The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04

~AS HseoAAJ oh'PR1SA VOSU VI bhuROr.
Damages here resulting from rising
waters ard heavy rains have been very
slight thus far. The Maine Central
draw bridge has been lifted out of place
by pressure sof ice and strong current,
but 1t is expected it will soon be re-
placed. The most serious effect of the
storm has been the melting of snow in
the woods and interruption of railroad
traffic.
HIGH TIDES AND FREsHETs
Start the Ice in Kennebunkport River
Town Meeting Held.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l
Kennebunkport, March 3.-The full
sea from the big blow and the freshet
from the great rains started the I'D river
ice down with such force, as to batter
down the western half of the woodwork
of the draw bridge near the railroad
station. The eastern or Kennebunkport
side, this not entirely down, is ruin.
The bridge two miles above, near Bart
lett and Walkers mills was taken by run
ming ice from off the abutments, which
latter also may have to be rebuilt. 9th
er smaller bridges will require large re
pairs.
The town at the annual meeting today.
empowered the selectmen to proceed al
once with rebuilding, and voted to raise
the neees sary money upon 4 per cent
bonds
The principal town officers are all
Domo ratic-same list as last year.
The appropriations for current ex-
penses are about as usual, except $50 0
dollars has been added to the amount be-
increase of $500 added to the High sch DOL
appropriation.
GRlsT MILL SWEPT AWAY
At Bar Mills and Crushed Through the
Bridge-Other Damageof the Flood at
thai Place,
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1
West Buxton, March 3.-We are having
the worst freshet that ever occurred on
the Saco. The new iron bridge which
was put up last season is carried off and
now lies bottom up next to the factory.
Sunday evening or about l O'Clock Mon
day morning the ice and logs began to
pile up On the bridge, but it was thought
that it would stand all right
but it was too much for it and all at
once it slid off the piers. Two mon.
Mr.. Ridlon and Mr.. Graham, were on the
bridge at the time and they had very
narrow escape. AS 1t was both men were
thrown down, put succeeded in getting
off. The houses on the river road are
nearly submerged, especially at James
Benjamins' house where the water IL nearly
up to the caves and the water and ice is
grinding the woodwork into splinters-
The ell of the old Russell house and
also of the house ocoup led by Mr.. Part
ridge, has been carried away. Nearly all
the families have moved out. The wat
or is higher than ever before and there
seems to be prospect that the saw mills
on the Buxton side will go out. If it
does it will probably take out the iron
bridge ON the Buxton side. the planning
mill, grist mill, Townsend's barber
shop. One cannot estimate the damages
if that should occur. The water on the
Hollis side has surrounded the mill and
extends 30 or so rods to the higher
ground Mail and telephone connections
have stopped.
The foundation of the Maine Furniture
Company s saw mill and the I. H. Berry
;et will had 1xyy ,a6
since Monday morning. The piling un-
der the grist mill had SO given way this
morning that one end of it settled in the
water. All the machinery and everything
else was ruined except $50 bushels of
oats that was in the weaker end and that
could not be reached because it was un-
safe to 90 there.
The mill kept settling and finally at
just 4. 10 p. M. it went off its foundation
and was swept out into the current and
down against the bridge below, one span
Of which next the shore it passed through
as easily as if it had been paper
The mill was quite large, fat-roofed
two.story wooden building, about 60 feet
long and 80 feet high.
1t was largely smashed to pieces when
1t struck the bridge and the debris float
ed down the river, part of it lodging on
a submerged island.
RoCHESTER's GOOD LUCK.
The Railroad Had Only Two Little Wash
outs and Only One Train Delayed an Hour
and Half.
The only two washouts that the Roch-
ester has had to amount to anything are
at BARTLETT brook, just this side of Wat
erboro and at East Rochester. Bartlett