Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-15
CITY INUNDATED.
Montpelier Visited by the Worst
Flood Calamity in its
History.
STREETS WERE lMPASSABLE.


Among Beasts Deluged in Their
oeNelal elSollS ONel
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MONTPELIER. Feb. 1I-This city has cN-
pcricnced the worst calamity in It's history
caused tx an immense. ice porgn when
has filled the chauupl of the NNmoosli
River from tne Wells River depot To- the
Green Mountain Cemetery and il.u.d the
swollen streams into the streets of thc
city. Tho entire lower portion of tho city
is Hooded. tho water being everywhere
from "a few inches to knee deep to-ught
bus has already 1cccdcd is inc hes from It-
hiehost mari. Not a furnace Is running
in the Hooded district and with the low.l-
ing tomb,raturc threatens a grave .an-
ger To- water pipes. thc health OF the poo-
plc and the solidiiy!ug of the immense ice
lam makes the PROSPECT OF permanent r.-
lioi very remote. No definite idea of the
extent of tho damage. rouId br GAINED to -
duV hut tstimatrs v...v from xl,uou tn
$4,000
Thc flood came without warning i'm thc
middle of the righl. and The urst that uro-
pic knew of their DANGER was the ,outIli.
lcd ringing of tho lire alarm AT "A. M.
ana several residences were already ing
with water driving The inmates to the soc-
ond stories until rescued nv boats
T. C. Ihiuucv's hotIs, on Sprint- s,rcct
was llood,d 50 suddenly thar thc family
were hardly. .nl, to ,.n,o,.,. tIo ,,,r,.t,r,,
and carpcts tn thn MINER story T., f,,..' fbo
first floor WAS rovc.., MIR quinn. y has
been i'm poor health of late and me OK
periencc was I,r,. severe for hin,
/ The most serious pcrsoual cases were
/ those ot l.. B. Gross. Irrirv Nupur and =,
Alas. Gallison. Mr.. Cross VINO is affected
iy a heart trouble WAS overcome H., the
excitement and for a. time his life was IA
sorious u..p.r No dortor ro,i.d h..,-.-
cured until - hore. had b'on rrorurod IN
cross The street with and rhc .,tua ID, e.
Law WAS eNI,4.cucrd i'm .-,ttiun th, needed
s;inulants for tho. suffcrer
I'crl,v \Nilhur ,lcrlx i'm Rrool.s & ncr-
rvs store stood in me cold Lar
in the basement without any u. a.
lection from one uriil tour o'c. .or,; ma
inc ont ronds Af,rt ,,.,ti,c ~, No..
foltnf i'm an u,onscious STATE bo ino b. >,
overc One pv the cNposirc
AIRS Gnlli.on was almost ar tho uoirt or
death and thoreh tbe walar ,yo. r,utl. ~
ri.ir,- .Lc,tt ~, L,,,.o :, ,,,,- ~, =, i, ~
ia rau,ovc nor and nor son U,rv' ,.ai.
Hson was olIiL.d to wait two hn',rs o,
thp opuosito sidr Of ,bc housn bafor. ,
could hc f,cri4d a,rn.s to tbn bod-iln n,
his diving motbor
h.iuhi ho,s.. il, L. rr,u.,, iou..r
s,lh,c wore n,arIv eulrnare.d nrL ,o,,,d
NOT he rescued rntu \ o.c,oct mi. nn,r-
inn Thev v.,r. almo.. dcod La,.,rc I,.t
thrir s,ns,s of fnaI,n,- a,,d II w. ,,itb tbo
Greatest difticiltv ma mo-. ,nuII L ,,.Jo
to rnov, ouou,b to reach tb,. ,,,,,,.,. -. ii
drv ,t,II,
';bo hotels worc All temnorar,I, disol,.d
tins morning AT the PaviIion tl,.' nu-,-
mon, was nj od vim s,y,r,,I faaf' nf ,.,,re,
and in front Inc ,ynf.r vas s.v,.r,I tn, -,
darn Anv p,,nst. Who ,..,,,..d -, IN to ar
fr,r ~ dannt ,,,rn tra,,s,',r,.d in =
Loat Al th. NontnaIier Hons. md Al.
ms lIofoI Tho ,,atnr ,,,. e. ro,, n,',.,, -,
tEe offices and dining roons and TN,
pI,esis w,ra s,,r..I hr.a,t,st ~ ,hc,r
r.n,n- nn I'M, second nnn,
Nom. Of inc schonl. vas in s.seio,, to-
day and no ,uo ,,t,o,nnt'd ta IL, i.,,i,,.s
,>ror,t ,niIltrfn ,ybo dro,,a tbrn,,,rn ,n,
tcoded sIr.'e ,...,,,,,,1l bn,',. i,', ~, ',.,.,
,btr r.ouI,r custnno.r. r,,ou ,b. ..r.
tinre th1t arc NOT noodcd f,It tb,' ,ff,,,.
nf he t,o,d a. H.. cnt,ld ,,n, ..,...,, ,-
for their kitchen RANGES and hur rnv rro.
cervmrn vcr- ntIo fo d,liv.r onoG. 49,.