The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21

| A series Of very interesting revival meetings
sre being held at Congress street NJ +. church
! with encouraging results
| The Marginal Way has been SO filled in that
| passage can be had from Gould's wharf to Tux
ey's bridge.
A two cent piece was extracted from the
throat of a young son OF Mrs. Hatch, who re-
| sides on Free street. The coin had been lodg-
| ed in the throat about six months.
A new fire escape was tested at the United
| States Hotel yesterday The test proved un-
satisfactory, and so will be repeated at noon to-
| day. 1t is claimed that by means of this es-
cape man can let himself down from any
height in very short time.
The Portland Stone Ware COMPANY are
building wharf on the Marginal Way with a
frontage of 200 feet
The total receipts from the pultry show were
$1,000.
Depuy Williams arrested man from Bry-
ants Pond last night. who informed him conf
dentially that he came to town to buy Lincoln
Park for sheep pasture. 1t suited him and he
thought he should purchase He was very in
dignant at being arrested while on business. 1t
lsneedless to say that the man was drunk.
DESTRUCTION OF THE EASTERN RAILROAD
BRIDGE.-The Eastern Railroad covered bridge
that crosses the Saco river between Biddeford
and Saco was totally destroyed by fire yester-
day afternoon. When the fire was first discov-
cred, about twenty minutes past one o'clock,
the fire was between the second and third piers
from the Biddeford side. An alarm was sound
ed but before the engines got on hand and at
work the strong wind had caused the fire to
spread rapidly and soon the whole bridge was
enveloped in fame The thick, black smoke
rolled to the south, falling over the Hanson
steam mill, and the wind caused the sparks to
fall upon the mill thick and fast. For a time
it looked as it the mill would be burned, but the
fact that the roof of the bridge was timed,
preventing the flames and sparks from rising,
and the exertions of those persons early at the
scene of the ise prevented its destruction. The
fire is supposed to have caught from freight
train which passed east five minutes to one
O'Clock. The bridge was about 800 feet long,
and it is estimated that it will 1000 to re-
place it.
The Eastern Railroad Company has arranged
for the transferring of passengers from the de
pot in Biddeford by the way of Somes bridge to
the railroad at Somesville in Saco instead of
attempting to cross on the ice. Hacks have
been engaged to transport passengers.
The Eastern Railroad Company are taking
energetic measures for the building of new
bridge. Mr.. Batchelder, the general manager
in this city, informs us that a temporary pile
bridge will be Immediately put up, The piles
are now on the way, and work will be begun
this morning. In week it will be completed.
The pile driver will be stationed on the ice,
which it strong enough to bear it, Meanwhile
work on the permanent bridge will be carried
on. Very likely the new one VIII be an iron
suspension bridge The passengers will be car
ried over on the ice this morning, but hereafter
will be transferred in hacks. Not more than
ten minutes will be wasted in transferment.
By the courtesy of the Portland and Roches-
ter Railroad there will be no delay in the for
warding of freight. The Rochester will take
freight bound for Portland and points east at
its junction with the Conway branch of the
Eastern, and will switch in on the Maine Cen
trail at MorrilPs Corner. The freight to Bidde-
foro will of course be carried wi thout trouble
The Pullman train from Bangor got no fur
Their than this city last night. No Pullman left
Boston, but a train was made up here for Ban
gor at the usual time.