Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-02
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rau,men,s % the Kepnsb~c Log Driviag
Csnpanys dam At Aoosehead Lake sfs
ones more In order. The Fairfield Journal
Of .nis week comes 90, With long article
rssarding this dan Ard the horrible cocse-
ausnees that would ensue we're this 70 be
carried svsy. In this article comparison
of What would happen vere the dam to give
way 10 made with the horross that did hap
pen when the dam st Johpstown gave ssy.
! From this comparison the writer aeducss
The eoncl usion that the vide spread death
aad dsstrue,i n q, Johnsosn would be
exceeded by the horrors along the kenne-
bee valley. The following are extracts
from the fairfield Journals article
!. Here is body Of water 35xlz miles in
extent or 100 square miles. The dam vas
4 erected many years ago And 10 owned and
managed by the Ksnnebec Log Driving Co.
/, il. 400 feet in length and some Is feet
high. Is 10 built Of logs and loaded
With stone Each year 1t 10 repaired - far
n outward show reveals the need Of IT, The
foot Of the dam 10 the same that il was
when built 40 or 80 years ago and is 10
claimed that being under water it 10 pre-
served intact. The dam f2isss the Lake
some eight feet
Belo~ is the climax Of the catastrophe
which our contemporary depicts we're the
dam to be carried away
A more appalling disaster could not be
81 % ana n
In modern times ~ this would be. The
nood would Of course follow the course Of
the river very largely AMI ii would sweep.
all before il. Think for q moment what .
disaster awaits this region. Il would be
without village or city on the banks Of
the KenDehee, not . mill nor = factory nor
even 4 store Of any sort. II would make
panpers Of hundreds Of men now In pros
perons circumstances, il would throw thous-
and. Of workmen out of employment. The
damage could only be estimated Ia millions
OF money aud good many Of them too.
not to speak of the terrible loss Of human
life The distance the water would have to
pass before reaching thickly settled sections
OF the State would b. the only hope from
+ terrific human slaughter.
Thinking it best that few of the resid-
ents along the Kennebec should survive
death by fright Of this impending p cstss-
trophe to take their chances on its occur
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one side depicted in the most glowing col
ors. il was deemed best to hear what men,
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