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Show 1 &rni n't- nriAAp Mitfl m mm. i ipjsy tinglapd filmosfc Devastated, Bridges and Dams and j Immense Gorges of lee !feopia Rush -'(Cm Thsir Hotncs on the bursting cf the Harris. ! (Schools apd F3ctsri-3.i CJosed and Sentries Stationed to Watch Thsm. I Nl.w YoKK.Jan. 1:2. M'.eh ram Iijh I fa'sti jvcr New Eisgisfd and iheMid- IW 'i(.eh io-Kiy and ii-i.j!it. 1'roti: t i.':;t:iv p--si5it iT.iisc tiiiniirs of iresiicti ) Mini i li i - i -lictl ll'.M-ds. Undoes art bo-' J' Hi hv.n t wmj in DacSV-s count?. I Nen Y'.'ii;. Jn l Te M.d::;k v.dif.v there its linnitn.r yr::e of ice -l If ' Ti :; Iliii. Thf pjpUi iii the lrw- j 1 Ti 1 s tear s flood. Ji s On the lower Hudson r.li day the !iervf t g-alp and rainstorm of the sa-I sa-I son prtva led, :tsd aon-.e places are t -coJiij'ictp'y r.-a!ed. i At IliglilandLicht, i'ass., a terrific j ioulhvf!t ale is likeW to fiusR coii-f coii-f Ridcral'l? daiu:j;e iu thu la- and about I IVovinet- Iotii. I A ten-lie ramwioiin acroaif-anied l- by iiih winds, prevailed at Uatibniy. fA Coiitu, doing a vast amount of damage. f It is still rxinin-j ami the lower llooi ,'"" " of factories Mo flooded. .In all ns ' of th cily cellars are flooded and lli- I streets js;e almost itni.iassat-!o. Tl;e I J schorl r.re closed nd inisiness is pn-c- k t ieaiiy s::. pe-ndeo. ! jf-ev'-r-ti v::s!oi:t3 occnrird on the s 2ew Y'M k and N--v Eni;',,ii; Hailnuid In V i I'm y. . :lio r';vr ih r:.i I : " ifici cli-ii'.s 5.re 'i;,:;ucd oi;t . S ?.nd fact'Tif-s c!'inu. Tin- 1 !ie nIiojj id" (lie Norton .) '"S nearly coiapltted, w:ts l-iovn tu li.t- ground. Near Jionson, ila., the main roads: are Mibiuerged and piled with tcri 111? -r 'j.'.i'ij 'i iVt-f-Virts" ":e;epf.ti a-.--; ! telegraph poieu. Ileuses and bnis are flooded and stock is suffering. ' SeTei-al points in Vermont report J ' UKthonts. This morning water tame i pouring dor, n from the hills vest or' 's .... Harrington, Mass., and in a slioit - iinift 1.1 ie Bcv-ers were choked up an- the streets and houses flooded, causing " A terrific rainstorm swept over ming valley in I'ennsylvania. Over one-third of Wiikesbarre is now under water, and trallie is com-I com-I pleteb suspHnded on the street rail- J I ' ways. A gore in th Susquehanna river extends thirty-seven miles and S it is feared to-day s fctona wiii cause j the river to break up and iiiiod the valley. Tiie dam at Ilibernia, N. Y., on I "Washing creek, broke, adding the j v-ater oi a large pond to the already I swollen stream. The -ice and water I moved a large iron bridge on the Cen- S tral New England road. The iron ! highway of tha bridge was destroyed ;md part of the mill at Ilibernia torn awv. j At Tleasant Valley the people were I Uriven into the second stories of houses I. and are only able to get about in boats. The people residhig in the vicinity of Cape Henry w?re terrified last night by the storm. Houses swayed and trees were uprooted. The wind reached sixty-five miles an hour. The Nauga-tuck Nauga-tuck and Connecticut rivers began ris-- ris-- ing, and by noon seven feet of. water 1 ' vvasfallingoverthedam. The Meadows and the Derby driving park were flooded. All the factories are closed, and santinel.5 :'.ve stationed to watch ' the dam. I This evening !he ?-a:c house on tbo I west end bwjan t- waver, and Ave I minutes b.tr it w:n i.v. isied around by ! thernassof ice and a section of the I dam three, feet deep and S00 feet long I went out. An alarm was given and j the people rushed from their houses. ) An immense volume rushed down the f river, and a pupr mdl and Daggett's postal factory wreballv damaged, a 'l- x. railroad trestle carried out and several I . factories will have to remain closed. - Great exfUment prevails, but no fur- .- - ther serious daman is reported. The dam. which isoOO'feet long and twentv- two feet dep. cost a million dollar?. " Jt is pretty badly damaged. |