The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-01-12
THE STORM.
Severest Gale Since 1869.
Great Damage On
Land and Sea.
LOSS 10000 IN CAMDEN
ALONE.
Great Damage to Ship
ping at ROckland.


cane last night. Burr Paul's barn was blown
fiat and the end of w. Bowers barn blown
down, also four chimneys on dwellings, and
Bay View liberty pole. Lumber piles were car
ried two hundred feet Wind blew from all
quarters. A. A. Mans6eld's barn blew down
killing borse, cow and heifer. AtWest Cam
den A. Lampson's house and barn were unroof-
ed, John Andrews, barniunroofed, also barns of
G. B. Ibgraham, Joseph Keller, Harrison Hem
ingway, Benjamin Starrett, Randall Simmons
Damage to property in the town $4,000
RoCKLAND, j an 1.-The heaviest northeast
gale ever known here prevailed last night, do
ing great amount of damage. Steamer Uly-
ssss of the Rockland, Mt. Desert & Sullivan
line, broke from her mooriugs at Railroad wharf
and went ashore on the rocks at the South Ma
rne Railway wharf, where she broke up into
fragments and is total wreck. Loss about
$4,000. The new bark Will W. Case also
broke from her moorings at Railroad wharf
and went ashore at the head Of the Bay, split
ting her keel, starting planks, breaking timbsrs
and carrying away main-top-galant mast, dam
aging her to this extent of several thousand
dollars. The breaking of the piles to which
the hawsers were fast was the cause of the dis
aster, in both these cases. Gen. Tilson's sloop
Island Belle, broke from her moorings and
drifted into Commercial wharf, breaking away
a hundred and twenty-four feet of the wharf
and totally wrecking the sloop. The next wharf
south, owned by the Cobb Lime Company, was
badly broken up and half of large shed
blown down. The Crockett wharf, next south,
was badly washed to pieces; Atlantic wharf
was badly damaged, slips broken up a portion
of the wharf carried away and the sea washed
through the freight house doing much damage.
Schooner Mansfield broke from Browns wharf
and ran into Farrand and Speare's wharf, car
ryiug away cutwater, staving boat and doing
other damage. Schooners Peanut and Oliver
Avery came ashore together but are little dam
aged. Schooner Bilow broke from Peases
wharf and drifted across the cove, striking the
schooner Jewell and breaking her taffrail The
present course of the tides is low otherwise the
damage would have been immensely greater.
A barn was unroofed, many chimneys and signs
blown down and other minor damage done.
At Thomaston the large harm of Washington
Robbins was blown down, and valuable horse
and two COWS killed. Another barn was demol-
ished and other damage done.
Two schooners bound east, which came into
Seal Harbor yesterday afternoon, vert ashore
at Norton's Island last night. 1t was thought
one would be got off. Names not yet reported
here. Several schooners are also ashore at Ten
nants Harbor. The outer end Of South Ma
rine Railway wharf, which was very heavily
bsllasted, was:forced bodily out of position, and
to, foot oE@ Ia Is
tional church was blown out of line and leans
several degrees.
BATH, Jan 11.-DuriDg the storm last night
one of the Knickerbocker Ice Company's new
houses at Boothbay was blown down. Schoon-
er Robert Woodruff of Wiscasset, dragged an
chors 10 Sheepscot river and was obliged to slip
them and run ashore at Indian Town harbor,
where she now lies. Several vessels broke from
their moorinss in Boothbay harbor but were
secured with trihing damage.
BANGOR, Jan. 11.-Severe gale this morning.
Steeple was blown from the Baptist church in
Oldtown at o'clock.
EAsTPoRT, Jan. 11.-Greatest gale since the
tornado of 1869. Wind over sixty miles an hour
for four hours. 1t blew states off the custom
house, flagstaff from the fort, chimneys from
Memorial Hall and other buildings. Two or
three small vessels went to pieces loaded with
frozen herring. All lost. Schooner Nightin-
gale, loaded with frozen herring is ashore at
Broad Cove and full of water. No preparation
was made, as the gale came unexpected. No
signal was ordered by the Weather Bureau till
too late to be of service.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Jan. 11.-During the
gale of last night many vessels near this port
dragged their anchors and narrowly escaped
destruction. Schooner Paragon Of Searsport,
Me-, went ashore on Clarke's Island. Rover
Brides and Flying Cloud of this port, and Ida
May of Bucksport, Me-, ara ashore near Fort
Point, at the entrance of this harbor. There
are grave doubts about getting off the first nam
ed vessel as she lies in precarous condition
Rest will get off at high tide.
WATERvILLE, Jan. ia high wind with
snow and rain prevailed in this vicinity during
last night, Frustrating telegraph lines, liter
rupting communication between this place and
Bangor, and doing other slight damage.