The Portland daily press., 1895-10-14
THE STORM.
Wind and Rain Were Plentiful in
Portland.
Signs CrealSed and Water Fell Heavily
No Serious Damage Reported-New
York Steamer Delayed-The VIM, #.
Connor Overdue, Etc.

No Serious Damage RepOrted-NeW
York Steamer Delayed-The VIM. F.
Connor Overdue Etc,
There was a scene of confusion, it is
reported, in the harbor lastsevening, when
three-master got adrift. No great dam
age followed, but any amount Of trouble.
Tho sea was fearfully rough all day yes
terday The tug L. A. Belknap, Capt.
McDuffie, started to go out yesterday
and plunged directly in to the face of
the storm and was badly pounded. 1t
was with great difficulty thatsCapt Nc
Duffie could keep Misplace at the wheel.
He was forced back, rather an uncom-
mon thing for the L. A. Belknap to do,
for it is a fighting tug.
All the tug boat captains have received
orders to be on the lookout for the
overdue schooner William H. Connor. It
was not a little odd that after having
encountered series Of hurricanes and
schooner should have got off this coast
and almost in sight of Portland and then
struck directly into the only great storm
of the season.
1t is believed that but avery few vessels
were off this-coast. The wind had been
very favorable to all the western bound
vessls, and most of them must have made
some port in advance of the storm.
"What of the fishermen, =? was more of
question yesterday. Saturday after
noon large number of fishermen came
n. "A few had stocked from 10, 600 to
10, 600 pounds each, but the majority
came in light. Three schooners brought
in about $4,000 pounds, and the rest only
had about $4,000 all told. The fish re-.
ceived, however, helped out the market
yesterday.
One schooner, the Albert ". Black,
came dancing in yesterday with the storm
and made the remarkable good time of
60 miles in four hours and 10 minutes,
including docking time.
At J. W. Trefethen's late Saturday it
was stated that large number of fisher
men were heard from.
The Cottage City was reported off
Chatham at 8. 30 yesterday morning NOV
Lily SlOWlJ ciIOuSu es WY AoN6h oSa3 ooo
bound for her home port. +. She was then
about four hours late and there seemed
but poor show for her to make this
port before morning. At midnight she
was not looked for before O'Clock. She
was all right, only making slow time,
as was natural understhe circumstances.
| The storm seemed to work rather
strangely. Up the line of the Grand
Trunk there was more rain Saturday
than Sunday. At O'Clock yesterday the
rain began to fall in torrents at Cor
ham, N. H., and at Island Pond, VT,
the indications pointed to very heavy
rain. All the mountain section needs
rain if the manufactures are to bbe kept
numming. At Gorham there was feel
ing last night that with the rain of Sat
urday there would probably be enough
to save thesmi]ls.
Grand Trunk yesterday was not a great
success because of the rain. About $50 left
Portland, and had tho good luck of get
ting out of the rain and staying out
until almost back to Portland.
All day Saturday, the rain fell at inter-
walls and there were considerable showers
during Saturday light accompanied by
stiff squalls of wind. By noon Sunday,
Sc hundredths of an inch of rain had
fallen and the wind had attained a
velocity of twenty miles an hour by the
United States signal officers report.
CAPTAIN Trundy at the life saving station
at the Cape reported a pretty nasty storm
with heavy sea on, but no casualties.
The harbor looked pretty wild with the
heavy gusts of wind blowing and the seas
shaking up the crafts in lively fashion.
The coal steamer Lancaster went out
about 10 a. IN. in the teeth of the storm
and Captain Trundy, reported that she
seemed to be getting along all right when
she passed the Cape.
C In town, yesterday, the sharp gusts of
wind broke off a number of branches
from the trees, and with the rain,
materially reduced the attendance at the
churches.
A little sloop boat anchored the Cape
side of the breakwater was sunk. The
emu Oh her 1uOSU auu 6uu VI uoI illAih
boom were visible above the water.
The total precipitation up to last eve
ming was one and thirty three one hun
dredths inches The highest velocity of
the wind was 25 miles an hour at g. 10 p.
m. yesterday.
The storm caused bad slump in the
new sewer on Emery street, at the Cross
| ing of Spring street, the trench had been
filed in under the Car track and the
horses crossed over it safely Saturday
afternoon. Saturday night the rain
caused the surface over the trench to
slump, for eight or ten inches and all day
| Yesterday it was necessary to transfer
passengers from one car to another
around the slump.
The rain has done very great good,
especially in the country, where the lack
of water had begun to be serious. Farm
ers were hauling water, and vegetation
was suffering before the rain came.
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