Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-02

| ~ VI III VI property O6SIIOJSd.
Ruin and Desolation Caused by
the Bursting OF Dam-Many
Bridges Swept Away, and Rail-
road Train Anninilated All River
Disasters in that Section Eclipsed
Hartford Conn, March 1.-The great
storm which was IN progress all day
Saturday, Saturday night and to-day,
caused the greatest damage to property
throughout the State known in twenty
years.
Many serious accidents, washouts and
wrecks are reported. The Connecticut
river is swollen until it has reached
point three times greater than its nor
NAL proportions. The big iron bridge
at Middletown was in great danger all
the afternoon, and portion OF the
false work was swept away, but the
main structure in still intact.
The busting Of the old copper mine
dam in the town OF Bristol this morn
ing caused
THE GREATEST FLOOD
ever known in that section, and it is
estimated the damage will reach over
| 500 600 from this alone. People living
along the banks of the Pequaback river
were Obliged to leave their homes IN
the darkness, and many lost nearly
everything they possessed. Ten high
way bridges across the river were
swept away, and the tracks OF the New
! England railway were washed out III
many places. A bad freight wreck oc-
CURED early this morning near Forest
vile. The engine of a special freight
ran in a washOut and was capslZed.
Seven cars were smashed to atoms and
one of the trainmen badly injured. The
road has been blocked all day
The storm in Winsted and other Sec
tions of Litchfeld county was very Sc
we're The Philadelphia, Reading and
| New England railroad tracks are under
water in many places, and traffic has
been suspended. The loss in Litch-
| field county alone is estimated at near
ly 100000.
AT Brooklyn a well known mill owner
/
reported from many sections.
RUIN AND DESOLATION.
Bristol. Conn, March 1.-The great
est flood in the history of Bristol swept
down the Pequaback valley this morn
ing. spreading ruin and desolation on
every hand. The town of Bristol was
heavy sufferer during the storm OF a
/ few weeks ago, when six men lost their
lives. but the waste Of waters before
daylight this morning eclipses all pre-
vious records. The heavy rain and
melting snow on the mountains swell
ed the basin of the Old Copper Mine
dam in WhiggsVille, the northern sec
tion of the town. until it burst, tearing
away one hundred feet wide in the
/ granite masonry, and letting a volume
of water covering - acres. and forty
feet high, into the river below, which
itself was
A ROARING TORRENT.
| The break occurred at about . o'clock.
The great body of water tore down
/ the valley with a roar that was heard
above the noise of the storm for miles
away. For the first two miles. there
! the water poured out on the marshes
and plains. At Forestville, four miles
| below, people living near the river.
were obliged to abandon their resi-
/ GenCeS. as the water broke into the low
er stories in many cases, before the in
mates were out of bed. The roar OF
the flood aroused families for miles
around and many people. whose houses
/ the flood had not reached, packed mp
what effects they could, in anticipation
/ of being summarily evicted.
The highway bridges on nearly all
| roads crossing the pequaback were
swept away. Ten i'm all have gone out
and others are badly damaged The
/ streets of Bristol and the village of
/ Forestville, were badly washed i'm many
/ places.
IN NEW YORK STATE.
New York. March 1-The warm. al.
/ most continuous rain of yesterday. last
| night and to-day throughout New York
State, served TO bring the frost out OF
+ the ground, break up the ice i'm the
| Hudson and smaller streams and do
considerable damage to property by
flooding cellars and CARRYING away
|
been seriously delayed bv washouts.
and in a number or cities street car
service has been entirely suspended
on account of high water. Very little.
If any. damage was sustained i'm this
city. The ice in the North and East
rivers and New York harbOr has about
all disappeared.
AT SARATOGA
. cellars are flooded with water and the
streets badly food d Three dams al
Schuyleryiue and n the bridges be-
tween Bailston Spa and Rock City
Falls were carried away.
At Whitehall the water i'm Wood creek
is higher than it has been for the past
twenty years The large hume OF the
Champlain silk mills has been sWept
away. and over three hundred men viii
be thrown out of work until the dam
age can be repaired
The damage 10 property at Whitehall
alone viii exceed $4,000. At Amster-
dam. much damage was done 10 mills
and bridges by the OverfOwing Of the
Chuctanua creek The Mohawk river
is very high and has Oyer1Owed its
banks in the lOwlands, doing consider
able damage I'm the vicinity Of Fonda.
At Hudson the docks are under water
and considerable damage has resulted
TO cotton in warehouses. The lower
stories of dozens of houses were COW
cred with water all along and much
property in the cellars was ruined.
The New England rOadbed was un-
dermined in many places. and wrecking
crews have been AT work all day.
The J. - 0l Brass and Coke Com
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