The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-20
STREETS FLOODED
|. BY OVERLOOKING
STREAMS
High Water Caused Much InCOn-
venienCe
NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
All Night Rain Causes Brooks to
Break Over Ranks-Anxiety
Over Railroad Bridge.
NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY

The strange combination of various
kinds of weather that has prevailed
during the past week took another
turn late yesterday afternoon when a
heavy rain storm struck this vicinity
and continued through the night IN.
Ill about 9 o'clock this forenoon. Then
the wind shifted into the west and
people who had begun to experience
some anxiety over the prospects of
Roaring Branch going on a rampage
ceased to worry.
BY combination Of circumstances
the south stream this time received
the larger volume of water. There
was but a small amount of snow on
the ground in the section drained by
the stream and the water ran rapid.
~ over the ice-coated surface into
the brook. Seldom has a larger amount
Of water passed through the stream
IN two places in the village the brook
went out Of it's banks. Just below the
Valentine dam there was large
overflow, the water filling the road
way on Scott street and running
down into the little brook leading
from the big spring in Morgan park
There was another overflow in tho
rear of the pottery where good
sized stream ran over the retaining
wall and passing in the rear Of the
Episcopal church to School street
ran south and down Pleasant street.
There was so much water in The
street that it was impossible for rub.
Der shod pedestrians.
Dewey brook, too, because OF the
nature Of it's tributary territory, went
out of its banks and flooded things.
The ravine on the lockwood property
was full of water and the food went
over Weeks street the full width of
the roadway The water came into
The big Dewey barn on Main street
In such flood that considerable diff
houlty was experienced in saving the
stock and poultry There were fully
hundred hens in the building and
some young calves that without hui
man assistance would have drowned.
The water in the Holden & Leonard
mill pond backed up so far that the
overflow in the raceway in rear of
Main street came into the cellars.
The disagreeable and inconvenient
feature of the storm was the slippery
of the sidewalks and roads.
People who were on the street last
night and early this morning were
compelled to walk with great care in
order to stay on their feet. Cautious
as they were not a few and many of
them women. slipped and fell with
consequent wetting of clothing.
On the flats between this village
and North Bennington the water came !
into the highway, but because of the |
frozen condition of the ground, but
little damage was done.
In spite of the change in the wind |
the water in the stream passing
through the village. continued to rise
all the forenoon. Fears for the safety
Of the new iron bridge on the Chatham
division of the Rutland road just south
IF the station resulted in a car of coal
being hauled onto the structure to
hold 1t down.
The water in the Holden & Leonard
mill pond overlooked the basin, break
ng out on the north side and flowing
through the ]. H. Loring coal yard to
River street
The gate controlling the canal con.
lecting the Roaring Branch and the
south stream was closed at midnight
We're the canal open much larger
body of water would be coming
through the village and there would
'e danger of damage to property.