The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
BINGHAM

The eclipse of the sun was noted
by several persons on the morning
of the 18th, although there were too
many clouds TO make observation
very favorable.
The first run of logs came out oil
Dead River on April 23rd.
Peter Larkin of Waterville, master
driver on the Kennebec River, is in
town making arrangements for the
drive.
On account of the many cases OF
measles in town the village schools
are closed till the 29th inst
DR.. P. A. Woods Office will be clos
ed until Saturday night.
Miss Davis, principal of the high
school is spending week among
friends in Gardiner and Miss Putnam
and Miss Jennings two of the other
teachers are also out of town.
No church services were held last
Sunday and none will be held till
further notice.
A full stock of screen doors, all
sizes, painted, bronze green ready to
hang. Knock down screen frames
wire cloth and adjustable screens all
sizes at S. J. Whitney's.
All persons who have not already
had their dogs licensed for the pres
ent year are requested to do So
THE GOING OUT OF THE ICE
The ice in the river at this village
went out April 18th, nine days earlier
than last year. 1t was about a.
m. on Wednesday morning when 70
liceman Carl heard low roaring and
crunching of the ice in the river.
Hurrying to the bridge he found the
ice had stopped and was Jammlng
near the point of Bluff. He came
I'D the bank and found the water was
coming in from the Austin stream
and surrounding the American Shoe
Finding Co.'S plant MIR. Carl warn
ed the men of their danger and awoke
the people living on River and Muir
raw streets. BY this time the water
had risen so that Guy Williams and
his wife were taken from their home
in a canoe. The factory crew were
also taken from the building in
boat and conveyed to higher land At
about seven o'clock the ice started
q little SO that "a cake pushed over
a pole tangling the fire alarm wire.
This rang in an alarm giving the fire
company a run to the lower end OF
the town. Later an attempt was
made to dynamite big pier but this
proved futile. The jam extended
from the bridge to the Robinson in
tervale a distance of two miles above
with a small channel which worked
up the west side of the river and
across to the mouth Of the cove Just
below the American Shoe Finding
Co.'s mill This let all the water
from Austin stream and large part
Of the river water come down through
the cove. So strong was the current
that in less than three hours 1t wash
ed away a strip of ground thirty rods
long and thirty feet wide.
At D. m. the jam began to grind
then a crunching sound and the mass
began to move 1t is now that the
mighty power of the Kennebec is
shown. Logs are caught, twisted or
broken, huge ice cakes weighing tons
are crowded far above the high water
marks and all the time there Is a
sullen grinding roar. Much to the
relief of many onlookers the jam
finally passed under the bridge safe
ly and out of sight. Should the pro-
pOSeu Jail Do puiil dI coiou eho uodu
water from it would reach within one
and one-fourth miles Of this village
This would freeze very solidly and
when the ice jams come down they
would pile upon this solid ice and
remain there a week or longer,
throwing the water back upon the
low lands and flooding twenty-six
dwelling houses In town besides the
American Shoe Finding Co.'S plant
and other mills causing great
amount of damage and destruction of
property 1t does not seem that
such an act of injustice can or will
be done