The Portland daily press., 1896-03-03

water from those pipes. Many of the
beaters, full Of the soft white pulp, were
flooded with the dirty river water and
the rnlp will have to be washed over
again. 1t is proba BILE that all the stock
of pulp in the mill in the various stages
of manufacture is SO damaged that not
more than fifty per cent of it's value will
be realized.
Around on tho other side the yard of
the office building presented curious
appearance. The smooth turf and the
concrete walks were covered with
HUGE CAKES OF ICE,
ten and twenty feet square, and
eighteen inches thick. They looked as
out of place as bull in China shop.
Mr.. John Warren, agent of the mills.
was found at the end OF the broken
tramway bridge examining the extent of
damage and the work of the men. He
said that the estimate of 81, 900, 900 dam
ages was very excessive. He couldn't
house, the tramway bridge and the new
mill were destroyed, also the wheelhouse
on the lower side. 1t was necessary to
build new tramway bridge, as soon as
possible in order to get the coal across
the river to the furnaces. Meanwhile it
would be necessary to haul the coal in
carts up around the bridge at Sacoarap-
pa. A portion of the mill would certainly
start up today.
81 don It think the damage of the flood
will cripple our business very much,"
said MIR. Warren. 1--WE must begin to
start up tomorrow to fill our orders. The
loss wouldn't be more than $3.50, 900."
This loss probably applies to the actu
al material damage. To this must be
added the indirect loss in inability to fill
orders and in the expense of clearing
away the debris. There are about nine
hundred men employed i'll the mill.
Their wages will average about 80 day
each. For some time great number of
these men must be employed in clearing
away tine debris and cleaning up the ma
chinery. This, of course, is just SO much
loss. Then too, there is the loss of many
cords of poplar wood, that, foated down
the river, no inconsiderable item.
Farther up the river the scene yester-
day was very different from that of Sun
day. AT that point on Main street be-
tween the two villages, just above the
Maine Central bridge, where Sunday the
flood came across the fields for hundreds
of yards and flooded the street and the
electric car tracks, the water yesterday
morning had so subsidized that one could
hardly believe it was thu same place.
Where Sunday was great poEd, yester-
day no water was in sight. The great
bare fields were covered with huge cakes
of ice and the river had so reiterated into
it's channels that from the electric car
only the high bare banks of that channel
strewn with cakes of ice and the wreck
age of buildings were to be seen. AT
this point a great many men were out
among the ice cakes collecting whole cart
loads of wreckage for irewood and look
ing for whatever they might find. A
handsome cedar boat with the oars still
in the rowlocks was stranded out in the
midst of the ice cakes, that had held it
SO securely that 1t was not injured in ita
transit of half mile down river. nor
was the position of the oars disturbed.
The brick side walk on Main street,
where the flood came across was badly
undermined in places
Up at Saocarappa the scene on the
Bridge street bridge was a big contrast
from that of Sunday. The water had
gone down at least ten feet, as was plain
| ly visible on the end of Haskell's silk
mill, where the windows were broken
at point ten feet above the water OF
| yesterday.
| Estimated damages are as follows:
| Westbrook Manufacturing mill, $4,000
Higwhay Bridge. 200C
M. C. r. r. bridge, 20OC
Westbrook Mfg Co. Bridge, 1000
| Dana's Foot Bridge, 300
j. Lamontagne'S Store, 1900
Haskell Silk Mill, I5OC
Electric Light Co.. -, 500
De Carriers Stable, 200
City of Westbrook, highways, etc., 5000
Add to this $3.50, 600 for the Warren
mills and there is total of $3.50, 600. This
is of course bat vague estimate, and
only represents the actual material dam
age. The indirect damage must DO very
great.
The men who we're imprisoned on the
island on which is situated Dana's mill
and the electric light plant, were taken
ashore yesterday morning. There were
eight men in all. Three men went out in
boat at about p. m. Sunday. Their
boat uas swami AWAY and thev had 10 NO