, 1870-02-24
AN ICE FRE6HET IN MAINE

GFcnx Flood In the Kcnncbec Val.
lcy-TcIegrnph Lines PFo~iraaed
mud Bridges swept nsEay-t:rent
Damage to tie Lunbering In.
xerrhla.
SkowHEGAs, Feb. ea-The heayy rain Of Fr.d.y
n'Rh1 rasrd Tie water in the ktnpeoec aLd IA
uinntsll.s 20 an unprecedented height for to!s
e u pis: ss IL Il III ss @ sss a 4
q oamsges- The ieltgraaa loes 'sss north "a
from above Scion. wnese dan. dan.
sss ss 70 I. M cens'dsras!e exteas was done 20 MUS
Madison and SolriogawLce acrols The KsnsepH
9sfe feeh sWent away by the ice. The ifethe. IN
SaDqat 1t nea "a ~ iss % .oa1 Va.
y ont from Anton to AuRus1a. Il not further un.
There has oeen i,tsle OF no damage done ii 1hIs
Saturday right causlng Il 10 be ptled up IN noze
Mnls |. nsht About coeo. ss:utda1, ne s.ses
tae da@sEs could = atrested, ) Fit nity ess less
er Of 7 ey m. 'e2 wns e fSs; ea
road. and . crew furnished BY superintendent
fcses, OF sne Ma!ne CeLtr4l, wnrkei ali night 10
itE. More thsu one thousand sleepef& aud otner
ttnbr1 we're used 10 build np tue break Tne
Hyer tcened to he one yast nav OF broken Ice
and ,te Ice ptifd upon ihs shores Ike II sea wsn.
crushing fences aud leaving huge boudtrs ot LIS
s, a ~ i 9sa IT, aansss ~ ne
u probable that The brld2A over the rivera have
been A*eps a*a!. II The lfeshei If followed h5 a
n.ttl be sery 9feaL The losses Of rae bridges 1t
AAc!tou and Ser,dgc ~ock wilt te aetlou,ly fe!t
hJ the pupl'c- The xzrer Al SorrNl2s1oce vas
ESe tcet h1gact than IN OCTOBER, csoAe1 by . IAN
Arcrs1A, F.a ea-rhs uos. dea.suc.,7e r,e,a,;
day. Esrly Friday o'E'pg severe fatu.s:osu
CONNER ced here ald lated nntI Sass1dly noon
lsr. y Of snow xas on tae ssoaun, whic1
WAS alEott carried oD, Ard thia, uddetl 70 lae
great Amnnrt Of HA'er whlc1 fri, has created
trenetdo1s frtthet on The ksnneber Hiver.
ah.s notntPe , sss Ice s.ye va, here sod
termed an tn.meEse ice dam. The wa'cr rrse
rapidly here to TIC height OF twenty-five
way atoye The dam and came do4n 1,:h tIeni ~.
ieet loDg, Ct the Foitlaid K Kenneoec Hs.itoai
pretcnt tine, though Il Is unsafe for trasel
AZ Waiefyillc about nisJ feet OF railroad was
Al vassalborn the railroad bridges oscr Seven
nle Brook snd another small stream were crashed
| IL The city tic eamags carnot be ezt.mst.d
TIE wats: fotc 70 rlpoiy that goods IN .hs base
| ccud net be removed. aud ~ immense arnount Of
! property OF sA k!pus ~ss destroyed. The site Of
h.6 ". sprARuc's tMsnIitc:uriua conpaoy, new
rti Is en'lIe osetrt~ed, MD nlso ,ae nrsi md
fccond troles Of tie old u.llI vnca had lust been
| rlled with rev machinery. They esti1a'e th.ir
damage al eie.d0o. Lameeyts large iloo foundry
| on the cAAt side Ct the river Is sppnef2eI Wnicn
| Will occasion g!tat cRnage. Tue mills aud dam
| on Bo1d > Brook ale innLdattd, but 10 estimate
Of the damages can he tuade.
| At Hsilok ell nearly tte whola business pos-
I ton Of Water sreet H Dvef1oEed. In nAnv OF
| The stotea water II Elk feet H>'rp on tho aIeet
| door, Many Merchants mostA sueir Roofa Away
| 10 htate, hrt the lBfrcr Part we're dcttfoyed.
| Same lU1 or 200 dwellings, in the lover part OF
| the city were nuAted from their fouud.toDs AID
| oveEtnrItd, and many families are rendered
| horEs.cEs sesera. res ice.aousts which have
| ihfc!y becn erected and partly died have teeu
/ carried away. AL tue ice N tic river fer more
tbzn nf'y miles ho0ye u here packed In one solid
| UtEs, forming an ice4 dam.
| At Gatdleer ibe Ice ta stl1 1Ynl. Tho
, water has riteu co1Fite1ah!y, though Eotblng
! 10 whar Il has b en- here ana at Hallo~elL
THIS place being below tho gTeAt leo dan,
| the gEsater part Of Tho CITY arouni the
| cerot 10 oveitloved. and considerable dan.ze
| to the fumee1 Stored tnece has oeen done. Snoald
the ice give wuy At HaIio~ell II would aweep
| ali hefrfe H., md the destruction OF property
| there would he pteat+ Il ts estimated tn4I the
canake 10 the Portland and kenneorc Railroad
| Ia {1bD, Geo. Arrangements hare alresdJ beeu
| male to EebullH the bridges imnedtsre1y. Great
| excitement hns prevailed here day, auh ctoHds
| tf rfurtt PA!beted on the Atreefe eEh bnnkS c1
| the r1vlr 10 <ttues4 the grand SPECTACLE.
! LATEH-ln:srr M-Hrpo1ts trnm up The rtye1
sia' tnat large thIu OF ice II BfIoat AID rseai
| f+ars arc ertertslbcd :oF the IaGefy OF the city
| hridFe hsrc. The water atill holds up 10 ltE
| b'ghtat potLt.