New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-02
Grear Flood a. the East.
Correspondence of the Boston Courier.

which during the winter had increased 10 an amount
such as was before witnessed since the settlement
of the country has been borne down this city by The
spring reshet and has brought with il blocks OF saw mills
dwelling houses and other buildings in great numbers
The Jam extends from miles above the city TO two
miles below, where II has choked up the river Inc
water in consequence, has flown back upon the CITY,
where tii doing incaculable injury The four bridges
over the Kenduskeag stream-which runs through tue
center OF the city-have been carried since Tester
dsy noon. West market place is Hooded and fuch
OF goods have not been removed are ruined
Many of the merchants took the precsuton 70 remove
their goods their upper stories and elsewhere 10 place
OF safety but fear there who neglected to do
Several buildings have been carried away and removed
from their foundations blockrnill came down from
the Pearson & Drummond Mills yesterday, and lodged
against the abutments OF the Franklin bridge BOARDS
and other lumber with which the wharyes were gre
ing are now floating about the stream
But little comparative damage done in me CITY IN
ii, last night IL supposed that tie main Jam IN the
river would start at high tide and carry with it large
amounts of property, and many Of citizens, and OF
citizens of Brewer the opposite side OF the ver
kept watch. Beacon fires lighted in different places
and the night being very dark and fogg they acoed 10
the gloom that everywhere prevailed At twelve O'Clock
the jam started the block mill above spoken Of was
set on FIRE, and the bells rung The citizens gene
rally turned out and the such one as shall
not attempt 20 describe. rush was made to the Ban.
cor bridge, the umbng OF the huge masses OF ice and
the cracking Of tmbers in that neghborhood inducing
the belief that that valuable piece OF property was being
ground atoms The ice and water had risen TO its
nent connected, went with tremendous crash. The
darkness prevented the body of the bridge from being
seen but the cracking and grooming LETT
doubt that portion Of il had gone. AT length voice
from the opposite side of the river with the nteli
rencc that about fifteen feet of the tmbera had gone
About this time the ice stopped and the citizens made to-
ward the kenduskeae bridge which they found then
standing though the water above its topInos raul
Exchange ST flooded and AZ the Exchange Coffee
II use the water two feet in depth. c. T.
Norcrcss's unfinished bathing establishment. and the
Central (Smiths) bridge hsd gone up stream. The
Drew block of five or six stores on The hendusksag
bridge undermined and had been secured By ropes
TO prevent its floating away.
This morning write from scene OF desnation such
have never before witnessed. More than thrtysX
years have lived upon the Peuobscot and the Ike mas
not within that time, been known here. Within one
hundred rods Of the remains Of the Basin Mills.
n large and fine block OF Faw-rnils which day or two
since standing a, Orouo eight miles above here
ground to splniers the roof and timbers of the
Corporation Mils-a noble block of twenty saws, WITCH
yesterday standing four miles above; the remains
OF houses and bridges large quantities oil logs board
timber and other timber the PenObscot bridge all shat
tered with the ice piled up against its northerly side,
threatening in the course Of an hour to finish the WORK
of its demolition At great distance beyond are vcs-
sails which yesterday upon the stocks now lying
upon their sides broken up. jAmmed in the Ice
Immense piles OF the finest quality Of boards thrown IRON
the wbarves broken and rendered vauecss Here is a
little dwelling where day or two since the marriage
ceremony performed now the depot OF the merci-
lees ice there cottage-the only property of poor and
Industrious m4rl--ecattcIed IN fragments
The beautiful residence Of Theodore 5. Brown, Esq
ear the Rose Place stands in the water visible only
above its first story. He being confined TO his bed by
perhaps mortal disease removed from it ycster
day. The Rose Placehotel is nearly submerged, and
huge blocks Office floating around it. The press and
type of the Wing and Courier Office were removed yes
,erday and the building where that paper was printed
it is supposed. must be carried away.
The is constantly rising. and one hour may
show destruction far more extensive than any which
has yet taken place.
TIE less cannot be estimated. 1t probably is not
less than a million OF dollars John Fiske, Esq. tho
owner of the Corporation Mills lose5 about $4,000 Mr..
Pngree OF Salem. loses large amount in boards un-
ders,ani Goddard & jenkins. $4,000; Franklin Adams
& Co $1,000 Amos NJ Roberts. $50 600; Emery Setsou
& Co. some thousands Rufus Dwinel, Charles Cooper
& Co and numerous others, losers. The estimates
OF Losses guessed at. OF course.
What may have to tell you another day it is mpossi'
BILE to imagine. Heaven grant that the Calamity may be
stayed where il is. Yours, truly. u
Lafst-We have intelligence from Bangor up to Mon
day morning The Jam gave way on Sunday evening,
about hall past o'clock the water drained OH from the
city an all farther damage was stayed The ne City
Market was in the middle of the kenduskeag.
sin from the Office Of the Cold Water Fountain, pub
shed Gardiner the kennebec River, states that
rain storm commenced there on Wednesday morning
and continued until Thursday night. This produced one
Of the terrible fresbes known on that
The water with great rapidy, unit 1t covered the
lower streets md filled the cellars OF the town.
The ice was two feet thick when the river broke up.
and swept by the mpeuous current carried away large
quantities OF lumber several storehouses, barns, &c
The wharves and rossways thought to have expe-
rieuced considerable injury. but the water had not su
GENTLY subsidized on Saturday p. NJ. to ascertain the
truth
letter in the Boston Courier. dated Haowell, Satur
day evening reports the rapid rising of the river at that
place at that time report was in circulation that the
Kenpebec Dam had yielded to the pressure OF the ice and
water The principal street in Halowell was covered
with water in the lower and central portions OF the town
The bridges in the middle of the expected TO
be crred away, ard the river was filled with floating
ice and lumber.
City Items.
~ The AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
held regular mee,n. ss evening in the room Of toe
Historical Society Luther Bradish in the Chair.
Some specimens OF Whale Oil Soap and Seed Protec.
tors which had been in By DR.. Feuchtwanger
were offered by Mr. Seeey and referred to committee