Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-16
RAGING WATERS,
Unprecedented Rainfall Raises
New England Streams.

Railroad Tracks and Bridges Carried
Away In Northern Vermont---TwO
Persons Drowned Mt West Enosburgh--
Five Youths over II Dam at Baldwins, !
N. H.---Reservoir May Give way Mt
st. AIbans.
One of the severest rain storms in years
ragged throughout New England Tuesday
and Wednesday. AT st. Adams bridges
are washed away several streets are i'm
passable, and the expense to the city will
be several thousand dollars while the loss
to individuals will be much larger. 1t was
expected Wednesday that the city reservoir
in Fairfax would give way, and that mil
lions of gallons of water would 60 tearing
down ravine to Lake Champain, The
reservoir was built four years ago at a cost
of $4,000 No trains were run over the
St. Johnsbury and Lake Champain rail
road Wednesday, on account of several
washouts
A double drowning accident under par
ticularly distressing circumstances occurred
at West Enosburg Wednesday. John
Dow and his family live on the river bank
and the water during the night came up so
quickly that it flooded the lower story of
the house. There was no way for the
family to leave the house, and attempts by
the neighbors to reach them were unsuc-
cessfu Finally early in the morning
Frank Scott of Bakersfield made a raft and
with Frank Hayes, -. pushed out into the
current The raft was too fra to stand
the strain and when it parted Scott and
the boy fell in and both were drowned as
help from the bank could not reach them.
Hayrs's body was recovered The black
smith shop, both lumber mills and several
houses along the river have been swept
away.
A despatch from Bristol says; The
heavy rains of the past three days have
raised the New Haven river to the highest
point since the flood of 1890. The break
water and the bridges near the village
have been carried away, and the Rocky
Dale bridge is undermined. At Starks-
boro the Daniel Orvis mill and dam have
been washed away, while the bulkhead at
Bartett's mill, South Lincoln, and the
bridge at West Lincoln have also gone. 1t
is estimated that the damage to roads in
the town of Huntington will amount to
$4,000, while the loss to mill property
will be over $4,000.
The water at Bennington was the highest
since 1869 and every bridge between there
and Camp Comfort is swept away.
The most of the damage was caused by
a cloudburst that took place in WoodfOrd,
filling the pond near Camp Comfort. The
highways between Bennington and Wood
ford are badly washed out, and so are
some of the streets in Bennington near
Roaring branch, which overlooked its
banks
The flats between Bennington and North
Bennington were covered so deep that
teams drove through water that was up to
the hubs of the wheels Much hay that
was in meadows was washed away.
The freshet at Cambridge was the worst
the town has ever known. The Lamoille
and all its tributaries quickly overlooked
their banks, carrying all before them.
Every bridge leading to Pleasant Valley,
including the covered bridge, known as the
Rogers bridge over the Seymour river, the
Lamplough mill and bridge and the Wheel
ock mill and dam on the Brewster river
have all gone down and the roads in all
parts of the town are in a deplorable con-
dition. 1t will cost thousands of dollars
to replace them The railroad bed is
washed out for 20 rods and may be i'm
passable for several days.
The Lamoille valley is under 10 feet OF
water, running all the grass and growing
crops. A later despatch says the covered
bridge over the Seymour river at Cam
bridge has foated out into the Lamoile
and gone down the stream. The booms al
Belvidere and Waterville broke, letting
about 100000 feet of logs into the La
noble river.
A Vergennes despatch says Otter Greek
threatens to make a new high water mark
being within few inches of the highes
ever known and steadily rising. Boat:
houses and several buildings along the shore
have been swept before the roaring torrent
The flats above and below the falls ar,
completely covered with water including
the lower state school ground. Large
quantities of hay have been carried owe
the falls. An iron bridge has been carried
away at Jericho. The damage to bridge
and highways in johnson is estimated a
$4,000.
A despatch from Keene, n H., to tn
Boston Globe Wednesday night says: Tn
rainfall in Keene since Monday Afternoon
has proved unprecedented Up to !
O'Clock this morning - inches had fall
en-, which exceeds any amount for tn
same length of time in the history of tn
weather bureau. The Ashuelot valley j
flooded and acres of rich bottom land GOV
cred with heavy crops are under water
Washouts have occurred on the Fitchbur
railroad at Marlboro and between Winchen
don and Rindge, causing temporary delays
and highways are badly washed in Keen
and adjoining towns.
The Amonoosuc river in the Whit
Mountain region of New Hampshire wa
at the highest point in 20 years. Rail
roads were impossible and there were sew
eral landsldes on the highways.
There was a big landslide on the track 0