The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-15
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
HIGH WATER IN THE LAKE AND OUINNIPI1C 4 RECORD-BREAKER

Danger from the FlOOds-TrO1ley Cars on
 Line to Meriden Stopped-Hay Carried
 Down Stream-Assault Case Settled
 Miss Lehman Weeds Joseph Freiber.
 The second installment of the heavy rainfall which came Tuesday night and continued until morning sent the water in the lake and Quinnipiac river up to the highest point on record. There was a let-up on the rising water early on Tuesday evening, but about midnight it began again in earnest and contin- ued until about il o'clock yesterday morning, when it reached it's highest point. and there was little or no change until o'clock, when 1t began to go down slowly and at o'clock had low cred about two inches. There was body of water over three feet deep go- ing over the Community dam, besides what was going through the waste gate which was wide open. The coffer dam in front of the Hume stood the test well, and although the water was pouring over the top, there was no damage done Below the lake everything was flooded, and it was feared that the bulkhead at the entrance to Wallaces raceway would be carried away, and a gang of men, including President F. A. Wallace and Treasurer w. J. Leaven- worth, both hard at work, was kept busy repairing any threatened break At the factory there was a shutdown on account of the water backing into the pits where the wheels were run ming. The road just west of the race way was flooded to the depth of several inches On River street for a distance of three hundred feet the road and electric track were covered by over eighteen inches of water. On the turnpike just below Yalesville the track and road were covered for five hundred | feet by from six to thirty inches of wa- ter On the turnpike near Peter Jones' house there was nearly three feet of water over the roadbed. The electric cars on the Meriden line gave up run 1 ming after Il o'clock on account of the l difficulty In getting through the water There was over three feet of water over l Paradise Island, and tables and bench es were floating about Every boat on the lake was swamped by the rain. One of the boatmen in a, boat was rowing up and down River street over the electric roadbed. About twenty tons of hay, that had been cut and put in I heaps by Luke Martin and assistants, was carried down the river and was lost The new bridge at Elm park on | the Malley farm was slowed around, but not carried away.
 Miss Rose Manning has gone to 1 Brockport, N. Y., for two weeks visit
 expected home to-day from Taunton, Mass.
 Miss Street, who has been the guest of the Misses Manning, started yester- day for Lake Mahopee, N. Y.
 George M Carr is home from his southern trip.
 l During the heavy gale early yester- day morning the old elm tree on the corner of Elm and Academy streets was blown down. The tree was over one | hundred years old and for some time past had been unsafe, owing to the in- l side of the trunk being hollow.
 Tho rainfall here since Monday night was nearly nine inches and is the heav- l fest on record.
 | w. H. Edsall has been elected one of the incorporators of the Dime Savings bank.
 Joseph Freiber and Miss Mary Leh- man were married yesterday morning at the Holy Trinity church, Father Sul- | livan officiating.
 There were several photographs talk en of the Community falls and other | interesting flood views yesterday
 The case against Frank Hayden for assault upon John Clifford of the elec- tric road has been settled by the pay ment of $10 and costs
 The Edgewoods of Westville will play here this afternoon on the South Colo ny street grounds.
 Price, Lee x Go. of New Haven will begin to-day numbering the houses in | the borough.
 G. M Hallenbeck has sold to J. V. M. Lane and two sisters lot 40x149 feet on Fair street.
 The body of w. A. Booths sister will
 be brought here from Middletown for burial to-day.