The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28

Tlr rain shleh l.rsan flidse aileimssl
ani i,li steadily until slsani daylight sal
unlas started br,ak. and n,vis on I
ram, 49, that zoe q ire houn Naiunia,
morning FURNISHED lhr liiauilai ielir u
tpntrFsaisin, Al'oai orhsh Nalai'laA
49,, nins lllr 80 Nrn, mall a. Nhrlsinils
iNsask anl niihm iAn huns lhr aaiei
fasr ,Nrf lhFvr irri. ksriAihlng mesaltls
Nas slait-l toaaw Underwater Including
toe i,sslhihisr a. fiosi place, The luA
iahd laundering The hanks ~ ihr STREAM
a. submerged, and ~ lilri AZ ~ fan
l., as fashion az many loinis
Al,Uh ilt same iim. hat Mheistonr
h.onl, .iaiie,l Ia do things the he 70 ~.
Meet ritri alsnle lle pumping slaiinn lsc=
| san 10 hrrak AZ, The Mind and strung
~ .rui earned t,e, hfiish, lngs, and other
4 !ils 0nla The RETREAT nlralWM and
VA hyllshl daNnrl the meadow pfc
,sni,d a derido'lll different laduIe iTom
Ii.al ul lhr pror,llng dag, The dixie Al
The NaIih side oi the meadow eas ~ a.
A aNsii ioi ihr current drove the lrt rlosr
Ia thp roadway and Il Was uifl~i over
n every lnilion III The mtadaWs Ia suinr
larts iho ice !, pulled u feet ,irrp aud q
iulsahly average, - irfi drr| a.ri the
II eutinr mra,lna. The mtadoA t,sfniiirsi a
hinal lake II broken Dec, aud a stranger
y AaN ~ MthNA NNHAAAA ANAAA HHAAAAHW ~
n 1 uusanis al tons III les and drliiis lits
sanlr al the hnr,i nioWing land Ia ~
found ia NrW England, II will require
week, ui lainr 10 clear the hig meadow
irum the brush aud logs after the lus
mrl's the coming spring,
shortly after Il brramv apparent that
the Zee in Wet ilNsr was breaking ~ the
10 ton and Maine bridge construction
gang. which Va. hren At work iul 'eNcr,l
months raising the Boston and Maine
railroad bridge over the West tN"r, was
summoned hy huriy call and work was
rus al ou the IiVcting operations an the 4
hri gc. Within an hour after the iurct .
of men were pat to work the Ice began 10 I
come down West iiver, and the strength 4
al the current may he imagined when q /
u stated that cakcs al ice snapped tim
h.is sN hy two inrhcs a. easily ~ though 1
mad. Of glass. Beneath the bridge stand,
double row OF pile. u,cd Ia hold III"
roadhrd while the rerairs are being made,
The ice began 10 dam up and for lew
minutes grave doubts were entertained a.
to what the result world be-. The men
were ordered of the structure. Luckily
the ice for the distance oi a thousand icct
west pf the highway bridge did not break L
M and thus the danger of an ic.lam WIS
over. However the work Of
the riveters was rushed all DAY. and Il
was announced toward evening that with
in a few hours the structure would he in I.
shaIc to stand even II the ice should sud. /,
denly dam up aud sweep the piles into !
the Connecticut river Soon after the I
water began to rise the New England
Telephone company drew up IL cable, {
which hangs across the river below the i
highway bridge across the West river !
hat il might escape damage il the high
vay bridge should he carried downstream. f,
During the day Friday the blocking under y
he highway bridge was removed and :
here was no danger of an ice jam beneath {
hat structure. Many slcghing and auto ]
mobile parties visited the scene at the I
Vest river bridges and along the Retreat b
meadow. The road near the river beyond fl
he Retreat meadow was under water Ct
arly Saturday morning and within a ri
hort time was blocked with ice. There :,
vas also an ice blockade near Williams Il
lille station. v