Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-16

Concord. n. H., April 15.-The Mer-
rimac river here has reached the high
est point known for years. At Sewalls
Falls. three miles north of this city,
where the electric power station is
located. the river is raging torrent
over half q mile wide, and the water
is rising az the rate of eight inches an
hour. Early last evening the power
station was obliged 10 shut of the
water and the city was LETT in almost
total darkness as result. All through
trains from Boston TO Montreal have
been Cancelled. WasHOurs have occur
red on the Peterb0ro and Hills0oro,
the Concord and Claremont and the
Concord division Of the Boston and
Maine.
The large mill dam at Warren was
washed away yesterday afternoon.
The Boston and Maine railroad bridge
a1 Lebanon. is in great danger, ana no
trains have been run over IL since
early Yesterday. The telegraph and
telephone wires have been working
badly for the last twelve hours. many
lines being useless.
This morning the Merrimac flowed
across streets In this city which nad
not been flooded for twenty years and
was rising at the rate of two inches an
hour. All trains on the northern de
vision Of the Concord and Montreal
railroad and the Concord and Clare
mont road have been cancelled Wash
outs are reported at Eeliyyille Mount
SlraDee. East AudCver, Donbury and
Kanaan. 40 The latter place it lis esJl-
mated that one hundred car loads or
gravel win De required TO ON In the
wash0u,s along the rOad-bed. The
new bridges at Peu2COOk are In danger,
and il Is feared they viii be carried
away. Several feet of water floods the
Easements of the Concord and Mon
traal railway repair shops and they
must soon shut down. A large amount
of Jrilwood and wreCbage is coming
down the river. The rain has ceased,
bUt the sky is cloudy and threatening
The food is the biggest since the mem
Orable one of 1860. and the property
loss will De considerable.
N1shua-Tbe NerrimaC river here lis
rising nc the rate of two inches an
hour. On the dam at Mine Falls The
water has increased from % TO IS
inches since Saturday night. This
morning the Jackson mills, employing
900 persons, were forced to stop work
because of the high water. The water
is flooding the lower rooms of the mills
and the machinery is being removed.
Aauchester-Tbe Merrimac threat
ems serious damage. Since yesterday
morning the trGslots i'm the northern
Fart OF the State have been adding
10 it's volume, and at O'Clock this
morning the water measured seven
feet above the flash boards on the dam
az AmOskCag. This is the highest
mark it has reached in many years.
The flood is increasing hourly. and
if is feared that most of the mills viii
be forced to smut down. An of the
mills opened at the usual hour to-day.
but the Manchester corporation shut
down before Q o'clock. The lOwlands
south of the city are covered with
water. and a number of houses are
surrounded by the flood Along the
tracks of the Concord and Montreal
railroad. south of the city the flood is
threatening, the water having risen
within q few feet of the rails in many
places.
ROxbury-StOny brook stream was
the highest this morning that it has
been in many years. There was some
damage done i'm the vicinity of Jamaica
Plain bv the flooding OF the cellars
The water began 20 fall this morning.
plymOuth-The northern section of
this State is experiencing the greatest
freshet since the terrible food OF 1869.
Bridges have been carried away. bieh-
WAYS are impossible and railroads are
washed out i'm many places. The Penn
igewasset river is rising at the rate OF
twelve inches an hour. flooding the
country at HOlderuess for miles. Be
tween HClderness and Ashland the
highway is inundated. The bridge on
the Concord and Montreal railroad be-
tween this town and Ashland is in
great danger. and no trains have
passed over since yesterday forenoon.
The Pemigewasset railroad is under
water. making traffic impossible.
HauOver-The Connecticut river at
this point is swollen by a tremendous
rush of water to twice It's usual pro-
portions. and is still rising nc the rate
of q foot an hour. Much damage will
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