Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-23
RAIN IN NEW ENGLAND
the LEGISLATURE or NEBRASKA
MEET AND rAkC a RECESS.
Damage Done Ia several Places by
Itoo,I-.

DnnhEe Done In several Places By
Iiood-.
Nrw YoRK, Jan. 92.-Much rain
has fallen over New England and the
Middle states today aud tonight. From
many points come tidings VI freabcis
and threatened floods. Bridges arr
being swept away In Duchess County,
New York. In the Mohawk valley
there IL mn imsicnsc gorge of lee nj
Tribes Hlll. The people Ia the low.
lands fear flood.
On the lower Hudson all day the
flcrccst gale and ralnstorm " the Hca.
sDn prevailed, aud some places are
completely iloated.
At Highland Light, Masp., n ter
rifle southwest gale Is likely 10 cause
considerable damage In the bay and
about Provincetown.
4 terrific ralnstOrni, ACCOMPANIED by
high Winds, prevailed ut Danbury,
Conn, doing a vnst amount ofdamag-.
IL IL still raining and the lower floors
Of factories are flooded. In all parts
OF the city cellars are flooded aud the
streets are almost impossible. The
schools are closed and business II prac-
tically suspended.
Several washouts occurred on the
New York and New England Rail.
road. In Waterbury, Conn. the river
IA rising. The merchants are flooded out
and factories closing.
The large shop OF the Norton
Jcwelry Company at Charley, Mass,
nearly completed, was blown TO the
ground.
Near Monson, Mass, the main roads
are submerged and piled with Ice,
which has crushed the telephone and
telegraph poles. Houses and barns are
flooded aud stock II suffering.
Several poiut In Vermont report
washouts. This morning water came
pouring down from the hills west o.
Harrington, Mass, aud In n shor
time the sewers were chokcd up ant
the streets ana houses flooded, causinI
great damage.
A terrific rainstorm swept over Wy
oming Valley In Pennsylvania.
Over onc-third Of wilkcsbsrrc IL no,
under water, and traffic IL completed
suspended on the street railways. 4
gorge In the Susquehanna River .,
trndsthirty Aeven miles and III fcare
todAy's storm will cause the river |
break up and flood the valley.
The dam at Hibernia, y. ", oil
Washing Creek, broke, adding tn
water OF n large pond 10 tho alrcad,
swollen stream. The Ice and wato
moved a large iron bridge ON tho Cen
trail New England road. The iroi
highway Of the bridge was dcstroye,
and part OF the mill at Hibcrnia tori
away.
Al Pleasant Valley the people wer'
driven into the second stories OF house
aud are only able TO get about In boats.
The people residing In the vicinity
Of Cape Henry were terrified last nigh
by the storm. Houses swayed anu
trees were uproOted. The wind reached
slxty-fivo miles an hour. The Nauga
tuck aud Connecticut rivers began
rising, and by noon seven feet Of watei
was falling over the dam. The Mead
ows and the Derby driving park were
Hooded. All thu factories are closed
and sentlnels are stationed To watch the
dam.
This evening tho gate house on the
west end began Ia waver aud i've min.
utes later II was twisted around by tho
mass OF fec aud section OF the dam
three feet deep and 300 feet long went
out. An alarm was given aud the peO-
Pile rushed from their houses. An I'M.
mense volume rushed down the river,
and paper mill and Daggetps postal
factory were badly damaged, u railroad
trcstlo carried out aud several factories
will have To remain closed. Great tx.
element prevails, but no further scri.
Gus damage Is reported. The dam,
which IL 800 feet long and % feet deep,
cost n million dollars. II is pretty badly
damaged.