Rutland, Vermont Flood
April 1895
RUTLAND, Vt., April 11. – The damage
caused by the floods in this section reached
thousands of dollars. Otter creek is from ten to
fifteen feet above its normal level. It flowed
over or through many bridges, stopping all
travel. The farm land between here and Brandon
is flooded and looks like an inland sea as far
as the eye can reach, and the whitecaps caused
by a heavy north wind are rolling in farm houses
and gardens, while fences and stacks of hay and
low land barns have been swept away, and some
live stock drowned.
At Proctor, six miles north of here, the
creek has not been so high since 1859, and
business has been largely at a standstill. At
Poultney, on the Delaware & Hudson, seven miles
west of here, a large dam broke and about 800
feet of track was washed away. A wrecking train
with several loads of ballast was derailed and
the loaded cars sank into a sand bank. In the
country districts scores of bridges have been
washed away.
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN 10 Apr
1895
Deluge in
Vermont.
RUTLAND, VT., April 16. – The floods in this
section have been the worst since 1869 and the
damage reaches thousands of dollars. The water
has begun to recede and marks of desolation
appeared on every hand.
Sandusky Register, Sandusky, OH 17 Apr
1895
Articles transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
Jenni!
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