The Republican journal., 1869-10-14
TIE DAMAGE BY THE GALE.


eastern part of the State il amount ed to q
hurricane. The gale was likewise very Sc
we're in the kenncbcc region. The Sandy
Gycrrosc TO an unprecedented height, sweep
ING away nearly al the bridges. The new
corn canning factory Of Mr.. jones' al Farm
in~on. was swept into the river, making a
loss of 1000. The banks of the river are
one scene of devastation. At Phillips the
cemetery was washed away and the collins
and bodies carried down the stream Frank
lin and Oxford counties suffered severely
Al Skowhegan the river rose thirty feet. and
nearly covered the top of the bridge piers.
People moved out of their houses expecting
them to he swept away. The mill Of Weston
x Baker was wrecked, and the paper mill of
Il. y. Lyon x Co.. damaged
The scvcrcst portion of the storm fell upon
The eastern portion Of the seaboard. The
Portland Advertiser makes up the following
account:
From RobbinSton to Calais. distance of
miles. there is hardly person who has
not had barn. shed or house more or less
damaged. or trees uprooted 1t is the same
from Calais to Princeton, some fifteen barns
and houses having been unroofed, blown
Ridge, ON the st. Stephen side there is hard
~ a barn left standing. One man near the
Rolling Dam. had his barn blown down, and
"a horse, woke OF oxen, two cows and a hog
kiiled We hear OF quite a number of per-
sunS having been severely in iurcd by falling
buildings. In Calais and St Stephen the dam
ACE is immense. Miles of fences were pros
trttcd, barns and two or three dwelling hous-
destroyed as we mentioned yesterday. In
Perry II barns, OF ) houses and some other
buildings We're either unroofed or blown
down, in nearly every case the latter. In
Pembroke 25 barns We're blown down be-
sidrs much other damage. In Charlotte 2
barns We're blown down and COWS and two
horses killed
A correspondent at Calais, Maine, states that
a new barquc OF 500 tons, which left ST. An
cteWS, n. b., on Friday, to load deals a Lc-
prcauX, was driven ashore on Bliss Island
and went to pieces All hands We're lost, in
cludm@ twelve men and the pilot. He also
,tatcs that all of the marine railways. dry
docks and slips are full of wrecked vessels,
and there are some twelve or fifteen vessels
al Calais that have not vet been heard from.
More than one hundred barns and houses
have been blown down within four miles OF
Calais. -Four men We're killed and quite a
number badly hurt The gale Of last Sep
tcmbcr IS considered by the people there as
oI trillin@ importance compared with the re-
cent terrific storm. The gale did not reach
AroOsooh County.
The PASSPORT Sentinel has come to hand
with particulars of the devastation in that re-
zion. Between the hours of I and on Mon
day night the storm eliminated in one of the
most fearful tornadoes known along the coast.
In Eastpon itself great trees were torn up by
the roots and hurled about by the gale, houses
were unrootcd, and the terrified inhabitants
driven into the flooded streets; chimnevS
were blown down, and the shipping in the
h:lbor blown to destruction. We copy from
the Sentlncfs account: "a number OF small
craft were lying in the cove at the Salt w orks
and We're all more or less in iurcd. two small
fishing srhoonrrs being completely wrecked
The EIba Iron Works property was some
what damaged The wharf property and
buildings on the eastern side Of the Salt
Works, owned by Mr.. Aaron Webber, We're
carried away His fishing schooner, aboard
oI which was zoo quintas of Goldfish, his en-
tire seasons work, was driven ashore with
lcayy damage to vessel and cargo. The loss
cannot be less than $4,000. The wharf at
Buchnlm's point, owned by Richard Young,
Was carried away also IL snOke-housc and
establishment tor putting up tinnan haddies,
owned by same party. The wharf owned by
Henry Harris was carried away leaving moth
mo TO view except the beach strewn with
logs and drtt-wood. Mr.. John Youngs fish
mo schooner the s.IIndaunted,' which was at
anchor near his fishing establishment below
thc ship yard, drifted ashore on the rocks and
lodges, and was crushed to atoms; also
wharf damaged to some extent. Loss $1,000.
a tish-house near same place, belonging to
Mr.. Uallct, was blown down. the falling
tmbcrs and boards striking Lorenzo and
Alvin llallet, who We're passing, and milict-
ing severe injuries. About ninety feet OF
Messra. Peabody Il Cummings wharf, for
mclly the Buck property, was destroyed and
carried away The schooner IS. f. Night
ngale." owned by Peabody & Cummings
was l. ing at the Southern side of the wharf
and drove her bowsprit into a iisL-house,
loosenng the roof which was carried up tho
hill some distance by tie wind. The schoon-
er "Travelcr." owned by same firm, was ly.
jng ut pcarccs wharf and dritted and pound
ed about among the ruins until Friday morn
mo She was found in doubtful condition near
IN upon the spot occupied the day before by
the building 1T the head of the steamboat
wharf, owned by the L. S. S. Company.
4mAll fishing craft Of 20 tons, owned by Capt
David Tidd, of this town. lying in the dock
opposite the ''Nightengale,' is a complete
wreck, with loss OF entire load of fish and oil
also nets tni everything ON board, amount
ing to upwards Of 1000,
Mcssrs j. Il S. Griffin were the hcavies
losers of any one firm, having three vessels
wrecked. The - lying at Gorham's wharf
thc "speedwell" at Broad Cove, with car
20 of smoked and picked fish, both of which
were total losses, and the ''Debonnaire,
with cargo Of pumice, also went ashore at
Broad Cove. badly damaged. A large por
ton of their wharf was destroyed and i'm
1nensc number of fish washed away; als(
great injury sustained by both store and fisl
house The total loss is about $4,000.
y store-house owned by Darius Pcarce wa
thrown into tho dock, with the buildings anC
wharves occupied by John S. Pearce, and be
longing to the late Jacob Shackford's estate
Mr.. j. S. Pcarce had about S40O worth OF
Goods on hrnd all of which were lost. The
wharf and buildings were valued at $4,000.
tiraham's wharf, and store fell nothing be,
ing i>it but drifting logs and timber. Loss
$1,000. The above property was rented anG
occupied by j. g. S. Griffin, the lower flat as
n storehousc and stable. Mr. j. Il. Card
5al-mallef, occupied the upper story, whose
loss WAS about $500. A truck horse of the
Mrssrs. Giif1ns in the stable was also lost
The building at the head of steamboat wharf
was completely demolished and smashed t(
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