The Portland daily press., 1895-04-11
The Ice Left Sandy River.

Phillips, April 10.-Ihe ice left the
Sandy river at Phillips Tuesday after
noon about 3 o'clock, with all its old
time roar and boom. 1t has been several
years since the ice has gone out with a
rush and so Tuesdays spectacle was
watched with unusual interest by large
crowos on the bridge and along the riv-
erside. The heavy ice in the mill pond
held the down-coming foes and formed
dam under the Phillips s. Rangeley
railroad bridge. The ice piled higher
ana higher beneath the bridge, but not
till it was within four feet ssof the tim
bers did the barrier below give way-and
then for half an hour the torrent poured
over the dam and through the rocky
gorge below Three miles above kthe
village on W hat Is known as the Daven-
port flats the ice has formed q dangerous
dam extending up river for over Il quar-
ter Of a mile. The ice has piled over
the intervale and is now within a few
feet Of the Phillips & Rangeley track.
Ii the water rises it may wash out the
track as it did four years ago when
trains were much delayed and much
damage done to railroad property. A
special train was sent out at five O'Clock
Wednesday morning, to clear the track if
necessary, for the regular at $40. The
ice will probably leave the ponds above
within two or three weeks. Up at Dead
river the ice is "rottingn fast and the
streams will soon be clear.
The Storm at Lagrange.
Lagrange, Me-. April l0.-The storm
Of Tuesday has made sad havoc with the
roads in Lagrange, making bad wash
outs. The upper dam across Dead
Stream went out. carrying the bridge
with it, and for time endangered the
mill of T.S. Heald & Son.
Worst Since 1857.
worst freshet since 1857 is prevailing
here. The Delaware river is double it's
usual height at this point and Penns Man
or is vast sheet of water. = Canal boats
are in a bad position. The tracks of the
Amboy division of the Pennsylvania
railroad are submerged for seven miles.
Several Washouts Reported.
Brattleboro, VT, April 1O.-The Con-
necticut river has risen rapidly today
and tonight is nearly at high water
mark. A washout on the doosac Iun-
mel and Wilmington railroad Interrupted
traffic on that line, and trains on tn
New London Northern branch ars con-
siderably delayed by washout of about
forty feet of the road bed, three miles
south of BrattleborO
High Water in the Merrimac.
Nashua,N. H., April 1O-The water in
the Nashua and NeIrimac rivers has been
rising rapidly today. especially in the lat
toy which iS inrrea Gin II, vo1u.,,o Eo,,r
inches and hour ,and is n CIV nine feet above
water mark. The Jackson company's mills
will not run Thursday on account of back
water, which has troubled them today. The
Nashua river is rising gradually, but has
not reached much above the ordinary for
this season of the year. Salmon brook is
rising rapidly.
Half a NJ ilIion of Logs Went Adrift.
Machias, April 10.-It rained steadily
for thirty-six hours and freshet oc-
CURED in the river. Thirty feet of the
half .assmillion of logs ran into the tide
waters. The flume in Getlhell's grist
mill has gone out, stopping the electric
lights for few weeks.
Limington Felt the Storm.
Special to the PREsS.)
Linington, April 10.-A thunder
shower, the first for the season, passed
over this section of the country Tuesday
night at a little EEast midnight. The
lightning was very sharp, the thunder
heavy and large rainfall. The streams
are much swollen. The rain of Tuesday
and Tuesday night have removed almost
the last vestige of snow. 1t is hoped the
rain will "settle" the travelling, as the
roads for the past few days nave been
awful"
Lightning Struck in Ten Places in Atl.ol,
AthoI, Mass, April 10.-Last nights
storm raised havoc with everything