The Portland daily press., 1888-01-27

Lnat ne put III nerc anu dncnolcu hoai "Ai-
lard's Cove. The schooner remained in safe
ty until huge ice raft struck her and parted
both chains, after which she drifted upon
the beach. The water in the cove was not
rough, and the schooner lay in perfectly
safe place. The water was at half-tide, when
she struck the beach, and it was not difficult
to haul her off at high tide. Mr.. Griffin,
mate of the Belknap, said that the sea was
not so rough as when the j. r. Weeks came
near going ashore, and that no other vessel
was seen in distress.
CAPE ELIZABETH.
The storm is said to have been the worst
ever seen at the Cape. There was an unus-
ual high tide and the wind blew
a gale. The roar of the sea was heard for
miles and it is safe to say that if any kind of
craft was caught off the shores of Cape
yesterday she suffered very Sc
verely.
A man arrived at Ferry Village at noon
and said he saw what he called coal
schooner about mile to the eastward OF
the Two Lights. From what he could see
he thought that she she was disabled and
was drifting helplessly about. There was
no way of confirming this report.
There is a large amount OF wreckage along
the shore, but it is thought It must be old
drifting in with the usual high
tide. Several bath houses along the beaches
1t is thought that when the storm clears
away much damage will be discovered
IN DEERING.
The roads were almost impossible iniDeer-
ing yesterday and drifts eight feet deep, and
in many places even deeper. obstructed the
way. The enormous drifts were very solid
and teams were stuck in many of them. The
had very hard time of it and
more than one of them pronounce the storm
the worst they ever experienced. The roads
were so blocked with snow that in many
places teams were obliged to drive in the
fields where the drifts were smaller. The
horse cars made irregular trips and were
frequently stuck in the snow. The car
which left the city at about 4.45 o'clock p. m.
had remarkably hard time Of it, Many
passengers had been long waiting for a ride
and when the car put in an appearance
grand rush was made for seats and soon the
car was crowded. All went well until Deer
ing's bridge was reached but here great
drifts were encountered and the car was una
BILE to proceed farther with it heavy load,an
the conductor was obliged to order all the
out. Thus unceremoneously
turned into the snow-bound thoroughfare,
they looked about them, hesitated, but fin
ally struck out for Woodford's. The road
was full Of people who strung along the
street for a long distance in their irksome
journey. 1t was more than half hour from
the time the first person reached Woodford's
until the last weary plodder put in an APP
pearance. 1t was long after this before the
tired horses arrived with the empty car:
One of the first to arrive, a sedate individual
who had plodded along without making any
said, as he looked back on the long
line of people struggling through the snow.
"Gosh, its like Napoleon's retreat from Mos
cow" 1t is doubtful, however, II that per-
son was one of those who waded through the
Russian snow in that famous retreat
~ Biockaded Railroads.
The railroads running into the city all
suffered more or less, the Boston q Maine,
Maine Central and Grand Trunk receiving
the full force of the storm and being enabled
to get but very few Of their trains through.
Drifts are reported to be as high as any ever
by old train men who have been
stuck in the drifts of many previous storm.
On the Boston & Maine the throwing Of cars
and engines from the track in the midst of
drifts, which half buried the trains from
sight, added to the difficulty. The railway
mail service officials here spent day of
lively work in tracing the peoples letters.
At the post office the kilograms sent and re-
ceived during the day numbered over one
hundred.
Travellers. or people who wanted to travel
IN some cases spent the day in the depots
waiting for trains to start. One gentleman,
who left the Preble House at breakfast time
returned to that hospitable hotel in time for
supper. He said that he had waited all day
and lost his silk umbrella into the bargain.
An account of the happenings on the differ
ent roads follows:
BOSTON & MAINE.
On the Western Division of the Boston &
Maine the Kennebunk train which leaves
there at a. m. was not started The train
from Dover, which should reach the Port
and station at about 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, left the iron at point this side of
West Biddeford and at 10 o'clock last night
lad not been started. This. of course,
blocked the following train due here at
loon which had run up to the Dover train.
The whereabouts Of the 5 and o'clock
rians could not be learned at the depot, but
he first of them had been reported to the
.ailway mail officials at the post Office ss at
Newmarket.
On the Eastern Division. the trains due
here during the day were between Saco and
Biddeford, the baggage car of the first being
nnrfa
OF the trains leaving Portland, the 7.30
and $40 o'clock morning trains were stuck
1t Old Orchard until late in the evening,
when telegram was received at the post
office reporting that the first had been
started. The a. m. train for Boston over
The Eastern division was started at noon and
reached Boston at o'clock.
MAINE CENTRAL.
From morning until night yesterday, only
two trains arrived at this city on the Maine
Central railroad. TIE Bangor train got here
at about 4 O'Clock in the afternoon. The
Lewiston train and all trains on branches
were cancelled and the through trains were
unable to reach their destination last night
No trains arrived last night. The snow
plows were used all along the line as much
as possible.
At 10 o'clock last night trains east of Ban
sOT WtIc ItpOlbCd Ai5hts n tiuiu oh ehO
branch was reported stuck in
drift at Greene. The Pullman train which
leaves Bangor at 5 p. m. was cancelled.
Between 12.30 and a: m. the three East
ern division trains, which had been started
at Biddeford, reached Portland. One of
these was sent on over the Maine Central
for Bangor. The four Western division
trains which had been stalled at West Bid
deford commenced to arrive at about
o'clock and followed each other in quick sue
cession. The Eastern division train which
should have left Portland for Boston at
p. m. yesterday was started on its
voyage through the drifts at 1.15 this morning,
and the Pullman was sent off some time
later. The accidents by which the cars
were thrown from the tracks were not seri-
Gus and the passengers, barring the incon-
venience to which they were necessarily
subjected, were all right. But they were
very tired crowd and very glad to get to
place where they could get a shelter other
than the cars in which they had spent so
many hours.
GRAND TRUNK.
The storm extended along the Grand
Trunk far into Canada. The Montreal train
bound to this city reached Mechanic Falls
and was obliged to stop there. At Bethel
the train was only half an hour late, but in
coming this way deeper snow was encoun-
tered, the wind piled it in deep solid drifts
on the track, and at last it became impos-
sible to proceed farther. The train from