The Portland daily press., 1895-04-16
WASHOUT CAUSED A WRECK ON
WILD RIVER RAILROAD.
Travel interrupted at South Paris-Bdges
Buildings aud Dams Swept Aay-
Lumber Adrift in the Saco-High Tater
Causes Trouble at Westbrook.


| So,tb poris Anvil rs M r;..1 Adoz
coeqin a riyer rsrol1v oon+an+ n ,rI ~,
wheels of numerops mills o,ono its,anL.
and mako no fuss abor+ = .rosa -,
might last niebr and causad M al =
trona1e In tbis village 81 stor+ed ~ srb
stantia1 iron hi, ,bwav br;doa frol ~,
| niers The annroeobaS 10 +ha ooraa
wooden .bridoe we're bnried bareatb IN !,
five feet of water The orist mill oA,a n
N Trne estate sufrared seyara,r "a and
being knocked ont
The greatest damaoe bowever wa,o ~.
Grand Trunk railroad track at bov,s
Falls. six or seven miIas from hero the
road to West Paris Hara tho railro. rr,
nm tine risht hank of tho s4rao,ns +h,,,,I, =
gorge 80 narrow that tpera ia room, IT. for
the track. the highway and a few bIdinos
which seem to he clinginp to The b;llia ,or
fear of Shining into tbe water NJ ,,on
/ tbrouph the gorge is tbe falls oxo,.,b,ob
the water descends in a. sbee, ma, faa+
About a rod above the fall ia ,oodoa
bridge on which the highway coas +ba
tream. Now Yesterday. when the H,va
opened their flood gates the stren,obova
The fall rose so rapidly that the o.. no
/ of watar could not all escape tsa ~
gorge. and SO spread out above h falls
covering the highway and raiIroa,ack 10
a depth of four or five feet. Theme water
ran down the ditch by the side ofe track
below the falls, and cutaway til gravel
until the ends of the sleepers weirestiny
on air.
Section Foreman n. E, Swan wan hand
early and staid on the spot last MT. He
knew the tricks the river can plawben il
gets on a ramuaee, for it has madronb1a
here before. AS the water roseeadilv
over the track until Mr.. Swan coulot see
the top of the fence along side. he f. ont
warnings in both directions, and tor
pedoes planted on the rails to stop,roon-
ing trains. When morning dawned, river
about the dam looked like a lake. TRACK
had disappeared from sight for ,ance
of nearly quarter of mile. The awav
bridge stood bravely at its post in tnidst
of the food, which under it broke i1foam
crested waves as it tumbled over tall. |
a distance of thirty teet, 10 send u1puds |
of spray as it went roaring along onway
down stream. The approaches to rhidge |
were many feet under water. Aero the |
stream from the railroad track the lare
whits school rose like an islandthe
midst of the sea, the water being upthe
floor level.
Mr.. Swan mustered his forces aSl the
water went down the men wS,N TO ito
repair damages. the morning traiRch
way were stopped at South and Westis.
respectively, The train from Portlarre-
| turning to that city in the time of thin
which was stopped above the break,he
stream went down about as rapidly it
rose. When at II o'clock, Master of Is
portation Woodman and the PRESS vs.
pondent visited the scene of the wut
going up on a locomotive, which seff
those torepdoes planted by MIR. Swaae
track had appeared above the wate4d
the work of putting it in shape for 81
was well along. 1t was then expectedt
tie afternoon trains would pass thh
all right.aTo repair the track, aleeperte
braced under the ends of the sleepersn
beneath which the gravel had been WI. =
The work was we'll done and the pit .
discovery and remedy of the trouble s.
well for the management of the line. /
A few hardy travellers drove from }
Paris to South Paris. The highway
Shows falls being blocked, the advens v
had TO go around over Turkey NIL a
called. They had hard time of IT, d. Il
TO leave the carriage several times to &
out OF the holes. One Of this brave o
was woman. And after all their tro :
they dId not reach South Paris "nlA :,