Evening star., 1897-06-11
LOGS FLOATING AWAY
Great Loss of Timber by Flood in Connect.
cut River.
several Million Feet Adrfft-Enorts
Being Made to Save Some
of the FlOtsnm.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. June 11.-A large
part of drive of logs in the Connection,
river. containing 2S0oo.oOo feet, is on the
way to the sound. the boom at Holyoke
winch was relied upon to stop them. hav-
ing broken at o'clock this morning.
The big mass of logs first broke the boom
at Bellows Falls Wednesday night. was
augmented a Turner's Falls by more logs
broke the boom there. passed the fncom-
piete boom at Mount Tom, below North
ampton and reached Holyoke last night.
There they were held until this morning
and about 4,WO,003 feet saved A tenn
porary boom has been constructed at
Springdale, just below Holyoke. and many
viii be caught there. but the greater part
has already passed. having begun to go by
this city at o'clock.
Some damage was done by the high
water and swift current to materials and
machinery used i'm building the new dam
at Hoiyoke. The rise of the water was 50
sudden as to catch the contractors unpre-
pared The clearing weather renders fur
lfieI damage along the valley unlikely
Water Rose Rapidly.
The scene down al the river this morning
was decidedly wild with the fiercely run
nins current and the rush of the logs. At
. o'clock the water was at the lo-feet
yesterday noon. and > feet since & O'Clock
last evening. 1t is still rising
During the night there were a few logs
running. but not enough to be a souro
of danger. Shortly after Is O'Clock this
morning the big boom at Holyoke broke
letting millions of feet of logs loose. Ile
advance guards of these showed uo n
the river here little before $ O'Clock anL
shortly after $ the great body of til. III
came into view. The wind from the north
q hon to b.. 80.
river, AID about $50 O'clock looking up
stream from the old toll bridge for nearly
a mile. the entire western nalf of the river
hau the appearance Of being planl1ed. SO
solldly together were the logs running.
Tr! tH: to Catch the Drift.
Watermen and boat owners are out in
full force trying to catch some of the logs
as they pass, but it is dangerous work
for the current is SO strong that a false
move on the part of the boatmen renders
a capsize likely, ard there have been sew
eral narrow escapes 1t was a fortunate
thing that the wind drove the logs to the
vest SIDE of the river, otherwise the city 5
public bath house would have been car
ried away.
As it is it requires the lveliest kind of
York 20 prevent the stray logs which come
down the eastern bank from cutting away
the anchorage of the bath house and the
Hontoon bridge, which extends o0J feet
Al oiH inc Siiofe 20 lhe path mouse.
inouSdndS CT people line the walks on
iac bridges across the river, watching
the drift of the legs ari alCng the banks
On the west shore are hundreds Of others
either watctEig operations or striving 20
lay up "a supply of firewood for the sam-
mer b. catching Il few Of the great sticks,
which few short months ago We're a part
Of the forests of northern New Hampshire
Situation mt ThnmpsonviIle.
THOMPSONVILLE, Conn. June 1.-THE
Connecticut river in this vicinity is rapid
y filling with logs, evidently the result of
the breaking of the log jam at Holyoke
Mass. Hundreds of the logs are floating
DOWN the river and are piling up against
The piers of the Thompsonv.lie and Suffied
ridge. No damage has been done so far
and scores OF men are at work in small
boats pulling the logs ashore in order tc
prevent jam at this point.