Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-17
NEW ENGLAND,S WASH,
The Floods Subsidins but Much Suffer.
ing Still to Come.
Boston, Feb. l6,

BOSTON, teb. 10.
The flood at Roxbury Is practically ended.
All the water has not disappeared, but tho
swift torrents which caused so mucn damage
have been taken care of, and all the water
that now remains is found in cellars of build.
ings, in vacant hollows and in some of the
low-lying streets which have not been &C.
cepted 10y the city and consequently have not
been graded. In such streets there are no
sewers and the water lies stagnant. The
water will either have to be pumped out or
evaporated. The cause of the subsidence of
the flood was the opening of bulkhead in
an an intercepting sewer at the junction of
Ruggles and Hampshire streets, which in
creased the capacity to such an extent as to
drain all adjacent streets. The opening of
the bulkhead could not be accomplished be-
fore, owing to the great pressure of water.
The tracks of the Providence railroad are
still covered, and Back Bay is receiving the
drainage from the submerged districts, though
to much less extent. The worst is now
over, but the suffering and distress incident
to the damp dwellings. flooded cellars and
accumulated filth will continue for some
time to come.
During the night the foods in the different
sections subsidized very materially. Now
much of the threatened danger is past. On
some of the railroads, the most seriously af-
fected, trains are running with something
like their accustomed regularity.
The damage in town was very great and
the expenses of repairing highways this
spring will be the largest ever known for
many years. The loss to several of the Mas
sachusetts railroad corporations will be the
greatest caused for long time by water. The
loss on the regular passenger traffic between
rta nj nd topu IL I'LL n,
considerable.
HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. l6.
The ice in the Connecticut broke at noon,
Tuesday, end is going clear except small
jane at Saybrook. The water has fallen.
BRIDGEwATER, Mass, Feb. l6.
The worst of the flood is now over, the
water having subsided at least two feet. The
highways will be repaired as quickly as pos
sible. Trains bringing the first mails ar
rived here at $50 last night Mails for Mid
dleborO and beyond were taken in carriages
and transferred by boat across Taunton riv-
er, thence by carriage. Fall River trains
came through Tuesday morning only a few
minutes late, while the Cape train and New
York boat train came together. No trains
can run through Taunton, AMI are all run
through here.
TAUNTON, Mass, Feb. l6.
The work of repairing the damages by the
flood is being rapidly pushed in all directions
by day and night gangs.
NORWICH, Conn.,, Feb. l6.
The old dam at Greenville was carried
away this afternoon. This disaster removes
the source of supply for all the mills in this
village and deprives many hundreds of peo-
pie of employment for an indefinite time.
BosTON, Feb. l6.
The floods in Boston and immediate vicin-
itv have greatly subsidized and tonights re-
ports indicate that no further damage will be
caused. At Hyde Park the river remains
about stationary, the rise, if any, being so
slight az to cause no special alarm. The
dams have held today and the danger to mill
property 10 believed to be past.