The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-17
THE FLOOD.
New Iron Bridge at Bar Mills
Destroyed.
ALARMING LANDsLIDES REPORTED
AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

Damage it Did-Excitiug Scenes Yester-
day at West Buxton-Stories of Damage
by the Flood Still Coming in-At Most
] Points the Water is Receding.
Especial to the PRESS.)
West Buxton, April 16-Ten minutes be-
fore the second span of the big iron bridge
! that spans or rather once spanned the Saco
at this point. went down, this afternoon,
a PRESS reporter stood on the outer brink
and watched the madIy rushing waters as
| they swayed the great iron structure to and
fro. This was at S.05, at 3.l5 the gigantic
mass of wood aid iron, weighing in the
neighborhood of forty tons, was tossing like
an eggshell in the foaming scething waters
of the Saco. .At $50 this afternoon the
bridge at Salmon Falls on the Saco. another
| big iron affair. was carried away along
| with the piers and abutments. This bridge
was nearly ESQ feet in length and cost near
| ly $4,000 to construct. 1t is feared that the
| bridge at Bar Mills, which is also built of
iron will go next as one OF the piers has
partially washed away. At six o'clock to-
night the water in the river was still rising
| mt the rate OF an inch an hour. The dwell
ing house, store and shop of Frank Smith,
which was high and dry this morning. at 2
| O'Clock this afternoon could only be reached
| by boat. being completely surrounded by
water. The water is nearly seven feet
| deep in the basement of the post office, over
which William H. Boulter presides. The
| village school house is also fooled as are
| the dwelling houses of John Bergman,
Joseph f. Sands. Benjamin Partridge,
James Bergman and Henry n Berry
oarn o"nea oy Chafles Dunn IS anoat with
al 10 oon'en's' nas toppieu over on one
sue s anu oias ialf TO follow the current.
nelo 10 .oo' oi water ID Ihe celiar OF A.
y. hoiu store on Maln.stIeet' that mas
oa1 Aeu up 'hroagn drain pipe. Inc bux-
o,o;1oa - 49, -, - 10
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tha hrias,o ~ vast e,'u y
bniIdints IN +1,a p,,vto Ia III.
anxions y,+objno ~, ha+I, -. - ~ ""s
al 1ast niab+ a,d ,si,a.a,,s 80 ,.'. :.
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wba,, J..r,,s cow LII - - - loou :.
+aa rive, sanl ~ EeI1;. ~
| < s0 +bis ncornin, toLir,. ,,,;.1 - - : :
| five foot Of +ba ,,1o H.. do 49,
covered to the de,,+b of ,,ina To-.
s,ant tna old nil, crasI,ad - -.
b,idoo Tbar ec1,oa,,
timber and IN ,oss tive ,I,a,, =, -,
Il th. firs+ snan of +ha H., h-td.s - - - ~
Hollis side was rent .srna.r 80 80.
| fat oo;,o down s+raa,, +o's,.ac, h:.,
tbi,bar 1ka a ~ of oort ,,nt1 - str,a,.
ranids seyera1 bnndrod y.rds bo1o, -
IL is nresr,,,ad tha ,,oiaht - ~ - -.
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from riew Nav+ wo,4 +ha A. ,o,,aa 20 -
saco Piver woo1on nil, s,,,,,o 60. a..
| ~ooe.a .4,,,o4,,..e On. 10 e1', A"'
penstock lending from tie dam to the
factory.
Than fo1Iowed oovaA foot s+.t,o
Inv Mrs Cnar,otte Flandars This 49,,
ri.ht side mn until o,cloc,, wha,, -
| reached the boom at Par Ni1ls five Ill
below West Rnxton WIEN - str,,o, 49,
boom II SWIM, around and ana ua,,;vs
motin,1ass on,onr ,,o,foox 49, - -,
Here number of bovs ran ont on IN tba
aoatino Ioos and m.na.ad 80 ,,a+ 49,, 49,
stable. Thev had baen tbere b,,+ ta,r
moments yben .bov b.ord ,ois. 80
knew that the hoom had nortod IN +beiu
eyci,ement and mad efor, 70 ,a+ ~ -
DANCER eaveral took q ,,Iupoa -, bo ,,rJd,-
water among tbe rolling nitohine, 1,as o,d
debris. but with the excention Of En,ene
Tovle. a bow Of ifteen thew all ,eonhod ~.
shore in safety II, fear1n, that ha uorId
be swept down The river -toor rafroa IN tha
branches of q free that had withs+ood Tho
onslaught of the rushino watars Fron, bjs
perilous position he wstcbed.tbe destruction
of the sta BILE he had with the otbars .o re-
Gently occupied. as il was dashed .to nieces
against the granite niers of Tho Portland
and Rochester railroad bridoe a onarter of
mile below.
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tnrned with biz, 80 49, -, M, is
now within :, faw 70 - 1s:.,,.s+
noint tho, - ra.ohoa a,,,;. -an1a
aood of ,sro In ,onru1.s a.. s~;.co
ro.Js orc oora,ad -, ~ -. -. "a
four feat or1,or,s o,o ,,.ahos 80 - ~.
roads ara i,,n.ssab1a