Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-16

night. The sewers We're pIuooad -, =,
prevent the water from backino, ipt,
The building the bulkheads We're mn
on ana tiShtly battened down and Iani-
tor Feeder kept guard all night
Hhoftly after midnight the water thar
leaked in put out the fires.
lurinton Brothers We're Obliged Ia
pun the fire in their furnace abou, X.45
the water i'll their cellar being them
as nigh as at any time last spring. 'rh,
JanItor OF tie Masonic temple maa,z
every arrangement to pul the fires in
the furnace there. hut ut a late houi
had not been obliged to do 50.
At Gannett's publishing house every
thing but the presses was taken out Of
the press room. At d" o'clock there VAS
inches of water III the press room ana
ne belts We're being stripped.
This morning III Los the measure
ment Of water going over the dam
showed II feet. During the big freshct
Of 1856 At 2.20 4. VI. on March , the
water over the dam measured II fect
~ inches. the highest 1t reached 1T that
time.
At an early hour SUNDAY morning
wires connecting with the fire alarm
system became crossed. and the whistle.
sent out its blasts awakening many
who wished to sleep. The first alarm
rune in was box p. and then a fusilad,.
Of alarms followed. 1t was kept up for
an hour or more. Then when the lighis
went out the alarm ceased soundin"
I -hpYcht = 70
crossed ON Winthrop street near the
public library.
pr. wellington .Ichneon was out Cross
Hill WAY SUNDAY morning and he says
h" never saw the reads in such condi-
tion as they are roW. E0th roads are
in Very Bad shape. lic couldn't come
hack the way h. w-nt ont. The fros,
apparently. has come out Of tn" ground
ana tie travelling ~ made wretched.
Hond hroob had its little rise As we'll
rs the k.urrh,c. In fact it was not
very small either. Late i'll the after
noon Patrolman Edwin L.. White c>-
pnricnc"d some little difficulty in COM
Ing into The city - mis- beat While
coming along near the philbronl pld@-
ter mill ne found the water So high
tha+ il cam" iEto his wagon. Down
near Fullcr's brick varl H. found
culvcrt completely washed away.
On the East side Of the river there j
a number of bad WasEouts. Near the
Cony watering trough thcr" is deep
gully and the water was disappearing
under the street ana At late hour
gave promise Of Il still larger W"shout.
Another gully began in tn" gutter nn
The south sid" Of Cory street Hud "N-
tended down Howard street for som"
little distance. 1t WAS necessary 7"
close un this latter street at IN carly
hour.
4 cavc-in was found in Water street
nearly opposite the Journal Ofic" and
another on Grove street, near the resi-
denco Of Hon. s. ]. Chadbounc. A big
Slide Of land came from the Bangs ter
race or Winthrop street ana hlied lle
gutter on the south SIDE
out at Cuhbosseecontee lake consid-
arotle damage has been done 70 the ice |
boats. which somc Of the owners had
gotten ready for Usr on Saturday The
H. boats cr L. W. Soule, W. =. l'eld |
and Harry w. Reid have sunk 70 thr |
bottonl. while those of pr. F. 6. klnS- |
ma, ana Edwin : Reid are floating |
a bout the lake or a big cake of icr.
Al the mower hnIsr OF ii" ktnneh"c
iaht ana IIcut CnmpauE tn" water pow
b. could no. ~ .i.,'h, last night. nut th1
..aar, engine did the work admirablt, /
he liyhts, being kept going IN good shape.
,rbn factory boarding house had e f""t
cr water in its dining room a T." ms
mornins ana i, is siill coming.
Between aI5 last night ana IlN 'h"
MORNING. the water below the dam raised
, f.., aud 10 inches on n level. This WAS
,,bere no unnatural force of current or
ide operated.
,t o'clock ,Ac water going over thH
,,,,, measured II feet ana inches. Wiah-
/, ,u.n inches Of the highest record IN
,sae THE water is still rising. Il IS eN-
,acted that the highest mtch VIII ho
ra,ched about II o'clock this i"feh"'th
when the tide Will turn.
,fter the rain ceased railing ap"ut
,.cIocl< last night. snow began to Spit 1Pr
e,,,,t ti-,e Then il grew cold rapidly.
and this fact will have an influence -
;topping the rush of the waters. ;,.;4
Iha cellar of the Journal DhlldihS
VAS filed with big rolls OF paper "'u
hen il became evident tnat ''"""
,,.o. coming q crew of men was sent 10
them. Only a short time aitef
.t,a nane, was removed the water ne
,rar 70 pour in and ii kept pouring un-
IN . o'clock this morning, there WAS
: feet and | inch in the celiar-
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49,. condition Of United States Senator