The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22
THE STORM.
Heavy Wind and Sea, but Little
Damage Reported.
Several inches OF Snow Makes Good
Sieighing.

Sometime before midnight Sunday it began
to snow, the wind increased tc gale, and the
first snow storm of 1889 ragged until late yes
terday forenoon, when it turned to a fine
rain. Very little rain fell it soon grew
colder, and at o'clock in the afternoon the
sun shown out bright and clear for the first
time during the day. Some four or five
inches of snow FELL making good sleighing in
the city, but owing to the heavy wind there
are some bare spots in the suburban thor
oughfares. A passenger on the Grand Trunk
noon train from Montreal told the PRESS re-
porter that more snow fell in the country
along the line of the railroad than fell in
Portland. The highest velocity of the wind
during the night of the storm was 46 miles
per hour. The sea was very rough. numer-
GUS vessels sought shelter in the harbor, and
number of fishermen who started to go out
found the sea too heavy for them, and so
they returned. The United States Life Saw
ing station at the Two Lights reported a very
heavy sea, but no disasters.
The New York steamer Eleanora, which
was due here at a. m. yesterday morning,
did not arrive until 8 o'clock last evening.
She met with no accident.
The schooner Venelia. Captain Sweeney.
for Portland, Maine, In ballast, parted both
chains in Boston harbor during the gale, and
drifted into Long wharf. carrying away her
foretopmast. jibboom, head gear and cap
head, staving her starboard bow and also
considerably damaging the sheds ON the
wharf
A large. three .masted schooner which
| proved to be the Henry Sutton, coal laden
for the Boston & Maine, was sighted at 100
| o'clock yesterday afternoon by the life saw
ing station patrolman at the Two Lights.
She was dragging her anchors. and was in
the location OF Pond Cove. No signs of life
| were to be discerned on board of her. A tug
started from this city to go to her relief, but
the weather was so rough and threatening
that she was compelled to return into the
harbor. Later tug went to her, but as she
was safe did not tow her into the harbor She
has lost part of her forerigging and part of
her bowsprit. She will be towed in this
morning.
The steam tug G.. NJ. Winch, of Boston, ar
rived Sunday night from that port with the
barge Roman in tow. The captain of the tug
says he caught the heavy southeast gale
| when off Thatcher's Island, and had rough
| time getting down. He was 10 hours on the
| trip from Boston here.
The schooner Nellie parted her lines at
Long wharf about noon yesterday and drift
ed down Commercial wharf. Her bowsprit
struck N. f. Trefethen's lobster house, tore
off the gutter and otherwise damaged it. The
vessel ran into lobster car, turned it up on
one side, and at one time it booked as Though
all the Holsters would be let loose into the
dock There were $500 worth of Holsters in
the car, but fortunately none were lost They
are owned by N. F. Trefethen. There was
very strong undertow, and vessels at the
docks were damaged some by chaing.
The train for Gorham on the Grand Trunk,
which was due here at S25 this morning. did
not arrive until 915. The snow had drifted
considerably up the line, making it necessary
for the trains to run slow. This train was
unable to run across the city to the Union
Station, as Commercial street near the head
of Union wharf was blocked with snow, and
the Grand Trunk had no snow plows in this
city. The track was soon cleared, and the
trains proceeded as usual. 1888
The Horse Railroad Company met with
considerable difficulty. They ran snow
plows all day yesterday, and last night the
tracks were fairly well cleared, but the cars
ran off the track frequently.
Yesterday for the first tine this year the
sleighs were out. and last evening the merry
bells were heard once more in the streets.