Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-07-17
STORMS RAVAGES.
Seserest Ever Known New Eng
land Coast Strewn with Wrecks.

BOSION, Mass, July 10 One OF tue
severest storms ever known at this time OF
the year has ragged over New England Tor
two days. causing widespread destruction
to the newly grown crops and trees. Inc
loss In the six states which seem To have
borne equally the bruit of the storm, Will
foot up many thousands of dollars. and In
some localities will seriously affect the sum-
mer traffic, now at its height
WATERviLLE. Me-. July 16-In the
whole history of numbering on the kenne-
bee there has never been such serious con-
di ion of affairs existing as at the present
time. The river has risen to the highest
point ever known in the summer. At shaw
NUT where the Lawrence Newhall
company are rafting logs, two rats
containing about 5000 logs broke
away and went down river. short
boom ut this place was also broken anu
few logs went away by this break. At the
Kennebec log driving companys boom. near
the Holling. worth 4 Whitney dam.the boom
broke and let fully 1000 sticks go. Edward
Ware had a large crew of river drivers al
work and every effort to save the logs proved
unavailing and all went down river. The
water rose for several hours at the rate OF
five inches per hour, and the logs have been
running over the dam ut the HollinSsworth
h Whitney boom. No estimate OF the loss
can be made ut the present time.
AUGUSTA. Me-. July 16 The streets are
flooded here. The water rose three feet on
the kennebec dam in an unprecedentedly
short space of time. The boom at Five Mile
island broke and 1900 logs came sweeping
down the kennebec. Above the dam was
another large asserting boom piled full OF
logs. This was unable to withstand the I'M
mense pressure and broke also. The logs
rnmp over the kpunphpr dam piled
high on top of each other and
piled up against the piers Of the railroad
and toll bridges. The water continues to
rise The break ing of the booms Is serious
loss to the lumbtrmen above Gardiner. Inc
booms of the Augusta lumber company have
parted. The streets are strewn with limbs
Of trees, and many magnificent elms for
which Augusta is noted have succumDed TO
the great blow.
HIGHLAND LIGHT. Mass, July 16-For
So hours the fierce southwest gale howled
along the coast at Il 5O-mlle-an-hour clip.
Schooner Ira Laffrinier. 200 tons, built at
Cleveland. o.. in 1863, with Il cargo of lum-
Der from Bangor for New York, was driven
ashore at the mouth Of Nauset inlet. She
halls from Deer Isle. Me-. and was under
command of Capt. Pomeroy. with crew Of
four sailors. Shortly after she struck she
was discovered by men on shore. Capt +.
J.. SNOW Oh oTleHIS Sot tOScthcI NV'uhtOVi
crew and hurried to the scene. The Humane
society's lifeboat was launched, and with
much difficulty and danger the schooner
crew was finally landed. The vessel vii!
probably be a tDtal loss. \ portion OF the
cargo will be saved.
The st. Johnsbury q Lake Champlain
railroad has been blocked by washou,s be-
tween Cambridge Junction and Hyde Park
bot,- Eni rilull md Enst Fairfield
and no trains were running for Il long time
The Missisquoi valley and Burlington and
Lamoille valley divisions Of the Central
Vermont railroad have als suffered in this
way. All the towns throughout the county
report the roads impossible from gulies
and the loss of culverlsan bridges. Mayor
Smith places the damage to the city OF St.
Adams at not less than $4,000.
ST. ALBANS, VT, July 1.-THE damage
by the freshet here is estimated at $4,000,
and there is Il fear that the city reservoirs
located at Fairfax, about five miles above
st. Adams. will give way under, the terrible
pressure Of the immense volume of water
pouring into them. Every fioodgate and
wastepipc is open. and the water is pouring
over the dam of what is called the new
reservoir at a tremendous rate. In fact. the
overflow alone has quilted out piece about
$50 feet long. ranging from 80 to 80 feet wide
and II feet deep.
MT. PLEASANT Il. H., July l6-The
most disastrous storm that has visited the
White mountains for years has been prevail.
ing the past two days. Beginning at an
early hour Tuesday morning it rained stead
ily for more than 80 hours. During Tuesday
night the storm increased in fury, and the
first reports Of damage to railroads and
highways began to come in. From that on
it was one continuous story of rushing tor
rents. landslides and high winds, bridges
and roads gone and all trains cancelled.
WEIRS, n. H.. July l6-The surface OF
Lake Winnipesaukee has been raised nearly
foot by the storm, and is the highest ever
known at this season of the year. The waste
gates at the water company's dam at Lake.
port have been thrown wide open to draw
down the lake as much as possible, and the
Winnipesaukee river is at spring freshet
height In Wolfboro trees were blown
down. chimneys carried away and barns were
demolished in Gilmanton. Trains on the lake
shore railroad were delayed by washout
near West Alton.
PORTLAND, Me-, July l6-A large lum-
Der schooner is ashore below Harpswell,
and large sloop-rigged white yacht is in
a dangerous position in MerrycOneag bay.
When last seen the sea was breaking over
her, and she was being driven on the rocks.
The steamer Alice attempted to make the
inside passage to Falmouth but was driven
back. A ferry-boat at Canton Point on the
Androscoggin has been carried away. None
OF the coastwise steamers left port for two
days.
POUGHKEEPSlE, n. Y, July 1.-the
big Melzingah reservoir in the Fishkili noun
tains, at Duchess junction. burst and five
bav hppn In % from hn nal n
left in the wake Of the disastrous flood. and
there are known to be two and probably
three more lying somewhere beneath the
piled up debris, which IL all that remains of
the three houses that were swept away by
the mighty torrent.
BATH, Me-, July 16-The three masted
schooner T.. W. Schmidt went ashore on
Pond island. at the mouth of the river. This
is the first time In the recollection of the sea
captains Of Bath that tug could not live
outside of Pond island at this season of the
year. The Schmidt was a Philadelphia
schooner, light, bound up the river to load
with ice. She was anchored near the Pond
island buoy. but kept dragging her anchors.
BENNINGTON. VT. July 16-The streams
in this vicinity have not been as high since
the freshet of 1869 rs they are now. Be-
tween here and Camp Comfort every bridge
has suffered by the carrying away of its
supports. although the bridges themselves
are not yet damaged. The road is also
washed in several places. A son Of Thomas
Brown. n brakeman on the Lebanon Springs
road, was drowned at Stephentown.
MANCHESTER, n. H.. July l6-The rain
fall here exceeds five inches. The Merri,
mae and ris, ataquog rivers. particularly the
latter. are turbulent torrents, and the water
il advancing RAPIDLY. There is "A dppth ,f