Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-15
MID WINTER FRESHET,
Immense Amount-of Damage Done
Throughout New England.
One of the Biggest Falls of Rain Known
for Many fears.-Railroad Acct.
dent on the Boston Il Maine
Caused by a Land
Slide.
NATICK, Mass Feb 13.

NArlCk, Mass Feb. l3.
Trains on the Boston & Albany railroad
since . 10 this afternoon have not beer able
10 go farther than Natick. owing to the wash.
ing away of culverts near Walkers grove, a
mile from Natick station. All travel on the
highway is discontinued, the road being six
ieet under water, and the bridge and culyerts
being considered unsafe
ACToS, ILL.,. Feb. Is.
A disastrous food is imminent along the
Mississippi, unless the weather turns colder
and locks up the overlooking streams now
pouring their torrent. into the Mi.sissppi
inns river is now almost at flood height, but
Is still frozen solid, with the ice gorged in
many places clear to the bottom. There is
probably at present as much ice in the river
between here and ST. Louis as was ever be-
fore known. The Missouri and many smaller
streams emptying into il were reported
breaking up yesterday, and the same report
comes from the northern part of the state.
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Feb. -.
The Barney reservoir at Saylesville gave
way this morning, damaging the outbuildings
of the Sayles Beacheries severely and en-
dangering the lives of several of the opera
tives. One man was drowned A long
stretch of the Moshassuck railway was
washed away. Many houses and other build
ings are flooded. Wanskuk dam went at 3
o'clock this morning, and the lower stories
OF the bridge were flooded. Several bridges
have been carrie away. In this city many
streets and buildings were flooded and much
damage will be done. The Blackstone river
overtlowed its banks from Central Falls to
Pawntucket, its water flowing into buildings
along the shores. Some of the wharves have
been carried away or made unsafe There
a oh oil thn all
can be run before Monday. The water flows
in torrents through the streets at Westerly.
Several houses have been undermined and
carried off. At Geneva the Woodvile dam
has gone. The dam at Wakefield has given
way, flooding many mills. The dam at the
the Pstee Machine Works at Upper Newton
Falls has gone, flooding the mills and dam
aging them upwards of $4,000. Many
streets were flooded and several buildings
carried away.
South ARLINGTON, Feb. ~.
The overflow of the factory pond is doing
great damage, flooding streets and wrecking
and undermining buildings. Washouts on
railroads in this vicinity are reported.
NORWICH, CT Feb. l3.
This city is completely inundated. Great
damage has already resulted and more is an
ticipated. Several dams have been carried
away The river has risen 80 feet since ves-
terday morning.
NORWICH, CT, Feb. IA.
During last night the flood here abated so
far as to leave Franklin square and the low
er streets, which yesterday were navigated by
boats, passable for pedestrians. The
wharves are still submerged, and an astonish-
ing volume of water continues to pour into
the Thames from the Yantic and Shetucket
all
directions, and communication with Boston
and Providence is cut off The city received
no New York mail today.
This afternoon the dam of the Marine
Water Power Co. at Greenville built in 1882,
was ruptured, but it worked no further havoc
down stream. Services in the churches W ere
abandoned tonight on account of an antc-
pated lack of gas, due to flooding the gas
works. The rain fall here was the greatest
ever known, being six and three-quarters
inches in twenty-tour hours. The damage in
this city amounted to many thousand dol
lars at Sewett City, a mill village about 10
miles north, the damage is estimated at
Sl50,000. 1t is believed that the loss to bus
mess firms, railroad companies, mill owners.
the towns, and individuals in Norwich and
vicinity will aggregate quarter of a million
dollars.
TAUNTON, Feb. IA.
The whole city is flooded and upwards OF
$50, 900 damage has already been done. The
factories are in great peril. Several bridges
have been carried away. The damage done
to the Old Colony railroad In this section is
very great, and no trains can be run for sew
eral days.
New BEDFORD, Mass. Feb. IA.
The carving away OF the bridge at the
head of Westport frightened people near the
river, and fearing the water would overflow
its banks number of families have left
their houses and taken up their abode in the
town hall for the present
A gang of men worked all day Friday on
the lower dam. Yesterday morning they re-
turned to the village and a grocer mixed up
for them what he supposed to be dose of
hot Jamaica ginger. 1t proved to be arnica
and all were made more or less sick. Theo-
dore Bishop took large quantity and is now
in very critical condition. The washouts
on the Old Colony road have been tempo
rarily repaired and trains are arriving nearly
on time.
HAvERHILL, Mass, Feb. ~.
The train from Portland which leaves
here for Boston at 6. IS o'clock ran into a
land slide at a deep cut near the Red Dry
Bridge about one mile this side Of Ward Hill
in Bradford. Ii was very dark at the time
and the locomotive, tender and express car
were derailed, but fortunately no one was
injured
The engine ran fifty feet before it could
be stopped. The tender was badly mashed
and the engine slightly damaged. The
slide, Which was caused by the rain, left
about so tons of gravel on the track. Gen.
eral Manager Furber arrived in short time
and the work of clearing the wreck was be-
gun. An engine with cars was sent up from
this city, which took the passengers from the
6 O'Clock train out of Boston to Haverhill,
and the passengers from the east west by a
train from Boston, the detention being an
hour and half.
There is great freshet in the Merrimac
and large amount of damage has been done
here along the river 'front.' The wharves and
Easements of buildings are overflowed, and
there are some instances of small buildings
being swept away. The ice started at $50 P
NJ, but soon stopped. having iammet
against bridges. The shears at the paper
mill in Bradford were swept awav. The
lumber shed at Jackman's wharf, with Pres
colts coal shed, were stove to pieces. Las
night portion of the arch over Little Rive
Bridge, in Washington square, CAV,
way, having been undermined by water
causing some twenty-five feet Of sidewalk Il
! cave in. At that time Mrs. c. E. Brake va