The Portland daily press., 1869-09-10
THE GREAT STORM OF. wEDNEs-
DAY.
Losses OF Life and Property.
Additional Particulars OF the Disasters
la Portland mad Vicinity.
Terrible .Lsss of shipping
PORTLAND.

PORTLAND.
T, yesterday mornings paper We gave an ac-
count of the injury inflicted by the storm as
far as we had been able TO give particulars
We learn that the demolition of chimneys was
very great, not only in this city but also in the
surrounding towns. We hear that the Marine
Hospital was partially unroo:ed. Four out of
six chmneys in the two blocks of stores owned
by d. L. Chase, on Long wharf, each weighing
some 800 pounds, went by the board. The can
stones were carried some forty feet. States
were carried from the roof into the neighbor-
ing streets. Three of the chimneys went
through the roof of the upper block, the one at
the lower end making an opening for the wind
TO enter which lifted patch Of some thirty feet
square from the rear side of the roof, which
was carried into the dock The rear roof of
the store of Wheeler, Reed s. Small, on Com
mercial street, was taken Off A chimney went
through the roof of 7. c. Hersey's building,
corner of UGion and Commercial streets. The
large sign of the Eagle Refinery was knocked
down as we'll as others, and chimney of Capt.
Sturdivant's house, on Free street. war blown
down. The rear Of Hooper s. Eaton's new
puilniiss ou OOhSItSS SJIetb was also plOW IL ILL.,
The seaffoldipg was partly blown down on the
new Universalist Church, which probably gave
rise to the rumor that the walls had succumbed.
IN PORTLAND HARBoR.
The result of the storm was not so disastrous
in the harbor as was anticipated. Many of
the wharves were washed by the high water
and will require repairs. Several vessels
lao ,J,o;, ,oI,o of
ions took place in the docks, one fishing
schooner lost her bowsprit and another her
foremost Many were badly chafcd. The
dredge Behemoth, owned by Messrs Morris &
Cummings, of New York, at work removing
the distinctions in the harbor, sunk on the up
per end of the Middle Ground. She will be
raised. The yachts Columbia and Ray went
adrift but were picked up and brought back
to their moorings.
wEsTBROoK.
In Westbrook we hear that the large bakery
of Smith aud Baker, some 1O0x40 feet in size,
had the gable end blown out, and strange to
say the wall Of the first story went down so
carefully that she glass in the large window
was not smashed or cracked The wall of the
second story was blown some forty yards
while what appears the most wonderful in
cident the third story was not hurt in the
least. Several chimneys were blown down,
and the orchards were literally stripped OF
fruit. The road all the way from the city is
strewn with branches of trees and in many
cases with the trees themselves.
CAPE ELIZABETH,
A small schooner that had been anchored at
Richmond's Island dragged her three anchors
and struck the bar. Her owner jumped up
on the bar and made his way ashore, thus saw
ing his life. The schooner then drfted down
to the Ocean House Beach, where Mr.. Jor-
dan found her and saved all the cargo and
effects. Capt, Warehouses; large news barn
barn blew over and left the hay all standing.
The Ocean House bathing houses all blew
down. The outbuildngs which had just been
raised shared the same fate. There was gem
errl wreck of chimncys. Nathaniel Dyer's
new house came near going The timbers be-
gan TO give way and one more strong blast
would have flushed it. Trees and branches
of trees strew the road, and what is
singular, and probably accounts for more dam
age being done in some places than others is
that where there are woods, the wind seems to
have made track like cannon ball striking
down big and little trees and leaving all 9TH
ers standing in the vicinity.
AT pond Cove-the residence of W. f.
Stafford, Esq.-the largo henery was complete
ly demolished and six apple trees were torn I'D
by the roots. The breakers yesterday morn
ing all along the coast were magnificent. 1t
We prolaLlu tba lpo ,e I
years.
FALMOUTH.
A subscriber writes us that this section of
the country did not escape unscathed, but like
most other places suffered by the destruction
of nropertv tina ,EilaaiaAa amaze being to trees
anu fences and some buildings. a Two story
brick house, belonging to Gleady Moody. was
completely unroofed, and two large chimneys
thrown down, together with a large out build
ing connected with the house; estimated dam
age $500. A barn aud several other buildings
in the neighborhood were completely demol-
ished. The ground is literally covered with
apples. and many trees are uprooted, some
broken off, and others stripped of their branch
es. Great damage has been done to the corn,
which is level with the ground.
DanAGE 10 LIE FOG SlGNAL AT PORTLAND
rI .f HEAD. t.-- ,..
The fog bell and machinery at Portland
Head Light was carried over the cliff by the
force of the gale, together with the house in
which it was stationed, a building about TWEEN
ty feet square. The building was entirely de-
stroyed, but the bell and machinery received
but little injury.
q Of aha r saTxl r.. ~. n
time since he has been employed there-tw,n-
ty years-abandoned his post fearing that the
structure would fall
FORT PREBLE
At Fort Preble one or two chimneys were
blown down, but no serious damage, as we
learn from ope of the officers
BATH.
The Bath Times OF yesterday morning had
the following account of disasters in that city:
The new and elegant ship General Chamber
lain, partly loaded with stone, owned by j. p.
Morse, had broken from her moorings, and
gone adrlit The ship Rochester, owned by
the houghton brothers, also met with the
same disaster and is in great peril. The
steamer Eastern City also broke away from
her fastepings, and after drifting about for O
time at the mercy of the storm was fortunate
~, captured and safely secured. A three mast
ed schooner also got away, and her wherea-
bouts are unknown. A tug boat also went.
together with several smaller craft The river
is full of broken RATS of lumber, and unless
other vessels are securely fastened to their
moorings, we fear our list OF disasters will be
incomplete.
The Free Will Baptist church, on the corner
OF North and Willow streets, has been PLAYED
sad havoc with. 1t is completely ruined.
BooTHBAY.
Our correspondent at Boothbay writes that
much damage was done there by the gale of
Wednesday night. Some dozen vessels are
ashore in the harbor, with more or less dam
age. One total loss. Two new houses and one
barn blown down.
BIDDEFoRD AND sACo
During the storm of Wednesday evening the
spire of the I'd Congregational Church, on
Crescent street, Biddeford, was blown down.
1t fell into the street without injury to other
property.
The gale played the same fantastic tricks
with trees, fences, awnings aud other "porta-
BILE property that it did in Portland.
The schooner Albion, of Rocl1land, Capt
Zsnas Shaw, of 50 9-10O tons burthen, was
driven ashore on Old Orchard Beach and will
be total loss. She was on her way home from
Botson. '..
Another schooner non,n unl-novuo /. osboro