Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-29
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
Much Damage Caused by a Destruc- tive Cloud-Burst-Two Persons Drowned-Several Railroad Wash. outs-Many Trains Delayed.

Much Damage Caused by a Destruc-
 tive Cloua-Rurst-Two Persons
 Drowned-SeveraI Railroad Wash.
 outs-Many Trains Delayed.
 BERLIN, N. Y., Aug. 28.-A cloud burst burg adjoining, last night and was follow ed by flood that did damage unparallel- ed 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 ard alarming the community. Those who were in dangerous localities sought places of safety. 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 a barn in which he was last seen alive.
 The Lebanons Spring railroad between here and Petersburg, a distance of about five miles, is washed away into the mead
 
 A large railroad bridge is also gone, besides a score or more of highway bridges. The mountain stream running into Little Hoo sick river became cataract, and changing it's course plowed deep gorges on both sides of the buildings. Stones weighing tons are frequently seen, that were wash ed several rods from their former resting places.
 The valuable outbuildings of MT. Tilley are wrecked and several acres surrounding are covered to a depth of four feet with large stones. The residence of Charles Park was turned upside down while the entire family was absent at 8 camp meet ing. All the mountain streams were so much swollen that seemingly irrepara- ble damage has been done. Meadows are | ruined and crops in the line of the flood | are destroyed. Part of the village of Peterborough, lying near the Little Hoosic, is completely wrecked. A score of resi- dences and workshops are washed from their foundations, and large quantity of personal property has been destroyed. | The lost to property in that village will reach $25, ,000. No lives were lost there, | but there were several narrow escapes. | The loss in crops will be a very serious matter to the farmers along the line of the | flood through this valley. It is thought that railroad communication to points north will not be resumed for several weeks, as facilities for repairing the dam age promptly are not at hand. Trains be- tween here and Chatham will soon be run | ming.
 HUDSON, N Y, Aug 2S-Thirteen trains lay here this morning delayed by & washout ten miles below Albany. All | northbound trains were sent out over the Hudson branch of the Boston and Albany railroad. Five work trains are making the repairs. Travel is delayed by reason of the accident which was caused by cloud burst in Rennsselaer county.
 ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 2S.-Two disas- trous washouts on the Central Hudson road last night, one at Castleton, eight miles below here, the other twelve miles below, at Schodack, resulted in suspen- sion of traffic since 8 o'clock last night on the Central road between Hudson and Albany. The damage to the
 road bed caused by the washout at
 Schodack, forty-ive feet long has been re-
 paired, but at Castleton, the dam which is
 used for furnishing water power to the
 card factory, gave way, inundating the
 surrounding country and washing out the
 Central Hudson tracks for seventy five feet
 for depth of fifteen feet. Superintendent
 Harrington says he hopes to get one track
 ready for use by morning.
 ALBANY, Aug. 2S.-Aspecial from Nortt
 Chatham says: Five inches of rain fel
 last night. The creek here is higher thar
 ever before known. The bridges are al gone, and several families were compelled to move out during the night. Another special from Poestenkill says the storm o
 yesterday was terribly destructive. Tn , Poestenkill rose suddenly last evening ant |, swept everything before between the Eas and West Sand lake. Five or six bridge l were carried away between this place ant l | East Poestenkill and one at East Sant |, lake. A bridge on which Miss Allie Ives ! Mrs. Robert Morrison, William Castle ant Willie McChesney were crossing was sud \ denly swept down the stream. The thre t first reached the shore safely, but youn
 McChesney, aged nineteen, was drowned . S. NJ. Lynne, driving four-horse tean D with a big load of wood, was caught b e the overfowing of the stream about a hal D mile above the village of Poestenkill. H E unhitched three of the horses, but wa . compelled to leave the other to it's fate an . it was drowned. The loss in bridges | roads and buildings through this neigh n borhood will be about 10000. There ha
 been considerable loss also to crops, br 4 the grain and hay was pretty much hal a vested. The rainfall was the larges |, known at Castleton for years. The Mued ,, creek rose fifteen feet. It carried ava # five road bridges; three dams and two mi trunks. At culvert No. 219 on the Bosto "a and Albany road the earth is washed ol '' partly under one track for sixty feet Ia the depth of seventy-fve feet. There a {. also three other washouts, which ha, g been repaired by blocking up under u as tracks so that trains can pass.