The Republican journal., 1901-12-19
SUNDAYS sroRM.
Rain. Sleet and Freezing Weather Came in
Succession. Travel Impeded and Mails
Delavo1.

Asains SAoeC ana Freezing weather Came In
Succession. Travel Impeded and Mails
Delayed.
A much needed rain came last Sunday,
and while it did great amount Of good in
filing wells, cisterns and streams, at the
same time 1t did much damage, in washing
out railroads, highways, etc. Rain began
falling early Sunday morning, accompanied
by heavy southerly gale, and continued
through the day, changing to sleet at 10
O'Clock at night. During that time the rain
fall, according to the U. S. Weather Bureau
measurement, was 2.99 inches, very large
amount for SO short time. There was but
little frost in the ground, and the rain took
1t all out The snow was practically all
gone before the rain came on. Sunday
night there was sharp change, the wind
coming around to northwest and the mer-
curry falling from 480 at O'Clock Sunday
afternoon to 100 at O'Clock aonday morning.
The wind continued to blow a gale from the
northwest all day Monday, and the highest
point reached by the mercury during the
day was 170. There were a large number of
washOuts on the railroads. The passenger
train left on time Monday morning, but
found washout 60 feet long and from 10 to
20 feet deep just beyond Thorndike station,
and another was reported at Unity. No
trains arrived at Burnham from either east
or west during the day, and several bad
washOuts were reported on the main line,
which stopped all through trains east of
Brunswick. The passenger train backed
down from ThOrndike, and made the trip to
that station in the afternoon, returning by
special orders at 4.3O
The steamer Penobscot went to Bangor
Sunday and it was thought at one time
Monday that she could not get out on ac-
count of the rushing ice and lumber in the
river. But she left at 2.3O O'Clock and ar
rived here at $50. The M. & M. made her
regular trip from Bucksport to Camden and
back to Belfast She then returned to Cam
den, taking several passengers bound to
Rockland, and some for Boston via the Knox
& Lincoln railroad from Rockland. She
left Camden at 6 O'Clock for Bucksport
direct. Her up-river passengers included
mum ber of delegates to the State Grange at
Bangor from Belfast and vicinity and Cam
den. The Silver Star did not cross the bay
The roads throughout the country were
badly washed and stages and other teams
were obliged to make long detours A Sec
ti0n of the road on Poland Hill in Montville
is gone for 40 feet about to depth of 10
feet
There are numerous washouts on the city
nf %,v1o hut <I,o
were all made pasSable Monday.
The sleet of Sunday night left coating
, of ice on the sidewalks and walking was
very difficult and treacherous.
The Boston Sunday Globes were not re-
ceived here until late Monday afternoon,
when c. E. Bowen of Brooks brought them
in. He usually takes them from the train
at Burnham Sunday and brings them by
team to the points along the line and to
Searsport. F. G. Mixer who sells the Sun
day Globes says this is the first time in two
years that Mr.. Bowen has failed to get the
papers here some time during the day Sun
day. M. P. WoOdcock & Son received the
Boston Sunday Herald. Monday afternoon.
The only papers received Tuesday were a
ceived by steamer M and M.
The congregations at the churches Sunday
forenoon were small. Sunday schools
were held at the Methodist and Baptist
churches and evening services at the Bap-
tist only.
All the stages got in Monday except
Liberty via. Searsmont, where the roads
were so badly washed out that the driver
could not find passage.
Telephone and telegraph communication
was not interrupted, the lines working well
in all directions. What breaks there were
did not interfere with the through work.
The through mails to and from Bangor
were sent via the Bucksport railroad, steam
er NJ. & NJ, Camden & Rockland electrics
and Knox & Lincoln railroad to Brunswick.
beyond which point the main line was open.
The Western mail from Belfast was sent out
Tuesday via the Camden stage and electrics
to R0ckland and the Eastern to Bangor via
the Stockton Springs stage. Mails are now
dispatched regularly by these conveyances.
Postmaster Brown says he is in daily COM
munication with Chief Clerk Marshall of
the Railway Mail Service, who assures him
that everything possible will be done for
Belfast and other places similarly situated,
There are no trains moving between Gardi-
ner and Bangor. The mails are made up bv
the railway mail clerks according to regular
schedules and it would require complete
overhauling Of the mails in the pouches in
post offices and postal cars to send it bv
other routes. There is no probability of
regular mail service here, or anywhere east
of Gardiner before Friday
Yesterday the M. & NJ. was so heavily
loaded at Bucksp0rt that she went by Bel
fast direct to Camden, and there we're ON
people at Camden bound to Bangor. She
had not returned when The journal went tn
press.
E. G.. Freeman, who drives an accommo-
dation line to Camden, says the shore road
was left in very good shape for SO severe a
storm. There were no bad washouts be-
tween Belfast and Camden.
News of the Oranges.
Seaside Grange had dance at their hall
last Thursday evening, confined to members
of the order and invited friends. Forty.
four couples were on the floor,
Dirigo Grange, Freedom, has elected the
following officers for the ensuing year: M.
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