The Portland daily press., 1897-06-11
FLOODS IN YORK COUNTY.
Roads Almost Impossible in the Vicinity
of South Berwick.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.I

ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.i
South Berwick, June 10-The tradition
al oldest inhaDitant cannot remember any
such storm in June as we are having
now. 1t has rained continually since
early Wednesday evening and it is still at
it. 1t is not merely raining but is pour
ing down as if from huge buckets. The
Salmon Falls and Great Works rivers are
both very high and are still rising. The
Salmon Falls Manufacturing company
shut down early in the forenoon and the
Newichawaick company shut down at
$50 p. M, and the Waterman was given
orders that unless the water fell at least
two feet in the night not to ring the help
in tomorrow morning The water is
running eighteen inches deep through c.
A. Wiggins's saw mill at Great Works.
About IL. 80 p. M, the boom holding Mr.
Virgins large lot of logs broke and the
logs, several hundred thousand feet have
gone down river, but many have been
stopped at Yeaton's mills, where they are
gathered in immense jams near the shore,
and about the abutments of the bridge.
There are many bad washouts in the
highways about town. There is one bad
one near the western end of Great Works
bridge and one near the residence of John
Brown near Yeaton's mills. Road Com
missioner Huntress told your CORE
spondent that there were fully twenty
such places in town. 1t is reported that
it is absolutely impossible to drive from
South Berwick to Sonersworth on any
road, as there are several washouts. The
culvert on the turnpike between here and
Dover which was put in new after the
flood of 1896 has been carried out.
Mc1ntire's brook so-called, which fur
nishes the power for John A. McIntire's
saw mill and planning mill has overfowed
its banks and washed out the road lead
ing to Mr.. McIntire's mill and has under
mined the Northern Division railroad
bridge over the road at that place There
is at least ten feet at the northern end of
the bridge where the earth is washed out
and the railroad is resting on nothing.
There are at least half a dozen places be-
tween the bridge and the South Berwick
station where for several feet one rail has
no support whatever. There are reported
to be several bad washouts on the Western
Division between South Berwick and
Dover. There has been but one train over
the Northern Division from Boston. The
train due here from Boston at 1915 a.
M, arrived at 2.30 p. m. and stopped at
South Berwick, while their passengers
were transferred by hacks through South
Berwick village to q train waiting at Sal
mon Falls the other side Of the bridge
over McIntire's brook No train has come
from North of Somersworth, consequent
ly no mails. The mails due here from
Portland at $50 and 1890 a. m, and the
mail from Boston at 1920 a. IN. (an
Western Division) arrived together at
south Berwick post office at about 2. 80 D.
III. These are the only mails we have had
here today up to six O'Clock this evening.
A gentleman who was here from North
Berwick this afternoon says that the
river at that place is higher than during
the flood of March, 1895. If this is SO
there will be big rise in the Great
Works river here before morning. That