The Portland daily press., 1882-01-28
THE GALE.
A Breezy Morning in Portland.

The city experienced the frolics OF boreas
Yesterday from 10 a. m. till after p. M, Ihe
wind commenced blowing gently 1rop the
west at s o'clock but it was ten before 1t began
to make its presence sensiby felt IN the
streets A gentleman who was out driving in
| a sleigh on Cumberland street, finding the
branches of trees were falling fast, turned up
| Casco street into Congress. Here several
small store signs blew across his path, foiioWeo
| bv buffalo robe from another gentleman's 8
sleigh. He turned at Congress Square, and, as
I he reached Market Square, the staging ABOUT
Lancaster Building came down with crash'
and he drove his horse to the stable ana put
| him up, convinced that it was not good
| morning for sleigh riding. The wind at TINS
time. about 1890 a. M, had velocity OF forty
| two miles an hour.
| Tt would be impossible to chronicle all the
cbimueys blown down. We hear the Ameri-
can House on India street, Smaller school
house on North street, Rev. f. E. Clark on
Neal street, w. H. Broughton's on corner
| Braekett and Bramhall streets, George Il.
Peters on Cumberland street, house on VIII
mot street. house on Congress, head of Casco
street, DR.. Lambs on Congress street and
house at the west end, all suffered IN this
respect. The spires Of Congress Square and
India street churches rocked perceptply.
Several large trees were blown down includ-
inc one on Washington street, while branches
and limbs of trees were scattered everywhere
The top of a lamp post on Clark street was
twisted off by the wind
Mayor Senter had-a very narrow escape.
Il.
AS he was passing Fluent Block on the way to
the City Building, the wind blew out OF the
boarding, in front of the block, one OF the
Temporary windows with report like gun.
The window, sash and all, just gra3ed his
face and was dashed in fragments on the op-
posite side of the street. A load OF hay was
unset on Tukey's Bridge. The Cumberland
Mills express team was unloading boxes at
Shaw g. Goding's. The wind blew off the
TOP of the team, seized the boxes and whirled
them over the heads of the horses. A large
pile of lumber on Sturdivant's wharf was
lifted up and flung into the dock. There
was some glass broken in the City Building.
A man named Atkins, was struck by
| mass of snow and ice, on Congress street, ana
| severely bruised about the head. He was as
| sisted into store near by, and finally recover
| ed sufficiently to be able to go home. A milk
| man was struck in the face by brick from
falling chimney and badly cut. A large barn
at Yarmouth belonging to Mr.. Haskell was
| blown in and Eve chimneys in the town blown
| down. At Saccarappa chimney and several
signs were demolished, and at Deering large
| barn was blown down and Mrs. Bachelder's
| house lost chimney.
| The harbor presented pretty sight A tug
| came by the breakwater with vessel in tow
probably the Henry Copeland the water
| blew over both in sheets of foam while the
gallant little steamer puffed away vigorously
and lost no time, The water was taken right
| up in sheets in the harbor and flung long dis
tances The ferry boat staggered right along
without losing any trips. As the water was
flung about peculiar kissing sound prevailed
Throughout the blow the air was warm and
balmy the mercury not falling below 420. The
telegraph wires to the west were, many OF
them, laid PROSTATE, but the telephone wires
worked well. The noon trains from Boston
were delayed some forty minutes by the force
| of the gale.