The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-01
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very heavy In THIS Guy lhSe ilSnU' AHe We
ocity Of the wind at one o'clock this morn
NO was 90 miles per hour; mercury 80 above.
The gale blew off portion of the ventilator
from the roof of the new shop OF the Iron
and Steel Company, doing considerable dam
age. 1t also twisted limbs from trees and
demoralized telephone lines.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The great wind
storm of Yesterday caused considerable dam
age in this region and almost wholly de-
sfroved telegraphic communication. Sever
al houses were unroofed, and there was
violent gale on the bay. Experts VINO meas
Goddess Of Liberty on the dome of the Cap
itol swaved an inch and a quarter in the arc
of measurement. A portion of the roof of
the new pension building yielded to the gale.
CoHoEs. N. T., Feb. 27.--While Mrs.
Annie Higgins was on the balcony of the
second story of her residence yesterday
afternoon she was blown off by the high
wind. She struck on her head in the yard
below and was instantly killed.
PORT JERvIs, N. Y, Feb. 27.--;About 8
o'clock Yesterday afternoon the tall spire of
the Reformed Church was lifted bodily from
its brick foundation by the wind and
crashed into the grounds of the church. The
roof of the church was broken in and fine
organ ruined Damage estimated at $4,000.
HAvRE DE GRACE, Nd, Feb. 27.-During
the storm last night the immense traveller
for raising iron work was picked up and
carried away. 1t was 40 feet high and
weighed 100 tons. 1t was on pier so feet
high when destroyed.
PEMBROKE, Ont, Feb. 27.-The weather
is cold in this section. Snow has blocked
traffic on the Canadian Pacific railway, and
nothing can be done toward clearing the
track until the storm is over.
STANFORD, Conn, Feb. 27.-The steamer
IdleWild has been lifted from the rocks and
is anchored in deep water, lashed to the
wreekers. She will be towed to New YORK
tomorrow. The life boat with nine men on
board which was blown out to sea has not
been heard from.
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, Feb. 27-The
schooner Frank L. of Annapolis, N. s.,
Cleveland, for St. John with cargo Of iron,
parted one chain yesterday during neavy
northwest gale and dragged ashore on the
east side of this harbor, where she now lies
badly iced up, with her rudder gone and
leaking slightly. While dragging she fouled
the schooner Delhi of Saco, Me-, and had
her main boom broken and mainsall badly
torn.
SHENANDOAH, Va, Feb. 27.-The wind
storm which passed over here yesterday was
the severest felt for long time At William
Penn large iron stacks were blown down,
which will make the colliery idle for several
days. The loss is considerable.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Feb. 27.--The first snow of
the season in Augusta fell tonight Dis
patches from Covington and other places re-
port heavy fall OF snow.
LONG ISLAND CITY, Feb. ga dispatch
from Greenport states that the damage to
shipping in the vicinity Of that port by the
storm is estimated at $1,000.
New YORK, Feb 27-The storm ragged
again to-day with unabated vigor. Trees
were blown down and telegraph and tele-
phone wires were broken and communication
inf AWNINGS and SlOnh0ar6S
torn from their fastenings by the high wind
and number of accidents were reported to
pedestrians on the street, but none of them
were of a serious character. Travel on East
and North rivers was greatly retarded and
the ferry slips were choked with ice driven
into them by the gale, and making it difficult
for boats to make landings. The blizzard
has virtually spent its force and IS now grad
ually dying out. Telegraphic communication
in every direction is rapidly being resumed
tonight and the Associated Press wires are
beinglspeedily repaired. The interruption
and consequent delay to press matter has
been great and the Western Union Telegraph
Company has been besieged by the newsDa-
pers east, west. north and south, for wires so
frantically that it made superhuman efforts
to repair the damages and all is now in fair
working ordes.
JERSEY CIrY, Feb. 27.-The blizzard
caused great destruction of property in the
northern part of Hudson county In Hobo
k6u anu GillS ClJy IclGpuOuC pUlCo hC1O d1oU
blown down and communication between
the two places was cut off.
NEW HAVEN, Feb. 27.--The wreck of the
steamer Idlewild, of the Bridgeport line, on
Shippan Rocks, Stamford, Friday morning,
proves more serious than at first reported.
The steamer left New York for Bridgeport
Thursday at p M, and put into Cold Har-
Dor until O'Clock Friday morning, then
started up the Sound, the wind blowing hard,
but weather clear. The wind increased to a
hurricane and she encountered a binding
snow storm, the sea then running very high.
The wind then shifted and the steamer could
not keep her course, so her bow was turned
towards the northwest in the nose of the gale
and kept there. About O'Clock, when under
full headway, the steamer struck, causing a
shock strong enough to shift every object on
board, and she then lurehed and settled aft.
After the passengers had become quieted it
was found that hole had been stove in her
bottom. Three seamen and eight ladies were
put into the StarbOard boat and started
ashore, but the boat Immediately filled with
water and it was put abaut reaching the
steamer after hard struggle. Shortly after
this a life raft was launched, and against
the advice of the captain two seanlen and
five passengers boarded it and started for the
Shore but as soon as the raft swung clear
of the steamer it was blown rapidly
out into the Sound the men being unable to
make any headway against the gale. They
then attempted to return to the steamer but
failed.
At daylight another attempt was made to
reach the shore but without success. Berths
and staterooms were flooded and the fires
were put out and all hands suffered with the
cold, but when the tide went down coal was
secured from the lockers, the cargo was for
aged for provisions and fire was started in
the cabin and all were fed and made as com
Portable as possible. The gale continued all
Friday and Friday night and no assistance
could be rendered. Saturday morning, how
ever, all were safely landed.
Three of the missing men are unknown,
the others are Frederick, Laieg, fireman: Err
nest Weston and Judson Abbott of Bridge
port and Frederick Warren of Jersey City,
The other three were commercial travellers.
A tug went to the Long Island shore this
missing men all day but nothing has yet
been heard from them.