Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-18
PORTION OF NEW ENGLAND
SUBMERGED.
RIVERS HIGHER THAN FOR
THIRTY YEARS
Connecticut, kennebec, Androscoggin.
Winooski, Mousam, White and
Other Rivers at Their Highest
Points-Heavy Rain Storms Add to
the Volume of the Streams.

Springfield, Mass, April 16.-The
Connecticut valley has been the scene
of a flood greater in magnitude than
has visited this section snice 1862
Most of the damage was done at Bel
lows Falls, Vermont, where the
/ Connecticut river is very narrow. The
old railroad bridge was swept away
and great damage has occurred on the
Boston {. Maine railroad. Mills are all
; closed.
At BrattlebOrO, Vermont, the river
, is higher than it has been since 1862
At Tusner's Falls the water has over
, flowed the banks Of the river to such
an extent that many mills have been
compelled 10 shut down. The Consoli-
+ dated railroad tracks are flooded
At Windsor, Vermont. the water has
rise:, thirty feet and business is al
most entirely suspended.
At Northampton, Mass, the river is
! three-QuarterS of a mile wide, and the
water is higher than it has been for
thirty years. Many mills in Holyoke
have been compelled to shut down.
by the high water because of the
high bank on this side, but across the
river West Springfield is overfiowed
! The water has already risen eighteen
! feet.
! Portsmouth, \. H., April 16.-Pisca-
taqua river is overfOwed. The Union
and Madison tracks of the Boston &
! CT
of water, aud passengers are being
transferred by teams to special trains
each side of the washouts.
Augusta, Me-, April 16-The Kenne-
bee river is still raging and the
WharveS along the water front are
entirely submerged. Millions of feet
of lumber are coming down the river.
At Brunswick the Androscoggin is the
highest ever known.
! St Adams, Vt, April 16.-The
| Winooski river is higher than for
twenty-five years. The country for
miles around is vast sheet of water.
Several villages are using boats and
RATS as a means Of moving about.
! There is much damage to bridge. The
railroads are abandoned. Many resi-
dents of Mortified and Central Rut-
! land are driven from their dwellings.
! the water having reached the second
stories.
! Rutland, VT. April 16.-All trains
! of the Boston division of the Rutland
have been cancelled because of long
WaShOutS.
! Portland. Me. April 1G..-All rail
roads centering here report bad wash
4 outs on their lines and in many cases
! the trains are cancelled. The rainfall
, is the heaviest in years.
j Kennebec, Me- April 16-The Mou-
sam river is higher than it has been for
years and all of the mills have been
forced to close. The train service is
! badly demoraliZed.
! Barre. Vt. April 1G..-The danger
! from the food is over to all appear
ances ana the people breathe easier in
this city. The river receded five feet
from the point reached last night.
White River Junction, Vt, April Is.
The heavy rains of the storm COM
mencing Friday night still continue
Highways have been impossible. The
rise in the White River at this place
exceeds ten feet, flooding the base
ments and compelling the occupants
of some of the houses to vacate
Boats are required to save personal
property in many instances. All rail
road trains have been delayed.