St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-03-05
MANY WATERS.
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river has been as Dig u dt tHt Ne'4'~'
during this freshet. The houses on th'
main street were nearly all surrounded
with water, although many OF then
were above any known high water mark
Great cakes of ice were in the streets ano
covered many Of the lawns. Cellars were
filed with water and the state OF affairs
durino Saturday night, Sunday and Sun
day night can better be imagined thar
described. The depot had close cal
fro,, destruction when the bridge went
ont but was saved by an intervening
tree.
The road from Mr.. Worthen's to the
lower end of the village is still blocked
with ice, but a temporary road behind
the houses enables the Center people to
strike the main road below the blockade
and get to St Johnsbury'
There is talk ola loot bridge from the
village to the depot. A temporary sta
+ion has been established a Bacon's.
With two or three feet Of water in the
cellar the furnace flooded, and wood
aoatinp about, the Methodist people
were obliged to forego their meetings,
A St. Jobnsbury Center man took his
Mo into the attic in order to keep his
pork dry. H.
The up. stairs part OF a house on the
Iowlands is very attractive during a
food
nnmsge at Paddock village
The north section of the dam at Pad
dock Village was wrecked by the ice
about midnight Sunday both ends were
broken away leaving only few feet in
the middle standing. The bulkhead and
Arr,e on that side were also wrecked.
The greatest loss III connection with TINS
will be loss Of power while waiting tor
new dam. When the Mcleod section
was rebuilt last summer, rebuilding the
whole was discussed at that time, but 1t
was decided to try the old one another
vear Until the dam and tlume are re-
bu;lt z. z. Callers wood working shop
c. L. Clark's threshing machine and
horse power mandatory and the Acme
Iron Works will be without water
mower. and it is doubtful II Mcleod S
mill, 0. V. Hooker & Sons machine shop
and the village pumping station can be
onerated by water power while por-
tion of the dam is gone. One corner OF
the foundation OF the old Paddock shop
NOW known as the Acme Iron Works,
was weakened by blow from the Cen
ter bridge as it swept by, and this with
the action of the ice and water caused
about one-third Of the rear wall to tall
out.
Seldom has the breaking up OF the ice
furnished such spectacle as during Sat
urdav and Sunday. Saturday afternoon
the fiat near the Northern Lumber Co.'S
mill. the campus and the Billiard mea'
dow were great fields of floating ice and
the recedipg waters lett the river banks
frinped with great masses OF ice.
In Sleeper's river theice was blocked at
the railroad pile bridge near the campus,
the lam extending to the Farnham dam
This threatened the safety OF the bridge
and the railroad force was busy Satur
day afternoon breaking up the jam will
dynamite,
blockade at the railroad bridge nea
the electric station extending nearly t.
the Roach place on the meadow, brok
Saturday evening and mo 7ed to the mar
rows above the electric station where l
lodged again and remained until Sunda
night. On Moose river but little damag
was done Saturdays high water food
ed the basement OF the Capital Soap an
Manufacturing Co.'S building on Port
land street, damaging the wall somewha
but doing little damage otherwise
A Disturbed Train Service.
The running oitrains was badly broke
into by the food,
On Monday there was only local Sc
vice on the Passumpsic division OF t
Boston & Maine. The morning ira
south went no father than st, Johnsbur
as did also the air line from the mort
BY evening a train VAS run through
Wells River, and by yesterday morning
train came from Boston via Plymout
No trains came rom White River Jul
ton until Tuesday night
Trains over the St, J. & l.. c. 70
were run only as tar as Johnson up
this morning, and there was no prosp
OF getting farther with them before
night or to morrow morning, by reas
of the washout at Cambridge Juncti'
Threw the pig out,
Our Sheffield correspondent says J.
Cheslcy got up last Saturday nil
about one O'Clock and found two ilet
water in his barn. He turned the co
into the road, threw the pig out OF doc
hitched the horse to the corner Of
house and waited tor further devel
ments, but fortunately this was h
water mark.
watching Bridge.
Our Lyndonvile correspondent So