Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-18

lires were lighted under the post office
boilers about noon At other places
along the street fires We're kindled
earlier in the forenoon. while some
stoves We're utilized during Monday
evening.
The merchants were able TO tell
something about their losses. yester-
day. The two easements at J. f.. Full
Ter $ store were filled with ruined
goods. Groceries of all kinds were
strewn about in promscuous masses.
Barrels of sugar had melted away so
that scarcely anything except the bar
rels We're left. Bags of rock salt had
heen dissolved by the water 50 that
nothing but the bags remained. Other
things had disappeared or had been
ruined. Mr.. Fuller thought his loss
was as much as he had feared on the
previous day.
IN many places where goods We're
saved there We're damages in other
lines In the Purinton block and at
whitman K Adams store there was
considerable injury TO the heating ap-
planes. The doors and windows We're
br"kan in at f. w. Churchs store
Tnc Lugano and the Lawrence
Halrcs succeeded in riding out the
hcod and while the force of the freshet
Was great during Monday night and
Tuesday, they sustained very little |
damage. 1t was feared that they /
would be unable TO get out Of the |
river after all, as it was currently re- |
ported that the drawbrdge at Gar
Gincr would not be in working order !
Tor a number of days, but. late yes |
terday afternoon. William II. King, |
agent of the kennebec Steam TOwage |
Co. stated that il was expected to !
remedy this difficulty so as to send a /
ton boat to this city. today. The boat |
is expected to arrive here about 10 |
O'Clock and will tow both schooners to |
the sea. They will be taken to Wis
casset. capt Blaisdell Of the Lugano
arrived from Boston. yesterday after
noon.
Traffic from the west opened up at |
go. when the first train from Port
land arrived. This brought the mails
WEicn had been tied up. but the train
was unable to go any farther in the
dire ctiun Of Bangor. after that, all
trains with the exception Of passenger
NJ. II from the west arrived, although
late. ana all trains going to the west
departed. This was done by turning
the eastbound trains about and send
ing them back in place Of the west
bound trains. No trains arrived from
the east or departed in that direction
during the day. There has been no
railroad communication with the east
since sunday.
The merchants along the water front
admit that there has been one benefit
f,om the flood. They say that the
buildings have been cleared of a large
number of rats which took to the water
and We're drowned.
By exercising great deal Of STRAIT
egy Janitor Isaac Clark of the City
building. was able to get the fires burn
ing. yesterday forenoon. The previous
night he watched the recedng water
i'll the boiler room and as soon as it
was possible drew the water from the
boiler. This prevented it from freez-
ing and as soon as the water had en-
tirely drained from the room he was
ready to build the fires.
There was never a day. l believe,
when business in this city was 50 dull
on account of a storm" said local
business man, as IL was on MoiludS
There was nothing moving. The mer-
chants had no customers anu even if
there had been people out with the in
tention of patronizing the merchants
those men would have had but little
time to wait upon them. They were
too much engaged in looking after the
preservation of their property from the
freshet The Edwards mill was en-
tirely closed and at the post office
there was nothing being done"