The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-15
MANY TOWNS THREATENED
THE RTTERS ARE RISING AND GREAT DAMAGE IS FEARED.

Forty-twO Hours and Every Stream in
 New Hampshire and Vermont Has Over
 flowed Its Banks-Houses Arc Flooded
 Everywhere.
 Hanover N. H., April 14.--For forty
 Every stream has overfiowed it's banks
 and Is bringing down ice, logs and debris, and submerglng fields and
 meadows seldom touched by spring
 floods. Highways are badly washed
 and in places they are several feet un-
 der water. The Connecticut river is
 twelve feet higher than it's natural
 level. Boat houses hitherto untouched
 by freshets are in danger. The river
 will continue to rise all night, even if
 1t stops raining, and 1t is likely that
 by tomorrow morning the water will
 be higher than ever before
 Barre, Vt, April 14.-For the past
 thirty-six hours it has been raining steadily. The river had lowered much from Tuesdays freshet, but early this
 morning it began to overflow It's banks.
 By noon nearly every granite shed was
 submerged. In nearly every basement
 on the river side of Main street the
 water Is from one to three feet deep,
 and much stock damaged. Steam pumps ! are kept at work throwing water from ] the cellars. The tracks of the Central
 and Wells River roads are badly sub
 merged and engines are hauling cars from the water.
 The old inhabitants say that the
 water is higher than it has been since
 the great flood of 1869.
 Montpelier, Vt, April 14-Montpelier is experiencing the biggest flood since
 1869. The Winoosli and North Branch
 rivers, ordinarily small streams, have
 become roaring torrents. From 10 a. m
 until ? D. m. the water raised thirty
 eight inches and at D. m. 1t was
 eighteen inches higher. At o'clock the water had reached the hatchway at
 the corner of Main and State streets, and a foot from the sidewalk level
 Many residence near the river have sewer connections, and the water is
 backing. The basements of the govern ment, county house and Pavilion hotel are filled. The river has backed up be- hind Hotel Kempton and flooded every thing. State street, for mile below the Riverside house, is covered with water. The Mbddlesex road is flooded
 The Wheelock log jam at East Mont pelier gave way early in the afternoon and 50000 feet of lumber were lost Plainfield and Marshfield logging have been unable to hold back their logs and will lose heavily. The M. and w. road stone shed, one of the largest In the place, stands five feet in water and has been greatly damaged The Mont pelier and Wells River railway track which runs along the river, was nine inches above the water at 8 p. m. Ber- lin street is flooded and many people | are leaving their homes and going to the highlands. Merchants along Main | and State streets have moved their l goods from their cellars, and the city | Is alive with people working to get | their belongings to place of safety.
 In parts of the city away from the | river back water is filling sewers and | streets. The Winooski has been jam | med with logs and floating materials | all afternoon, and 1t is feared the bridge 1 near Tabor which Is ruined by water. will be floated and come down.
 Concord, N. H., April 14-The heavy | rains last night and to-day caused the Merrimac river to overflow it's banks and submerge the intervales and main through channels leading eastward from this city. The volume of water I flowing over Sewall's Falls became so 1 great that the dam and the electric lighting plant are in danger of serious damage. The river has been rising at the rate of eight inches per hour this afternoon and as the rains continue at a late hour there Is no immediate pros poets of the river subsiding.
 This is the second freshet within a week and the total rainfall in that time so far exceeds the record for years, express trains for Montreal md the west were cancelled in Boston tonight on account of wash-outs and nigh water on the Concord and Mon real and Boston and Maine roads local trains were were made up, but ran ,nly to Concord There are wash-outs 1 ,n the Pemigewasset Valley branch. l Fhe long bridge over the Pemigewasset 1 s threatened and train of freight cars | 7, las been run on it to hold it in posi- { ion. On the main line of the Concord l livision of the Boston and Maine there Ire several places where landslides t nave covered the track with mud to | l he depth of several feet. $ The water is one foot deep in the E ard at Canaan and is over the iron 2 or one hundred rods between Grafton S nd Grafton Centre. The overflow at | his place is due to the breaking of a r am at Martins Mills Grafton Centre, r which allowe'd the water to escape from trafton Centre Pond There are also T yash-outs on the Concord and Clare \ lont branch between Mount Sunapee h nd in the Sunapee Valley. Each cor s oration will send large gangs in the lorning to open the lines It Is re- e orted the water in Mascoma Lake, e which was low during the e inter, is six inches higher than ever h efore recorded. The water was so b igh at Sewall's Falls tonight that it N ecame necessary to shut off the power a nd this city is plunged in inky dark ess in all sections save some back fl .reets where gas lamps are used. This
 the third time within a week that fl igh water has necessitated the ex- fl