The Portland daily press., 1892-06-18
A SMART SHOWER.


ical sight feeling over his head for his hat
while the rain was drenching him.
The Burrowes screen factory on Free
street received a slight shock as the dy-
namos seemed to attract the electricity,
shaking the building, and consequently
the dynamos were stopped until the
storm was over.
The storm seemed to divide when it
struck this city, the weight of it passing
over the two promenades, although the
vicinity of the Western promenade re-
ceived the brunt of the lightning.
Two captains of vessels lying in the
harbor went down to the wharf and took
boats for their vessels just as the storm
began. The harbor looked extremely
wild, the wind was sending the waves
up in long rollers, the heavens were
black as Erebus, with serpent like small
clouds whirling on its broad expanse.
The captains went out about half way
and then put back to shore. One of
them said in all his experience he never
saw such wicked looking storm.
The Ottawa House, on Cushing's
Island, suffered in the general lombard
ment The lightning descended on the
southwest tower, ripped off some of the
shingles and splintered a rafter. The
occupants of the house, who consist of
Mr.. Gibson's force engaged in preparing
the house for the season, were affected
by the shock, but not seriously.
On Peaks Island large tree was
struck.
In Deering.
The shower in Deering was very
severe. AS it swept over East Deering
it struck the cupola on the barn of Mr.
J. P. Shattuck on Water street, but did
no great damage. On Ocean street a
tree near Hawkins shoe factory was
struck. Passing over to the other por-
tions of the town, one of the large trees
was struck at Oakwood, the residence
of W. W. Brown, ESQ. Further along
on Bedford street, between Oakdale and
Deering Point, the house of Mr.. j. P.
Gabrielson was hit. The saddle boards
on the roof, and the shingles at one end,
were torn off by the bolt which then
went into the house. In thare it frisked
around considerably, melting the quick
silver back off a looking glass before it
finally left.
In Cape Elizabeth.
Cape Elizabeth afforded the most sem
sational hit of the shower, when the barn
| Of William Cash, at Cash's Corner, was
struck, took fire, and burned, painting a
brilliant glare on the murky heavens.
On the shore road, several of the cot
tagers' telephones were burned out, and
at Mr.. William H. Clifford's the light
ming, after burning out his telephone,
| jabbed several holes in the plastering of
| the room.
At Turner's Island, the lightning was
! unusually merry. 1t took advantage of
the absence of Mr.. Charles j. Connell.
who is a Boston & Maine engineer, to
| raid his house on A street. Mrs. Con-
nell was at home. The lightning struck
the kitchen chimney and ran down it in
a twinkling to the cook stove, which it
smashed all to pieces. Then it turned
to the other parts of the house, knock
ing pictures from the walls and bric-a-
brac from the mantels and tables. In
the midst of it all Mrs. Connell received
a severe shock. The house was greatly
torn to pieces.
MI. William z. Coolbroth's house, al
so at Turner's Island, was struck, but
there was no damage other than the tear
| ing off of some shingles.
! AT Scarboro Crossing, lightning struck
the house of S. L. Bragdon and tore off
a few shingles, splintered the roof, passed
through closet down stairs filled with
clothes, then through the back side, rip
ping off the clapboards. The family
were in the ell and escaped injury. A
looking glass on bureau next to the
closet was smashed, while a lamp close
to the glass remained intact.
| The Storm at Sea.
The revenue cutter Woodbury., which
arrived in port yesterday afternoon, was
between Monhegan and Seguin at p. m.
running in a dense fog, when the sky
suddenly darkened so that it was almost
impossible to see the compass. Then,
with hardly a moments notice, the
storm came down, driving the fog before
it. So strong was the wind that the sea
was beaten down until it was as level as
in calm.
Lieutenant Charles G. Fengar, the ex-
ecutive officer, was struck a severe blow
over the eye by a wooden hammock net
ting cover which the wind lifted bodily
and blew across the deck.
The Schooner W. G. Norcross Wrecked.
Captain M. L. Phillips of the Wood
bury reported having passed the schoon-
er W. G. Norcross of Rockport, Me-,
Robinson, master, ON her beam ends off
Cape Small Point. The wreck was in
tow of the fishing schooner Miantono-
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