The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-03
RIVERS ARE RAGING
DISASTROUS FLOODS IN NEW ENG
LAND AND NEW YORK.

Lower Stories-Bridges are Carried
Down the swiriing Torrents and Rail-
road Traffic of Many Lines is Impeded
or Entirely Suspended - Frost Saves
Trouble Near AIbany-Ice Gorge at
Poughkeepsie-AustraI Storms.
Boston, Mass, March damage by
the floods in New England has been
very great That at Dover, y. H, is
estimated al 100000, the Cocheco Manu-
featuring company's shares being $75,-
Geo. All five of this corporatiOn's mills
have been compelled to shut down. The
city of Dover loses three bridges. Wash
outs have interrupted railway commu-
nication in all directions. The Merri-
mac river is rising at the rate of three
inches an hour. The Nashua river is
eight inches above any stage it has
reached at Nashua in the last twelve
years, and Jackson's mills, which en-
ploy 1000 hands, and the electric light
works, have been obliged 10 shut down.
Three bridges at Somersworth, y. H.,
have been carried away and traffic on
the northern division of the Boston and
Main railway is suspended in conse-
quence. Many other bridges on the
PicsOataqua have also been destroyed.
At Bow Junction, two miles south of
Concord, \. H, 1000 feet of the road
bed Of the Concord and Montreal has
caved in and it must be several days be-
fore the damage can be repaired. Re
ports from North Weare and New Bos-
ton indicate that several bridges in that
have been run on the North Weare line
since Saturday night, and it will be sew
eral days before the road Will be in con-
dition for travel.
All the mills at Manchester, y. H,
are idle. The boiler house of the Am
oskeg corporation is almost under water
and the river is washing through the
lower windows of the company's mills.
The tracks OF the Boston and Maine
between Manchester and Lowell are I'M
der several feet of water in places. 1t
will require two days at least TO repair
the tracks to Concord. The Merrimac
river is over its banks at Lowell, Mass,
and all the mills are idle.
The Mousam river at Kennebunk,
Maine, II higher than it has been at any
times in the last eighteen years, and
work in factories there has been sus-
penQed IN consequence
DAMAGE IN NEW YORK.
New York, March 2.-Severe rain
throughout the state Saturday and Sun
day caused the Hudson and smaller
streams to overflow, carrying away a
number of small bridges, flooding eel
lars and doing considerable other dam
age. There was severe loss at Sarato-
go, Amsterdam, White Hall and other
points
Albany, y. Y. Merch 2.-Freezins
weather during the night checked the
rising of the streams hereabouts and
today there has been a material sub
sidence of the food. The New York
Central is running its trains on the
Hudson River division via the Boston
and Albany, from four to five hours late
The Delaware and Hudson is landing
its passengers outside the city and using
carriages. A strip of the thickly popu-
lated business and residence portion OF
the city two miles long and from a quar-
ter to a half mile wide is submerged
from one to twelve feet. Among the
partially submerged buildings 'are the
postofTice, st. Johns church. two school
houses, the National express, the Stan
wix hotel, the electric roadway power
house and three small hotels.
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. March "a great
ice gorge has been formed on the New
York Central and Hudson railroad
tracks between Hudson and Albany and
no trains are running on the Hudson
River division. Between these points
the road is covered with ice in some
places ten feet high and the track and
telegraph poles for a distance Of 200
feet have been washed out.
CONNECTICUT III OOnS
Hartford, Conn, March The great
rain storm Saturday and yesterday
caused the greatest damage to proper
ty throughout the state known in TWEEN
ty years. Many serious accidents,
washouts and wrecks are reported. The
Connecticut river is three times greater
than its normal proportions. The gurst-
ing OF an old copper mine dam in the
town Of Bristol yesterday, caused the
greatest flood ever known in that sec
ton and the estimated damage will
reach over $4,000 from this alone. The
great body of water tore down the val
ley with a roar that was heard above
the noise Of the storm for miles away.
People were obliged to leave their homes
and many lost nearly everything they
possessed. Bridges on nearly all the
roads crossing the Pequeback were
swept away. Inc lower stories or dOZ-
ems OF houses We're covered with water.
San Francisco, March Snow fell in
this city this morning, the first for ten
years.
London, March "A special from
Brisbane says: Gales and floods have
caused great deal of damage in and
about seaport towns in the northwest
part Of Queensland. Seventeen vessels
have foundered and one of them went
down with its passage and crew. The
houses on shore were RACED to the
ground.
Constantinople. March 2-Torrential
rains have occurred in Mospotamia, and
as a consequence the river Tigris has
overlooked. vast tracts Of land being
flooded. In the Arma district a nomad
tribe Of SEQ Arabs were drowned and |
over 500 600 cattle persisted in the flood |
The damage to property has been enor-
nous.
NARvELOUS RESUL rs.