The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-08
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90 ror Tue nfst Time since Monday we have re-
celvedintelligenee of its effects in the eastern
interior of the State and the Provinces, and the
81 disaster it caused to property exceeds any,
thing that has been experienced for years At
Sackville, N. b., it was accompanied by the
highest tidal wave ever known. The marshes
Were completely covered Thousands of tons of
nay were destroyed, and thousands of cattle and
sheep drowned. The dykes on the marshes
are all gone and the bridges all through the
Country swept away. The Eastern Extension
% Railroad track was torn up eight or ten miles.
and the Telegraph line connecting with the ca
bic and with Halifax obliterated AS far as
can be ascertained the tidal wave has caused
great destruction at the Bay OF Fundy and in
and around st. John The tide rose to a great
height, carrying away and destroying an i'm
mense amount of property. Wharves were
ruined, ships, houses, barns and cattle swept
away. The bridges on the European & North
American Railroad were destroyed There
have been no through cars from Shediac to st.
John since Monday. The amount of damage
is incalculable. In the small parish of Sack
Vile alone the loss is estimated at over a mil
lion of dollars. The accounts coming in every
hour show the destruction to have been large.
The Ellsworth american says that in Jones'
s,boro quite number of buildings wele blown
down or unroofed, some eight or ten In Ma
chiasport some damage was done to the shin
ping. In Harrington steeple of a meeting
house was blown down, iniuring the house in
other particulars. -..,. ......... .r--....
81 The Wing, speaking of the great tidal wave
. that passed along our coast the other night.
- says: 1t swept up the Penobscot with great ra-
pidity. A captain who was lying at the wharf
at Palmer's Mill, below here, says he heard the
o wave coming several seconds before it reached
his vessel. When it did reach it, the craft rose
five or six feet in as many minutes 1t swept
up with such force that it carried the lumber
away from several booms Palmer & Co. lost
$4,000, Sargent $4,000, Stearns $4,000, and others
smaller amounts. The lumber was carried up
! stream, and afterwards widely scattered by the
ebb Of the tide In one instance the tide came
in with such violence as to sink a boom, let
ting out all the logs when the logs from an |
another boom passed in and were caught by |
the boom when it rose again. The exchange
had been made with such ease that the "mis-
take" was discovered with some astonisbment.
ri The Anson Advocate says the freshet on the
Carrabasset is a piping one. Farms are
: Hooded cattle carried off, and much damage
done. AT North Arson both the heavy granite
abutments of the bridge over the South chan
mel were swept away. Also, a dwelling house
and stable at the South end of the main BRIDGE
occupied by ii. IL. Look-the family having
just left The bridge across the mill stream IL
seriously damaged, rendering it impossible for
the present. The water side got severe wash
ing-taking out the lower end of the wall and
outlying in nearly to the travel of the road but
the granite breakwater pat in at the head of |
the street thirteen years ago stood the test and
proved perfect security to the street. 1t |
lacked three feet of running over where all the |
damage was done before. The roads and |
farms up the Carrabasset are all overlooked, and
communication cnt off. Both spans of the
long bridge over the Kennebec at Madison
bridge are swept away. The Austin stream |
bridge at Bingham, and the Fall Brook bridge |
and blacksmith shop at Scion, are also gone.
q "Opdyke" writes from Gorham, N. H., that |
there is not bridge left in that town but the |
the railroad bridges The large covered bridge |
over the Peabody stream, lately erected at a |
cost OF over $4,000, has been carried AWAY, and |
the road to the Glen is terribly washed The
bodies OF Mr.. Thompson and Mr.. Preble have
been recovered, aud their burial was to take
place yesterday. .ss,.e.. -..................
3 A Pennington correspondent writes: THE
damage, sustained in this vicinity is very
heavy. The Phillips bridges and mills have
been washed away, the farmers along the val
ley have sustained heavy losses from the de-
struction of buildings, washing away of crops,
drowning of cattle, &c. At Strong the sus-
pension bridge is damaged $500. At Farming
s ton the centre bridge near the depot is broken
2 into two pieces, one having left for parts un-
known; the other stands firmly upon the
abutments. t- stdr. ..uas 3a la.-'f
81 No damsge was sustained at Little Blue
school, although the ICwer part of the grounds
were covered to a depth of fifteen feet. A
mouse near by had to be vacated, the inmates
peihg reno led in boats. The water rose twenty
z ieet III less than four hours. ----E5
lie damage Sustained by Jones' corn facto-
ry was simply total loss of everything, save
one building, which was swept of its contents
and badly warped. Corn boxes and cans were
found all the way to Pennington Falls. No
such freshet has ever taken place here during
the history of the town. -.t.c r.<