Waterbury, Connecticut Flood
February 6, 1896
Damage at Waterbury.
Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 7. The worst storm
that has been known here for 25 years swept over
this section of the state, inundating many of
the principal streets of the city, flooding
business houses, washing out roadways and
causing a damage of from $10,000 to $50,000.
Trenton Evening Times, Trenton, NJ 7 Feb
1896
Destruction Around Waterbury.
Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 7. --Reports to-day
of damage done by yesterday's storm indicate the
greatest losses by surface water since the
freshets of 1875. Last night the city was
divided by lakes, entirely covering the green
and filling Exchange place to a depth of from
one to three feet. The water poured into the
center from the hill sides and caused thousands
of dollars' damage. It will take $10,000 to
repair the damage to the streets of the city and
town. The new iron bridge on the Watertown road
was swept away and another bridge across the
stream in Union City lost its underpinning. The
loss to merchants of the city will be $10,000 on
stocks in cellars flooded. Turner's iron bridge,
200 feet long, over Naugatuck river at
Simonsville, was swept away with a tremendous
crash. A party went last night to rescue John W.
Crawson's family, living in a house on Brown's
meadows, which are flooded several feet deep.
Late last night the section around the Naugatuck
baseball field became submerged. Men carried
women on their shoulders from the houses in the
flooded district.
Middletown Daily Argus, Middletown, NY 7
Feb 1896
Articles transcribed by
Linda
Horton. Thanks, Linda!
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