Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-04-12

til Tuesday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
River Three Feet Below Mark Of
1895.
The weeks rain storm from April .
to brought a total precipitation of
4.2S inches ia Brattleburo, a remark
ably rain fail which has not been
equalled in the corresponding period
in year,. The amount which fell Sat
urday and Sunday was 2.S3 inches. All
streams were raised to freshet height
and the snow disappeared rapidly
The damage locally was not great. but
the conditions Sunday and Monday
We're very threatening ana caused
great anxiety Storms prevailed
through New England for most of
the period indicated, and the reports
came from many sections of raging riv-
ers. inundated lowlands. mills shut
down. railroad washouts. electric roads
tied up. and highways damaged.
The worst damage IN TINS locality
was on the Inc OF the BrattleDorU *
Whitehall railroad. The damage was
not due D.. nIEu water, however but to
landauuas auu immature MYERS winch
flowed down Jue mountain sides
against the lJadUed. Durns the day
Sundar tu- IJa.Dgu was washed IN
several pial ,- Three Of which We're un-
usually laIee. Two of these We're be-
tween NeWlaue and l0Nnshenu. and
the other Was at West IOWnsnend.
The largest was Just north OF the curve
at what is known as the Salmon Hole.
1t was about 40 feet wide ana about
80 feet deep. AS soon as the wash
out was discovered the bridge crew, in
charge of harry Holmes, bridge fore
man. OF New London. was summoned
from Norwich Falls, where a bridge
was being put in, also the section gang
in charge Of j. F. Benney, division
road master, OF Palmer. Mass, and
these crews were sent to the scene
about noon Monday with a construc-
ton train. A trestle was constructed
in about three hours. and an engine
was sent across. The weight of the
engine settled the trestle about four
inches, neCessItating seven hours more
of work upon It.
The crews worked until I o'clock
Tuesday morning and then returned
to Brattleboro for a few hours rest
before attempting to repair the other
washuuts The first train over the
road after Saturday night reached
BrattleboIo about 30 Tuesday after
noon and returned to South London
derry Tuesday night on time. A pas
senger train ran from South London
derry to Jamaica Monday morning. re-
turning at night Mail from Williams
VINE was drought 10 hIalueDoFo pH
team Monday.
West River rose steadily until well
into the day sunday, ONerfoWlng the
BrattleDoro Retreat meadows, as Is al
ways done by the spring treshets.
The meadows presented the -ppear-
ance OF lake, the water standing upon
them 10 a depth OF several feet. The
y. eaS3-t''9ils-t the aver was washing into
the rOadbed of the Bratuleboro
Whitehall railroad near the Bradley
meadows when 1t began TO recede.
MILESTONE brook rose some three
feet Saturday night. reaching its high
est point in q comparatively short
time after the rain began. Water
from the brook filtered through into
the basement OF the >. y. Smith com
pany factory on frost street Gov
erlng the betting so that the machlh-
cry could not be started Monday fore
noon.
Inc Connecticut river at BrattleDOro
reached its highest point about
o'clock Monday morning. 1t had then
risen about - feet and was within
about three feet OF the hlgh-Water
mark OF 1872. For several hours sun
day it rose at the rate of SIX inches
an hour, and when it reached its nigh
est point it had touched the braces on
top OF the pier OF the old toll bridge.
AT no time was the bridge in real dan
gel, however, as lnt river was Tree