Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-03

Barre suffered considerable loss be.
cause of the high water last night,
the water being the highest ever
kcown. Fortunately all the ice had
gone out so that there was no trouble
on that account. The principal item
Of damage comes in the flooding OF
Easements Of stores. Very few es
capped this trouble.
This morning practically every
stoneshed In the city Is shut down,
either on account Of the food which
swept through them or because there
is no water for boilers.
The railroad service is badly Grip.
pied. The Sabin bridge In Montpe'
iier of the Central Vermont went ou
last night so that what trains are run
over that road have to come tn over
the NJ. s. w. R. r. r. tracks.
The telephone service between
MONTPELIER and this city is badly Grip
pled, as one set Of poles is down.
BY changing its line at Dodges
bridge last year the NJ. b! W. r. X. B
avoided all tronble and its trains are
running all right.
The high water yhich prevailed
Saturday did very little damage In
this city, thanks to the foresight tax
en- to prevent all the trouble. Early
Saturday morning when it was seen
that the river was rising rapidly and
trouble was threatened, the street
committee and City Engineer Smith
started out to break up the Ice In the
river so as to give the rising water
rull sweep. The wisdom Of this &C.
tion was make manifest before
night.
From q quiet, docile little stream
ripping along over its stony bed the
branch was transformed by the rain
of Friday night and melting snow into
raging torrent of muddy water that
threatened at one time to do consider.
able damage.
First the ice in the river between
Granite and Prospect streets that
threatened the roilroad bridges was
cut away and forced down the stream.
Then that lying above the Prospect
street bridge was attacked with dyna-
mite until with an expenditure Of
about dozen sticks 1t was loosened
and fl ated away, leaving the stream
all clear.
In the meantime the Ice In the
Phelps mill pond had gone out
early in the morning and some
OF it piled up at the junction
of the two branches and made a jam
that held back the water so that the
meadows on the west Of South Main
street were flooded In tn i, vicinity of
the covered bridge. This cut of the
shed of George Straiton so that he and
his ok-keeper, Winfred Bassett, and
one other man were kept there all
day, being rescued at night by boat.
The houses on Webster avenue were
flooded and the people had to seek
quarters elsewhere. A small jam was
formed Just above the Barre railroad
trestle which gave away early In the
afternoon when the water and ice
from the Orange brook came down
the branch. ....
Meanwhile the ice had formed a jam
oelow Granite street and the wa 'er
had flooded the lower end of that
street. Later In the afternoon the
ic; In the mill pond Of the Smith,
Whitcomb s. Cook Co. went out and
this jam gave way, leaving the river
clear Of ice from the "forkshop" dam
to below Wells, Lam son & Co.'s. The
ice in the "forkshop' pond went out
early In the evening soon after which
the jam above broke away, leaving
the entire river clear OF ice In the city
limits. a.
Early in the evening Saturday the
easements under the Gladding and
Drown blocks were flooded but little
damage was done as all of the goods
were removed In time s,-
/ Late In the afternoon water flooded
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