The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-27
CHRISTMAS zEPHYRS HAVE DEPARTED.
Cold Air from the West Came In with
a Rush Yesterday.
High and Dangerous Gales to the
Westward.
Property Damaged and Life Endan-
gered In New York.

The warm air that has made Christmas SC
spring like began to take leave of the New
England and the Middle Atlantic States yes
terday AS this warm air moved out it
caused partial vacuum, the barometer fall
ing rapidly in consequence. In Portland
last evening at o'clock the barometer was
29,100, a very low reading for this locality.
To make up for the loss of the warm air a
| vigorous and bowling supply of cold air ar
rived from the west and moved into quarters
last night with considerable commotion.
The wind In this city attained a maximum
| velocity of 26 miles an hour at times last
| evening. But this was nothing to the gales
prevailing to the westward. In Boston at s
p. m. the wind velocity was 40 miles an hour
| and had been up in the vicinity of 80 miles.
In New York, too it blew great guns yes
| terday afternoon. Philadelphia and Wash
| ington also got high winds. Much damage
is related by dispatches from places to he
| westward.
| WASHINGTON, December 26.-An especial
| ly severe storm has moved since morning
from the st. Lawrence valley to the New
England coast. Violent gales prevailed on
| the Lakes and from New England to Cape
Hatteras. Maximum velocties of 56 miles
per hour are reported from Block Island and
Boston; GO miles Sandy Hook; and from 80
| to 4S miles on the Virginia coast High
| northwest winds will prevail during the
night on the Atlantic coast from Maine to
Virginia, decreasing in force Friday morn
ing.
PITTsBURG, Pa. December 26.-Heavy
rain, accompanied by thunder lightning and
high winds, passed over this section this
morning. The storm was of short duration
but considerable damage was done by the
wind. Small trees, fences and houses were
blown down. The telegraph service north
tration of wires The mercury is rapidly
falling and cold weather is expected tomor-
row.
BRADFORD, Pa, December 26.-A terrific
northwest wind has been blowing here all
day. Thousands of oil derricks have been
levelled to the ground throughout the Nc
house was blown from the foundation and
left recling on hillside at an angle of forty
degrees. The family were in the house at
the time but escaped unhurt.
CANAJoHARIE, N. Y, December ga
terrible wind and rain storm swept over the
Mohawk valley this morning. followed by
respondent rainbow. In the afternoon
blizzard struck the same section levelling
trees, telegraph wires, &c.
SYRACUSE, December 26.-During thun-
DER storm today about one hundred feet OF
the brick wall of the Peoples Street Railway
barn in the northern part of the city was
blown down. Charles A. Nichols, foreman,
was struck by the falling wall and was dead
when his body was taken from the ruins
Joseph Forkheimer and Giles Woods, en-
ployes, were injured but not fatally.
New YORK, December 26.-A strong wind
storm visited this city and vicinity this after
noon. In the upper part of the city the
storm was accompanied by thunder and
lightning.
In Brooklyn three-story frame building
in course of erection was blown down and
three carpenters were buried in the ruins.
All were rescued alive, but badly injured.
Two little girls passing at the time were
struck by flying timbers, and one suffered
FRACTURED leg The eyes of the other were
badly injured
In Jersey City, Samuel Boutcher, aged 80.
was killed by being struck by the limb OF
tree blown down by the heavy wind.
BosToN, December 26.-The wind has been
higher here.tonight than it has been for years,
reaching at one time q velocity of ifty-siX
miles an hour: The gale began about 2 p.
m. AT midnight it had decreased to about
thirty miles an hour. Some damage has
been done in various parts of the city by the
demolition of chimneys and the levelling of
fences and bill boards. The wires are badly
mixed. About p. m. flagstaff thirty feet
high was broken off and fell from the top of
the Adams House into Washington street.
No one was hurt.