The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-11
THE CLOUDS
OPENED UP
Worst Storm in Years and
Much Damage in North
ern New England.
Bridges Carried Away by Racing
Rivers and Railroads
Inundated.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC SUFFERS.
Unprecedented Rainfall Ter Iane-vermont
Suffered Most Severely Streets at
Concord Usder Water.
TRAFFIC SUFFERS.


storm which set In "Wednesday morning,
and which was apparently the culmin-
alton Of a week Of dull, easterly weather,
appears to have blown itself out, as the
wind has hacked to the north, and the
rain has practically ceased In this city.
The precipitation here for the "a hours
previous to y. IN. was 81 inch. accord
ing to the weather bureau.
The storm was unprecedented for this
month, for II has been many years since
the rain has been so heavy and con-
tinued for such length Of time. The
storm was apparently confined to Mas
sachusetts and the regions northward,
scarcely any rain falling south OF the
state line. The destruction to life and
property by reason of the storm has also
been surprising, particularly along the
various branches OF the Boston and
Maine railroad. Washouts have been
very frequent, and the freight wreck at
Exeter. NJ H., early yesterday morn
ing. In which three trainmen wsre
killed, was due directly to thu storm.
There were over half a dozen other seri-
Gus washouts thst impeded the progress
Of trains, especially In southern New
Hampshire and southwestern Maine.
Trains from all directions were delayed
and In many instanoee completely
stalled by reason OF washouts In front
and behind The loss to the road by
storms will be fully $3.50
Nearly every city or town in Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont that In
situated on a stream'of any size reports
more or less damage by the high water.
while the lowlands all through this
region are flooded.
A log boom At Bellows Falls, VT,
broke and sent 12.00O,000 feet Of logs
down to Turner's Falls, Mass, where
another boom held sS0,000,o 900 feet This
second boom parted and the combined
drive Of logs was carried away.
At Dover, N. H., where, in 1896, four
bridges and q business block were car
ried away by the floods, the Cocheco
mills have suspended operations. The
Connecticut river has swept away the
dam Of the Warner Manufacturing COM
pany at Greenfield, and the damage to
crops Is heavy In many sections.
Along the Merrimack river, particu-
larly at Concord, N. H., there was some
destruction Of property. In that city
one Of the peculiar results Of the over
flow at Penacook lake Is that the city's
water supply has been cut Off, as the
water has been diverted from the SER
vice pipes In consequence Of this house
holders have been obliged to obtain
their water from other sources, not
withstanding the fact that there Is
water all about there. The storm will
probably go down in history Of the
weather bureau as one of the heaviest
ever experienced In June. The precipi-
tation has been exceptionable 2.06 inches
OF rain having fallen since Wednesday
morning, while the wind at times reached
a velocity Of 30 miles an hour.
This is also the experience I'm northern
New England, and II is safe to say that
there will be little fear Of drought the
comirg summer.
Pipestave Hill, West Newbury, Mass.
is badly washed by the storm, where the
road had been graded for laying the
tracks for the new electric road to New
buryport. The damage is considerable.
The damage to the state road now being
built is slight.
Reports received from Remington.
Kingston, Hampton, Seabrook, Sout
Hampton Newton, Brentwood and other
New Hampshire farming towns In to the
effect that seed vegetables In great num-
bers have rotted In the ground, and that
the loss to the farmers is extensive.
At Bellows Falls, W.
A special from Bellows Falls, VT,
says:
For the last 48 hours II has rained
steadily here until the streams and
rivers are fast reaching the high water
mark Of April, 1896, when three young
men lost their lives In the turbulent
tide.
On Wells street In this village the
water from the side hill has been 30 great
that the catch basins could not take care
Of II. and the cellars Of dozen or more
houses are filed with water. On the
corner where stands No. 4 school build
ing. IL Is impossible TO get around, as
the water is two feet deep on the street
at this point.
The MANILA and card mills OF the Fall
Mountain Paper company are shut down,
az the cellars. where the driving pulleys
that run the machines are located, are
from six to nine feet under water.
The boom which held the large drive
OF logs owned by the Connecticut Lum-
ber company gave way and the logs are
Jammed against the piers OF the Fitch
burg railroad bridge at this place, and
the team bridge at Walpole. At the
latter place II In said they are piled
20 feet high, and great fears are enter
tained that the bridge Will be lifted from
rs foundation.