Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-10-14
The Great 0toyn.
Further Particulars offke Terrible De-
strsckioM Of Property.

The damage in Franklin County must
be nearly goo. 600. Besides the losses
we have detailed aud others not yet re-
ported the intervalcs were badly wash
Ell and crops much damaged. In some
towns every bridge was carried on.
In Oxford County the loss IL even
greater. Paris and Buckficld lose Ai0.
600 each In damage to their roads alone.
The roads were rendered inpas sable In
every direction. Agricultural fairs
have been given up in consequence. In
Paris one piece of road was washed out
for forty rods and new location render
ed necessary. Dams and sawmils are
generally destroyed.
In Mexico Danucl Durgin. while en-
deavoring TO secure some of his crops
in a low place. was swept of and drown
cd In the same town IL buildings
were carried of One woman 20 wears
old was ia tree two hours and a half.
AT Dixticld. a sawmill was carried away
and another at East Dixficld. The
bridges between Dixfield aud East Dix
field arr all gone About Jo,eD logs in
the boom OF the- Paris FIGURING Go. at
South Paris. went out--the road and
bridges near being submerged. aud but
Tor hard labor. the valuable property of
the FIGURING Co. would have been de-
,roVcd The damage in Norway. Ok
ford. Waterford. Stoucham. and Sumner
| j. considerable The Goodrich Mills
| and dam nj Sloncham are gonc-also.
| two bridges Mt North Waterford.
At Skowhcgan Tuesday morning the
families living on Front stree, removed
their goods expecting the houses would
To- carried off. The mill OF Weston &
Baker was moved fifteen feet aud COM
plci.lv wrecked. They lose SS.5sD or
st.uo. The paper mill of r. r.. LYON
& Co.. was damaged 10 the amount ol
s2eop and nearly all the mills in the
vicinity suffered more or less. The wa
ter n, the paper mill measured q foot
higher than ia the ircshct al 1855 and
was about thirty feet above low wafer
mark at the railroad bridge. il being
nearly la the top ot tho pier. The wa
ter has not been 50 high since Nav 1852.
when il was two or three i"et higher
At Norridgcwock. but little damage
was done. Tho water measured - feet
above low water marx aud Wa oul,
seven inches higher in l-S.
Al Madison Bridge the -tarrh aut
sash and blind factories w~rr much dam
aged aud the town bridge ovcr,h cana
destroyed. Barns near hv were al,
destroyed. Below Skowhcgan Mr.. \
Leighton lost ten acres Of corn AMI has
hi. hay injured by the barn being flowed
Little injury was sustained by th'
Somerset Mili- people beyond the sweep
ing away OF about 400 logs in the Ken
ncbcc will be- saved.
On the Pisca.aqui- the lo>- ol $50
worth al logs aud the destruction q
crops will bc tho principal damage.
But il was in Washington Count,
that tie greatest fury of the storm va
expended From Robbinsion to Calais
distance Of Il miles. there j. hardly
person who hA. not had a barn. shci .
house more ar lc-, damaged or trcc- up
rooted. II j. the same from Calais {,
Z Princeton. some fifteen barns and house
having been uurooird. blown down. q
Z injured il some way. Ga the Iiitl
Ridge. on the -. stephen side. there !
hIriiv barn left standing. onc maj
near the Rolling Dam. had hi- bari
blown down. aud a hor-c. woke IL oxen
two COWS AMI hog Killed. We hra
&c quite a number 81 persons hAvin.
been severely injured bY falling build
ings In Calais aud ~. ~icphcn TIA
damage j. immense. Mlc- oil fence
wcr,, Frustrated. barns and two or thr,,
dwelling hou-s- DESTROYED a. We men
toned Nr,irriAt Ia PcrrA l. barn..
or : houses and some other building
we're unnpafci rr blown down. ia urari,
eSery case the latter. In Pembroke ,
barns were blown down besides niue
Other damage. Ia Charlotte barn
were blown down and . cows and tw
horses Killed.
\ correspondent AT Calais. Maine
states that new barquc of 500 ton.
which lett =. Andrews, y. b.. on IN
day. t. load deals at Leprclux. wa
Il ivcn a.hlr, al Bliss Island aud wen
pieces. All hands wcTr lost. inclndin
twelve men and the pilot. IL ais
states that all Of the marine railway
Dir, docks and slips are full of wrecke
vessels. aud th~r, are some twelve o
fifteen vessels of Calais that have not We
tccu heard from. More than one hun
lrrd barns and houses have been blow
down within four mile. 81 Calais Fpu
men were killed aud quite a nuinbc
badly hurt. The gale Of last >eptcmb-
j. considered by the people Their. a. 4
irifiing importance compared with III
recent terrific storm. The gale did no
reach Aroo,took County.
The Ea-rport Sentinel ha- come {
han with particular. OF lhc devastation
in that region Between the hour. NJ
aud . on MONDAY night the storm cul
minated ia one al the most fearful tor
nadocs known along the coast. la East
port itself great trees were torn up b,
the roots aud hurled about by the gale
houses We're unrooicd. and the terrific,
! Ittl ~. Il 81 l..
streets: chimnevs Were blown down
aud the shipping in the hzrbor blown {.
destruction. We copy from the .ssatiarl
account: "A number OF small craft
were living in the cove AT the Salt Work
and were all more or les injured tw,
small -hing schooner, bciny completed,
wrecked. The Elba Iron Work propert,
was somewhat damaged. The whar
property and buildings on the eastern
side of the salt Work., owned by Mr.
Aaron Wcbber, were carried away
His fishing schooner, aboard OF which
was 700 quintals of Goldfish. his entir,
season, work. was driven ashore witt
heavy damage 10 vessel and cargo. Tn.
los cannot be less than $1,000. Tn.
wharf AT Bucknam's point. owned b,
Richard Young, was carried away al>1
smoke-house and establishment ioI
Putting up finnan haddies. owned b,
same party. The wharf owned bv Herr,
Harris was carried away leaving moth
ing to view except the beach strewr
with logs and drilt-wood Mr.. Johr
Young fishing schooner the IT ndaunt
ed. which was at anchor near his sh
ing establishment below the ship ward
drifted ashore on the rocks and lodges
aud was crushed TO atoms also wharf
damaged 10 some extent. Loss 5000
a fish house near same place, belonging
TO Mr.. Hallet, WAS blown down, the
falling tinbers and boards striking
Lorenzo and Alvin .ialIet. who were
passing, and inflicting severe injuries
About ninety feet OF Messrs. Peabody 4
Cummings wharf formerly the Buck
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