The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-27
The congregational Church In West
field, Mass, Wrecked.
A Woman Blown from Train Near
Buffalo, N. Y.
a Steamer Ashore but No Loss of
Life Reported.
Especial to the Press. ]

storm known for years has been raging here
since Thursday noon. The trains were
about three hours late today and the roads
are drifted badly.
MAcHIAs, Feb. 26.-The heaviest easterly
gale for the season ragged last night
Schooner Ximena, Pettigrew, broke from
her anchorage near Machiasport and was
| driven on the rocks, breaking her keel and
staying her bottom. The cargo of lumber
will be taken out and the vessel go on the
ways for repairs.
BANGOR, Feb. 26.-The heaviest storm of
the season prevailed here today. A large
amount of snow fell, which was badly drifted
| by the high winds, and the roads are terribly
blocked. The st. John train did not arrive
| till 1916 a. m, and the western got no nearer
| here than Wateryille.
FRYEBURG, Feb. 26.-It has been showing
| here about twenty-four hours, beginning
| yesterday at noon. Already more than a
foot has fallen and has been piled in noun
tain drifts by a fierce northeast gale. The
morning train from Portland was snow
| bound a long time in deep cut near Sebago
Lake and is several hours behind time. The
storm is still raging in all its fury.
| AUGUSTA, Feb. 26.-The seyerest snow
| blizzard known for years has ragged here to-
| day and is prevailing with unrelaxed fury
tonight Roads leading out of the city are
| blocked and the sidewalks city and streets
| badly drifted Trains are all behind time
and the rails of the Maine Central are deeply
| buried in drifts.
snow here and it is coming down by buck
| etsful.
ROCHESTER, N H, Feb. 26.-The worst
blowing hurricane The entire staging
round the Catholic church in process of
erection fell fiat tonight, causing great ex-
citement. Families in the vicinity had been
| moved previous to the crash. The staging
| was eleven stages high.
| Boston, Feb. 26.--A heavy gale has been
| blowing from the north since early this
morning, and it was too severe for the
| strength of the telephone poles, weighted
! down as they were with the 124 wires and a
| cable, and when one at the corner of Beach
| and Albany streets went over. the remainder
| as far up as Harvard street followed. The
| poles the entire length of Albany street, are
| the highest of any in the city, and in circum-
| ference measure over three feet 1t will
| take several days to get all the lines in work
| ing order again, and will cost from $2500 TO
$4,000.
A Blizzard at ST. jehnsbury, VT.
ST. JoHNsBURY, vt, Feb 26-The hard
| est.snow storm and blizzard of the year is
| prevailing to-day. The railroads and high
WAYS are badly blocked About eight inches
| of snow has fallen.
Fall of Church SteepIe at West
field, Mass.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb 26.-The steeple of the
| First Congregational church, Westteld, was
broken by. the wind this morning and fell at
| 112O, crushing the roof and south and west
| galleries. The bell fell through the roof and
| floor to the basement
STAMFORD DEPOT, Conn.,, Feb. 26-Steam-
| er Idlewild, from Bridgeport, was blown
ashore on Shippan Point, with 80 passengers.
| The main deck only is out of water A gale
| is blowing, and there is prospect OF total
| loss. The passengers have been taken off.
The Storm in New York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The storm ragged
| with unabated vigor on the North and East
rivers today. Many trees were blown down
| by the high wind. Considerable damage
| was done to telegraph and telephone wires.
| Fences, signs and awnings We're blown down
| existed in Brooklyn.
| A Lady Blown from a Train Of Cars.
| BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb 26.-About o'clock
! last night, while the wind was blowing
strong gale, a lady, said to be the sister of
| the late ex-Goy. Seymour, was blown from
Lake Shore train, between Erie and Dun
kirk. She attempted to pass from the din
ing car to the sleeper with her husband and
had no sooner stepped upon the platform
than she was carried swiftly off the train.
The train was stopped and backed for nearly
mile before they found the lady, who had
escaped death, but received deep cash over
her left temple. She is about 60 years old
A Bitter Gale at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Feb 26.-One of the
heaviest gales of the season set in last night
and continued this morning. The wind
reached velocity of 81 miles an hour. At
10 a. IN. it moderated to 40 miles an hour.
The temerature is q above zero.
Met the Train in the Storm.
CHcAGo, Feb. 26.-About midnight last
night freight engine that hada been side
tracked at New Carlisle, Ind, started east,
the engineer believing the fast mail had
raging, and the engine met the fast mail
about eleven and one.half miles ca St, the en-
throwing the light engine from the track.
There was no one hurt The mail was de-