The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28
HAVOC RAISED BY HIGH WATER
Rain of Friday Night and Saturday Sent Streams on
Rampage Retreat Meadow Covered With Ice.

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the mountain Rod fssuli~i ~ an over
infnssl sleigh ani ilr hes ~ 4 laGgr Part
~ the ratg0. and Ma l,al,l,lus Aas nn
aide la i,arh liIaill,lloio ~ that n'al.,
] Al iIains fiam the south Nrie stalled
Al Ntsi Nanhhrld, Nass, b. bad aash
oat h,lwrsn the old slaiien al South
Vernon and ihs nva mne ~ Wet Natih
h-il 4 SMALL hu,ok haAs beneath ihr
iour tiark, alau, hallway hriw-vn the
"a AMI nrW siaiiOns, The cniNrtt Ma
undermined aud carried cat Nth the a.
,uli ihai ihr ru.h ~ aairt haIrd a hnlr
larnraih the irarks abaui ~ irri Nidr and
ID lace, nail, ~ irci 'lsvi, n the wash
nHi oagniiwi south ~ the iun,iiaH with
ne "a 4 Ia hepnf. y H.. u Ms nntos
sihle 10 send Passengers north va that
iauip. aud al ltaius Mrfr held until 4
Temporary hll could H. made anl tbs
iiars. l'ui IA SHARE The tMo morning
trains aud the fi-t aiiefnann train iid
nni parh nmitlelofo until sN o'slork
SATURDAY aitrfnoon,
Shoiiiv after : O'Clock Salunla, morn,
us a al was sent a. the nr station nh
Elliot street, and a iartr II men from the
Department went Ia the Memorial hoe
riiAl ia pump uni the water that had
flooded the ha.emeni The ha.emrni ~
the :. 4 smith company Ma ho1,lci
also. \ section ~ Williams street. wa.
under water inr several hour SATURDAY
morning The Flant ni the Twin state
Has 4 Electric oomrany ~ West Dun
m-rsinn went ont ~ commission ah"u' ~
o'clock saturday forenoon a. the water /
backed up aud flooded the whrcls. II L
was unable 10 resume OPERATIONS uniil I
Wednesday. For considerable distance
below the dam II Vernon the Connect
cut river broke ~. aud the dashboard.
were swept of the hug dam. although the
ice above IL did not break a.. \ bad
washout occurred on the state road VA
Chesterfield " H., q short distance this
side OF the home Of Nose II. Chckerins
\ small brook flowing under the highway
through 4 culvcit undermined the ruad-
bed and carried ont the rock. aud -oil,
leaving a hole about Is feet long and -
eel Nttlis I ne NArNNul nNAlt " ifhf-' !
.ary for Mr. Chickering TO travel about
'iN miles ia reach point only mile
Instant from hi house II h. wished To
make the trip by team. \ washout he
wccn Putney aud East pmney an the
Boston aud Maine road required the At
ention II a force Of ~hovelers lor several ,
lourS SATURDAY forenoon and resulted IN !,
lolding a train about half an hour !,
The ice went ont OF Broad brook IN ,
;uilford and the dam at East Guilford i
which furnishes water for Fred Coomhs's /
mist mill. blacksmith and wheeright e.
Adjustment was carried away. Stage !
Driver Cross had a hard time to make his
rip from jacksonville TO Brattleboro a.
rooks had overhowed their bank and
lied the road in several places with
axes Of ice. Highway traffic along Green Il
ver in Halifax was totally suspended for "
eyeral hours and il was impossible Tor @
he stage 10 make its trip from Jackson
lille To Colrain. Mass. l