The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-24
the RECORD OF FREsHETS AND FLOODS,
Two Women and a Team Drowned in a
Swollen Stream in the
Empire State.
People Terrified by the Violence Of
the StOrm-FactOries Blown
and Railroad Travel
Suspended.

NEW 1oHk, jail. SS.- MUCH rain HAS
fallen over the New England and middle
states today and tonight, and from many
points come tidings of a freshet and
threatened flood. Bridges are being
swept away in Duchess county, N. Y,,and
at Wassaic today two women and a team
were drowned in a swollen stream. In
the Mohawk valley the breaking up of
het Ice in the river is feared. There is
an immense ice gorge near Tribes Hill
and the people living on the lowlands
are becoming frig htened, fearing a flood.
Ice IL piled TO II great height. People
living along the banks of the Mohawk
are ready to leave their homes at u mo-
ment's notice.
On the lower Hudson there has all day
prevailed the %fiercest gale and rain storm
OF the season and some places are com
pletely flooded. The same report comes
from all parts of the New England states.
People residing in the vicinity of Cape
Henry we're terrified last night by the
storm. Houses swayed and trees bent to
tho ground. Many inhabitants gathered
their valuables together ready to leave,
~ every moment they expected to see
their dwellings blown out is sea by the
velocity of the wind, IS miles an hour,
Ald was somewhat in the form of d cy-
%x4&ne. EARLY this morning water in the
4 H00satonic and Nangatuck Comm riv-
w began rising and by noon, seven feet
Of water was falling over the dam.
Meadows were flooded, as also was the
Derby driving park. Large quantities of
lumber floated down stream and over the
dam and lodged against the railroad tres
~. A gag of six men who were at work
on the railroad bridge, which was
wrecked In last weeks food,
he'd q narrow escape from being
swept from the pier. All factories were
closed down at noon and large crowds
gathered around the river. Fears were
entertained that the dam would not with
stzudkthe pressure, so Foreman Curley
OF the water company stationed sentiuels
alung the river at SIX o'clock and arranged
70 have the alarm sounded in case of
danger so IL e people could seek places Of
sAfsty. At ids p. H.. the gate house
on The west end of the long dam
be6an 70 waver and the danger signal
wESssst 0nce given. Five minutes after
M aignal was sounded the gate house
WasStwisted around by a large pack of
tceSand this was closely followed by the
giving away Of the dam three feet in
depth and about 300 feet in length. Just
before the dam gave away the guage
showed seven feet ten inches of water
going over the dam. The gong con-
tinned to sound and people rushed from
their houses amid grear excitement. An
immense volume OF wafer rushed down
ne river and the paper mill and Albert
4 1Rgget's postal card factory were the
n heaviest loses. Two hundred feet of the
n Qusatonic railroad trestle was carried
10y at the same spot as In the last few
weeks flood. The pile driver was swept
& down the river and two men had 10 jump
Y ~ hhvc tutlLlselVeS. mere Is INV our
ieet Of water on the Derby railroad tracks
: ead trains have stopped running. A
s540mber of factories will be compelled to
&5pae. At midnight hundreds of people
ware f1ocking to the scene and great ex-
ssSltelnent prevails. So far no serious ac-
A&Idents have been reported. The dam
SS5SgkiCh was built in 1870 was 500 feet long
ss%tIrk6 20 feet deep. 1t cost $2l, 0 ,OO0.
sS "A Shelton Miss May Chillinger was
N sAn1NWn down by the force of the wind
1dsrendered unconscious and IN Birm-
AAklsAm Captain Robert May was blown
Y 90ysr and severity injured. A train on the
DSrby road was stalled between Ansonia
4 4Nd Birmingham, water ex%tinguishing
n alhA IRE and another train standing at the
Ss$Msp0t had to pull out suddenly to avoid
IN The same trouble.