The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27

a month ago and leaving it on the veranda
OF the house
He ate his dinner at the usual time, hc
says, and conditions in the river were
about as they had been all winter Ten
minutes later he hmriedly descended into
the cellar and rescued therefrom 10 bush
els Of potatoes. In 10 minutes more he
carried them up another flight of stairs,
also placed has trunk on the table
Then he hurried ont onto the vcranda
aud tipped over the boat he had built.
He placed in it few things and got in
himself with the boat afoat He had
100 valuable hens and Of these he mar
aged to get II that were afioat and three
turkeys and throw them up on the seal
folding. When he finally cut loose from
the farm IN his boat the water in the
house was within a few inches Of the cell
ing Of the first floor
There il a big ice jam today between
East Putney and Grouts About :;
o clock yesterday afternoon the lower emo
Of 1t broke off and those who were watch
ing it believed it was all going, but IT
did not and today II Is still holding fast
From Court House hill near Westminster
to the town it was possible yesterday
afternoon to row a boat on the highway,
From everywhere along the river north
of Brattleboro comes news Of the inn
mense ice cakes left high and dry by the
receding waters. at the Tarbox place IN
East Putney It was said this morning that
while the water had gone down. immense
cakes of ice almost blocked ingress to the
buildings. Similar stories come from all
points along the river.
Wracty;rg poa+horea
Workmen were busy this morning on
the island clearing away broken telephone
poles, trees and huge ice cakes that par
italy blocked the highway. Perry Gal
lup and several men Were wrecking the
boathouse owned by Hayes Bigelow. whicl.
was swept some distance from its moor
ings yesterday. Mr. Bigelow, who is in
Tarpon Springs, Fla, was notified By tele-
graph last evening Of conditions and was
advised that the best way to salvage any
thing was to tear town as much Of the
building IS was possible. Mr., Bigeiov
wired back TO exercise the best judgment.
Seven telephone poles were dow Il on the
Island and on the highway IN North
Hinsdale and there was no telephone con-
nection between Brattleboro and NoTti.
Hinsdale from yesterday afternoon unti.
this noon.
Huge masses Of ice had been forced 10y
the resistless current up on the highway
on the eastern part Of the Island almost
completely blocking the highway. y lib
cral use of axes on ice and trees lad
cleared a passage-way through which 1t
was possible late yesterday afternoon to
drive single rig. Men were still at worl,
there today.
: The ice had been jammed up INTO the
front yard OF Richard Polhca,s house, the
first house on the North Hinsdale road
to a point where the veranda had been
somewhat damaged
The houSeboat owned by DR.. i. :
? Bowen and III. w Sargent was yankee
5 from its moorings about 10 o'clock yes
I terday afternoon and crowded dow
: stream and finally pushed upon the New
i Hampshire shore. The boat IS somewhat
: bent
In the middle OF the floor of the man
{ building Of the Grant Granite Go. i
c huge block of ice, forced in through th'
u rear wall by the rush Of the water Nes
i terday afternoon. 80 rapidly did the Wa
ter rise there that the workmen lost mar.
Is of their smaller tools and it was only b.
: dint OF the greatest eNertion that it wa
{. possible to save the motor. The damage .
{ this plant viii amount to possibly S2,OH
i but not until the ice can bc cleared ont O