The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-16
RAGING FLOODS.
Terrible Destruction in
Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont From
the Swollen
Rivers.
LUMBER DRIFTING AWAY
All the Booms Broken Railways
Submerged and the Tracks
Washed Away.

ROCHESTER,, N. H.. April 16, 1896
There was a material change in the con
dition of the flooded roads this morn
be run between here and Intervale June
ton by making two trsnsfers-one be-
tween Oss.ppee Valley and West Ossip-
pee and the other between Milton and
Union. The Lake Shore train started to
get through, but there is some doubt
about its success.
The water in the Cocheco RIVER is slow
ly falling.
Freight traffic on the northern division
has been discontinued. excepting be tween
here and Conway Junction. The danger
Of the dams giving away at Coeheco
Mills. East Rochester, is past.
a large quantity OF boards from the
| mill of c. f. Trask & Co. have hoated
away.
PLYMOUTH, N. H.. April IS. 1895
Not since 1860 have the waters In the
rivers reached such a height as a;
present.
Railroads are not sending out any
trains. mail and express trains are stall
ed, all telegraph wires are down. and
the only communication Plymouth has
with the outside world is by the long
distance telephone. Highways. both
north and south. are hooded. and the
railroads have suffered terribly. No,
since Sunday morning has a train left
or arrived here over the Concord and
Montreal.
At Middletown, the Ammonoosuc River
is a raging torrent. Cellars are flooded
the .Waunlbeck Lumber Company OF
Bethlehem lost thousands of feet of lum-
Great damage has been done at Lis
Between Raverh.n and woodsv:lle on
the, line of the Concord and Montreal
i0ns f The 3 Isla FIoopgs edSs I In Fgo5ISs aaiN
BIDDEFoRD, Maine. april IS, 1855
strAets. in this city, and irving. Water
and Lincoln streets, IN Saco, are par
tally submerged. in consequence Of the
are obliged TO use boats to get back and
forth from thir homes.
The water reached within about g foot
of highest point n the freshet OF 1870
and began to recede slightly last night.
Pool Island IS completely Submerged.
The bridge landing to It IS heavily weight
ed to prevent its being carried away.
The boom al. Hiram burst. liberatirg
20. .00G, coo feet of logs. most OF them be-
longing to the Saco River Lumber Com
pany. As there are five boonls between
logs will not be lost
Last night word was received from Bar
Mills that tne Bonny Eagle boom had
given way. It is feared that the Bar
Mills dam VIII burst under its pressure
WoRisT asii' ON RECORD IN VERMONT
RUTLAND, VT. April 1s. 1S95.--The
foods in this section have been the worst
since 1869, and the damage reaches thou
sands of dollars.
The water began to recede yesterday.
and then marks Of desoiation appeared
on every han6. Farms. We're flooded
bridges washed away, railroad tracks un.
dermined, houses partially submerged
and roads badly washed
The Central Vermont road, between
Burlington and Bellows Fails, was sc
badly crippled that 1t has been :rnpos-
sible to run a through train. over the
The down sleeper. due to arrive in this
| Proctor and remained there all night
as long section OF track had beer
washed away. The passengers wers
The train is still stalled EhNe
Between this city and Bellows Falls
mueh damage has been done
The Clarendon and PjttslfeM road suf-
| fered severely. From Centre Rutland to
Proctor the track was deeply sub
ture over the line between those places
In Middlebury and vicinity north OF
here, highways are submerged: BIG
log boorns have broken at New Eaver
logs are moving toward Lake Chanplair
1t will be several days before trafil
can be fully resumed.