The Portland daily press., 1886-09-16

cross lg the Red Bridge, an axle under the
tender suddenly broke and dropped on the
track in such way as to throw the first cal
| from the iron. Then the next left the rails
| and the next until five had been derailed
| They ran several hundred feet before the
| train could be stopped, and tore up the
loaded, save one, a stock car, which was
thrown bottom side up and considerably
smashed. The others were all smashed and
piled upon and acrosss the track in an inde-
scribable manner. None of the freight,
which was made up of flour and general
merchandise, was greatly damaged, and
strange to say, not man on the train was
injured in the least.
The down mail train from st. John arrived
at the scene on time, but was unable to pass.
and about o'clock train was sent up from
Bangor and transfer of the sixty pas SEN
gers and eighty pieces of baggage made.
Drowned.
BATH, Sept. 15.-Walter Hamlin, aged s
years, fell from Sagadahoc ferry slip this af-
ternoon, and was drowned.
A Maine Sea Captains Testimonial.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-The British board
of trade has awarded testimonials to the
master of the schooner Fannie E. Gorham, of
Belfast, Me-, for services rendered steam er
Oregon, sunk off Fire island, March 14th
Annual Meetings OF the Lewiston
Corporations.
LEWISTON, Sept. 15.-The Lewiston corpo-
rations held their annual meetings today as
follows:
ANDRoSCoGGIN MILLS.
Clerk, A. P. Winslow;. Treasurer, G. F.
Fabyan; Directors, !. ". Walker, Jacob
Edwards, Charles I'll. Fiske, E. Piers0n
Beebe, Geo. f. Fabyan, Grant Walker Eben
d. Jordan.
LEWISTON BLEAcHERY AND DYE WORKS.
Directors, Jacob Edwards, w. b. Wood, L.
w. Walker, George Dexter, Thomas Wiggles-
worth; Treasurer, W. B. Wood Clerk, j. A.
Walsh.
CONTINENTAL MILLS.
Clerk R. c. Pennell; Treasurer. W. B.
Wood; Directors, Nathan Cushing, E. J..
Wood Lyman Nichols, Cyrus Wakefield, W.
b. Wood.
HILLMAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Clerk, F. S. Sands; Treasurer, F. T. Rich
ardson; Directors, j. G. Abbott, N. c. Whit
ney, f. l.. Richardson, Thomas Nesmith
Lyman Nichols, G. F. Putnam.
LEWISTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
Directors, M. I. Bodin, A. o. Granger,
Randall Morgan, Seth NJ Carter, j. B. Cot
ton; Clerk, A. G. Glasgow; Treasurer, S. T.
Bodin: President, j. b. Cotton.
FRANKLIN COMPANY.
Clerk, W. D. Pennell; Treasurer, W. B.
Woods; Directors, Lyman Nichols, W. B.
Wood, E. l.. Wood, N, Gushing, F. l.. Rich
ardson, w. f. Frye, Jacob Edwards.
IEvIcTnN NJ A f,tIrxrE foNp
Directors, C. j. Barker, j. Dempsey, J. W.
Farwell, N. Dingley, Jr., l.. s. Shaw, E. Z.
Gile, E. l.. Davis; Clerk and Treasurer, f.
Kelley.
UNION WATER POWER COMPANY.
President, J. G. Abbott; Treasurer, w. B.
Wood; Clerk, J. B. Cotton; Directors, j. G.
Abbott, W. b. Wood, f. A. Walker, w. P.
Frye, Jacob Edwards.
BATES MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Treasurer, Jacob Edwards; Clerk, R. W.
Potter; Directors, j. w. Clark. ID. n. Rich
ards, j. Edwards, j. H. Gray, II. FL. Hill, M.
Kimball, j. Wentworth Brown.
LINCOLN MILLS.
Clerk, w. D. Pennell; Treasurer, w. B.
Wood; Directors, l.. Nichols, w. B. Wood,
n. Gushing, f. l.. Richardson, W. p Frye,
j. Edwards.
"Bro." Pratt Receives His Commits
sion-
PHILLIPS, Sept. 14-"Bro." Pratt, who
was appointed postmaster of Phillips some
time ago. but whose papers were suspended
until after election, received his commission
Monday night, after the polls were closed.