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block, occupied by banquet room and
kitchen, and rose to within foot
of the ceiling. Considerable damage
was done to dishes and furnishings.
Jim" Hartman had his telephone
crew on the job early. When the
Main street bridge went out, it cut
fifty telephone lines serving all the
west side of the city and large sec
tion of the southern and western
section of Hancock county. The first
wire was across Friday morning, and
Denny" McCarty of Bangor was the
first man across, swinging in a 'bo-
suns chair" A temporary terminal
box was rigged on a pole near the
postoffice, and by Monday communi-
cation was established on all the
lines.
The old laundry building on the
west side of the river, which was
swung around against the bridge
abutment when the water reached
it's greatest height Wednesday night,
collapsed Saturday noon. The build
ing was occupied by the Morang
Robinson Co. garage as paint shop.
and it's destruction adds materially
to that company's loss.
A line of hose was strung on
wire across the river at Main street
Friday morning, to serve as some
protection in case of a fire on the
west side. Tuesday it was connected
with hydrants at the corner of Main
and Water streets and Main and
Grant streets, filling the mains on
the west side.
Bar Harbor did the handsome
thing ia rendering, through Chief
Engineer Roy Hamor, the use of it's
steamer in the emergency caused by
the cutting off of water service. The
steamer not only gave reinsurance
to those who feared disastrous
fire, but gave the people on the east
side a water service by pumping the
mains full of water from the river
not fit for drinking purposes, of
course, but of untold value, just the
same. Chief Hamor was here every
day to see that the steamer was run
ming smoothly. The use of the
steamer was given gratuitously and
Ellsworth feels deeply indebted to
Bar Harbor
Another protection against fire
was afforded by the presence here of
Mccain truck, with pump, in
charge of Mr.. Trefry, sales manager
for the company. Mr. Trefry was in
eastern Maine demonstrating the
truck. and was temporarily stopping,
in Bangor until the roads were in
better conditions for travel. When
the call reached Bangor, telling of
the emergency existing here, he i'm
mediately put the truck through the
muddy road, reported to the mayor
and Chief Engineer Goodwin, and
placed his services at the call of the
city. At the meeting of the city
government Monday evening, after
an expression of approval by the
citizens meeting, it was voted to
purchase the truck, and it remains
here.
Sessions of the high school were
resumed Monday, at Hancock hall,
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The upper hall, the board of trade
room, the municipal court room and
the superintendent of schools office,
are being used. The vestry of the
Baptist church is also being used for
recitatiOns.
Freshet history was made so fast
last week, and the aspect changed
so quickly from fear to relief and
then to dismay, that, for a weekly
paper, it was necessary to write and
rewrite the story several times. The
story finally printed in the emer-
gency edition of The American was
written ION the fly without oppor-
tunity for correction or revision, and
some things included in earlier
stories and in mind as having been
written, were omitted. One of such
omissions was reference to the work
of Mayor Foster and other members
of the city government to stay the
havoc of the food, especially in try
ing to save the Main street bridge.
They did all they could, but were
pitted against the irresistible.
A loss occasioned by the flood,
which will mount into thousands of
dollars, will be that to labor. Many
men employed at the mills at Ellis
worth Falls are thrown out of work
by the loss Of logs for practically
the entire summers operation, and
the destruction of the machine shop
and foundry and the sweeping away
of the yachts and boats will throw
many more men out of employment.
The obstruction Of the channel of
Union river by sunken logs and
wreckage of buildings may prove
serious.
The postoffice lawn and embank-
ment have been washed out for
distance varying from ten to thirty
five feet. A portion of the concrete
sidewalk on the south side of Main
street has been washed away, and
the walk has been undermined and
settled as far back as the pOstOffice