The Republican journal., 1895-02-14
wild win,ery Weather.
HIGH WINDS, SNOW AND A TIDAL WAVE DO
SOME LOCAL DAMAGE. THE STORM SEVERE
ALL ALONG THE COAST.

SOME LOCAL DAMAGE. THE STORM SEVERE
ALL ALONG THE COAST.
Last Friday forenoon, Feb. stln, this section
was visited BY one Of the most severe snow
storms for many years. In 10 hours the
barometer fell from 29.3 to 2s6, the latter
point being reached about A. NJ. This is
the lowest point reached here, with one ex-
ception, for many years. On Jan. 30, 1894
the barometer Went down To rs .;6 AT high
water, S,4S A. N. the wind was blowing gale
from the southeast, and the water rose more
than 3 feet above the normal spring tides
\ the harbor good deal Of damage would
have been done but for prompt work by men
interested il the property q. +. Webster y
steamer and landing float, and Capt. Sewal
b. Fletchers soop Sally, which We're haul
ed up at Goose River went adrift, and came
across the harhor, where they We're secured.
Capt. Sewall Patterson's schooner Little
Kate, ln Dyer's dock, and Chas. III Rrier' "
pinkey Ella in Carriers ward, had frozen to
the bottom and did not rise with the tide.
Both filled and the water froze iii them be-
fore tile tide Went ont enough for il b be let
out, The roof pf II q Whites wool Shed
was strewn All about the premises The
water rose 3 IL feet Lanes wharf and
damaged the hosphate stored III the build
ings. On Swan = Sibley co.'s wharf the
water was "a inches deep, hut as tile build
ings stand high it did no damage From
there Go Lewis wharf but little if any dam
age was done In II. G. Pitchers store
house on Lewis wharf the water was IL
inches deep, and as the contents consisted,
besides the coal, of flour, hay and feed, his
loss is quite large. Schooner Clara, moored
just above the railroad wharf broke from
her moorings and drfted up to the bridge,
where she was secured, and the sloop
yachts Jennette and +. G. ,. dragged some
distance. THE water the lower
bridge in some parts. At the upper bridge
several planks We're washed up from the
roadway, and three Were lost. The hull of
the condemned sloop Geneva, ilauieu up
near the RobbinstoWn settlement, Went
adrft and tioated about for several hours.
but was finally beached. The steamer
Electa did not come over from Castine and
the Viking remained in Rockland until noon
On the land the effects Of the storm We're
severely felt. The roads We're badly block
ed and only two mail stages, Camden and
North searsport. arrived aurIne the dav.
The snow plows We're kept at work the
railroad all day. About ~ o'clock there
wa an extra puff II wind which tasted II Or
IN MnutAs AND produced results n-+er he-
fnra ynnr.n b.ra rr,..b..+ s,a..x w. NJ
.
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l.t IMton, naNtun9rf ~ Iu43 nluttibif j
stulrIulISe lnie having eaugLt tire Unn-
kim~ grain elevator WAS DAMAGED seyqr;,l
thousand dollars. All the train, We're late.
from the snuw blowing into the tracks. th4
Monroe and DixMamt stages ,iia MT arrive.
and other STAGES We're behind timr
r NJ, ,.,,-,,
dii ol 'ie "hafNes We're covered with
water anu az" hfNlhg mousse ul II NJ
AZ" o. Ha.i IN attr street was Hooded
several salhhg fnats, winch We're hauled ~
lnf 'ilt season Wrrt aisn ahpat lhe wattI
,l'MTn ih'n thH sltN hSh market llear the
hfid9t and W!tf the water wrre largt
Srhoois of ilfferent Kinds "f fsh which
We're usiSen INTO the market 10y the higl
tue' III was an event that VIII he Tong re
ihtLh"eita.
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the stas swtpl across tht ray and up tht
harhpr and the the WAS the highest f"l
years y" tlrtIflts We're running anu trade
geh1raiiY was suspended Considerable
uahl age was done along Tue water front Al
w Enltfpflst klIh Siitu, owned hN the p
H Et = H. Shtpheri Co- "nlri was hilt'i
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.1N lntslies And rta,h ~ III I'M. hearth a.,
alarm WAS sounded shortly after S o'clock
The fire anparatus vas nrolupt f., arrive
and rh,. tir,.lnru r,.ndpr.I l,noI resistance. l.,