The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-16

est since 1869. The Connecticut is still
 rising, but the Ammonoosuc is falling.
 No trains are running owing to the
 large amount of track under water. The
 iron bridge at Franconia has been
 wrecked and three dams in Littleton
 have been injured. Harris & Co.'s car
 riage shop and the Saranac glove works
 have been compelled to close. The Sar-
 anac tannery has been quite seriously
 damaged the boiler room being under
 water. The Connecticut river at Pat
 tenville overflows the main road, doing
 serious damage, and the carriage bridge
 at Willowdale has been carried away l There Is no prospect of trains getting
 through to-day.
 North Conway, N H., April 15.-The
 water in this section is the highest since
 the big freshet of 1869. Both the Maine l Central and Boston and Maine rail-
 roads are practically blocked. There
 are bad washouts on the Maine Central at Brownf1eld and Glen Station, and
 heavy landslide oyer the track at zea-
 land, No trains have passed through l to-day. The interVaies are under wa- | ter.
 | Nashua, N H., April 15.-The Merri mac and Nashua rivers have become | tonight immense torrents of water, | equal1ing and exceeding the heaviest l freshets for years The Merrimac is | sixteen and one-half feet above high water mark and Is rising at the rate of
 five inches per hour. The water has overfiowed the banks and flooded No. 8
 basement of the Jackson company's weaving room to the depth of nearly two feet, with the probability of reach 1 ing the breast beams of the two hum dred looms which have been stripped | in anticipation of the waters visit. Tonight the suspension bridge was guyed by ropes and the Jackson com pany barn on Canal street was anchor ed to protect from the freshet It is
 the highest water since 1878. At Mine Falls, on the Nashua, the water is four and one-half feet over the dam and ris- ing slowly At Vale Mills, Salmon l Brook has risen considerably and over- | flowed it's banks in many places. It is also rising tonight.
 Trains on the Concord and Montreal road are much delayed. The 4:20 train bound north from Boston went through but south-bound trains are all very late On account of overflowed tracks, All trains north are cancelled. Three miles from the city, at Penntchuck, the brook banks are overflowed and the tracks of the Concord and Montreal railroad are in 8 dangerous condition. At Merrimac the Souhegan river has overfiowed theI flats and obstructed the highway. Malls are very much obstructed and none went north tonight.
 Rutland, Vt, April 15.-The flood sit- uation as far as the railroads are con- cerned Is unchanged here tonight. The water is falling, but the Central Yer mont tracks cannot be repaired until tomorrow at the earliest. Sleeper trains on that road have been suspend ed until further notice. Between Ches- ter and Bellows Falls on the Central several bridges are in an unsafe condi- tion. The other roads are having slight trouble.
 Middlebury reports the breaking of | log boom and the escape of the logs into l Lake Champlain, and at Vergennes the | wharves are submerged. The railway i delays are the most serious phase of the | flood in this section.
 Hartford, April 15.-Shortly before
  temporary bridge over the Connecticut | between the East Hartford shore and | the first pier, about 200 feet, was lifted | bodily and torn asunder and carried | down the river. This structure was be- ing built by the Berlin Iron Bridge company for travel while the new $300,- 900 bridge was being built A portion of the structure on the East Hartford shore remains intact, with the big en- zine and spile driver still in position.
 Men followed the temporary structure in boats and secured it at Miners Grove. It caught in trees and underbrush and was secured. The watch on the old bridge has been doubled and cars are signalled before they start to cross Fears are felt for the third span, which is held in position by network of timbers. Passengers on the electric cars prefer walking to using the cars on the bridge,