The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-08

I road and onto the green of the park. No damage was done to the break water or the sea wall.
 Small trees were blown down in different sections of the city. A large l fence in the public alley running from congress street to Arch street was blown down.
 A false front on a one story build Ing in Main street near North avenue was blown off by the high wind and onto the telephone wires.
 Sewers in several sections of the city were unable to take care of the water and oVer1owed. At the foot of French street a large deposit of dirt, stones and other refuse was washed down from the top. of the Main street hill. Anson street and | several other dirt streets, east of Main street, were partly washed away and
 the dirt deposited in French street. New Milford, Conn.,, March S-Dam-
 age estimated at between s50,O0O and $75,000 was done here and ct Kent
 during last nights storm by the washing out of roads and the carry ing away of bridges. two of them
 over the Housatonic river. as a result of the storm.
 tonic, at Kent, a steel structure sev-
 eral hundred feet in length. was car
 ried away by the rush of water and
 ice which c broke up in the Housaton-
 wrecked and it is estimated that it
 will cost about $35,000 to replace it.
 At North Kent, about four miles above the village the bridge over the
 Housatonic, of wood and steel con- struction, was carried away about
 s:3o p: m. by an ice jam. It is es-
 $15,000 to repair the dama ge
 The third bridge carrie0s;away was over Macedonia Brook, a tributary of the Housatonic, two miles west of Kent.
 The ice broke up in the Housatonic about 7:30, huge jam below Kent
 Furnace causing the water to back up
 The jam let go with a rush and car rled everything before it. The river thls morning was running free but the
 loWlands and river roads are flooded to depth of several feet.
 1ae main state highway between nefe and New Preston is impassa ble Cil1s forenoon, gullies between 12 and A feet in depth being cut through it Tn three places. The damage to this and other roads is estimated at s15- 600 to s25,000. Similar conditions exist on all the main roads in this sec ton.
 Electric light wires to Kent across the river from that town were carried away and the school was with out power and light today About 15O students are affected.
 Winsted, Conn. March S-Most of the storm damage in this section was to highways which were badly wash ed, although the frost to a depth of feet saved more serious washouts Hallway tracks are inundated in many places but trains are running and no Washouts reported. Many cellars and easements are flooded, the water ris- Ing above the heater under the old ! Fort school which is closed with 300 pupils affected. Two inches of rain | 1eH and Highland lake rose a foot | A dam at Hall Meadow was carried l away. Ice went out of the Farming ton river into the New Hartford res | ervoir without damage
 Ansonia, March S-The Naugatuck ] river here overran it's banks, flooding | the meadows and water surrounded 1 the~new factory of the Ansonia E2lec- i fr1c Company. The flood backed up | Into the factory canal flooding many l cellars on Main street. Ther iver feIl | three feet after daylight today
 Derby, Conn.,, March S.-The Hous- atomic rose rapidly during the night, the water being within three feet of ! the trestle in the lower river. Island or the Housatonic and Naugatuck rivers; rivers A number of factories were closed Tn shelton due to high water. on the Naugatuck river swept away i the Frost Bridge at four o'clock this morning. The bridge led from the Thomaston turnpike to Water town It was of iron construction |
 Another jam at the Chase Metal Works dam in Waterevil1e at o'clock last night caused the Naugatuck riv- CT to temporarily change its course. The water gushed over the embank- ment and raced along the trolley and railroad tracks down into the main street in Watervi11e. Water live feet deep flooded Thomaston avenue for a distance of 300 yards.
 The cellar of the American Pin Company plant was flooded with feet of water and the first floor of l parts of the Chase Metal Works plant was covered with a foot of water. The river water for a period of two hours during the night was four and one-half feet deep in front of the Chase Metal Works office. Heavy damage was done.
 Waterbury, Conn.,, March S-Dam- age estimated at from S15. 900 to $20,- 900 was done here by the storm which was the worst in some years The Frost bridge, a steel structure at was swept away by the ice and flood. The factories of the Chase Metal Works and American Pin company at Waterville, were Hooded, and volunteer f1remen were called to assist in breaking up the ice jam. Dana ge to city streets was es- -imated at S5,00O.