Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18

light pla (which is on the higher level
than mf A'ngs and was not
SO badly teu u, ,.e rising river. A
few maoA.s1s were started Monday and
run short time, but Tuesday they
were idle again.
All day Monday gangs of men were
at work around the mills near the eddy
hauling out logs, rolls Of paper, etc.,
that had been swept out of the build
ings by the flood. They would go out
in boats, carrying line with them to
tie onto whatever came within reach.
Then team of horses would be hitched
onto the end of the rope and crew and
baggage hauled onto the beach. In
this way large portion of the stuff
washed out of the buildings was re-
covered.
| Above the dam matters We're in bad
state. All the new piers which the
Fall Mountain Paper Co. had built ex-
ira high were completely covered and
some of them tipped over and were
washed away. The boat houses which
were hauled out onto the North Wal
pole shore last fall were afioat Sunday
afternoon, and ropes were tied around
them to anchor them to the shore. The
club house of the Pine Dell Boat club
was SO high above the water that 1T was
| thought the river would never reach it,
but before seven O'Clock the water was
i fI,o1 lot IL s,, p
the house and afterward flowed over
the floor of the piazza but did no dam
age to the house.
| The farms of M. HI. Ray and Jim ALL
bee were under water and as late as
Monday afternoon it was possible to
row around Mr.. Allbee's house in a
boat. All the farms along the river
were more or less flooded and some of
the families sought refuge at their neigh
bors. Fortunately the current was not
strong and the. damage viii not be
heavy. 1t is said that some stock was
washed away from farms further up the
river, and the remains of one house
came down Monday morning, but so
far as can be learned none of the farm
ers in this vicinity have lost any stock.
| Crowds of business men and inquisi-
tive sight-seers wandered around all
Sunday night keeping the workmen
company and specializing on the prob
able result of the freshet, and Monday
but little business was done anywhere,
and every available place of interest
was crowded with spectators.
| The sight of the water dashing over
the falls near the toll bridge, and of
the rapids below the bridge, was one
long to be remembered and was
likened by many to the rapids
below the falls at Niagara. The big
rock in the middle of the river opposite
the Fall Mountain office, that has never
before been covered during flood, was
hid from sight completely and waves
dashed over it and We're tossed SO feet
| in the air.
Carl Butter, a German employed at
the Vermont Farm Machine Go. g, went
down to the brewery Sunday to visit
some friends and was unable to get
back that night because of the water
coming up over the roadway of the
| bridge. He waited till morning. and
as matters were getting worse and he
wanted to get back to work, he stripped
off all his clothes, tied them in a bundle
around his neck and SWAN across amid
the cheers of crowd of both sexes.
Railroad traffic was practically sus-
pended Monday. The first train to
start out was freight with passenger
car attached which left about O'Clock
a. n. over the Central Vermont road
for Rutland. At the Allbee farm The
tracks were found covered with water
and the engineer stopped. Men with
long boots on waded ahead and found
the track floating in places and one cul-
vert washed away. The train came
back to this station and no other passed
over the road until Tuesday afternoon.
Several culverts were washed awav be-
tween here and Ludlow, some of the
track Went out, and several miles of the
roadbed was under water.
A big washout occurred Monday on
the Boston and Maine road near South
Charlestown and no trains came from