St. Paul daily globe., 1888-03-23
The EASTERN FLOOD.
Spring Freshets in the Rivers
Of the East Cause Great
Damage.
Bridges All Gone, Dams
Washed Away and Mills
All Shut Down.
Railroad Traffic Greatly I'M
peded and the Water Still
Rapidly Rising.
The Number Of Deaths at
Oporto Much Larger Than
First Reported.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 22.-The
water in the Blackstone had apparently
reached the highest point at noon to-
day. Nearly all the mills below Woon-
socket are shut down. The greatest
damage was at Lonsdale, where the
water covered the lower floors in all but
two mills. At Manville the railroad
track is covered with water. The Al
bion mill is shut down. At Ashton the
whole mill is idle, but no damage has
been done. AT Berkley not a wheel is
turning in the mills. AT Lonsdale the
water is near the high water mark of
1886. Men watched the dam all night. The
excess of water has taken path across
the land and is running with conSidera-
BILE violence. The water is two feet
higher than usual. At Valley Falls the
water in the dam is seven feet deep and
slowly rising. After the entrance of the
Abbott run the river spreads out to
three times its customary confines.
Both mills of the Valley Falls company
are idle. At Central Falls number of
establishments are flooded on the lower
floors. At PaWtucket the water on the
lower dam is three feet below the high
water mark of 1856. 1t is thought that
it will not be higher unless something
gives way. The lower story OF the pa
per mill was flooded. At the Abbott
Run the height of the flood was reached
last night and the water is now receding.
A BATH FOR THE PRISONERS.
WORCESTER, Mass, March 22.-Word
comes from Milbury that the lookup
had six feet of water in it and it was
necessary to transfer the prisoners to
other quarters. The rubber works at
Milville are stopped by the high water
and some of the houses are so badly
flooded that the occupants actually
swan out. A few houses at Jefferson
vile had their cellars filled with water
to the windows. At Wilkinsville the
are stopped. Drabble Trail brook in
UXbridge overtoWed and flooded the
center of the town. At New Worcester
the high water has stopped Curtis d
Marbles machine shop.
o. A RAILROAD BRIDGE GONE.
CANAJoNARIE, n. Y, March 22.-At
midnight last night the eastern section
of the immense and beautiful West
Shore railroad bridge, which crosses the
SchOharie creek at Fort Hunter, was
carried away. A railroad bridge at
Cobleskill, crossing the same creek, was
also carried away by the high water and
ice yesterday. The ice is nearly three
feet thick, and great fear is entertained
for the Mohawk river bridge when a
general breakup occurs. West Shore
railroad trains will run on the Central
tracks for several days. Traffic in this
section on the West Shore road has
been stopped.
RAILROADS WASHED OUT.
MIDDLETowN, N. Y, March o.
Spring floods are causing trouble along
the New York, Ontario q Western rail-
road. This morning a large section of
the track between Cooks Falls and
Trout Brook was washed out by sud-
den rise of the Beaver Kill, which river
the railroad follows for some distance.
Other washoutS occurred until the open
space measured about 250 feet. The
road bed was submerged to depth of
ten feet and the track was covered with
ice for distance of three-quarterS of a
mile.
WEDNESDAYS CYCLONE.
OSwEGo, n. Y, March pa cyclone
passed over a small section of this
country about a mile south of Fulton
yesterday afternoon, doing considerable
damage. A farm house occupied by Mr.
+. Hubbard was badly wrecked, the
roof was lifted off aud Mrs. Hubbard
was badly injured. A son of Mrs. Hub
bard, nine years old, took refuge in one
of the barns and the structure was
lifted high in the air and deposited some
distance from its foundation. The boy
escaped with slight bruises.
ON THE MERRIMACK.
LOWELL, Mass, March 22.-BOth the
md IL
risen over a foot and are still rising rap
idly. The ice in the Merrimack has
broken in several places, but as it is
over foot in thickness it is expected
that it will hold together for some time
yet without going over the falls. Beaver
and River Meadow brooks have over
flowed their banks and the water is yet
rising. In the lowlandS, in some pOr-
tions of the city, the cellars are filling
with water.
RAPIDLY RISING.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, March 22.-The
river has risen about seven feet since
yesterday morning and is rising three
inches an hour. The ice is reported
firm from here down to East Haddam.
Last year the ice broke up March IL.
ALL MILLS STOPPED.
EASToN, Pa, March 22.--The Della
ware river at O'clock this afternoon
was sixteen feet above low water mark
and the Lehigh river twelve feet. The
food has stopped all the mills in South