Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-02-03
Heavy Gale.
NEW ENGLAND AND THE MIDDLE
STATES VISITED.
Damage in Other Localities.
New HAMPSHIRE.

| llindsdale, February 2. Brattleboro had about
eight inches of snow last night. The wind is
blowing gale on the hills to-day. 1t Is the Sc
| vcrest storm of the season. e
Woodsvillc, February q About foot of snow
TELL here to-day. 1t has been drifting fearfully all
day. Passenger trains were two hours late. The
| freight trains were cancelled. The thermometer
| is 20 degrees below.
Vermont.
Montpelier, February 2. heavy westerly
wind and snow storm prevailed hc,, al the ior,-
noon and still continues. T.c Ilcle- & >nJw
| has fallen.
Rutland, February .. The heaviest storm of
this winter has been raging since midnight, 1t is
showing and drifting badly. Reports from Sara
toga and Whitehall way report the Storm as fear
full. The wires south Of Philadelphia are broken
by the gale. Montreal reports that foot Of
snow has fallen.
Nassa chusetfs.
Taunton, February 2. The gale hys been Sc
we're ia this section, to-day. Several cases of in-
jury to men and teams are reported, one where
buggy was capslzed by the wind and the occu-
pants badly bruised.
Rhode Island.
Providence, February 3 The gale is heavy
here this afternoon. In Woonsockct q new buck
French Crtholic church, nearly flushed, was lev
eiled 10 the basement walls. The loss is over
500 900.
New York.
New York, February 2. One of the heaviest
gales OF the season commenced at o'clock this
morning, from the northwest, with snow squalls.
The weather has cleared, but the gale continues.
aud trees, signs, flags, awnings, etc, have suf-
fered.
The telegraph wires between here and Wash.
ington were seriously interrupted by the storm
| last night, and the facilities very limited. Th.s
morning the wind is very high.
The storm signal was blown away and telegraph
wIrps anff ilpr,
is falling.
Cohoes, February2. At ! O'Clock this morning
during severe gale the steeple of St. Demands
church, Ontarior street, 225 feet high containing
a full set OF chimes, was blown down and COM
pletely demolished. The chimes fell across the
| Rensselaer, 4 Saratoga railroad track, where they
| now lie, impeding travel, but apparently not much
damaged. The telegraph wires were all pros
| trated.
The roof of Daniel McGrath's residence was
lifted as piece and hurled to the opposite side
| of the street.
Troy, February .. The gale here this morning
unrooied houses and did damage to the amount Of
several Thousand dollars. At Cohocs the damage
! is $50 coo.
New Jersey.
In Camden, \. j.. the gale was equally iolent
The roofs Of six houses 9Th street were blown
/ 20 feet.
Pennsylvania.
| Philadelphia, February 2 The high wiads
which prevailed early this morning did great
damage throughout the city. In almost every
section houses were unrooied or otherwise dar1-
aged. At the centennial grounds the towers of
the Agricultural hall and n. T. State building
were considerably damaged. A three story frame
| building at 44th St: and Elm avenue, and a one
story building on 43d st. and Lancaster avenue
were blown down. The tin roofs of the Trans
Continental hotel and the Farmers market were
| partially carried away.
District of Columbia.
! Washington, February 2. About o'clock a.
N. a violent gale from the northwest commenced,
| continuing several hours. Roofs Of houses were
| blown Oft and much other damage occasioned by
the gale, which was one of the tercest ex-
| pereLced here.
| Evausyil lie, February ,. The storm Yesterday
caused great destruction in the low lands below
here. len farms were swept nearly bare five
miles above Mount Vernon. The fate of the &C.
| cupants OF the farm houses is unknown. One
| family was rescued from the second story windows
| by steamer.
| Cincinnati, February .. The Commercials Mt.
| Vernon, Ind, special says dozen dwellings, and
a school house was swept away in the indundated
| river bottoms by yesterdays storm The occu-
| pants took refuge in the trees and barn lofts
Some suffering is reported from frozen feet and
ears, but no lives were lost.
Michigan.
| Detroit, February A terrific storm of snow
| and wind swept over the state last night. This
morning is the coolest of the season. Mercury %
| below.
Nova Scotia.
| Halifax, February 2. The severest storm of the
winter commenced this morning, and it blew q
gale all to-day. The shipping in the harbor suf-
fered considerably. The storm is abatng this
evening. 1t is feared that wrecks have occurred
along the coast.