Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-05-12
THE VERMONT NEWS.
THE WORST SINCE go.
Wind and Flood Work Havoc
with Vermont Property.

long Railroad Bridge at MIddIebury
goes dOwn---BridRes carried away nj
H"rre---Two Blooms In white River
hre"k---A cyclone at PIttsford, Benn-
hRton and Roofs, chimnevs
and Trees go before the Gale.
Reports from all over the state show
That the damage from last weeks flood was
much more severe in some sections of the
state than in this county, and in some
places the wind blew with tremendous
force, though few Vermonters would he
willing to admit that it was more than a
baby western cyclone.
The wooden railroad bridge over Otter
creek at Middlebury went down early Fri
DAY morning while train of heavily load
Ell coal cars bound north was passing over
H. lhe locomotive and six cars ran over
sa1ely and the last car and caboose were
lett at one end. Nine cars went into the
river, put no one was seriously injured.
Inc bridge was 23l feet long and was built
IN lS6O. 1t is supposed that the high
water undermined the middle pier, making
IL 100 weak to support the bridge Large
wrecking gangs from St. Adams and Rut-
land worked day and night, from Friday
morning until Sunday AFTERNOON, clearing
away the wrecked bridge and coal cars,
and erecting a treste. The latter was
completed "a hours after it was begun, in
spite of the fact that the river at that
point is deep and the current swift. Sun
day evening freight train passed safely
over the trestle.
AT Barre several streets were flooded
the Wells River railroad near North Barre
was washed out, and nearly all the bridges
between Barre and East Barre were carried
away, besides three bridges on the road to
Plainfield.
Two Central Vermont railroad bridges
between Montpelier junction and North
field were made unsafe on account of the
high water, and treste over Black river
near PrOctorsville was washed away. A
boom in White river holding a part of the
log drive of the Fall Mountain Paper COM
pany of Bellows Falls broke Just below
the famous Hartford bridge, carrying away
a piece of the dam, and part of the boom
in the mill pond at Hartford containing
1000 logs gave way, letting large number
into the Connecticut.
At Pittsford the wind blew terrifically,
roofs and sheds were demolished and two
horses, struck by a falling chimney, were
killed. In Bennington the wind ragged,
accompanied by heavy rain, tumbling over
chimneys, carrying off roofs and blowing
over trees. At Rutland, among other dis
asters, two or three tin roofs were blown
from buildings, one piece of tin that was
taken being % feet wide by 40 feet long.
Two freight car roofs were lifted from their
place, while several chimneys, an electric
light pole, and number of large trees
were RACED to theground. The force
of the wind is shown by the fact that a
plank II feet long by three inches thick
was blown from a scaffolding, breaking a
hole two feet square in the side of house,
and the floral hall on the fair ground was
moved eight inches on its foundations.
Throughout the state there was more or
less damage by wind or water. The wind
storm was more local in its nature, how
ever, than the rain, not reaching all
parts of the state.