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The Portland daily press., 1896-03-03
brought down from above. There was
cord upon cord of wood and
FRAGMENTS OF BUILDINGS.

hA0M Or
A flight of stairs from the inside Of
some house was there, and also a number
of pieces of wood red in color and
thought to have come from the paper
mills. A thrifty neighbor was already
out in boat getting a. stock of fire
wood. AT the entrance to the bridge a
group of men discussed it's probable fate.
and from time to time went out on it to
see if there were any signs of its depar-
ture. .Oh, that's all right" said a
woman who had driven down the hill in
a buggy. 'That old thing won't go.
Only the new bridges get carried off.
There's no such luck as having that
thing CO.,
New bridges may go but the old go too,
as was shown when that ancient iron
structure, Pride's bridge. was swept
away. Like Lambert's bridge, Prida's
was landmark. It's red painted iron
work which ratified and groaned when
ever team crossed it was familiar to
many hundreds of Portland people. 1t
was two-span bridge, pier in the CEN
ter of the stream supporting it at the
ends of the spans. When the water was
at its highest Sunday it not only flowed
over the low land on the left bank, but
was above the level of the road on tho
right. The old bridge hung on to its
supports until night. At six O'Clock it
was still there, but soon after it gave
way, and was carried bodily about 400
<oo 4 ,rkro N
caught among the trees in full view from
the road. II is apparently intact, but it
will MOI be taken back to its old resting
place. Instead the city of Portland,
which maintains this bridge, will erect a
new structure. This view of Pride's
bridge as it is and the place where it
used TO DO WAS one of the most interest
ing found in the journey along the river
yesterday. The centre pier was there,
protruding few feet above the water,
with only few of the topmost stones
missing and short distance away was
the bridge itself.
Here, as at Lambert's bridge, the river
had been broadened by the flooding of
the low land, until it resembled great
and stormy lake. The trees ON the bank
were submerged to the level of their low
er branches and an air of business was
give, to this new lake by the two steam
ers which foated upon it. These are the
Santa Maria and Louisa, which in sum-
mer ply up and down the stream. They
were hauled up high and dry last fall,
one Oh each bank. Yesterday morning,
however, each was afioat In 10 or 20 feet
of water. Mr.. Charles Goodrich was on
hand, and with crew of men was max
Ing efforts to secure the Louisa by run
ming lines to the bank and trees. Point
ing to the Santa Maria, floating where
the other
BANK SHOULD HAVE BEEN,
Mr.. Goodrich said, Last week / was
over there, standing on dry land six feet
beneath that boat Now she is floating
with Is feet Of water under her." The
boats have suffered no injury worth men,
tioning by their sudden floating.
The news of the loss of the bridges had
evidently travelled fast, and the roads
leading to where they had stood were
alive with people riding to see the flood
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and trusses. This was the mass that was
seen IN the darkness Sunday night piled
up as high as the roof of the mill. 1t is
now fiattened down because it had
BATTERED DOWN IN THE NIGHT
the walls that held it.
This new mill is one hundred feet in
breath. There is fire wall extending
through the middle. Therefore there were
three walls of solid brick, each eighteen
inches in diameter. These walls were
broken down as if they were SO much
pasteboard. A great breach was made
through ali three of them, fifty feet in
width and the roofs had fallen down and
been partially swept out of sight in the
flood. There were two roofs on each side
of the fire wall. For fifty feet one of
these roofs had disappeared as complete
~ as if the earth had swallowed it.
Where Sunday night there were walls and
floors and roof, yesterday morning there
was nothing but a raging flood flowing
Thorough the partially submerged walls of
the foundation arches, through which
the river quietly flows at its normal
height. Yesterday morning though it
had
FALLEN AT LEAST TWELVE FEET
from the night before, it was still about
eight feet higher than the normal level.
The breach through the three walls of
this new mill was as complete as if a
cannon ball, fifty feet in diameter had
passed through as bullet passes through
pine board.
Looking down from the aperture in
the wall. the crowd watched the work
men on the mass of debris below that ex-
tended clear across the river. The first
thing TO do was to clear away the debris
and replace the tramway bridge in order
to haul coal across the river SO that the
fires might be supplied, Us all the boilers
are on one side and the coal on the other
One of the workmen was pounding
away with sledge at the end of the
bridge that was hanging from the apera
ture. when suddenly it gave way and
fell
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Ruin AND CHAOS.

NUN AMI SI1AOos
Strange Scenes at Westbrook Yesterday
After Flood Went Down-Min '95 Com
pleteIy Demolished-Descript of the
Great Damage to the Paper Mills and
Work of Repair-Other Facts.
The scene of ruin and wreckage at
Westbrook yesterday was even worse than
was expected the night before. Sunday
night Yves tbrook was a dark and dismal
place indeed. Only the dim light of
lanterns fiickered here and there, and
the dark clouds and thick mist and ra in
in the air deepened the darkness SO that
it was hardly safe to go about. Mud and
water were everywhere The river was
roaring and raving and pounding against
the walls of the paper mills. 1t was
hurting wreckage of four bridges and
hundreds Of tons of ice and hundreds of
cords of poplar logs against those walls.
1t was impossible to tell in the darkness
just what was happening in that awful
assault upon the new mill, just compile t.
Cd. 1t was time Of terror. No one
could tell in the awful darkness and up-
roar just what the raging flood was
doing.
1t spent it's force during the night and
when the dreary drizzling morning came,
though the rain had ceased and the floods
had abated, no scene of carnage on the
battle field, no wreck strewn beach upon
the stormy coast ever told a more signi-
f1cant STORY Of relentless fury and force
and destruction. The new mill extends,
or rather extended, across the middle of
the river connecting the vast connected
the shores on either sides. The tramway
bridge, with two floors over which the
narrow gauge railroad passed, was built
across the river twenty feet above this
mill The entrances to this bridge on
the south side were the best places to
view the scene of wreckage. On the
ground, the worklnen had roped off the
roadways and
ALLOWED NO ONE TO ENTER,
SO that the work of repair might not be
interfered with. The upper floor of this
ohoi' "ey W ioso 40 Aoo0Aou Wy al eIeFaU6u
platforms that extends through the mill.
Yesterday forenoon all that remained
Of the bridge was the end that entered
the great square aperture in the wall of
the mill. This end extended downward
at Il step incline into the chaos below.
AS early as 10 a. m. there was such a
crowd of people gazing from the edge of
this aperture that the new corners had to
wait their turn in order to see anything
When finally way was forced through
in it's chaotic ruin. Thousands and
thousands of poplar logs and cakes of
ice were mingled together with great
boom logs and beams and bridge girders
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Falmouth was in the city yesterday after
noon and ordered car load of lumber for
use in replacing the bridge. Mr.. Merrill
also telegraphed to the company which
built Hobbs bridge near the Presum D.
scot. Hobbs bridge is that referred to
above az ''the new BRIDGE and was
built by tho own of Falmouth at an ex-
pense of nearly Sc, 600. When the repre-
sentative of the bridge company arrives
it will be determined whether or not
any Of the material of the old bridge can
be used
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ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1

Biddeford, March 2.-While the citizens
of Biddeford and Saco were congratulate
ing themselves this morning on getting
off so we'll from the devastating flood, as
compared with many cities of the state,
their courage WAS suddenly snatched
away by the giving way of the Bradbury
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-03
RICHMOND'S EXPERIENCE.
Great Damage Done and More Threatened
Buildings Drifting Down the Kennebec.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1

ESPECIAL 10 The PRE5S.l
Richmond, Mo, March 2.-The Ken
nebeo is OH the worst tear for more years
than any body can remember, the result
of the heavy rains of Saturday and Sun
day. Shortly heforde 3 O. clock this morn
ing the residents were awakened by a
heavy roaring and smashing noise and,
upon investigating, found the ice, upon
which heavy taams had crossed Saturday
morning going down the river. Great
sheets of ice, stretching nearly across the
river, were forced along, their edges curling
over the wharyes, taking down every
thing movable. In the channel opposite
the village, the ice jammed during the
morning, having been stopped short
distance below Southard's ship yard, be-
yond which it was unbroken. The wat
er covered all the wharves and much
damage has been done. W. S. Hagar's
ceal shed, the cotton mill coal shed and
storehouse, Amers's blacksmith shop and
number of other buildings along the
river front
HAVE BEEN WRECKED.
The freight house and office on the
steamboat wharf have foated from their
foundations and other buildings are
working all day securing boats and
building the best they could. About
this afternoon the jam started again
down the channel east of Swan island,
and soon began to move in the west
channel with irresistible force and at
high rate of speed. Down with the brok-
en- ice came thousands of feet of logs
to the owners. 1t comes from up river
cities and towns.
A number of buildings have also gone
down with the flood, together with
wrecked ice runs and similar debris At
dark there was seen large
BUDDING IN THE JAM
opposite the head of the island at the
ferry. Mrs. Woods's dwelling is threat
ened and has been vacated, while across
on the Dresden side, Fred Gorham's
house has been wrecked and J. q. Dens-
more's house, used In tho summer as q
hotel, is surrounded by broken ice and
water and is in serious danger.
At dark the jam had again stopped
and the water was rising. Unless tie
ice breaks through Merrymceting bay
the damage must be still more serious.
There have been severe freshets here be-
fore, but old men who have lived all their
lives by the river, remember nothing
equaling this. The cotton mill has suf-
fered several Thousand dollars damage
and the Richmond Lumber Company
has also sustained much loss. Bridges
over the Abagadasset and other streams
in the upper central part of the town
have been carried away.
The town meeting which was to have
been held today was adjourned after the
election of a moderator until next Mon
day on account of the inability of some
of the farmers to get into the village and
because of the enforced absence of the
village voters who were looking after
their threatened property. There are
no mail facilities, but one train having
passed through today.
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IN THE sACo VALLEY.

How the Bridges at Biddeford and Sa CO
Succumbed-The Cracking of Timbers
Could Be Heard Half Mile-A Big Loss
in York County-stories of the Work
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away. If SO the food will sweep the An
drosooggin valley and orish what is left
standing in the way of brid ges and hous-
es in reach of the water.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-03

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If 10
fails to cure. goo.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-03
DOWN WITH A CRASH

upon the logs and ice. The whole mas
settled down for quite space, i'll AN
ominous way, and the workmen scrambled
for their lives, but the settling was soon
over with, for the whole mass was wedged
together too solidly to move.
About thirty feet below the demolished
new mill and parallel. to it is another and
sim liar mill that extends across the mid
die of the river. This is mill '95, not
mill 49, as mentioned in yesterday g
PRESS. 1t was feared that this mill also
would be damaged, but the great mass
of wreckage had spent its force on the
first mill, which was so fortunately
empty, and the second mill, full of valu-
able machinery, was not damaged. A
great mass of logs and beams was packed
in solidly into the space between the two
mills, and logs innumerable had gone
through the windows of the lower floor
There had been, at the highest, about two
feet of water in the second floor, where
the paper machines are, and the floor was
covered with dirt, but no damage, other
than the wetness was caused. In the
room below, are the betting and shafting
and drainers. The damage cannot be told
because all day yesterday the water was
flowing through this lower floor, nearly
rs high rs the ceiling. The logs that
have been
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-03
HURLED INTO THAT ROOM

must have cansed a great deal of dam
age, while the paper pulp in the drainers
will of course be soiled by the dirty
water and will have to be
washed all over again. A crew of men
were at work trying to get the wreokage
out Of the space between the mills, or
at least to start it SO that it might flow
through the submerged arches far down
underneath the building. Some eight or
ten men were on the surrounding roofs,
Cfor the place is like great square we'll,
and with stout rope were trying to
PULL UP THE BIGGEST
of the beams. They were making very
slow work of it and had accomplished
very little during the entire day.
ssThe workmen ON the jam above the
demolished mill were more successful.
They got the narrow gauge engine with
the freight cars running down the track
to where the tramway bridge broke off
and during the afternoon were piling the
poplar logs upon the cars and hauling
The view of the effects of the food from
the top of the mills is sight never to be
forgotten. I he roof of mill '95 is broken
sheer off as clean as if cut with knife.
There are acres and acres of these flat
roofs of the numerous buildings that
make ZIP this great mill. They are all
more or less connected.
From the down river side of the roof OF
mill 'S9, that is just below the demolished
mill there is an extensive view down riv-
er. The whole country was very much
flooded yesterday. Just below the mill
the water was eight or ten feet higher
than tho normal level. In the corner
made by the lower wall of mill 'S9 and
the great building that extends down the
lower side of the river is a small building
called the wheel house. There ara, or
rather were, two floors. On the lower
flooded with the WATER On the upper
floor were six dynamos. About fifty feet
square Of the brick wall of this wheel
house has fallen into the river and with
it portion of the upper flooring, and
four of the six dynamos. The only way
now to get.across the river Northumberland
Mills isseither by boat or through the
partially flooded 's9 mill. A PRESS re-
porter made the journey across. 1t is
quite journey and one might easily
get lost in the acres and acres Of laby-
rinth in rooms and passages.
Men were busy in mill 'S9 sweeping up
the mud and wiping up the wet. Beyond
there the mills were dismal place in
deed. The low rooms We're wet and dark.
Puddles of water were still on the floors
left by the subsiding floods and nan were
everywhere about cleaning up the dirt
and wiping the mud for the machinery.
The felt covering of some of the rollers
will have to be changed because it
was wet. They were washing ont the
mud from the machines with stream of
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THE BREAK CAME

wv - 1880 ~ShNuy} opOhlhS AP q Nebi1Oy
in the street two hundrsd feet wide and
extending clear across. It left the Maine
Central overhead bridge IN preoarious
condition. The only supports for the
bridge upon the south end were the big
loose blocks Of granite on the corner
nearest the Auburn Motor company's
shop. The rest of the foundation at the
end had rolled down into the gully. As
this culvert was put in by the Maine
Central, that road will have to pay the
whole expense of repairs to the street,
as we'll as to its bridge
AT TURNER VILLAGE
the saw mill. grist mill and bridge have
been swept away. At Mechanic Falls
the water was two feet deep today iuPost
Office square, and running like a mill
race. People were making their way
about the streets in boats. The iron
bridge of the Portland and Rumford
Falls railroad was moved three feet on
the piers. The iron bridge at Pages
mills on the Little Androsooggin, built
q few years ago at cost of $1,000, was
carried away. The new iron bridge at
Turner .Cen tre, built only last GUNNER
was lifted from the piers by a jam of ice
as if it were feather and deposited in
the flood below.
from present indications this city will
be out off form all communication with
the outside world by mail or by train for
several days, and the telegraph service is
somewhat impaired.
A report came tonight from Rumford
Falls that a large jam of ice and logs just
aboYe that place threatened to break
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uoom co. Ihe other bridges lit is thought,
Will bear up against the flood unless the
big boom of logs at "Lopg Reach
should give way. Every precaution is
being taken to insure it's salty, but an
accumulation of wreckage from up the
river disasters may cause it to burst its
bonds.
In William Hooper's intervale, about
two miles up river, IS lodged the Seavey
covered bridge, which was jointly opened
by Biddsford and Saco. That went own
early this morning. The river men have
made it fast to trees and hope to pre-
vent its joining the mass of wreokage
accumulated at the boom.
threatened water famine, within
these food devastated cities, is the latest
bit of gloom. An 1s-inoh main which
supplied Saco with water for domestic
use when the Bradbury bridge fell.
Saco Is now being supplied through an
s-lnch emergency pipe that crosses the
lower Main street bridge.
A new flter which the Biddeford and
Saco Water Company was putting in
near its pumping station, at an expense
OF about $685. 00 is under several feet of
water and its Enclosure wall has been
demolished.
The water in flowing through the
windows of the pumping station, this
forenoon, caused shutting down of the
machinery. The two cities must get
along with the reservoirs supply of TO-
600, 900 gallons till the flood goes down.
Ordinarily taht quantity lasts about five
days.
The herald., 1896-03-08
BEAUTIFUL BONNIE BRAE.

LNOR SALE
BEAUTIFUL BONNIE BRAE.
We have some excellent bargains in this lovely
tract. The majority OF the lots in this tract are
already improved, and you need not be in doubt as
to what class Of improvements will be made
around You. The improvements already made
and being made speak for themselves. Most of
the vacant lots in this tract held at the actual
value, taking into consideration the location and
the fine Improvements but have several lots
10 sell below the price of surrounding lots, as some
parties must sell at once. see us about it.
DARLING & PRATT, Brokers,
Bradbury blk.
Tel. 1870,
The herald., 1896-03-08
EvOR SALE

For SALE
s1o,6O0-At Monrovia; IS acres to navels, yeafu
old, in fine condition; will guarantee you over 10
per cent on price asked for 1t; be obtained for
crop now on trees; water free; blocks from busi-
ness center.
ss0O0-At Rialto 20 acres, 10 to Washington ma
vels; ) to lemons, years old; small crop now on;
beautiful cottage, rooms and bath, all hard fin
ished; hot and cold water piped; horses. wagon,
cultivator tools; house completely furnished; 1t
all goes; you can move in with nothing but
lse and be fixed for life
S50O0-AL Downey; the very best bargain in that
section, com plete home; acres oranges; good z
room house all outbudngs, ETC.; owner will sac
rice this place; il you don't believe, Just nvesti.
gate. BOAZ DUNCAN,
145 =. Broadway.
The herald., 1896-03-08
IcoR LE-sPEcIAL BARGAINS

EOR SALE-SPECIAL BARGAINS
500 Beautiful lots on Ger line; so per month.
S2l0--Lots close in; so per month
land Park, line: $40 per m on tn.
st01--Large lots, Peru St. near Fifteenth.
si25~- Eighteenth at. stree, graded.
$500 Washington St. rear Central ave-
$s00-Maple ave, near Pico
$3.50 Beautiful lot Winfield s..
sIa59-SSantec ST. near picO.
sll50--Los Angeles St
s6J1-tirard st.
LOTSPEICU Il NOTION.
5.i :. Broadway.
The herald., 1896-03-08

No lsG--Two good lots in wofskl tract, with
$500 house; sll5) makes it yours
No. a.--6room house AMI barn bath, closet etc.
so IT. south from, on Thrteth ST. A little
beauty for $500
No. li5-1his is almost gift-ony sl6D) for 5-room
cottage, with lot 5pxI96 and two additional
rooms; on Washington st. Don't lose it,
No 132-A pretty Groom cottage on E. Fourth st.
6oxl57. daisy at 5000.
No13i-Ths won't last at the price; 5-room cot
tage, newly papered; lot 6OxlsO on Twenty
first st., west of Main; $500, half cash.
No. 11s-This needs no coaxny Beautiful lot in
Walnut Grove tract with Groom cottage,
only 1900. Very easy.
No. l6j-Nice little home with 40 #. front on South
Winston st. Only :l70). Worth more.
No. 66-Forrester ave. 6room house, large lot
very desirable, and the price only $500.
No. Ile-Rea comfortable and cosy rooms, bath
and bowl. Hoover st. Only 5000.
No. l22-Think of it, a cstory brick, rooms, on
Griffin ave. 60 1t. lot. us n gift at 5000
No. 56-Just your size; 5 large rooais so TT 'front.'
barn, deep lot, shrubbery Want :2lo0.
Tempt you"
No. i6-Near Adams, On Rowland, rooms ana
barn; flowers, fruit and hedge. Its "A sham e
to ask only ?2tOo for 1t.
No. 22On Iowa ST.; 5room cottage very nice, for
the ridiculous sum of s2l0J,
No. 15S-Forrester ave- 4 perfect little cottage
home, rooms, barn etc; very cheap at S999o.
No. 35-Colonial, cute cottage, rooms, on Kinsley
ST.. bath, closet $500.
No. 2o-A regular prize . stories, : rooms olive
sn ,pd nIn
worth the money
No. 10o-A model, 7-room, 2-story house on Clinton
St., modern, 50foot lot; will sell for saSoo, and
take lot as part pay.
No. "A cosy, Groom house, with large barn, f.
Thirtleth st. price for few days only s2soo
No. 4l-A real temptation; 7-room house with barn
and storeroom, Maple ST.. s30oo
No. s5-Large, s-i-story, sroom house on w. JEFF
ferson ST., with barn; carpets and shades in
cluded for $500.
No. sS-A splendid, large, sroom, new house, large
lot; prize at s3soo good location.
No. 7s-six-room, east front house on Olive, only
$4,000; large lot.
No. 144-A real comfortable home on Hope ST., D
rooms large lot; $500.
No. 55-A model home on Bush St. rooms, new
and modern; Si5n0.
No. 14-Fne, north front, new s room house on
Twenty-frst street; $500, and worth the
money.
No. 74-Beautiful, Broom house. lovely grounds
1O0x29s; less than cost at 5000.
No. 4S--An artistic home orooms modern papered
lot 6ox20o JOY forever at $500.
No. 1874 grand home new, modern, complete u
room, cellar, finished attic, on Westake ave.
The herald., 1896-03-08

NOR SALE-s2S00-PCT ON YOUR THINK.
Il ing cap and consider this proposition. Can
you buy something for nothing? No. But you
can buy the very best 10 acres. only miles from
this city, all set to fruit; good house, large barn
and wagon shed. team Of horses, pigs, chickens,
ducks, moving machine, hay rake, plows, cuti-
vators wagon and, in fact, everything goes. The
best water right in the state, and also windmill
$500; good terms. This must be seen 70 be appre.
cated. Call and will take you out there. +. B.
WILLIAMS, 2063a S. Broadway, room 20.
The herald., 1896-03-08
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE
City LOfs

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MACHINE MANDATORY

236 H. Second ST., manufacturers Of snecial
macnnery dies and models; only accurate work;
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NOR SALE

For SALE
cheap S-acre tract on Vermont ave, two blocks
from electric line, Cahuenga Valley. The best
bargain in valley Easy terms.
MOLL Il WHEELER,
225 w. Second
Cahuenga Valley Headquarters S
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FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

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