Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
great damage the dam was demoIIshed wlth

great damage the dam was demolished with
dynamite.
Three dams on the Nashua river near
! Clinton, Mass, were carried away, and the
temporary dam of the Metropolitan water
board at Clinton was saved with difficulty.
| If this dam had given way immense dam
age would have resulted.
At Greenfield the dam of George H..
| Wright's ice pond on the Shelburne road
went out some time in the morning, but as
the crop of ice had just been gathered, the
| damage is not large At the Warner aud
! Sanderson factory high water interfered
with running part of the works. The
water in Green river rose a foot in an hour.
| Fears were entertained for the safety Of
the bridge at the Wiley & Russell shops on
| account of the large amount of ice above,
but that went down without any damage,
beyond leaving considerable debris on the
meadows.
At Farley, on the Miller's river, the
apron and dashboard work of the
dam of the Farley paper company was
washed out Tuesday. The river for a long
distance above Farley was filled with ice,
and water poured in streams from all the
hillsides. Russell's store, which is on com
paratively high ground, was but little above
the flood. The loss to the Farley company
is probably not over 5000 or $500.
At Millers Falls the situation was seri-
Gus. The power station of the Greenfield
and Turner'S Falls street railway company
was partly swept away shortly before noon
Tuesday. The heavy rain which fell dur
ing Monday night and Tuesday forenoon
caused the ice in the river to break up and
mountain streams were raging in torrents.
When the dam at Farley gave way an i'm
mense volume of water, bringing with it
huge cakes of ice, came down the river and
crashed against the power station, causing
the damage. Mr. Mason, the electrician,
escaped through window TO the street.
A hole was knocked into the corner of the
building, which prevented the running Of
the machinery for time, but by afternoon
the road was again running cars by its
Greenfield power. II was believed at one
time that the Millers Falls company's dam
could not stand the strain.
Two miles OF streets were under water at
Orange Tuesday evening and dozens of cell
lars were flooded. The railroad station
was surrounded by water, which was two
feet deep on the rails. Passengers were
taken from the 9 o'clock train on bag
gage truck The box shop had to shut
down and hundreds Of tons of iron were
moved from the basement Of the New Home
sewing machine company's new factory
Hundreds Of people left their homes in the
evening TO watch the rushing waters.
The water in the Ware river at Ware.
Mass, was the highest since 1869. The
operatives in the mills Of the Otis and
Gilbert mills were dismissed, on account Of
the water which came into the lower floors
Of the big mills.
Loren Lyford, the boss carpenter in the
employ OF the Exeter Manufacturing com
pany, while experimenting the removal of
some ice Wednesday morning from a dam
in Exeter, y. H, slipped and fell into the
water and was drowned. he was 80 years
of age and leaves wife and three small
children. The body was recovered four
hours after the accident.
Later reports show considerable damage
in Massachusetts towns. The Exchange
street bridge in Athol built six years ago
al a cost Of $4,000, broke in two Tuesday
night. All of the low section Of Athol
has been under water, and the damage
from flooded cellars and in other ways will
amount to several thousand dollars. James
Sutherland, jr., whose greenhouses on
South Main street were surrounded by wa
ter and ice, was large individual loser.
The water reached the highest point ever
known at Athol Wednesday morning, be.
ing foot above the mark of 1877.
Many acres of land, both in the low
land, and in the presidential district we're
submerged at Orange. The section from
East Main street on the north TO the Con-
gregatonal church on the south was a
lake. Water was over foot deep
on the platform of the Fitchburg
railroad station Wednesday. Only two
factories in town were running Wednesday,
1900 hands being out of employment. The
delay in the New Home Sewing Machine
works amounts 10 thousands OF dollars a
day.
The water had fallen greatly at North
Adams Wednesday. The Blackington dam
near that place went outTuesday night, caus.
ing loss Of 5000. The water of the
Nashua river at Fiichburg and Clinton fell
rapidly, but many factories along its banks
were closed Wednesday