St. Paul daily globe., 1895-04-16
WET NEW ENGLAND
Number Of Villages a Trifle
Watepsoaked From
Flood.
NOT FOR A GENERATION HAS;
Such General Destruction Re-
suited From High
Water.
RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
Farms Submerged Railway
Washouts and Damage to
Bridges.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April 15.-
The Connecticut valley today has
been the scene of a flood of greater
magnitude than has visited this sec
ton since 1862 The most damage
was done at Bellows Falls, VT,
where the Connecticut river is very
narrow. An old railroad bridge was
swept away this afternoon, and there
has been great damage to the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad. The tunnel
was flooded and rendered impaSSa-
BILE. The mills are all closed.
At Brattleboro, VT, the river is
higher than it has been since 1852.
At Windsor the water has risen
thirty feet, and business is almost
entirely suspended.
At Northampton, Mass, the river
is three-quarters of a mile wide, and
the water is higher than it has been
in thirty years. Over nine feet of
water is going over the dam at
Holyoke, and many mills have been
compelled ito shut down. Near Mount
Tom the water is overfCwed on the
railroad tracks and trains are de-
layed. This city has not as yet
been troubled by the high water be-
cause Of the hight bank on this side,
but across the river West Spring
field is overfiowed. The water has
already risen eighteen feet, and is
nearly up to the woodwork of an
old wooden bridge from Springfield
to West Springfield.
BAD WASHOUTS.
PORTLAND, Me-, April 15.-Aii
railroads centering here report bad
washouts on their lines this morning.
In many cases trains have beer
Cancelled. At BARTLETT the roadbed
is badly damaged, and the Mountain,
division trains on the Maine Central
have been Cancelled. The Grand
Trunk road is impassa BILE on accoun :
of damage to the noadbe6. eSc-
trains can get through from Montreal
today. The rainfall is the heavies.
in years. -.c
AUGUSTA, Me- April Is. - The
Kennebec river is still rising, and the
wharves along the water front are
entirely submerged tonight. Millions
of feet of lumber are coming down
the river. At Brunswick the An
droscoggin is the highest ever
known. The pumping station is.
under water.
KENNEBEC, Me-, April 15.-The
Mousam river here is higher than /.
has been for years, and all the mills
have been forced to close. Owing
to washoutS at Little River the
Boston & Maine Western division
trains from North Berwyn will run
over the Eastern division.
MANY VILLAGES FLOODED.
ST. ALBANS, Vt, April 15.-Tha
Winooski river is higher tonight than
it has been for twenty-five years. The
country for miles around is one vast
sheet of water, many farms being
either partially or wholly flooded. Sew
eraI villiges are using boats and rafts
as means of moving about, Much
damage has been done to bridges. The
railroad between Proctor and Contra,
Rutland has been abandoned. Many
of the residents of Mortified and Cen
trail Rutland have been driven from
their dwellings, the water having
reached the second stories. 1t is
thought that the water has reached
its highest point.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H, April 15.-
The Piscataqua river has overfiowed
its banks in several places. At Union
and Madison the tracks of the Boston
q Maine road are covered with six
feet of water, and passengers are be-
ing transferred by team to specia,
trains each side of washouts.
RUTLAND, VT, April 15.-All trains
to Boston and stations over the Rut-
land road have been Cancelled because
of long washouts at Pittsford and
Proctor, on the north end, and the loss
of bridge at Chester on the east di-
vision.