New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-01
FRESHETS DUE TO MELTING SNOW.
NEw-ENGLAND RIVERS UNUSUALLY HIGH.
RAILROAD rMBANEMENTs WASHED OUT AND OTHER
DAMAGE DoNE-wEsTERN FLOODS.
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DAMAGE poNE-wEsTERN FLOODS.
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Boston, April 3O-The warm weather Of the last few
days has rapidly melted the beds Of snow which
maned in the woods and sheltered valleys along the
water in Maine, Now-Hampshire and Vermont,
and has caused serious frcshcts In some localities.
dis patch to The Journal from Newport, N H.,
that the pulp mill and barn erected by James IL
Hubbard at expense of 10000 at Crydon Flat
swept out by the high water last
night, carrying with II tho excelsior shop
and dam Of Pillsbury, below, and 200 cords Of
poplar pulp wood also the blacksmith shop and other
buildings and the bridge branch Of Sugar River
at Croydon Flats. Tho damage cannot be less than
S2oO 900 and is total loss to the The flood
In the Connecticut has not been higher for several
years. There Is. washout at Barton, VT, and the
Canadian Pacific train which left Boston last evening
went only to Wells River and returned to Concord,
n. n, this morning. Montpelier, VT, suffers nearly
every spring from frcshets. Tho winoosh River has
risen considerably since Saturday and last night all
the cellars and Easements in the lower portions Of
tho village were dcluged. Several roads impas-
sable account of the food The streams entirely
free from floating ice. At tlmo since ths freshct
OF 1869 has the water been high. A dispatch from
Lebanon, N. H., says that tho water In the Mascoma
River is higher than during tho great fcshe Of 1860
There much danger the railroad track and bridge
dispatch from Concord, N H., says that the Merri-
River has been rising steadily since early yoster
day. Inervales and highways inundated, cutting
off travel with towns lying east OF II city, The
freshet is greater than that that Of 1884 The water
is rising at the rate of and one half inches an
hour and although little damage has yet been reported
In this region, much is liable to happen unless the water
recedes
Hartford, Vt, April 30.--At a. m, to-day the
highest point reached since the great reshet Of
1869 1t has grown considerably colder since and tho
has fallen eighteen inches in the last four hours
The Central Vermont Railroad embankment short
Aictan n is chah nnf Aar
and there are fears Of further damage. Tho watcr
is overlooking fine meadow lands several feet deep,
also some points IN the highway between here and
Wcst Hartford.
Eau Claire, Wis, April 3O.--The food has driven
fully a hundred and fifty families from their homes
In the last twenty -four hours. Porteville, village
below here, Is flooded and deserted. Tho Inhabitants
are camped in sheds and warehouses. Two streets
on each side Of the Chippewa River In this city are
flooded The greatest loss thus far IS to the Chicago
Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railroad and to partly sub.
merged saw mills and business houses. -Four Inches
OF melting snow have fallen
Minneapolis, April 3o-Dispatchos to "The Jour.
nal.' fran Chippewa Falls, Wis, say: "The
Chippewa stationary at about eighteen feet this
morning. Last night and this morning considerable
snow fell"
Troy N. Y, April 30.-The recent not weather has
melted the snow In the Adirondack region rapidly
that frcshct has resulted. The water has risen
than four feet since Sunday morning and Is above
many Of the docks in the city. The water Is still
rising.