The Portland daily press., 1896-02-20

| Perfnrmer.
1t was very nices ands comfortable last
evening indoors, but the exact reverse to
those outside. 1t was night of sudden
changes. People went to lectures or re-
1igous meetings when there was Just "a
suspicion of snow in the air, and when
they left they went out into the
Widest STORM OF THE SEASON.
1t was almost impossible even for
strong man to stand up against it. Is
was wind that sent the snow whirling
about the streets, that piled it up in
drifts that sent chill through even the
thickest oyercoat, and found it's way into
every house. 1t drove people who could
keep off the streets indoor, ana it kept
them there. The electrios were we'll on
time, but the ploughs were kept busy
darting over the lines sending the snow
whirling before them. The Cape cars
found it hard work for they run over a
line greatly exposed to the wind, and tho
wind was in evidence last night.
| And off shore it must have been the
worst night of the season. News from
the Cape during the early hours of the
evening indicated that the storm was
something fearful. 1t was
DRAD ONSHORE WIND,
and the spray was simply hurled on
shore. The white line of breakers showed
even through the thick storm, and the
great waves broke high up. The spray
touched even the highest point of the
| lighthouses.
At midnight Captain Trundy was
communicated with, and his report was
depressing. He said: ''Ths storm is far
the worst of the season, is directly on
shore and will be very dangerous to yes
sells of this coast. 1t is very thick, so
thick as to make it impossible to see
outside. When the storm set in, there
was nothing in sight We are
PATROLLING THE COAST,
and shall keep it up all night. I have
just got in. The wind is tempest -
If any vessel was off the Cape Eliza
beth coast when the storm set in, unless
this harhor was made in safety. then the
worst is to be feared. The sole hope for
the mariner would be Captain Trundy,
his men and life boats, and Captain
Trundy has yet to fail the shipwrecked
sailor, but what a night it must have
been, for the life saving crew, patrolling
that storm swept coast
| No passenger trains were On the Grand
Trunk to be detained, but the many cuts
along this section filled in rapidly and
badly, and today the road will have it's
first gang of shove1ers out for the season
of 1885, The Maine Central trains ran
close up to time, and the drifts proved
of less Importance to the Boston and
Maine than an
| ACCIDENT AT NEW MARKET
that made the trains latc. The roads
got out of the storm with surprisingly
go cd luck.
The Boston boats were held here by a
despatch from Chatham telling Of the
coming storm.
| The ST. Croix was bound east, and out
Of the way of the howler from the west.
| Telegraph wires worked fairly we'll de-
spite the heavy blow. Take it all in all
it was the worst night of the season,
with the possible exception of the night
recently, when for the arst time hurri-
cane signals were up along the Atlantic
coast
| During the night there were more and
varied specimens of westher than Mark
Twain found when he made his collec-
tion of New England weather for the
Worlds Fair. 1t cleared up then hut in,
and then cleared up again. 1t was a
night Of lightning changes, as well as of
uncommon wildness. Up to midnight
the mountain division of the Maine Cen.
tral was reported all right.
says: The engine of the Boston express
broke her drivers and left the track at
Raymond bridge this afternoon, blocking
oil tarvel No one was injured.
| The Portland trains meet at Rocking
ham junction, Portsmouth and Dover.