small 10
meet the demands made OH it during the recent
rain. The conduit, situated near the Boston Belt
ing Company's factory became gorged, aud tne
water backed upon the company'S premises, ne,
cesstating suspension. Rain is still falling, ana
the water continues to rise in the flooded dIStrlct
the rise being several inches per hour. Should
the ram cease now the water would probably not
subside for two or three days. Many buildings
have been partially undermined, and are in imml- !
nent danger of falling. On Smons street, 10
families were obliged to flee to the upper story OF
their block, where the most of them are still I'M
prsoned. A portion, however, were rescued Dy