The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-03-05
nooded but no serious damage was done to
the building.

out no damage resulted. At Mason's Mills
the water flowed over the dam to depth O.
D ieet, and Monday afternoon it was running
iee1 and inches. The water rarely flows
over this dam. Monday it was found ueces
sary to build coffer-dam above the bridge te
prevent flooding Sherman & Co.'S leather
board mill from the opposite side The
"ork at this mill was delayed Monday
morning by back water IN the pond below
From Mason's Mills to the next dam the
water IS Slow and the ice did not start: the
| distances between the other mills are SC
snort that but little ice could accumulate
ahu the water did not get the headway that
1t old IN streams with longer quick" runs
Ihe Poor's Mills bridge was slightly dam
| aged by log crowding under stringer and
hitting one side Of the roadway The stone
work was not damaged and the bridge was
easily repaired. The old dam at johnson 5
mill, near by, was carried awav. The
Hartshorn bridge, on the same stream. was
washed away.
| 1he bridge on the Robbins road i'll West
Belfast had one ahutnent broken and one
strlnger broken. This is the same bridge
from which the little boy was drowned in
the freshet year ago.
| Monday person on the East Side wish.
ing TO get to the city by team would be
obliged to 60 around bv Kaler's. then bv
eltypolnt to the Head of the Tide Even
this could not be done with heavy teams. as
the kaler bridge was unsafe under a load
The distance by this route is about miies
Monday morning the city authorities put on
two ferry boats at the Lower bridge and
the ferrymen We're kept busy. Tuesday
landing steps were built on the bridge near
the broken portion, thus shortening the dis
tanee considerably, D. L. Cook and Frank
Larrabee were employed as ferr7men.
Wednesday morning. on account of the gale,
rope was stretched across between the
landlngs and the boats hauled across bv
hand.
No mails We're received by the morning
or evening train Monday from beyond Burn
ham, the first train, however, bringing Sat
urday nights mail from east and west
" hen the Penobscot came down river Mon
day afternoon George 4. Quimby got from
aud Courier, which as the only morning
daily received in towL, 1t did not have
very full story, but told OF million dollar
loss at Westbrook by the washing AWAY Of
the S. D. Warren paper mills, Of minor dam.
age elsewhere, and of a big IRE III Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
1t continued to rain all day Monday and
Monday night. aud While the floods Lad
done all the damage poss be in this section
there We're appreheusions Of further dlsas-
ters elsew here in the State. report Mon.
day evening that the iron railway bridge
this side OF Burnham had been carried away
fortunately proved false. The bridge had
II ved about a foot At ole eud. tt.- remain
Ell or the abutuent, and was secured 50 that
the trains pass over il as usual. There Was
10 interruption Of the traits IN the Belfast
branch. and the passenge- tram Monday
afternoon Went through a. Naterv.I.-. There
were no trains Oh tie main line. Tie tracks
AT Bangor and Portland Were said = h.
Hooded 50 that It was impossible L. move
trains. and the railroai bridge al Carmel
was reported As carried away There was
no Geographic communication west of Port
land, but the wires IN Main werg in work.
ing order. Tuesday morning rain was still
falling, but ceased about noon. the atmos-
phere growing much colder Tie morning
train arrived about noon, but brought no
mail from beyond Burnham. The freight
train arrived about > P NJ and brought a
small letter mail from the west. including
Boston letters OF Saturday. The night train
( brought Bangor. Augusta, Lewiston and
| W4terville papers OF Monday and Tuesday
Loca lly the telegraph and telephone lines
worked better than was expected. With
but short interruption both lines worked
all right to Bangor. and the telephone was
able to reach Bar Harbor. Camden and the
kennebee cities most Of the time. There
was no telegraph connection over the West t.
/ ern Union with Portland or beyond from
Sunday morning to Tuesday afternoon
( about O'Clock. Wednesday morning the
/ telegraph made connections with Portland
and Boston.
The all stages were delayed TO some ex
/ tent. The Liberty stage did not come il
/ Mo nday, but came Tuesday by way OF North
/ Searsmont, by ferrylng across one river il
! Searsmont where bridge was carried away
/ The North Searsport stage came Monday
( but not Tuesday. The Stockton Springs
stage made one trip each day, ferryine
across the harbor at Belfast. 1t brought the
Bangor local letter mail viii ch usually
| comes by train. Camden, Centre Lincoln
/ Vile and Freedom stages made their regu
! lar trips on time. John E. Iancaster's &C
commodation stage from Stockton Springs
came to the 10 wer bridge Monday and Tues
day and ferried passengers across, but did
not come Wednesday. The mail stage:
were all on time Wednesday except Ii berty
which could not get in. The bay steamer:
did not make their trips.
Tuesday afternoon the wind rose 10 a gale
from the north, and was accompanied by a
fine, gritty hail. which cut the flesh like (
sand-storm. But little damage was reported
up to the time Of our going TO press. though
it is probable that many buildings were
damaged by wind throughout the county
One Of the chimneys at the ruins OF tie
Crosby Inn blew down Tuesday evepiny
and some slight damage was done 70 the
walls. Schools were closed all dav " ed.