Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-16
HAVOC E. t.L1OS.
All New England Is AWl-I', and Much Dam
 age Has Eecu I5"nc.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. April 16.-The Connecticut valley has been the scene of a flood of greater magnitude than has wis tied this section sinre 1889 The most damage was done at Bellows Falls, Vt, where tho Connecticut river is very mar row. An old railroad bridge was swept away, and there has been great damage to tho Boston and Maine railroad tunnel, it being flooded and rendered impassable. The mills arc all closed At }rI;ilohoro, Vt, tho river is higher than it has hccn since lS62.
 At Turner's Falls thc water ! as over flowed tho banks Of the river tn *uth an extent that many of tho mills hay" hrcn compelled to smut down. The Con&uliGat- ed railroad trac.:s are flooded.
 At Windsor, Vt, the water has rist'L 30 feet, and business $ almost cntire:y sus- pended
 At Northampton, Mass, tho river is throp- q QIarters of mile wide, and the wa ter is higher than it has been ia 3O years. Ovor nino feet of water is going over the big dam at Holyoke and many mills havo been compelled to shut down because of the floods. Near Mount Tom the water has overflowcd the railroad tracks and trains are delayed.
 This city has not as yet been troubled by the high watcr because of the high
 
 West Springfield is flooded. An old wood on bridge from Springfield to West Spring fold is threatened. Tho water has already risen $ feet and is nearly up to tho wood work. should the old bridge be carried away, it will probably wreck m iron bridge | just below it. Large quantities of drift wood are lodged against tho piers, and it would not tako much more pressure to carry it away.
 NAsHUA N. H., April l6.-The Merri- mac river is rising soVcn inches an hour, and all bridges are in danger. It is re- ported horo that the Souhcgan river bridge at Thornton'S Ferry is gone. but the re- | port cannot be confirmed, wires all l down. A special train has started for tho sccno with mon to investigate. The l Jackson company, whose mills shut down | yesterday, reports 200 looms under water. | The Concord and Montreal railroad tracks arc inundated for thrco-quartors of a mile between here and Manchester so trains l arc running over the Wilton division of the Boston and Maine. All northward trains on the Concord and Montreal have | been cancelled.
 BRISTOL, Nt., April l6-Forty- eight hours rain has raised tho river to almost unprecedented height, and tho damage to roads bridges and mill property will reach
 
 l loss occurred when about 40 feet of the foundation of the Bristol Manufacturing company four story building was washed out, letting over l01 caskets into the l stream, and they were carried away.
 LAWRENCE. Mass, April 16-A trcmcn- dUuS frcshct is raging ill the Mcrrimac at this point. Fight feet of water is passing over the great dam of tho Essex company. Large sections of n bridge camo down tho river. Many trees havo also been swept 1 over the dam Tho Everett mills, employ ing between ,. 1000 and 3, 900 hands, have | been obliged to shut down.
 TrE>EE's FALLS, Mass April l6.- Five million feet of logs have broken away above here and will undoubtedly go over tho dam, as it is impossible to string a houm Pr4,lc arc going about in boats. and tho water is within two inches of the bridge, which will probably bo carried ! away.