Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-06-06

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ANDR0sCoGoN.
The Grand Trunk il building q new sta.
/ ton at Mechanic Falls. short distance this
side of the old one. The new building will
probably be ready for occupation in July, and
will be good one. 1t is . needed improve
ment.-
The logs in the Androscogein have been
piled upon each other to . height of fifteen
feet. about one mile up the river above Lewis
ton, notes the Journal.
Sarah Deering and Ida Hank, two girls
from St. John. N. B., narrowly escaped suffo-
cation At the Dewitt House in Lewiston, Fri
day night. When they retired they ..blew
OUT their gas. Fortunately an open window
in their room saved their lives.
CUMBERLAND.
John E. Preston. Brunswick, has been
granted patent No. 25S, GA, for a wrench.
Thunder and sharp lightning. with heavy
shower were noticed at Portland in Sunday
evenings storm.
The Portland Company are building q To-
comotives for the Northern Pacific, one for
the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain, and two
excursion cars for the Orchard Beach rail-
road.
The Montgomery Guards of Portland have
voted not to go to Lewiston on the Fourth of
July.
HANCOCK.
serious accident happened to the Faneuil
Hall and Sullivan mine at West Sullivan.
last week. On Friday last the shaft of the
mine was supposed to be l65 feet deep, from
which crosscut had been driven in a south
erly direction and a reported distance of about
$50 feet reached, when seam of quartz was
encounted which had the appearance of a
vein. The supposed vein was penetrated, and
found TO be about Is inches wide. By the
opening and cutting of this vein, large vol.
ume OF water was found percolating through
the bed or mass of river gravel and wash
boulders which made itself manifest back of
the vein. While putting in an additional
pump, to relieve the mine, a rushing sound of
water warned the two men engaged in that
work. and they sprang for the bucket, the
water rising in the shaft for a considerable
distance about as fast as the bucket contain.
ing the men could be hoisted to the surface.
The shaft is now nearly full of water, which
ls rising and falling with every change of the
tide, and it is generally believed the whole
Of the work will be total loss to the COM
pany. and that the tools, pumps and machin-
cry now remaining under ground cannot
be recovered.
kENNEBEC.
Charles Wing, lad II years of age, son
of Thomas l.. Wing of Wayne, met with a
sad accident in JohnsOn's wooden mill at
Wayne. June I'd. He was employed in the
card room, and while cleaning the cards his
right hand was caught between them, and his
arm drawn in and terribly mutilated. the
muscles and cords torn of, leaving the bones
bare from the wrist to midway between the
elbow and shoulder, making amputation
necessary.
SAGADAHOC.
The steamer Valera now connects with the
Star of the East at Bath for Boothbay and
other landings.
GOss & Sawyer at Bath have recently laid
the KEEL of the largest vessel that has ever
been built there. She will be between 22OO
and 23O0 tons. Messrs. Deering 4 Donnell
are now building schooner of 400 tons for
New Bedford parties. She will be launched
in about three weeks. They are building
two fishing schooners for Gloucester parties,
each about l2O tons; one is framed and
partly ceiled, and they are getting out the
frames for the other. They are also getting
out the frames for two more three masted
schooners, one of 44O and one Of 500 tons.
One frame is in the yard, the other in
Pittston.
"The cliff" at York, one of the sights of
the town, can only be reached BY a road
which passes through private property; this
road is closed by gate, and carriages are
permitted to pass only on payment of %
cents toll.
At Old Orchard, Saturday afternoon, limo
thy Crowley Of Biddeford, while employed in
stating Nathaniel Curriers' new building. fell
distance Of 35 feet, striking upon his face
and side, injuring him very seriously. He
was taken to his home in Biddeford.
AT LARGE.
The following business changes for the past
week are reported:
Bangor. c. Young, pumps. sold to T.
F. Cassidy.
Brewer-Kellen & Sparks, tinware, dis
solved; now Henry T. Sparks.
Gardiner-F. A. Aver & Co., boots and
shoes, now F. A. Aver
Portland-W. o. Jones & Co., machinsts,
dissolved.
Waterville-Clark Pinkham, market, now
E. w. Clark.