The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-30

! touch of the wind. The e. F. Willard
| danced in with all sails set, but after
| having almost made her dock had close
call and almost went under. She was
the only fishing schooner to get in, and
added 10000 pounds of fresh fish to the
stock on hand. The tremendous force
of the sea outside was felt even in the
| upper harbor, and the ferry boats crossed
as best they could, while the island boats
ran with great difficulty. A schooner
with heavy deck load of lumber came
in, and as seen from the wharves not an
inch appeared above the water. She
| asked for no assistance, but those on
board must have had wet time of it.
Another lumber schooner was in some
trouble. her deck load having shifted.
There was some damage to vessels tied
up at the wharves.
Capt. Trundy could not be got by tele-
phone during the day but Cape Eliza
beth man said that Monday afternoon
seeing what was coming, the captain
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coast was thoroughly patrolled. 1t must
have been largely because of sense of
duty, for the fog was SO thick that
nothing could be seen along the coast
line. The Cape Elizabeth man gave a
really fine picture of the spray coming
up out of the fog, the ocean out of sight,
and the breakers laundering all along
the coast, sounding very strangely
through the semi-darkness. If Captain
Trundy or his men could render any as
sistance, they were ready to risk their
lives.
AtOld Orchard yesterday morning the
sight was one to be remembered. The
wind was much higher there than here.
and the ocean broke very high up. 1t
was hard to face the high wind, but the
desire to see the ocean in all it's aroused
majesty was strong enough to call out
the crowd, and the beach was we'll lined,
people keeping at respectful distance
from the water of course, for no one
could tell what point the next wave
would reach. 1t was a splendid sight
when the fog lifted, as it did once or
twice. WhenIit rested close down on
the water, the unexpected sight of the
white crest of a great wave rising direct
ly before you, was perhaps even more
striking.
There were some strange freaks of the
wind here. A window was lifted out of
third story front on Commercial
street, taken over to the Grand Trunk
station, and dashed shower of glass on
tho pavement below, much to the
establishment of crowd of men close by,
who narrowly escaped serious in
jury. A heavy scuttle was take from the
roof of the Grand Trunk station, and
deposited among the hacks and horses,
but without doing any special damage.
A sailor on one of the vessels tied up at
the wharves was knocked overheard, but
was back in an instant.
1t was reported last night that on one
of the trips of the Chebeague she touch
ed on the shore but came off very quick
ly without suffering damage.
At Little Diamond Island things
were awash for time and some
of the boats were washed away but were
recovered.
Along the line of the Grand Trunk the
storm was about as it was here. There
was very heavy fall of rain, accompa-
MED by still heavier wind. All direct
wires with Montreal were lost early in
the forenoon, but other reports indicate
that the storm was very heavy all through
the valley of the St. Lawrence. The
Grand Trunk wires suffered with the
rest yesterday, but were all right to
Island Pond. There were no washouts
yesterday, and, so far as reported, the
damage was confined to the loss of trees,
and such minor matters, all along the
line.
The steamer Merryconeag damaged the
Minnahaha yesterday, after she had al
most m ade herdock on her morning trip
Sea View cottage at Pond Cove was
reached by telephone at midnight. mo
sign of wreck in this section" was the
encouraging report.