Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-25

Al day Yesterday c-o~is OF people linsd
! the ORES on both sides If the river oppos IL
The uiy, wetrhng the progress Of 5hr
/ fr.shtt. Tn, water hal neen steadily rlsitR
during MoBjaY night, aud wbe v
yesterday morning dayntd it was
r,uniat ihst ther. a. been tJal
ti.coi ii = let snd the water WAS sui
Gi-ug yspid A. f-w minutes pas,
o'c Ocs IN he forenoon a hugo piece nj
horr' ice BE- anne disl0dx d from thu
| 4 "olI h ids IT the rtver. ant ssingins
n c,me down to~srd the brtigs, the swift
cYten earring Il heavily against the
nrtse Tie sst spsu ard lie draw ~.
ti.td tie btu1t Of The shock and stood Il
LIB y, sHhough 'he ice pivd up the vi rs
d, ! br ke, geat mAss,- hve feet III *
Il attvs ;i1.u the RIVER. 1t WAS msg1lf
GET s.ht. The west, or Gar
dmr span Of the b-i';se. supported
utrlaily ~ uPught pass. received it,
share II the blow cut the force was 81
sttN' ,hst he upr'2ht- were snspp.d 10 tive
tlA lbe span dropped suddenly nestiy a
foo, vhsH the suud truss crexked aid
.nslpet. hut hung fast and held up h.
.tfuctufe. At the ire fuzzy fifty peopl-
were wstchrg The food tram the bridge
wuip's srd when IL dropped they fed
ga H. stricken fr m i, expecting every IN
,tsat that the timbers would break and dror
/ me vhpia structure into the see hing curreot
below The spectators on the shore were
be athiess until assured that the peopi.
hat escaped The bridge was pronounced
dangerous ard was pr mply clos:d By the
ely authorizes, only foot passengers being
allowed TO cr-ss. A. O'Clock 10 the
afteruo II the ice broke rear the Knicker-
booker houses in Chelsea ard came down in
large fields. str king the east piers Of the
bridge with lmmeuse free. Til. structure
was firm however, ard successfully with
stood the continued shochs.. The ice was
fully two feet thick snd solid Aside from
the dsmsge to the bridge the floating ice
and depris has doae much other damage
Il crushed In tie north end Of
the Berry coal shed. wrecked the frs isht
house on the steamer Islanders
wharf. carried away Jewet,'s boom and $50
| logs near the town landing, carried away
ice elevators and shipping runs st Rich
and the Knickerbocker's ice houses, move d
the back of Whites livery stable in Ran
dolph. cut the corner from the large co al
shed on the government wharf in Randolph
aud caused considerable loss of property
BY backing into the CELLARS of the Water
street. stores. early all OF which have thr. e
or four feet of water in them. In Ran
dolp the river rose so high ths, the track of
the kenne bee Central Railroad WAS covered
With foot of water and the c.rs and
engines were taken to the Nation Al
Home terminus. The trains on this
line did not run into X Randolph further than
the Centennial ice house. The county TO ID
st the ice houses aud at Little rogus stream
was three feet under water. aad foot pas
sengers we're ferried over. All tesmiua
between the two places will be suspended
Gnsil the water Subsidies, so that new brace
ssr DE placed uudsr the west span of the
bridge. The river il cleAr from here to q
point about one mile below South Gardir e,
~hsre it is jsmued up opposite Haley 4
ice houses and 10 liable 10 remain there a.
HE ice below is sclii. Itfuftner rain come
or The ice c. me dos from Halo veil, where
it 10 badly jsmmed, feAfs ale entertained
that the jan st South GsIdioer would cause
the ~Ster to back Up so a. 10 be very high
here and do much damsge. A schooner
moored NJ Lawfencs's mill broke away
wheo the ice went down yeeterdsy af,er-
nom. and but for the prompt action of the
mil. hsncs che would have been cot in two
ia The jam. At 6 O'Clock lat night the
water vas falling rap dIy, ard If he .,rons
,bs tide does not STARE the am at HAllox e Il
1t IS probable that no further damage ~iEl
done. Fully 5000 peo,le watched tie
Jan s. it CRASHED ~gsin.t the bridge, yes%r.
dsy afternoon. smorx them many old resi-
dsrss xho Say thNf he bridse sever before
~ss called upon to stand 80 severe test.