The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-03-12
private property, Mr.. B A. Spencer's lumber

private property, Mr.. B A. Spencer's lumber
and grist mill was quite badly damaged.
The ice took of about 90 feet of the founda-
ton on the north end and north side also
the bridge below the mill owned by Mr..
Spencer. His loss will be about 5000. They
are repairing the mill. Charles Wigglns
lost bridge that it will cost $50 to rebuild.
No other damage to note.
TROY In the recent floods Troy escaped
without any damage, save blockaded roads
from snow drifts, and even this did not
deter Mr.. York, stage driver between Unity
and Dixmont Centre, from going through
each day. His mail pouch was rather flat,
however Mr. b. F. Harding's school was
in session and he made the trip each day to
East Troy, and the pupils were nearly all
prompt in attendance.
CENTRE MoNTvILLE. Last weeks storm,
although very severe, did no damage Of
any amount in this section. The only loss
reported was a slight one to the bridge
near the home of Mr.. Sumner Poland.
Losses at Haldale and South Montville are
reported. Although we escaped serious in
jury, many Were inconvenienced by the
great amount of surface water flowing into
their cellars. The mail carrier made his
trips to Freedom and back each day, which
was the case on but few routes.
FRANKFORT. The freshet and ice moved
the blacksmith shop of 7. E. Cuddy into
the road and flooded the house and stable of
Tar ftar froa hat Ioi1 dad
the ice was five feet deep in the road above
the lower bridge. crew OF fifty men was
put on, and it took them all day to clear a
road, so that the mail stage could 90 through
to Stockton Springs. The lower bridge was
damaged the most of any. Two of the piers
will have to be rebuilt and new stringers
and covering are needed. The upper bridge
lost fe" stringers, and it will cost about
S75 to repair the Tibbett bridge. The top
has gone and also the top of Lords bridge
SOUTH MoNTvILLE. The rain of Feb. 29th
and March 1st did considerable damage in
this section. G. F. Randall suffered the
most severe loss. His board circular mill
was totally destroyed and carried away, in
Guiding even the wheel. The shore is strewn
with the wreck. The loss is estimated as
nearly 81, 900. He is contemplating build
ing in the spring. The damage in town is
ried away, but the loss will not exceed S1oO
The bridge at Woodman's Mills was washed
away and the water burst in the door of j.
P Benefits cider mill and the cider barrels
We're seen floating down the river. Most of
them h ave been recovered
WALDO. Very little damage was done by
the late storm. The Pierce bridge was
swung out of place a little, but was put
back with little expense. The Bragdon
bridge near the spur track was taken out
into field near by and left in good condi-
ton. 1t was put back il place at an ex-
pense of $40. Orrin Peavey's bridge near
Sargent's crossing was carried away, and G.
o. Holmes bridge farther down stream
shared the same fate. A :,mall bridge near
E. Sheldon's in the ys'}11ern part of the
town was carried away. The whole expense
to the town will not exceed S35. We con-
slider ourselves very fortunate.
SEARsMoNT The storm OF Feb %, Mare h
1st and 2nd was the severest ever known
here There are eight bridges across the st.
Georges river in this town and ali hut one
is damaged. The bridge at Woodman' =
Mills, the Muzzy bridge, and the one at B.
f. Fuller's mill are gone entirely and part
of the abutments. The others are more or
less damaged. Several others in different
parts of the town are injured. A. r. Ripley's
dam is gone. B. f. Fuller's dam, which
was stone, and his stave MILL are gone. j.
l.. Beams and E. S. Wings mills are dam.
aged quite badly, and at one time it was
thought they must go. The machinery was
taken from them The damage has been es-
timated as follows To the town on account
of bridges, 81 900; to B. F. Fuller dam and
stave mill, $1,000; to j. L. Bean damage to
stave mill, 500; to E. S. Wing, foundation
to planning mill and removal of machinery,
$75. A. B. Ripley's mill was not damaged
to any extent
PROSPECT. Freeman Partridge writes
On or land March End there were three
jams of ice big enough to load three vessels,
and good blue ice, too. Big cakes are away
up where the moving machine ran last sum-
mer. At one place near by the water was
higher than at any time u the past 3S years.
The old big elm stump was under water and
a huge cake of ice drawing two feet of water
came down and grounded on the stump A
few rods below big ice jam had damned
the water so that it ran across the intervale
on the Haley farm, and for a time we had a
river as wide as the Penobscot to look at
Among the ice cakes We're cord wood, fence
boards, stakes and rails, logs, brush roots,
stu1nps and mud. The H. C. Partridge
bridge below us is gone. although he took
off the planking and chained the stringers.
The ice struck the stone abutmeuts and the
stone is gone as far down as the water has
fallen as yet One of my boys says he saw
what he called the planking of the Dead
Brook bridge come down Sunday into the
main stream. This Dead Brook bridge has
always been lucky bridge for Prospect,
never having gone away but once as yet 1t
is a low bridge. built so on account of the
level land by it. The stringers always freeze
into the dirt in winter on top of the abut-
ment and there has been but one freshet in
40 years when the stringers got away 1t is
possible now that the ice took off the plank