The Republican journal., 1886-02-04

Not the least remarkable feature of this storm j.
| that it prevailed generally throughout New Eng
land on the same day and of the same character
| The storm of Thursday in Belfast was duplicated
| in Portland. The trees were cred with -lcct,
| the weight of which broke down branches of all
sizes. some of the streets nearly impossible
| in the afternoon by the Accommodations and the dan
ger of being injured was great ae limbs the siz. If
| Il mans leg came tumbnr to The ground with the
| least breath of wind In some cases whole trees
fell or were split in halves BY the weight Of their
branches. Tops uf trees were taken OF a. if sawed
OF square 1t is believed that most of the trees in
Lincoln Park irrctrcvably ruined The historic
trees in Deerins's oaks suffered severely and the
| trees all over the city are much damaged. Two
men were severely injured, and much damage done
| to buildings by falling branches Alright the CITY
was in darkness, as Il was not Judged safe to turn
| on the electric light current. Nearly all the are
| lights hanging from trees We're smashed and many
| ncandescent lights were wrenched from the posts
! by falling limbs.
| Like havoc was caused at Richmond. lee formed
| upon trees and wires, and all through THURSDAY
| ght was heard the sound of falling ice and the
| cracking of the limbs of trees as they gave way
| under the weight of ice and force of wind Much
| damage has been done to shade trees, Of which
| there are many in the yilirc Gins, willows and
! naples being the kinds to suffer most Consider
| able damage has been done to fruit trees The old
| trees receiving the most injury and those in the
country suffering more than those in the yillayr
| The full extent Of the damage cannot vet be est
| mated Work ON the ice has been SUSPENDED ON
account OF water and slosh on the ice fields.
A Friday morning report from Bath saws one
of the worst effects of the slect storm can be seen
on south street from High to Middle streets. The
both sides of street are mere or
| less damaged The street and grounds in that
vicinity were literally Strewn With bouphs some
of very large size The fine shade trees near Gen
| Iv,le's residence were considerably damaged
Reports from the southern part of the city Indicate
that the damage to shade and fruit trees is equal
to that OF other places about town Work at the
various slipvar,ls has been SUSPENDED ON account
OF thc HllPpefA coh'iilioh Oh tNeI!thihS when
| the storm a LARGE manle trre in the ynra .t thG
| north side of tbe rnsitinncn nf / q inn,t.,n 1n
| JIirh street succumhnd "a tl,p',nioht If IN, on
inflated ice and snIittin. OF t = Mace ,yhnra II
was fully il inches In thi,Lness fnIl oo,ni,'st M
side of the housr comnIct.Iv dennlishiT~ ono nr
| the l.rgr windows tnn,ii,.tnr Ua.in" .o,nn,ta
that there were more thau "a hr..ls in mo ua,iTs
hrt>yern here and Rrnns,rirL and that in The Win
ty of Uar,ling's station nine tccrranb noles We're
| having nat having snapppd short OF under the
| pressure ON them
| Bangor came in for n good share of the trouble
| The damn snow thai fell there 1hursIay nirht
formed into stil1 crust, Friday morning nnG trafel
| ling was thereby rendered extremely dinicult
Pedestrians became adept in the Of ,odpingsnnIy
| slides from the many antique roofs, n rreat many
| fat peoue SAT down suddenly and few 0ronle VIM
yentured out were able to Keep unruflied tempers
| The Corinth Wintcrpou Amherst and Exeter
stage drivers repoIed the travelling Friday morn
| ing extremely iinicult TnIerranh and tplcnbnne
| wires were generally down here as elsewhere
| Saco reported Jan IS: A cold rain storm has
hepn in nrogrese thirty hams Torioht tranl .nd