New-York tribune., 1888-03-22
PONDS REPLACE THE DEEP SNOWDRIFrS.

STREAMS OVERLOOKING - kAlLboAD 'hhNAS
covEREp-RAIN ACCOMPANIED BY GALE.
PrrTsFrELp Mass, March 81 SpeciaD.-Berk-
shire County is now suffering from food. Rain
began falling early this morning and has contln-
ued ever since. The mountain streams have over
flowed their banks and they are rushing across
highways and carrying away small bridges. The
great snowdrifts dam up the water on tue meadows
creating deep ponds which overflow the roads
to such depth that travelling over them is i'm
possible. The Housatonic River is rapidly rising
and the meadows from Pittsfeld to Stoclxbridge
ARE covered to a great Depth the water IN some
places overhowng TIE railroad track Inc lioosac
rushes through the Adamses with ereac ve'oc,.s tsr
The Howland meadows arc a lake and the water
passes over the Ftchburg Railroad track IN se'Gri %
places between North Adams and Troy. ne ne
meadows in South Willamstown ana New-asnitta ta
are flooded and the water is SO deep over nhe
highway that travel is practically suspended; he
water is over the Boston ~ and Albany anSS
Railroad track between ~sdas and Il Is up even
with the rails in several places west oi Il.,'neiu @ M
The mercury touched SO above to-day and more or,
than half Of the three bas fss' 81 SnS@
Falmouth March PA storm OF gredo , scaer, a,is
raaed on the coast to-day. The wind blew gaze
from the south west and the ram ie SnrS ~ Rrno
which runs from Hyde Park to ana through Tue IA,
upper portion of this city are swelilhg raPiy u; ny
the quantities of melting snow howng inIo mo H. i an
10 s SsC s n;aht and the warm weather of the last
Tow davs have melted the snow III tne neauo"o
Iron oh which the brook flows, and the result ID
an alarming increase in the volume ana Veioc'y
of water. ,, ,,,,s eracted last
At Mount Hope where the dam was M hos and
year the brook has overhowed the p9nn ~ 10 This
ynas,d over the adjoining meadows. IL Is at Inis
npint that the residents are apprehensVe VI ome .
rronertv as this backwater Is making Phosi'st
i"vpard the small homes of the wortlugmeh. IL, Az
10 noint where Hyde Park-ave crosses Sne ui1o'
its swift torrent is within ioot oa & Suu hon t6s
and it is only question Oh . sho'T The bridge WIS
hook will be over the road. Ing utiu1o % da
,ent away by the food OF 1855, WHICH also ue'
o,rorred large amount Of properly. ,,ns,oru .o
'Vs,n,cr Mass March 9i.A severe ram, s az
nanIed by violent winds, has prevailed .nrougnou. g
western Massachusetts since ~ n,dv washing the
hicbways The Quaboag River oveIho"hu haye 10 aeverai
d the cellars of tenemeDts In WAoT-r.. nso nridv
Ssst Of water in them The river y Holdesn q Co
rhe temporary trestle bridge rear j. . ~ W. ondon
nol,en factory over which trans on tne
wortbern railroad ran washed away 10 Sovtbern
,spe transferred and the last train over s. so N n,
division Of the road arrived hec receved that the
Al late hour to night report wa ,nsafe In con-
bridge at South Monson had p,y,o pr 70 New london
sequence the boat train from Pa,ms,h hepn Division Of
has been discontinued. on the hstuean palmer
.st d rhrec RiS,rs No trains will run .ver c'ner %
dyisun OF that road tonight Ihe .rarhs En- tv Gn tp
Boston and Albany Railroad Co'PadT Psdy al and gang Of
~ % has been there all the afternoon repairing ,ne
Ssmare Tho tracks OF tho Ware River r9a haVc % uso
sssn damared near the tracks OF IN" rauer WI WI
Manufacturing Company ann All 'ra," az ,d,av g com-
had 10 run slowly Tho factory OF ahuss ast top III
av a. Vnrth Manson was washed away to-nignt py
tbe raging waters The highway brdge nsar ns ,ss
aIso rendered unsafe. having been n",c ,u' ~ po
foundation several inches Tran 20 A. M MIdd,egeld by
ton and Albany road, was delayed al "'o"iei'" "
high