Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-02
A FLOODS WILD SWEEP.
Eastern New York Visited by Destruc-
tive C1oudburst.

Eastern New York Visited by Destruc-
tive C1oudburst.
BERLIN, N. Y, Aug. 28.-A cloud burst
over this town and the town of Peters
burg, last night, was followed by food
that did damage unparalleled in this
vicinity. The rain fell steadily all day,
but at o'clock in the afternoon
the water fell in torrents lasting, about
an hour. and alarmed the community.
Had the cloud burst after the people
had gone to bed the loss of life
would have been awful. AS it
was the wife of Thomas Taylor
was drowned in her home in sight of
her husband, who was outside but could
not get through the current to save her.
His two children were saved. James
Smith was found dead, standing in mud
up to his neck. horribly mangled
about half a mile from barn
in which he was last seen alive. A
large railroad bridge is gone, besides
score of highway bridges. The valua-
BILE outbuildings of Mr.. lilly are
wrecked, and several acres surrounding
are covered to depth of four feet with
large stones. The residence Of Chas. Park
was turned upside down. The entire
family was absent at camp meeting.
All the mountain streams were much
swollen. Meadows are ruined and crops
in the line of the flood are destroyed.
Part of the village of Peter
borough, near the Little Hoos-
lex, is completely wrecked. A
score of residences and workshops are
washed from their foundations, and
large quantity of personal property has
been destroyed. The loss to property
in that village will reach not less than
$25, 900. No lives were lost there.
TROY, n. Y, Aug. 28.-The whole
eastern portion of Rensselaer, County
was deluged by cloudburst last even
ing, which made raging torrents of the
mountain streams and caused them to
leave destruction in their path. Glass
Lake, at Sand Lake, overfowed and
sent torrent through the valley Of
the Wynantskill. Three dams were
washed out at Sand Lake, dam
age Of 100000 was done to mills,
and several houses were washed away.
AT Smart's paper mill, in this city, one
end Of the mill was torn out, a bridge
was carried away and damage of about
$4,000 was done. The bridges all along
IuG SIToduH were GOTu from Luo1I Idsl0u-
ines, and it is believed the damage will
surely reach half million of dollars.
In the valley of the Lebanon Springs
Railroad the storm was equally ex-
tensive, and at Berlin houses were
washed away and two persons drowned.
Travel on the Lebanon Springs Railroad
was completely interrupted by the
washout, and it is feared cannot be re-
suned within a week. The Hudson and
Hoosick rivers are very high, and in the
vicinity of Hoosick Falls many bridges
were swept away and the roads ruined
by the overhowing of mountain streams.
A man named McChesney was drowned
at Paestenkill.
NEwBURGH, n. Y, Aug. 28.-Owing to
blockade Of the New York Central track
near Albany, caused by a washout,
through trains of that road are run
over the West Shore to-day.
HUDSON, n. Y, Aug. 28.-Thirteen
trains were here this morning, delayed
by washout a few niles below Albany.
All north bound trains were sent out
over the Hudson branch of the Boston
& Albany Railroad. Five work trains
are making the repairs. Travel is de-
layed by reason of the accident, which
was caused by a cloudburst in Rens-
selaer County