St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-06-23
On the Railroads.

serious outside of the delays occa-
stoned in the moving of trains. Be
tween Lyndon and Lyndonville the
roadbed was badly washed, and be-
tween the Vile and West Burke sew
eral small bridges and culverts were
carried away, necessitating a good
deal of blocking up before trains
could proceed. The trouble was
greater on this section of the road
than elsewhere, and no trains from
the north came into St. Johnsbury
during the day.
At McIndoes a large culvert was
washed out, and blocking" had to
be resorted to between ST. Johnsbury
and Passumpsic and between the
latter place and Barnet also the
rOadbed was washed at several
points, and trains were greatly de-
layed during most of the day, but
the air line afternoon express from
Boston arrived nearly on time. The
mail train from the south was also
on time. but instead of proceeding
north, returned south on the regular
six O'Clock run. Mail and passengers
destined north were detained here
over night.
The Lake road was afflicted by
small washouts at various points be-
tween here and North Concord to
the east and Danville to the west, the
roadbed being undermined to such
an extent as to render extreme eau
tiOn necessary and considerable de-
lay to travel. The train due here at
2.1S p. m. arrived about five.
Altogether, the railroad company
can congratulate itself that matters
were no worse, and that with the ex-
ception of the derailment of freight
at West Concord, no wrecks occurred
as a result of the breaking up of the
roadbed in so many places. Repairs
were made as promptly as possible,
and trains are now running on time.
The Passumpsic and Moose Rivers very
High
After Sleeper's river had subsidized
somewhat, and further danger from
its waters had passed, the Passump-
sic and Moose rivers were found to
be rising slowly, and property along
those streams claimed some attention
Happily, nothing serious resulted,
but the territory in Paddock village
and Summerville Immediately ada
cent to the river was extensively
flooded, and it would have required
but slight additional rise to bring
about genuine disaster. The cam
pus was overhowed, the waters of
the Passumpsic taking possession of
the lower floor of the grand stand.
AS to the streets of st. Johnsbury
and the country roads leading out
therefrom, they were badly washed
and quilted in many places, and this,
with the damage to the bridges in
various sections of the town, will
entail an expense, it is thought, of
$4,000.
At Lyndon and Vicinity.
Our Lyndon correspondent touches
up the deluge thus: The almost
constant rain of the past ten DAYS
has raised the streams and kept the
earth thoroughly soaked, and this
was followed Monday and Monday
night by most unusual torrent of
rain, which caused the water in the
Passumpsic to rise higher than at
any previous time since the memora-
BILE freshet in October, 1869, and
within six or eight inches of the
marks made at that time. A crowd
gathered at each end of the bridge
near the depot, expecting to see it
go down, and the planks were taken
up a each side to allow of removing
the logs and brush which collected
there. A half mile of track between
Lyndon and Lyndonville was wash
ed out and many small bridges
rendered unsafe.
And our Lyndonville scribe sends
this: Last Tuesdays freshet was
the worst since 1869, high water
mark being about six inches higher
than that of May 9, 1876. The
roads leading from this to the other
villages in town were impossible.
The culvert bridge near Joseph
Hovey's went out about 10 O'Clock
a. m. The water reached the string
ers of the bridge over the Passump-
sic on Centre street and the road at
the east end of this bridge was bad
ly cut. More than 100 feet of plank
on Centre street hoated off.
Mr.. Hovey's family were taken from
the house in a boat. The bridge
near the Corner depot was so badly
damaged as to make it unsafe.
About one-fourth mile of railroad
track between Lyndon and Lyndon
vile was lifted from the road bed
and thrown down the dump.
Crops on the meadows are badly
damaged, if not destroyed.
At North DanviIIe.
Saws our North Danville cores
pondent: The heavy rain of Mon
day night did a large amount of
damage to the highways and also to