Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-23
same car over the Chicago & orthwestern
and Union Pacific.
VERY DEsTRUCTIVE sTt
New England and the Middle \ tes
Visited - Floods Threatened :. I

Visited - Floods Threatened = I
New York, Jan. 22.-Much rain has
over New England and the middle stat =
day, and tonight from many points comes
ings of frcshets aud threatened flc,
Bridges are being swept away in Dutch
county, New. York. In the Mo
hawk valley there is an immense
ice gorge near Tribes Hill and
the people on the low lands fear flood On
the lower Hudson all day ragged the icrcest
gale and rain storm Of the season, and some
places were completely flooded. At Highland
Light, Mass, terrific southeast gale is
likely TO cause considerable damage in the bay
and about the provincial towns. A terrific
rain storm, accompanied by high winds
prevailed at Danpury, Conn, doing vast
amount of damage. The Still river has risen
and the lower floors of factories are flooded
In all parts of the city cellars are flooded and
the streets almost impossible. Schools are
closed and business practically suspended
Several was houts occurred on the New York
& New England railroad. In Fairbury,
Conn, the rivers are rising merchants
flooded out and factories closing.
The large shop of tho Norton
iewelry company at Charley, Mass,
nearly completed, was blown to the ground.
1NtuT NlUuSOU, MuSS., lnc III TOUNlS uTc SuU-
merged and piled with ice, which has crushed
telephone and telegraph poles Houses and
barns are flooded and stock is suffering. Sev.
eral points in Vermont report washouts. This
morning the water came pouring down
from the hills west of Harrington, Mass,
ana in short time the sewers
were choled up and the streets, stores and
houses flooded, causing great damage. A
terrific rainstorm swept over the Wyoming
valley IN Pennsylvanla Over one-third OF
l,,,,, i 10
completely suspended on the street railways,
The gorge in the Susquehanna river extends
thirty miles, and it is feared that to-
days storm will cause the river to back up
and flood the valley. The dam at Hibernia,
N. Y, on Mapping creek, broke, adding
the water Of the large pond to
the already swollen stream. The rush
of ice and water moved the large
iron bridge On the central New England
roads. The iron highway bridge was de
stroyed and part of the mill at Hibernia torn
away. At Pleasant Valley the people were
driven into the second stories of houses and
are only able to get about in boats
People residing in the vicinity of Cape
Henry were terrified last night by the storm.
Houses swayed and trees were uprooted. The
wind reached velocity of siXty-hve miles an
hour. This morning the water in the Housa-
tonic and Naugatuck Conn rivers began
rising and by noon seven feet of water was
falling over the dam. The meadows and
DeroS ullNlnR park were Hooueu All uho
factories were closed and sentinels stationed
to watch the dam. This evening the gate
house on the west end of the long dam began
TO waver and five minutes later was twisted
around by the mass and a section of the
dam three feet deep and 800 feet
long went out The alarm was given and
people rushed from their houses, An i'm
mense volume of water rushed down the
river and the paper mill and Doggetts postal
card factory were badly damaged. The rail
road trestle was carried out and several fac
tories have remained closed. Great excite
ment prevails but no further serious dam
age is reported The dam, which was 5OC
feet long and twenty-five feet deep, cost
$4,000, 900. 1t is pretty badly damaged The
Derby train is stalled between Ansonia ant
Birmingham, the water having extinguishet
the fire In the locomotive.