The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-09

Another rainstorm which began about
midnight Wednesday night and con-
tinucd almost without cessation until
last evening was the hardest storm of
the season so far as rainfall was con
cerned, and much damage was done.
While the storm yesterday was not as
furious rs the electrical storm on Friday
night of last week the damage here
abouts was much heavier.
The records of Ferris II. Vaughan,
the local meteoroogiSt, show that the
rainfall during the - hours of yester-
day was 800 inches, which is an eX
ccptionallv large amount for one day.
The rainfall this month has been Gas
inches and for the nine days beginning
Juno 30 the fall was I'll inches.
Late yesterday afternoon Milestone
hrool, began rising rapidly and exceeded
in volume many of the spring freshets.
The effect on Connecticut river was not
so noticeable, but the river rose grad
uallv and by nightfall it had become
muddy and was beginning TO overflow
Island park. The lumber which was
piled there was removed by teams to
prevent il being washed away The bali
field was entirely covered during the
night, and has remained so today, al
though the water is receding.
Jelly Building Undermined.
While the streets were badly washed
the heaviest damage was causcd by
MILESTONE brook which undermined
two long sections of the foundation
wall under the old jelly mill on Flat
street and under the wing of the Jelly
min extending westward along tho
brook. The latter building, that is, the
wing, is owned by Frank A. Larrow
RE occupies n part of the ground floor
as garage. Another section il occu-
pied by George Gass junk dealer, for
storage and section is occupied for
the same purpose by tho Dewitt Groc-
cry company. The foundation wall ma
der MIR. GGss IS section was washed
away and large part Of tho floor fell
into the stream under the weight OF
about two tons Of old uhhcrS. a like
amount Of damaged automobile tires
and large quantity Of lead and brass
all Of which was washed away. Mr.
Class s loss probably will amount to ST..
GOO or more. Tho main Jelly mill build.
ing, owned by George T.. Crowcl is oc.
cupicd by John b. Dunton, dcaler in
furniture and second hand goods. Mr.
Dunton and family also live in the
building. The foundation wall under
ono end of this building went down
and the boiler which is used for heat
ing the plant was overturned and one
end of the building bulged ont. The
Dewitt company moved out sevcra
loads of goods
West river also rose rapidly during
the afternoon, ovcrfowing the Brattle
boro Retreat meadow, the corn field on
corn fields on the vi. NJ. Barrett farm
Tho water set back around the sheds
at the Barrett place and covered tn,
meadow road back Of the buildings tC
depth Of three or four feet. The wine
ana current masscd largo quantity ot
floodwood from the Eaton place out Il
tho new pumping station. giving it tht
appearance of dixie. Much damage
was done to hay and crops
The Connecticut river continued e
rise Mt the Connecticut River powe
Co.'S dam in Vernon until 4 o 'clocI
this morning, since which time the wa
ter has been falling The total ris,
from yesterday noon was four feet. A.
10 O'Clock this forenoon three and ;
half feet of water was flowing over th,
tlashboards on top of the dam. Som,
of the flashboards had been taken of
and all the flood gates were wide open
West River Schedule OFF.
The storm did not affect railroar
service in this locality seriously excep
on the West River branch of the Cen
tral Vermont road. The evening pas
scnger train left here last light a
hour late and was delayed near Wi
Evansville by a rock which had role
down on the track. There were severa
small washouts, which made il necessar
for the trains to run slowly. The morn
ing passenger train from South Lor
donderry did not arrive here until bc
tween - and ! o'clock this afternoon