Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-14
THROUGHOUT MEN ENGLAND.

Boston, Feb. 13.-Tho gales NJ TIL,
| equinox scarcely have exceeded in
force the st 'rm which sweep; over Now
England, today. leaving il its wax.
damage by flood that IL almost meal
culabIc.
For = hours a heavy rain. after Wip-
ing away what few cvi lcnc,s there
Were If snow and icc. brought to Il
climax the most unreasonable winter
NcW England has known FIR a gryI,
many years. Tributary bodies VT
water which. yum. Ks aG,. were
50 low that tho almost Uuh.t~J Of con-
uition of drought in MijNiutyr. Was
threatened. have been changed int.
torrents Of more threatening volume
than in the usual spring frcshrt~.
From drought to Hood with all tn
damage done at both extremes to tn.
manufacturing. logging ANA ice haI-
Vestin% interests. is now added the
cost of replacing bridges swept away
and Of repairing railway and highway
beds torn up. More serious still. there
Has been loss Of lif" at 'vcral points.
In this section. today. the rain fan
exceeded 1-3 inches ana as the I'M
frozen ground was sudden from mOiS-
ture precipitat-d during a long spell
Of mild weather, most of the fall ran
off into tn natural drainage channels.
In the northern section. where there
WAS snow on the ground. the rain was
absorbed t. some extent and Will
scarcely be noticed. a cold weather
will serve as a check.
The most extensive damage reported
is alonc the Merrmac and Come cticut
rivers. The blow was fierce along the
coast but shipping. usually less in
volume al this season Of tn" year had
ample warning of tn" storm. big
fleet of coasters, chiefly tn" coal fleet
VAS anchored off tn" cape Cod shore.
but il was SAFE a. contrary winds for
many days has made the shpmlsttrs
keep their anchors down ana hold
tight fur shift to more fayorablc
winds
At Manchester. y. H., Amos Jack
son. mill hand. attempted t. jump
over rivuct, but fell into the water
ana WAS washed away ANA drowned.
a widow ana four children survive
him.
Washouts stopped traffic on tn"
Boston x Maine main line with Nashua
and on the Manchester and North
Weare branch.
Siona Martin. T. years old, WAS
drowned in Nashua river ut South
FitchhurG. during her attempt to leave
her home. which rising water had
surrounded. The current was SO
swift that she was carried off her feet.
Dispatches from various sections in
Vermont ana in Maine place the rain
fail at over three inches The con
necticut river at Bellows Fails rose
nearly five feet during the day ana as
most of the smaii.r streams are run
ming wild. a further rise Of six t.
eight feet is looked for by noon. to-
morrow.
III thr Champaign valley rain has
continued nearly FIVE DAYS, 50 that tlt
after effects are expected To be- nor"
serious than now appears. ~ North
Adams, Mass. the UOpsic river run
stronger and higher than it has at any
time for 30 years, several mills having
their lower floors Hooded, with dam
age exceeding 10000 Tha great pres
sure Of water at the temporary dam
of the Metropolitan water board at
Clinton. which reservoir in the Nashua
river supplies the Bosto1 district. i
50 great that the workmcn are prepar-
ing for emergencies. Along the Ken
nrboc river i'll Maine the icc is - weak
that if is likely II break up. tomor-
row, and with tn" ice goes al pros
poets for a harvest. this season.
From all points. tonight. come re-
ports Of heavy damage to mill prop