Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-23
RISING OF THE WATERS.
GREAT DAMAGE ALREADY CAUSED
 AND FURTHER LOSS FEARED.

The West Shores Bridge at Fort Hunfe'
 Carried Away, Causing Loss of $35,-
 OOO-Nany Persons Forced to Leave
 Their Homes-The flood at Norwich.
 AMSTERDAM, N. Y, March 23.-A disas trous flood visitel this portion of the Mohawk valley, caused by the breaking up of the ice in the Schoharie creek and other tributaries of the Mohawk river. At Port Hunter, wnere the Schohar.e creek empties into the Mohawk, the high waters have caused wide spreai devastation The eastern span of the West Shore railroad bridge is entirely washed away, enai!ing loss of S35, 900. The break ing of the West Shore bridge interrupts travel on that road, and the through trains are be- ing run on the Central tracks. The aaueduct. government structure built at great expense to protect the canal banks, is badly wreckel, eight arches having been carried away.
 Fort Hunter is a scene of waste and ruin. Houses, factories and business places are fOodei. The streets are inundated. All night long boats were piled to and fro, saw ing life and property. Several persons were seriously injured while risking their lives to save property. At Port Jackson and this city tie high waters caused much damage. Port Jackson is entirely inundated, and resi- dents are transferring their property to safe places. The Cen ral railroad tracks just west of here are under water, and travel on the road IS somewhat restr cted. High waters are reported at Fonda, Fultonvile, Auries- vile and ol her places west. The water is the highest ever known. The bridge spanning the river at thls city is considered ill danger, the 'at"'' now reaching within three feet of the bridge.
 -,,Aw4uH, Conn.,, March 23-The copous ra.1ls, together with the recent thaw, have made all the country streams overrun their banks ard have swollen the Quinebaug, the Shetucket and the Yantic to great propor- tons. Alexandria ake, twelve miles north, broke is banks, and the waters swept over the Norwich and Worcester tracks to a great depth, gul.yjny them badly. The Yautic was urged on by the large vo ume of water from the Exeter reservoir, which had also given way. A railroad bridge at Jewett City was earned away, causing serious delay to travel on tue Norw. ch and Worcester, wh;' the village partially inundated and the mills stoppeI. From Jewett City down the tracks are to be alternately under and out of the water, while at Taftville the road way is a rca.ilg brook six feet deep.
 Norwich suffered most severely. The wholesale district in the lower port on of the city was completely inundated, the eel ars and ground floors being filed with water.
 
 and coal trade, and covering an area O. ten acres in the heart of the city, was buried four feet under water. The New London Northern tracks from t city to Thamesv ile a distance ol two miles, are under water, a.iu passengers arc transferred by teams
 EASTON, Pa., March 23.-The Delaware river ytsterday afternoon was sixteen feet snove 10" water mark, aDd the Iehig.i river twelve iee5. Tie flood has stopped all the i.li4is i'll South Esston, and interiered with g..e annual repairs 10 tho Lehiga canal.
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass, March 23-Train No. J!4, of the New Haven and Northanp- ,o.i ioaG, Conductor r. R. Smith, on Tues t,y night ran into landslide near Conway sA..ction. TAe engineer stoppeI the train, heA a large body of earth slid down. truck the train and carried it from tue .'scl tc the very edgo of tue embankment, .ch is eighty feet high. The accident oc- ,uied o y a mic and a half from the scene lie EuluNell disaster.
 PoPL.<.: RIVER, Nj. T., March 23-The
 eat foot Gil tie Upper Missouri does Lot ".:e Inc ter is the highest seen for my years anl the r4ver is still rising
 ,siy. lie ice his hrok- at Galpin and is
 .,iing fast Here IS big gorge at Cut k, about ten miles above here, and a..-
 ..eI at FrencEman's Point, seven mi es be-
 ... l here eet of water on tLe railroad
 c.s a- Woll Polnt, and the bridges are all
 Ee out All trains are de.ayed. The
 K river is also commencing to break up
 the country is flooded tor forty miles
 ,ud Hundreds of cords of wood, cut for yer steamer s, are floating away. The cattle .en and Indians wiI lose large quantities of ...y. The red men have al left the bottom ,nu are camped on the hills and the high rounds TEeir farms are under four feet of ater and tIeir fences swept away. There is some loss of stock. and if the river gorges at tn .s place the loss will be immense