The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-15
They Overflow Their Banks
and Destroy Property.
High Water Marks Beaten in Several
Places in New England.
The Merrimac is Causing Considerable
Trouble Its Whole Length.

LOWELL, Mass, April 15.-The Merri-
mac river has beaten its high water record
hereabouts and reached the height of
7lh feet at the Pawtucket dam. Most OF
the mills are compelled to use steam
power and the old Belviders
mills have been closed since last Thursday
on account of the high tide. The
tracks OF the Lowell, Lawrence and
Haverhill electric road were covered with
water at several points today.
The river at Concord, N. H., continues
to rise at the rate of four inches an hour.
The great railroad shops have suspended
work. Train service Is shut of. Grave
fears are are entertained for the 27 bridges
north of the city, at Sewall's Falls.
Here the electric light plant
Is situated and the food has
disabled the plant, and threatens to
ruin the canal. The water is 10 feet above
low water mark. The Northern Railroad
is under water on the Intervale above the
city, and tho houses nearest the river
banks are inundated. The rainfall ID the
heaviest in years, and great damage is re-
ported from surrounding towns.
AT the dam at Mine Falls, N. H., the
water has increased from 20 to 48 inches
since Saturday night. This morning, the
Jackson mills employing 900 persons, were
forced to stop work because Of the high
water. The water is flooding the lower
rooms of the mills and the machinery is
being removed.
The Merrimac river is still rising and
threatens serious damage at Manchester,
N. II. Since yesterday morning, the
freshets in the northern part OF the
State have been adding to its VOL
ume rapidly and at o'clock this
morning the water measured seven feet
above the flush boards on the dam at
Amoskeag. This is the highest mark it
has reached in years. The food Is in
creasing hourly, and it is feared that
most of the mills will be forced to
shut down. All of the mills opened at
the usual hour, but the Manchester corpo-
ration shut down entirely before O'Clock.
The lowlands south of the city are covered
with water and a number of houses
are surrounded by the food.
Along the tracks of the Concord & Mon
treal Railroad south of the city, the food
is very threatening, the waters having
risen within few feet of the rails in
many places.
Trains on the Northern, Concord and
Montreal north division, and Concord
and Claremont have been cancelled.
Trains on the Petersb sborongh and Hills
borough are still running. New bridges
at Penacook are in danger. c. d M. shops
have several inches of water in the base
ment and must soon shut down.
The flood at Rochester, N. H., Is the
worst in years. At Milton the Boston q
Maine tracks are covered with water for
a mile and no trains can pass south of
West Ossipee, owing to the washouts and
flooded tracks. There is much lumber
lost from the saw mills along the Cocheco
River.
The Androscoggin Rising.
LEWISTON, Me-, April 15.-The water in
the Androscoggin has risen four feet here
since last Saturday. The log boom at RUM
ford Falls gave way this morning
A message was telegraphed to this city,
asking that boom be stretched here to
bhNo rugs. luc tIdiub Wctc uud-
BILE to pass Elbow Falls, as the tracks
were under water. The mills have not
been stopped.
The Mousan River.
KENNEBUNK, Me-, April l5.--The Mou-
san River here is higher than IL has been
for years and all the mills have been
forced to close down.
The Piscatauqua River.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., April 15.--The Pis-
catauqua river has overfiowed its bank in
several places, and the sawmill and bridge
at Conway, Maine, are Threatened. At
Union and Madison the tracks OF the
Boston & Maine Railroad are covered
with six feet of water from reighboring
streams, and passengers are being trans-
ferred by teams to special trains on each
side OF the wsshouts. IL the water con-
tinues TO rise all trains will have to DO