The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-31
R|VER CLEARS HERE
BUT ICE HOLDS FIRM
TWO MILES FROM DAM

safely across, to be used in pulling elec-
tric wires across and re-establishing the
Hnsdale circuits.
The first movement of the ice jam OPP
posite this village since yesterday fore
noon began about 10 o'clock last night,
but it continued only about 10 minutes
and did no damage. As In previous IN
stances the movement was preceded by
the appearance of small open spaces,
showing that the ice was fast rotting
away and that a general closing up process
was about to occur
Persons watching for a further move
ment waited in vain, and when the ice
began moving again, about O'Clock this
morning, most persons were III bed.
This time the ice kept in motion until
nearly 10 o'clock, when it again stopped,
having jammed against the solid ice near
the Champlain Realty Co.'S piers two
miles north of the dam and some three
miles south of Island Park.
Long before the ice iammed the river
was clear for some distance below the
park, all the ice to the north having
moved out, and it was still moving past
the Brattleboro Lumber corporation s
plant south of the Hunt farm As there
was no sign of the ice breaking up at
the dam the wonder was as to what was
becoming of the grinding mass. The fact
that the movement continued so long
without breaking through the solid ice
below and without causing as much of
an overflow as previous jams had caused,
proved that the ice was well rotted.
The water again came up over the high
way at the lower end of Vernon street,
causing persons some inconvenience and
| trouble in getting to the various factories,
! but not rising to the height noted on
Monday and Tuesday The filling which
was put in the highway yesterday to re-
/ pair the road, was washed out this morn
/ ing.
During the night also the ice at the
mouth of West river broke up, and the
river there is now clear for the most part
| The water there went down several feet.
and similar drop occurred on the Brat
tleboro Retreat meadow, where the over
! flow from West river has covered the
, meadow, also most of the highway from
the Retreat farm north to Charles E
Adams s house, a quarter of a mile
above the pumping station.
| At Mr.. Adams s house the water filed
the cellar and rose to the doorstep, but
/ there was no ice as the ice for some dis
tance south of that point went out Sun
day During last night the water sther,
dropped FIVE feet The highway past tn,
meadow and up West river is now clear
but yesterday pedestrians going nortl
from the Retreat farm found it con
venient and rather necessary TO walk OF
the wall beside the road as far as A. I
d. Robbins's place.
) When the ice jam in the Connection
: north Of the mouth of West river moves
: ont this morning and water dropped raj
idly and caused two large slides on tn
Boston & Maine railroad. The large
slide was just north of the railroad bridg
over the mouth Of the river. The hig
! water had soaked up the ground and a
e it receded the roadbed for $50 feet sli
r into the river, leaving the track su:
pended about 80 feet in the air.
;. Less than quarter of mile north {
e the Dummerston station another slid
5 occurred. This is nearly 100 feet long an
t some 90 feet deep, the track being sa
4 pended in. the air as at the railroad bridg
II These slides definitely stopped railrea
e traffic north from this place for the pre-
r ent, making 1t necessary to send TRAN
t, around through Keene, n H The shut
Il train which the Central Vermont RAJ
road put into service Monday continn
making trips to South Vernon to tai
on passengers for Brattleboro from Il
detoured trains.
On account of the unsettled condition
e bred live stock sales in the Purebr'