The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-01-11

CALAIS, Jan. 9.--A drifting snow STORM
and a high wind prevailed in Calais, Me-,
until noon. The river is frozen over for
mile below the city.
FRYEBURG, JAN ga high wind has piled
the snow in huge drifts, almost entirely sus-
pending travel. Some of the merchants dld
not dare face the. severity Of the storm Tor
their meals today. The storm was especially
severe in the White Mountains. Trains
were DELAYED by the deep drifts in the cuts.
EAsTPoRT, Me-, Jan. 9.-The most de-
structive storm in fifteen years visited TINS
section this morning. A binding northeast
snow storm set in at O'Clock, which blew 60
miles per hour at 9 o'clock. A large number
of sailing craft were here, and twelve OF
them were damaged more or less, but no
lives were lost. Schooner Carrie w, OF
Eastport, Holiness coal laden, filed and sank
at her wharf. The Lucy j. Warren, Of Port
land, Sprague, here after load OF frozen
herring, stove her bulwarks and rails, lost
her wheel, bowsprit, iib and main boom. The
Collector, of Eastport, Holmes, loaded with
frozen herring, stove her bow, was badly
strained and had cargo slightly damaged. A
large boat belonging to George Copp, was
badly damaged. Other small craft were
damaged by the loss of rails, rudders, booms
and gear. The Ada r. Terry, Of Gloucester,
Terry, smashed her quarter rail. The fish
ing schooners Leona of st. Andrews, and
Lavina Of Eastport, collided, dragged ashore
and sank. The crew of the former were
saved with difficulty The Rather, of Glou-
cester. partly loaded with frozen herring,
dragged on a dangerous ledge and sank. The
captain has $500 in cash in the cabin. The
Polly and the Emma S. 0sier, both Of East
port. and partly loaded. also dragged ashore
and sank. The Polly has broken up. Moth
ing has been heard from other points yet,
but the loss at Grand Manan must be heavy
Some damage was done to wharves, small
boats and weirs The temperature tonight
is 10o above zero.
EAsTPoRT, Jan. 1O.-At West Quoddy and
Lubec during Saturdays gale sehooners Cor
nelia of Addison, BELOW of st. Andrews,
Myrtle Pardie and Freddie d. of St John,
dragged ashore and will be badly damaged.
The Freddie D. is a total wreck. Capt ELS
worth of the Myrtle Pardie was injured in
getting ashore and has since died.
PORTSMOUTH, N H., Jan. 10.-Steamer
Katahdin, of the Boston AMI Bangor Steam
ship Company line, put into this port
this morning, after weathering one OF
the fiercest gales that ever swept the New
England coast. On Friday, at 9 O'Clock in
the morning, the steamer left Winterport, at
the foot of present navigation on the Penob-
scot, with 26 passengers and an unusually
light cargo, which was not materially in
creased at way ports. The steamers cargo
was made up of potatoes, apples, Holsters,
canned goods, meat, shook, fish, boots, shoes
and leather, and small parcels consigned TO
some 250 different parties. The weather was
very fair until off Cape Porpoise, when
heavy sea began to rise, and off Boone Island
snow began to fall and the land was shut off.
About midnight Friday, the sea became tre-
mendous, with regular hurricane blowing
from the northeast Shortly after, huge
sea struck the steamer, staving in her port
| bulwarks, and pouring over everything be-
| tween decks and sweeping down into the
| hold in flood, causing the steamer to make
| nearly seven feet Of water in her hold, and it
became necessary to heave overheard the
| coal and large part of the freight. Two
| pilots were at the helm, and Capt Homer, of
| the Katahdin, decided to haul out and head
| he seas. 1t was now evident that the re-
| mainder of her cargo must go over to relieve
| the steamer, and it was rapidly thrown over,
| except that portion which could be used for
the fires, as the loss of the coal compelled a
resort to whatever was inflammable in the
cargo, and hams, and shoes, and meat went
| into the furnace to keep the fires. For ten
| hours the steamer brayely breasted the ire
| mendous seas, slowly working her engines,
| but making slight progress. Saturday fore
noon the wind again shifted, and again the
| steamer was put about to head the seas. The
| thermometer registered zero, and the clouds
| of spray which flew over her froze as it fell
| on her deck and sides. During all this time
the passengers, among whom were several
| ladies', remained cool and cheerful. Capt
Homer had the boats made ready as aprecau-
tionary measure, but hardly anticipated the
| need of their use.
| Meanwhile, the steamer labored heavily.
and steered badly because of the water in
| her hold, and the pilots at the wheel had
| their strength severely taxed to keep the
steamer headed to the seas During Satur-
| day afternoon, while working the steamer tC
| North and West, Boars Head at Hampton
Beach was made, and the steamer got into
Portsmouth harbor last night, came uT
| to the city this morning. and the passengers
| were forwarded to Boston by rail this after,
noon.
One of the owners said, in conversation to-
day, that the company had succeeded in pre-
serving its reputation of never having lost 6
| passenger, and highly commended the cap
tain's management. The loss on cargo, as
nearly as could be made out from the cargo
list, will not exceed $4,000, distributed
| among a large number of consignees The
steamer is not badly damaged, and her
pumps are rapidly reducing the water. Prob
| ably the steamer will be docked here, but
possibly as soon as the water is out she viii
make for Boston.
The captain reports sighting large three
masted schooner off the Shoals yesterday, fly
ing signals Of distress, but the name was un
learned.
Rochester, N. H., Jan. 9..The wors
storm of this season prevailed mere To-Day
commencing at a. M, and continuing al
day. The trains were all delayed, ana The
highways hardly passable. len inches o.
snow fell during the day.
CHICAGO, H., Jan. "a strong wind blew
throughout northern Illinois today, drifting
the snow badly. but the cold is not as intense
as that which has prevailed in the West ant
Northwest At 6 o'clock this morning, tn
Thermometer registered 10o above zero II
this CITY. Omaha reported 29S below zero