Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-06-11


The Connecticut rose rapidly during
Wednesday night and at noon yesterday
was at the highest point this year. a part
of the island opposite BrattebOro was over
flowed, and the water was upon the low
meadow lands throughout the valley. The
water was three or four feet lower than
during the freshets in 1895 and 1896. The
boom holding the Van Dyke log drive
went out at Bellows Falls and 100000
feet of logs came tearing down the river
They collected two or three times against
the Bratteboro bridge, but went out with
out doing serious damage. A large jam
of logs formed on the north end of the
island.
A despatch from Bellows Falls says:
"The Boston IL Maine railroad bridge suf-
fered somewhat from the bombardment of
the logs against it, and several times jams
formed which it was found necessary to
move with dynamite. The Fall Mountain
drive is also at Bellows Falls and partly
removed from the river, but 100000 feet
remain in the boom. Another large drive
owned by this company is doomed at the
mouth of the White river, but as reports
there show that the stream is falling, the
danger of these breaking away seems to
have passed"
The narrow gauge train which left Brat
tlebOro Wednesday night was stopped by
landslide five miles south of South Lon
donderry. Before the train could return
another slide took place nearer Jamaica
and the train was hemmed in between two
slides. The track was cleared as soon as
possible, and the train reached South Lon
donderry yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The work train which carries men who are
repairing the track went through to Wards
boro station last night. There were sew
eral washouts near Townshend. 1t is eX
pected that the road will be opened during
today.
One hundred acres of the Brattleboro
Retreat meadow were under water yester-
day, including % acres that had been
planted for corn, % for oats, and four for
vegetables. These crops will probably
have to be replanted Several tobacco
fields in Hinsdae were ruined by the wa
ter. Hundreds of logs have lodged on the
meadow of the Howe farm in Vernon,
now owned by Mr.. Warner.
The Rutland railroad is, perhaps, the
worst sufferer, for the high water has car
red out a trestle near Chester, where a
new bridge was being built, and weakened
similar one at Rockingham so that trains
cannot cross, and passengers and mails are
carried between these points, distance of
eight miles, with teams. Frank Noyes,
40. of Rutland, who was employed by the
bridge company, was drowned when the
treste went out at Chester. Noyes was
placed there to guard the structure, and
was upon it attempting to remove some
drift-wood which had lodged against it,
when it went without warning.
In several directions from Bellows Falls
the highways are impossible, and it will
e I'LL, .,
roads into repair. Wards circus is stalled
at Bellows Falls, being unable to reach the
towns where it is advertised to appear
The MANILA and card mills of the Fal
Mountain paper company had to shu
down, as the cellars containing the driving
pulleys are from six to nine feet unde
water The highway leading to Charles
town is almost completely washed away
and within two miles of Bellows Falls tn
road is cut by five washouts, some of then
80 feet deep.
The boom of the Turner's Falls lumbe
company gave way yesterday morning anC
1000 900 feet of logs went out.
The boom at Holyoke held fast and tn
runaway logs from Bellows Falls and othe
places will be caught there. The mail
VanID yke drive, which left McIndoes Fall
recently, has not reached Bellows Falls
and it can probably be handled, but man
of the logs will be stranded high on tn
shores. The value of the drive is said t
be 100000.
Washouts on roads and railroads wer
frequent throughout New Hampshire.
wreck took place nearsExeter, n. H., /
which three trainmen were killed.
The heaviest rainfall is reported froI
Dover, n. H., where seven inches fell /
u hours. The large mills there have SUI
pended operations. Along the Merrima
river, particularly at Concord, n. a., ther
was some destruction of property. In tina
city one of the peculiar results of the owe
flow of Penacook lake is that the city
water supply has been cut off as the watt
has been diverted from the service pipe
The storm will probably go down in tn
history of the weather bureau as IL
heaviest ever experienced in June in Ne
England.
One section of the railroad bridge
Windsor was carried away, and trains c
the Boston & Maine road have been vel
late today. Passengers and mails a
carried across the Windsor toll bridge al
around the break. The water in the riv
was diverted from !, main channel by IL
logs. The current swept with great for
againgt the western pier of the bridg
causing a section of about $50 feet to &C
lapse. The break on the Rutland railroi
will probably be repaired tomorrow.