The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-03
viii Be Required to Repair Damage
Wrought by Floods.
NORTHERN STATES SUFFER MOST
Mills Closed and Thousands OF
Operatives Idle.

remains over tho Presumscot. ALONG
the entire river not more than three
bridges are standing. The damage to
mill property In Westbrook will amount
TO over 81 100000. The new mill of the s.
ID. Warren Paper Manufacturing com
pany Is gone. portions OF the Westbrook
Manufacturing company's, w. X. Dana's
and other mills are damaged.
Traffic on the Grand Trunk Is sus.
pended, bridge having boon carried
away at West Paris and several large
washouts reported. The Portland and
Rochester has lost a bridge west OF
Rochester.
Only one train has run over the Maine
Central since Sunday noon. The dam to
ID. w. Clark's ice pond in Cape Elizabeth
Is gone. Royal river at Yarmouth is the
highest ever known. and portion of the
dam has been destroyed. Two bridges at
this point have gone, and the Forest Paper
company's mill and Weston's machine
shop are still in danger and badly dam.
aged. Every moment adds to the report
Of damage oil over this portion of the
state. Two-thirds of the bridges in Cum.
berland county arc destroyed.
Mauchester's BAD Fix.
MANCHESTER, N H., March 3-The
high water in the Merrmack carried away
the three private bridges of Amoskeag
mills yesterday. The boiler rooms are all
on the west side of the river and the steam
pipes crossed on two OF the bridges. The
loss of the connection with the boiler
rooms necessitates shutting down tho
mills until the river can once more be
opened The loss has not yet been esti-
mated, but will be very heavy. The shut
n1o nf 1Nu.
ment and may last several weeks.
At $40 last evening about half Of the
Granite street bridge went down, cutting
off telephone, telegraph and electric con.
nection with the west side. This bridge
Is one OF the oldest in the state. The west
side is without fire protection.
The waters reached their maximum
height at o'clock, when they touched q
point somewhat higher than last April,
and bested any record prior to that Of 1851.
The lowlands Of the Piscataquog are still
uninhabitable.
Hayerbin In Darkness.
HAvERHILI. Mass, March 3-The rain
which has fallen continuously since Satur-
day morning turned to furious snow.
storm last night, accompanied by gale of
wind. The loss caused by the storm far
exceeds that of last April. The power
station of the Haverhll Electric Light
company was rendered useless last night
and the city was without electric lights.
Several persons were rescued from houses
I'm Merrimac and River streets in boats.
The Boston 81 Maine'tracks mt the Haver-
. hill bridge station were covered with two
feet of water. The city greenhouses, con-
tanning a valuable collection of plants and
shrubs, are inundated and the contents
ruined. The electric cars on Water street
en- route for Groveland were abandoned on
the tracks, owing 10 high water.
Flood of 10 outdone.
NASHUA, n. H., March 3-The Nashua
aud Merrimack rivers are one foot higher
than on the memorable flood Of April 81,
1870. Taylor Falls bridge pier had nine
stones knocked out by ice. Over 100
houses have been flooded, and the tenants
taken out in boats. The city was in dark
ness last night owing to the electric light
station being flooded. The Nashua rail.
road bridge is heavily frcighted with cars
TO hold IL down. Dynamite used to blow
up the anchor. ice proved ineffective. The
loss already exceeds $4,000. There have
been no trains from the north. Three
bridges at Litchfeld have been swept
away.
The Hubs Experience.
Boston, March 3.--Just before o'clock
last night the temperature began to lower,
and the rain which had fallen contin-
uously since Saturday changed to snow
and sleet, which were accompanied by
high, northwest wind. BY midnight the
wind had become n gale. Steam railroad
traffic is seriously impeded by the freshets
in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont,
and trains from these sections are from
three to seven hours late. The high wind
Is playing havoc with the telephone and
telegraph service throughout New Eng.
land.
Enormous Damage Around Lewiston.
LEWISTON, Me-, March 3.-It Is esti-
mated that the loss by the flood in this
city and Auburn, including the two
bridges, will reach close TO $500, 000 At
Mechanic Falls the Portland and Rum
ford Falls railroad bridge was moved out
of place three feet. In Oxford county
bridges were taken away at Snow Falls,
Jackson Crossing. West Paris, Stony
Brook and South Paris All the bridges
between Waterford and Norway were
washed away.
The Cocheco Falling.
DOVER, n. H., March 3.-The crisis In
SRe unprecedented food which has swept
down the Cocheco seems to have passed.
the river has fallen four feet. The
Fourth-street bridge is weakening, and
may give way. If this goes, the Boston
and Maine bridge will GO and cause more
destruction mt the Central Avenue bridge.
The damage In this city is estimpted at
s2O0,0O0.
New bridge Gone.
BAR MILLS. Me-, March Q. The new
iron bridge connecting Hcllis and West
Buxton has gone down the river, and big
jam Of logs between this town and West
Buxton is holding back three miles of
anchored Ice The jam seems liable to
break at any moment. The damage al
ready done here amounts TO over $4,000
Trains stalled.
HARTFORD, March 3.-Thc Connecticut
river is slowly rising. Traffic on the New
England railroad Is badly crippled. owing
to the weakening OF the trestle work on
the East Hartford meadows near the
bridge No trains have crossed the river