Roxbury's Ruin

Two square miles of tcrniory in noxnury, Mass:, Is undcr water f rom to to thrce f eer. ' eource oí the llood is tl; burstlng of ihe conflnes of Stoncy Brook near Norfolk HUI. From that po.nt the llnod bus stoadll.v progrei ed toward t:ju center of ihe city po un The i ellara, and In somc inbtaaces tlie ui8l Hoon I in-arly a thousand houses, aiv D( o led. In low sectiona the honses are alnmst entirelv submerged. Over 1,500 lamilii-s ure mura oí" less affected, ebI a conscrvatlve estímate of , tbe losa to buildings aiul stock is $500,000. The teirltory dralned by Stoncy Brook comprlses man; square miles In Jamaica Plains aud Koxbury, iukI the iim and surface water on this Bectfon must :ill be addcd tó the llood. At one polnt near Frankllu Park there is a lot of fifty acres covered with water thrce feet deep, all f which must üuw off throueh Stoncy Brook. The mayor, pólice commíssioncri and othcr city officials are at work estnbli.-hing depots of uppllcs and arranglnf? iortlie relief of the sufforers. A laree party oí Inhabltauts of the floodcd. district are still living in Ihe upper storics of theïr houses, waitinj; for the llood to subside. There have been vcry many narrow escapes irom drowning. Koxbury is situated tbree miles south of Boston, 't is a favorlte place. of residence for Boston business men. Itcontalns many elefjant private resdeuces surroundcd bï spaelous grouuds aud adornedwitb a profusión Lof I t-hruljbery.