Fierce Floods

New Ydiïk, Jan. 13. - Tidings of Btorrn on the New England coast and .nland have been received from many points. At liirmingham, Conn.. a frcshet in the Elousatonic rfver broke upthe Ice and awept it over meadows and under and through bridges. Three hun:hvd feet f piling of the Derby railroad were snapped off like pipestems. The pier of one of the railroad-bridge spans has boon taken and iron span is toppling. Over 1,000 tons of ice must be removed before travel can be resuined. Boat-houses and barns have been floated away in the Naugatuek valley. The Derby Park buildings are submerged and battered by ice. The meadows are si.x feet ander water and losses will be considerable. At Fall River, Mass., gales from the south piled in the waters and the wliarves are flooded. Large quantities of goods have been washed away and the harbor is dotted thiekly with cotton bales, casks and dry-goods boxes. Large quantities of eoal feil into the river from pockets whose sides were burst by the water. A large pile of lumber was swept into the river and is floating about. Two schooners were blown upon Anthony's wharf. The American Print C'ompany's works and the Metacomct mili have been compelled to shut down, the fires having been extinguished by the in coming tide. Heavy ga lis and extremely high tides are reported along the Maine coast. At Camden all the wliarves were flooded and the water reached a higher point than ever before known. At Eastport the wind reached a velocity of forty-five miles an hour, the barometer dropped lower thanfor many years and the tide was the highest since 1869. Wharves were covered with water and damage was done in the lumber yards near by. In Machias the water was the highest ever known. and much damage was done to wharí property and bridges. The worst snow-storm of the season struck Montreal Sunday night. Keports from the country say that traffie is generally impeded. All incoming traína are delayed. At Ailentown. Pa., rain has fallen heavily. There is a wash-out at Steuben's, on the Lehigh it Wilkesbarre railroad. At Slatington the water is in a aumber oí' licrases, eaused by an ice gorge at the Pranklln dam. The Parryville wire-rod mili, Johnston & Swartz's furniture factory and the Adelaide silk inill are idle. Three hundred people are not working. Londox. .hm. 18. - Throughouf England intense cold weother continúes to prevail. In addition dense fogs are general, but there has not been any more snow. In the Hebrides, or Western Islands. the temperature registered is 50 depfrei The continent is still suiïering from snow-storms so severe that several express trains between Hamburg, Cologne, Berlín and Vienna have been scowed up. The mails have been considerably delayed throughout Europe.