Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-22
DAMAGE De FLOOD.
One OF the Worst storms Waterbury
Has Experienced In Years.


Has Experienced In Years.
Water, water, water everywhere
When the returns are all in it will be
found that to-day's storm is the most
destructive that has visited Waterbury
in many a year. All day there has been
q steady downpour of rain and on all
sides cellars and streets are flooded.
By noon Great brook had become a
roaring torrent and the cellars all along
the line from East Main street to
Meadow are filed with water.
In Grilley's- yard near the corner Of
Grand street the brook is several feet in
depth and is still rising. The tenement
occupied by Peter Dolan in the base
ment of Peter Brooks building, near
the corner Of the street, is three feet I'M
der water. William Grilley's barn is
also submerged and his six horses are
nearly up to their knees in water. At
this writing, two O'Clock, the flood has
reached the yard OF Bradley's livery
stable, next to Grilley's and arrange
ments are being made to remove the
horses.
At Meadow street the water has
reached great depth and the lumber
yards have been converted into a lake.
All the cellars on the East side of
South Main street, north of Union, are
hACuS OuJ ACdAlS vi tuS
profiting by past experience, removed
their goods to places of safety before
the brook overlooked its bounds.
On the west side of the street the sur
| face water has entered many cellars
doing conside rable damage. The base
ment of Moriarty's furniture warerooms
is filled to depth of over one foot.
| At the Baldwin street bridge the tracks
of the Meriden, Waterbury & Connec-
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several feet of the waters of the Mad
! river.
At the New England road station the
tracks are under three inches of water
and in fact every low spot in the city j.
submerged, the sewers being too small
to carry away the surface water.
City Engineer Cairns reports that the
brook near Welton street is flowing ovel
Its banks. Bank street, Brooklyn, is
badly flooded and at the West Mair
street crossing the water is severa
inches over the railroad tracks.
Late this afternoon William Grilley
removed his horses by breaking through
the rear of the barn.
On Phoenix avenue the water ha:
taken complete possession of P. F. Ban
mons saloon, and is rushing in a torren
through the front door into the street.
In Bradley's barn on South MaiI
street eighteen horses and a hostler are
confined, the doors being barricaded ant
banked up to keep out the flood. Grill
ley's barn is rickety old structure ant
it is feared it will collapse unless TIN
water begins to recede soon.
At press hour the storm continue
unabated and it is learned that nearl,
all the cellars on East Main street, nea
the center, ARE fast filling.
THE STORM IN OTHER PLACES.
At Ansonia the water in the Manga
tuck and Housatonic rivers has neve
before risen so rapidly. Between / and
o'clock the Naugatuck river rose four
teen feet and is still rising. All TIN
meadows are flooded and piled higl
with great cakes of ice. When the mel
who were at work upon the Housatonii
bridge returned from dinner they foun'
it impossible to reach the bridge owing
to the flood.
Reports from New Haven state tina
the rain is falling in torrents. The WING
is blowing at the rate of thirty miles al
hour and great damage Is feared.
At Bridgeport the storm is very sever
and the harbor is filled with vessels.
is feared that there will be great damag
caused along the water front.