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ven' serious. His buildings were injured, and a considerable 

 iiuanlity of iron damaged. 



At the mills of Knos Sharpless the water rose to the height 

 of eighteen feet, being at its greatest height a little after eight 

 o'clock. At this place the present flooil was seven feet three 

 inches higher than the great ice freshet of 1839, and eight 

 feet three inches higher than the flood of 1795. The king 

 post bridge, near these mills, was carried away, but as it was 

 lodged within a mile, the materials were chiefly recovered, 

 and the bridge rebuilt without great expense to the county. 

 The counting house, a temporary bark house, and bath house 

 were carried away. The basements of the mills were flooded, 

 and the cards in the woolen mill, and the bolting cloths in the 

 flour mill were damaged. The injury to Mr. Sharpless' dam 

 was very considerable — about half of the breast-work, and 

 nearly all of the filling above (constituting about three- 

 fourths of the entire dam,) were carried away. The fixtures 

 for raising the logs into Crosby's dam were demolished, and a 

 number of logs carried off. John M. Sharpless, at these same 

 mills, had a Cooper shop, with casks, lumber, ike, carried 

 away. The next bridge below was over Crosby's dam. It 

 was of great length, reaching from hill to hill, constructed 

 entirely of stone, and had been built at a heavy expense to 

 the county. The arches of this bridge were completely 

 swept out, and one abutment nearly destroyed. The loss to 

 the count)' will necessarily be very heavy. 



At Peirce Crosby's mills the water, during the flood, was 

 twenty-one feet high, which is the greatest height noticed on 

 this creek, and seven feet higher than any previous flood 

 recollected by any person living. A large portion of Mr. 

 Crosby's dam was carried away, his race filled up, one tene- 

 ment carried off, and his flour mill and saw mill partially 

 injured. Kdward R. Crosby had a (juantity of logs and 

 boards carried away. The bridge at this place was also car- 

 ried off, but the loss to the county was not very great. Mr. 

 Peirce Crosby observed, during the greatest height ul the 



