New-York tribune., 1897-07-30
THE PARTY NOT SUFFERING.
sTARIN BOAT GOES TO THE RESCUE OF THE
PEOPLE ON HUcKLEBERRY ISLAND. But
MOST OF THEM DECLINE TO

LEAVE CAMP.
The seven people from Mount Vernon-Charies
Bard. son of ex-Judge William II. Bard; John Nes
bit son Of T. +. Nesbit. cashier OF the feop'e
Bank Ezra De Forest and Lulu De Forest NE
sister; Christian Morgan Howard Corneh am
Blanche Cornell, brother and sister-who WEI.
stormbound on Huckleberry Island. In the souho'
were reached early yesterday morning steabn an
Yacht belonging TO John II. starin put out 10 s Il
Of the % nsrtv were discovered sitting about camp
fires ard singing They had not suspec,tu VIZ
iety OF their parents. and said that the' e"'o'''
The starin boat had provisions as was thousns r. ns
found they had plenty to eat and drink. The yacht
offered to take the party to the nalrlalu; Thny
We're the two women Of the party and Christian Ian
Morgan. The others preferred 70 rSi, ,,n q, clear.
camp camp as the weather showed ihc'ca''0"' u
CONNECTICUT STREAMS ON A RAMfA"I'
THE NArGArrcK SURPRISES THE OLDEST IN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SEVEN FEET
UNDER WATER.
Thomaston. Conn. July c.-A1 food records for
Thomaston have been broken by last nights sto' ''
An all-night rain. which seemed to come down III
sheets made of the Nausatuck River s'iea'
of gigantic proportions and as result every '''''e
within radius Of two miles OF the stream propo'
IS inundated TO a depth the like OF which no one
hereabouts recalls At I a.. m. the railroad tracks
when the water receded II was found that to the
south of this place there had been three washou's'
Waterville Conn. july %-last nights s'or'
has crea ted all along this portion OF the NaugatucK
Valley situation unparalleled for at least half a
century The whole valley hereabouts has become
a bed for the Naugatuck River. Early this morn
ing there were no highways leading north. In
places the water on the highway between here and
Thomaston seven feet deep, and II was lo:"'
when the first team came through from Thoma y
ton. The water reached to the horses necks and
poured into tho wagon. Toward noon the water
receded rapidly
Lichfied, Conn. July 29.--It Is hardly possible
yet to estimate the damage caused by the food
which has reached proportions colossal No lives
have been lost but many thousands Of dollars or
damage must have been done. At Shepaug Station.
a few miles below here there Is every evidence OF
localized cloudburst or waterspout Running
possible the belief that the swelling Of this tny
stream could be responsible for II. The principal
highway has been swept away; ,oo, rouroad
washout OF seventy feet. The East Bantam River
is higher than ever before. On the main road
good-sized bridge swept off and lodged sev-
ncnt.
Greenfield Mass. July 29.-The rain OF the last
twenty-four hours has done much damage 10 the
crops In the meadows In this section. At Turner $
Falls there Is great anxiety in regard 10 an I'M.
mense jam of logs TIN is held in the narrows about
n mile and half above the falls The Jog drivers
predict that II the logs 60 out suddenly after a
further rise OF water they will be more than likely
cut River II Is estimated that there are SOGoet
feet Of logs at the Narrows. The holding OF the
logs depends whether or not the river CONTINUES
to rise 1t has been rising steadily during the day
hue ranidly