The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-03-12

eral days. The Thomaston smelters in the
vicinity OF Oyster river lost % out of 25
houses on the ice, which were carried down
the river and completely destroyed.
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
About 81 900 damage was done by the
flood at Poland Springs, chiefly by water
beating into the big hotel.
But four lives were lost by flood in this
State. They were Charles P. Otis, at San
ford; Geo. Wagg and two Frenchmen, names
unknown, at Brunswick.
From record kept since 1885, this March
freshet is the earliest spring freshet on
record, and is probably the most disastrous
In 1871, the ice left the river March r..
lHallowell Register.
Capt. Abram Rich of Farmingdale was
fortunate enough to have his ice tools all
housed Sunday, and he comes out with but
tritiing damage. The Knickerbockers will
lose heavily at their different houses along
the river.
Either nature or Providence, or both, have
kindly protected Rumford Falls. While the
storm was terrific, not a single dollars dam
age was done to the village or its industrial
system The rainfall was seven inches, as
made by careful measurement of the engin-
eers of the Rumford Falls Power, and there
were nine feet of water on the dam.
hO 1ACHhODCS COuludl PuUllSubu IGS 6ul-
tion of Tuesday morning under somewhat
threatening circumstances. The water Was
two feet deep beneath the press and there
were prospects of rise at any moment.
Arrangements were made to seize the forms
and rush to another Office with them in
case this We're found necessary, but fortu-
nately it was not.
Col. Damrell, U. S. Engineer, was in
Lewiston Friday to see if Uncle Sam could
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use OF one of his pontoon bridges for use
while the new bridges are being built. On
looking the ground over he decided that a
pontoon bridge would be impracticabe
The committee of the two city governments
therefore decided to build a temporary
bridge, and will build iron or steel bridges
in place of both the old ones as rapidly as
possible.
The Bath Enterprise reports a remarkable
condition of affairs at Merrymeeting Bay.
The thousands of feet of logs that have
run down the Androscoggin are, strangely
enough, running up the Kennebec. This
curious reversal of conditions is due to the
fact that the Androscoggin waters are higher
than the kennebeC and thus the tides of
that river are driven back to the north. AS
yet not stick of timber has passed Bath on
the way to the sea- 1t is held by the ice
jam at the Chops. In the floating mass are
$4,000 dollars worth of Marshall's pulp
wood, the property of the Yarmouth Paper
Co. Tugs at Bath may be able to save some
of the timber, but the salvage will be ruin
ously high.
An estimate of $1o,oo0,oOo for all Names
losses by flood, is perhaps none too high.
The highways bill will be enormous, and
every rural stream devoured thousands of
dollars. At least 200 bridges, big and little,
have been carried away. The lost wages and
business item is big in the mill towns. This
estimate of loss is, of course, pure guess
work.
Sunday afternoon wave entered the yard
of the Portland Head lighthouse, 500 feet
from the shore, and washed out every thing
movable in it. A large number of people
who came from Portland to see the breakers
witnessed the incident. Five years ago a
heavy sea broke in the wall of the new en-
gne house. Mr.. Strout the keeper, says
the waves during the recent storm ere the
heaviest since that occasion.
The ancient chronicler now rises 20 the oc-
casion A weather recorder at Augusta
claims that the rain fall of Feb. 20, 1870, beat
that of Feb. 29th and March 1st by three
quarters of an inch and that several others
surpassed it. He gives the Kennebec Jour-
nal the following list of flood marks: