The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-09-11

'ine uouse VI the II. u N. A. H. H. at Lincoln
vas blown down.
Lisbon Falls bridge was so much damaged
IS to be unsafe for travel.
The meeting house of the Society Of Friends
1t South Durham was very badly injured
,ne end was blown in and the building I'M
rooted. The building was quite old, of brick,
and quite large.
At Bowdoinham the roof of the new school
house was blown fifty feet. The old store for
merly occupied by J. G. Coombs was moved
partly across the railroad, OBTAINING the morn
ing train for Portland over an hour. A store
house belonging to Capt. Quint was broken
down as if crushed by the very weight of the
Winds A number of barns and buildings of
lighter structure were blown down or moved
about promiscuously.
The only serious damage in Lewiston, says
the Journal, was the blowing down of the shed
stables building on the trotting course. This
structure was 100 feet long and Is feet wide,
with shed roof, and was boarded and shingled
but not fully completed. 1t is entirely demol-
ished. The building was in the hands of the
contractor, Mr.. A. Kurdish. The tloss is vari-
ously estimated, but will probably come with
in $500 to $500.
On the whole line of the Maine Central the
damage was immense.
In Oldtown, Orono, Carmel and Hampden
we have intelligence of houses unroofed and
blown down. In Winterport vessels were
sunk at tbs wharves. Steamer Katahdin ar
rived safe in Bangor and Charles Houghton
at Rockland. Steamer New England broke
the connection between steam pipe and steam
box and was towed into port by the New En-
gland. The Katahdin reported the following
disasters, as we learn from the Wing:
Harbor in company with pinky. The former
with sails gone; schooner ashore outside
White Head, high and dry at high water
Between White Head and Owls Head num-
Der of schooners ashore; in Owls Head six
vessels ashore-one loaded with lime, dis
charging: one with bark, and one lumber: bal
ance apparently light-some in bad position.
At Rockland two vessels sunk at Sanford's
Wharf; bark and three schooners ashore.
At Camden lumber laden schooner ashore
and wreck-she halls from Waldoboro-(this
is the Jane Eliza, Captain Dreamer, for Bos.
ton, loaded by James Walker s. Coz At Bel
fast nine vessels went ashore. At Searsport a
number of small sailboats ashore and gone to
pieces; Sonford's Wharf badly injured.
A schooner ashore below the old wharf at
Bucksport narrows, lumber laden; two schrs
ashore above Winterport, one discharging and
lumber vessel on shore.
The Katahdin found heavy sea outside and
blowing fearful hurricane. Left two hours
after time. 1t blew the hardest in Boston be-
tween five and seven night of Wednesday,
Saw many vessels with loss of sails Saw a
large feet Of fishermen lying to. apparently
all right. The Katahdin met with no damage,
The following named vessels are partially
included in the above list: Sch. Sarah Hail.
Kimball, Boston, for Bangor, with assorted
cargo, ashore at Winterport, discharging;
with lumber, at Winterport, on her beam ends
Brig NJ A. Herrera, at Winterporr, loading
for Cuba by James Walker & Co., full of wa
ter
Sch. Mary Patten with lumber, at Winter
port, full of water.
Sch. Andes, Lynn, by N. G. Aver & Co.,
with lumber, full of water, at Hampden.
Sch. Juliet, Coombs, Bangor, for Bridge
port Ct, with lumber, LIST inst. sunk at Cas-
tine.
in Bath, as we learn from the Times, many
persons were so frightened that they rushed
into the street in their night-clothes The
whole damage to property cannot be less than
$4,000 or $4,000. The destruction of the
Freewill Baptist church alone involves loss
of $4,000 Great damage was done in the
shipyards, workshops being blown down and
material set adrift. Alpheus Carter lost his
house altogether. Many stables and out
buildings were injured, The house of Mayor
Patten lost a skylight. The Bath Tines re-
ports the following disasters to shipping and
other property:
The snip Rochester, undergoing repairs and
owned by Houghton Brothers, parted her fas-
Jennings at nine o'clock, and drifted up the riv-
er as far as Burnt Jacket, where she went
ashore on Lines Island: The tugs Resolute,
lighters, have got her of, and she is now at the
wharf. ...
The three masted schooner of Lucy Fl. Glib
son, of Baltimore, broke from her mornings at
the railroad wharf, and ran into the new ship
Gen. Chamberlain, owned by Hon. j. T.
Morse, lying at the King wharf, and loading
with stone for New Orleans, which also broke
her fastenings, and the two ran into the
steamer Eastern City, lying outside her con-
sort, the Daniel Webster, at Lambard's wharf,
and carried her away The three then sepa-
rated and the steamer ran into thu Nm, 1niarfino
Gus Of GardiiaaeGEa rfying awyy her foretop and
and top gallant masts and head of foremast
and bowsprit, and causing ether damages to
the amount of $1,000 The steamer had her
damaged and rudder. She was fl
nally safely anchored in the stream, while the
brig is now at Patterns wharf Damage to
Eastern City is at least 81 500.
The Gen. Chamberlain kept on her course
and ran into the schooner Comet, owned by J.
Wakefield, & Co., and A. Palmer, of this city,
which was lying at city wharf, breaking both
fthe schooner's masts staving in her bow
and carrying her up the river where the
schooner finally went ashore on the Wool
witch side, and is a total wreck. The Captain
of the Comet Alvin Oliver of Arrowsic, and
his brother small boy, in attempting to
board the Gen. Chamberlain, were both lost
overheard, and while the boy succeeded in
drifting ashore on plank, the captain was
drowned. Comets loss, $1,000.
At HodgdOn's Mills two story house was
blown down.
The bell in one of the meeting houses was
dropped to to the ground, and singular to re-
late, did no material injury to the building.
At Parker's Head, a barn belonging to Capt.
Alex. Percy, was blown down, killing one
yoke of oxen and two. valuable cows. The
barn of Mr.. Rollins was also blown down,
and one COW killed. Also barn belonging to
John Morse was brought to the ground.
Schooner Monitor of Cohasset, Capt. Cyrus
w. Gammons, went ashore at the point and is
a total loss. The captain was drowned.
The Gen. Chamberlain was subsequently
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brought to an anchor within half mile of the
wharf by Frederick Wright, who was the on
ly man on board at the time.
The Lucy Ii. Gibson was finally anchored
without receiy ing any serious damage save the
oss of her jibboom, but her captain fell into
he lower hold and was badly injured.
At Woolwich, a two-story unoccupied house
belonging to u. Covell, was blown blown
Town. Loss 81, 500 A blacksmith shop near
he ferry was demolished,
AT Wiscasset the elegant residence of Capt.
Richard ID. Tucker, was unroofed.
The schooner Exchange, Captain Hutchins,
oaded with wood and lying at Rics and Rob-
nson's mill, broke adrft, and went ashore in
rrott's Cove, Woolwich, where she bilged, and
iled with water. Her deck load is a total loss.
The brig Frontier, of Philadelphia, went
ashore on Jewett's lodges, but has been got off
without much injury.
The yacht Commodore went ashore at Wool
wich, but has since got off. Damage $500.
YORK.
A correspondent from York writes as fol-
Ows:
light O'Clock Wednesday evening, tearing up
rees of all sizes, blowing off chimnies. break
ng down the corn, and making general des-
ruction in its path. The roads in every direc-
ion are blocked by trees being blown across
hem. A new unfinished house was blown
'ver and demolished. Such gale was never
Known here by that veteran, the Oldest inhabi-
ant.
Close of the New England Fair.
We lay before our readers to-day the last of
series full and accurate reports of the great
estival that during the present week has made
ur city the scene of the greatest activity and
njoyment The full list of premiums, which
We give elsewhere, shows who has received the