Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08
Terrible Rain Freshet.



A rain storm set in on Sunday last, con
tinuing through Monday. which for vol
ume Of water discharged and damage to
roads, bridges, Mills, and other public
and private property, in our own State,
has probably never been egGalled. The
storm extended 20 Washington. ID. c.,
and was marked everywhere with the
same unparalleled destruction. Up 10
"Wednesday night, the only paper We had
been able to obtain vas brought through
from Portland to Mechanic Falls. and by
private conveyance to Paris, and furnish
cd us " the p0fteaess OF Gen. Beal OF
Norway. The Grand Trunk road has been
badly damaged by the overflow of cul-
verts and washing the road, and up to
"Wednesday z. NJ. no trains either way
had arrived.
The rain fell i'm such torrents that brooks,
streams and rivers rose with Startling
rapidity, and carried away booms Of logs
and bridges in all parts OF the State. In
Paris and Buck6eld, il is estimated that
$4,000 damage has been done To the
highways OF each town. All the bridges
but one on Stony brook in Paris, We're
carried away, and several Mills. The
bridge ON the new road to South Paris,
was swept of also, that at SHOWS Falls,
not ycstige of the abutments of the lat
ter being left.
About $4,000 logs in the boom Of the
Paris FIGURING Co. ut South Paris, went
out-.hc road aud bridge near being sub
merged. and but Tor hand labor, the VAL
liable property of the FIGURING Co. would
have been destroyed. The bridge below
+. c. Mcuill's foundry is standing, and
afford. the only communication to South
Paris village. Great damage was done
to Mr. Merrilrs foundry. He had just
gol in wo King ORDER since the fire, hav-
ing built a convenient foundry and got
his machinery in, and ust commenced. on
Mouda, moaning, t. mould. He had
nicely cemcnted his Foundry floor, but
the ~ alter undermined hi> building, swept
away hi, heavy stone wall, and carried
his cement flooring and hundreds OF
carloads of the foundation across the
road and into the stream. The bottom of
thu Foundry looks now like the bed OF the
stream. The force and violence OF the
Hood. At this point. Is wonderful To behold.
The beams OF the buildn" are sprung and
thrown ont, and the building madca com.
plete wreck Of The damage 10 Mr..
Merrill must be about q thousand dollars
IA sey ere blow. taken in connection with
hi> recent loss by fire lie has the sym
pathy of the community. and we hope
some tangible evidence of their regard
will Toe shown at this time
The damages 70 bridges and culvcr,sin
cur town. are a. follows:
On tine Audr,>cog-in. the upper hrilg"
81, south Paris Is nearly dc-tro!cd-onc
span souc-arc pier down and the re-
maiuder Of the bridge wreck Also.
some >iN rods of the road "a, toe eastern
,aJ. washed oU,-.loVu To- the original
bed.
The aril., a, snow, Fall, j. gone
the sentiments ~ The west ,ud washed
away, and the middle pier DESTROYED
The bridge near Willis Mil. is swept
away. aul channel cat out through the
ru,d at the cas-, end of'hcbridgc, atWcst
Fui>.
Gu The stony brook. The bridge near
William ROYAL, and alu,mcut, washed
oa, Thcmidgc near King mill washed
away The hGig,. ou the new road nc.u
Austin Cht,e'> gone. and ONE abu,mcnt
destroyed
On ,he river road from South Paris to
West Paris, the bridge near Moses Ham
moud', mill l. gone. A channel was cut
through lh, road a the north end OF the
bridge. near Luther stones.
The bldg, across the Moose Pond
stream. near George Bcrr,'s i, washed
away.
Numerous calyer,s are DESTROYED, and
many of the road, rendered impossible
Ouc piece of road, near the old Seneca
Brrtt farm, on the bank Of the Stony
brook, is washed Quito nearly forty rods,
and viii undoubtedly render a new Ioca-
tom necessary
One OF A,onzo Kings mills Is W, shed
away and the other much damaged, and
the dam gone.
The saw IA u belonging to Pcleg Ham
mons sons. i DESTROYED aud the dam
washed oar.
From individuals. We learn that the
o..mtge ia Norway. Oxford. Waterford,
>,euyuaD, aud Sumner is considerable.
IIr Goodrich Mills and Dam at Stone
nam urr gune-al>o, two bridges at Norlh
Waterford. Pixies Hill, in Norway, WAS
completely quilted out, 50 that Dr. Evans
found i, impossible tol,adhi> horse down.
on hi> return from professional visit,
aud had 70 leave his horse, aud foot il
home Cows that were ut pasture could
not be driven home. down the hill The
Merrill covered bridge, at Oxford, was
carried of. AtBGcklield, the river bridge,
near Col. A.D. Whites, is gonc-also two
bridges near A. j. Halls, and about all
the small bridges on the west side of the
town The 0. x c. X. X. track was badly