The New York herald., 1846-04-02
Unparalleled Flood In Maine~One Mihiion
Dollars Worth OF Property Destroyed
From the Bangor Mercury. March 20

The ice in the Penobscot has again st trted and the
water has flowed to an unparalleled extent There Is
now six feet Of water In the Post ONCE Smiths Block
and TO office Main street. opposite the old
Hatch House, is only had through water half leg deep
Exchange, Broad, Water, Wall Central, Main, and 9TH
streets, navigsted with boats 10 imposs
BILE to tell at this hour Of the damage which has been
done. II must be immense. All communication ia now
cut of with the east side Of the stream The bridge
the Penobsco must have been carried away to-
gether with countless thousands of lumber which lay
piled on either margin OF the river. The night - thick
and dark and yet tell Of tithe of damage
in the loss of lumber mills houses, stores, goods &c
The loss however, occasioned by the HOOD o. the last
twenty four hours cannot be less than 81 Our
city has never experienced sad reverse Many OF
our fellow citizens comfortable circumstances TWEEN.
But We beg ofthem not TO despair. Pecuniary losses
can be borne and surmounted. Don't despair
The cases Of many will doubtless. call; but not in
vain, the tender consideration of creditors abroad
the first rush Of water after the jam started, 1t was
with difculty many escaped being swallowed up. Sc
vera came near losing their lives on Smiths BRIDGE and
il 10 feared in the furry and excitement may have
been drowned Boats are plying in West Market
above Dr. Ladds store on Hammond street Two-tkirds
perhaps might say three quarters Of the stores in
the city, have from four to ten feet OF water in
boat wharf has been swept off, The two vessels the
stocks the old steamboat wharf have been moved
dawn an appalling spectacle will be presented. Our
heart sckens at the waste Of the earnings
OF hard working, enterprisng men, The elements seem
spread pail of gloom the business prospects Of
the approaching summer. But down casters will not
knock under to seeming Providencesn-ther recupe.
rative energies are grest-and they will be fully
mssioned nd put in immediate requistion. The water
is eight feet depth in West Market square, The Pc
nobsco bridge has not been carried away but s in peril
and will be destroyed without doubt The amount
Of lumber which has been swept down stream, and
The whole area Of the busne part Of our city On both
sides Of the Kenduskeag sheet Of water and boats
proceed from point 70 another the only means Of
conveyance How long the water may remain at its
present altitude probematical Should the ice break
up below the city, it will soon recede, but we
ssvsra vessels on the stocks in Brewer, have been
considerably injured. We fear also that much
has been done BrsTsr vs
vastaton there'beggars all description The ice Is pill
ed mountain: high in some places and the Corporation
right position. Bridge and every thing the banks
must be irrecoverably lost The large piles of lumber
s end
the bridge are carried awsy and when the jam again
starts, the whole tunnel Of the bridge will be swept off,
much -four and corn will be damaged. The water has
into the Of the Penobscot Exchange which
is entirely surrounded with water whole block Of
buildings the Of Kenduskeag bridge is nearly
capszed also great numbers of store houses
the wharves The three bridges spanning the Kendus-
keag are swept off, with the exception Of the
piers. There can be no calculating Of the damage.
The water still remains nearly to the ceiling of the
much higher. Large RATS of boards now anchored
opposite Office "a Main street. The Post Once is
iu OF water 10 within ABOUT Two eet OF the ceing and
such the rapdity with which the water rose last
night, that it with great difficulty the papers and
books saved The Postmaster and clerks had bare
ly time to their lives The Post Office is now kept
at the Court House, in the Grand Jury Ru-
mors abroad that lives have been lost Many Irish
families have been driven from their lodgings Scores of
at work attempting the lumber Jerome's
Express office is now kept at the City Hail. Never be-
fore, believe, has much damage been occasion
ed at any me as at present. in any part Of the country
Bangor has received heavy blow. To describe all the
particulars Of this awful food would require Who'll:
newspaper and we must be pardoned for the disjoned
narrative we have given. The water i still rising.