The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-27
Ice Promises to Cause Dam
age in Montpelier.
is PILED IN CONFUSION.
Feared That Central Vermont Bridge at
sabin's May Go Out Several
Houses Are Surrounded by
Water.

Montpelier, March 27.-This city il
confronted with a serious situation re-
garding flood. The ice in the Winoo~
ski river remains intact from a point at
/ the Granite street bridge upward, and
huge jam is pressing against the new
Central Vermont bridge at the Sabin
crossing, while several houses in that
neighborh0od are surrounded with wat
err 1t is hoped that the ice may be
4 blasted out before more serious damage
is done, although more ice is going
I against the bridge all the time and the
water is rising.
Superintendent Roberts and a gang Of
men are at work blasting. Yesterday
efforts are represented by clear space
Of water from the Main street to the
Granite street bridge. Above the latter
point the ice i piled In confusion. An
ell to the Staples house, occupied by
/ Attorney f. j. Marshall. has been swept
away and the water Is slowly coming
/ up around the others. Yesterday the
/ water was ten feet from the Snbin
/ bridge, but today the ice is on level
with il, And the jaime extends above
the Pioneer.
Water Situation in Barre,
| Ice clogging up the river may causa
| a wetting down ii this city, although
1 mp TO three o'clock this afternoon there
was no great danger In the 'fork
shop pond some large cakes are press
/ ing against the dam, which causes
little apprehension chat The structure
may not be able to stand the strain.
Saturday night, too, there was fear that
the dam might 60 out. This caused
considerable uneasinegs down the stream,
and yesterday morning the Smith, Whit
comb and Cook company set to work
70 clear out the ice jam Oh top Of their
dam. Two charges Of dynamite did the
business. The day before the ice in
the pond had been sent out BIZ the
city authorities. What collected yes
terday came down from above. Oppo-
site the shed Of the Reinhalter company
the ice was thrust against the railroad
bridge. This stood the strain IN spite
Of the great weight.
A big ice jam has formed IN the elbow
on Prospect street, and fhis Is being
Il watched pretty closely. That is about
an that can be done Several Intellectual
attempts were made this forenoon to
loosen the mass By dynamite The ice
seems to fill the channel to the bed of
the stream, thus making it doubly diff
suit to start it again. All that comes
down from the forshop dam piles mp at
this angle
Isaac Lebanon, Syrian. was one of
those who attempted to supplement the
efforts Of the officials to start the Ice
this forenoon. Isaac tied rope around
his body and gave the other end of
it into the care Of two countrymen and
then went over to the ice foe via d
small plank bearing an axe. He cut
bTayely into the middle Of large chunk
Of ice and under his well directed strokes
the piece parted in the middle. Isaac
thought it time he was moving. He
moved. But the plank was unsteady
and intead Of hitting that he soused
straight into the icy water The life
line was there, however, and the two
Syrians on the shore pulled him out,
with drenched clothes and siclly grin.
n Along With other things floating, the
story got agoing that part Of the
\ large staneshed of Jones Bros. at North
Barre had gone out with the high water.
The origin of the rumor probably lay
in the fact that little water crcpt into
one end of the building from 1 puddle
outside.