The Republican journal., 1896-01-02
Severe Storms.

| Severe Storms.
ONE LAST WEEK AND ONE THIS. THE LATER
ONE DOES SOME DAMAGE ALONG THE SHORE.
THE LOWER BRIDGE RENDERED IMPASS-
| ABLE AND is CLOSED TO TRAVEL.
A storm of short duration, but consider
able severity, visited the coast Friday
morning, Dec. 9th 1t came quickly and
subsidized quickly. The wind blew heavi-
| ly from the south, and there was a heavy
sea in the bay. But little damage was done.
The boat landing at F. G.. Whites wharf
was washed away. The new house of Ros-
coe Ellis of East Belfast was partially under
mined and considerably damaged by set
tling. The roads were washed badly.
Another severe storm visited this section
| Tuesday morning, and had it not been for
/ favorable change Of the wind, would have
done much damage. The storm began early
in the morning with southery gale and
heavy rain, and at 9 O'Clock matters along
the Waterfront. looked serious. The sea
rolled into the harbor, breaking on both the
eastern and western shores, and lifting the
| flooring from the Wharves at every sea.
| Shortly after 9 O'Clock the wind hauled TO-
wards the west and soon knocked the sea
\ ,;oo il. i Ia. - -. b: IN .v..,, ,,., IN
the approach to the b. & b. Steamboat
| wharf was washed out and the sidewalk was
\ undermined. Some piles We're washed out
7 OF an old section of Carter 4 Co.'S wharf,
and some piankng torn from the larger
| wharf. The mariAe railway was uninjured.
| L. G. W hlte 5 wharf was not damaged though
| there was a washout between hls store
4 house and the railroad track. The flooring
was washed UP at Cooper 4 Co.'S wharf and
! there was considerable washing ont caused
! by 4 cluggeG sewer. Lanes wharf was
buried under ) feet of water and the waves
/ beat against the storehouses savageiy.
When the gale was aJits height f. G. W Whte
/ bought 40 tons of hay in one OF the store
! houses ON this wharf Swans wharf was
| feet under water, and the crews in Thomhs'
| junk shop and Lords sail loft were prison
ers during the height Of the gale. ShaIes'
| wharf but little damaged, but the Sb-
| ley and Marshall wharves were badly wash
ed. The Lewis wharf was not damaged, but
was awash at the height of the storm. The
till of the railroad track along the water
front was washed out in several places. The
principal point of interest was the lower
BRIDE, and large crowds OF men and boys
Were on and near it all the forenoon. The
roadway of the bridge was badly washed,
and about $50 o'clock it was fenced out
against travel. The Ceuar poles on which
the earth rOadbed was aid washed out in
two sections, one of about % feet and one of
40 more. Holes We're washed in the earth
roadway IN many places, and the rail
| broken down badly. The whole travelled
part of the bridge now needs overilauling
The planking washed up from the road-bed
| of the upper bridge, but it was replaced
the same day with little trouble or expense.
The "rag wharf on the East Side was bad
ly washed out and the boats hauled up on
tn shore were driven far up above high
water mark. The vessels in the harbor all
rode easily at their anchors or moorings.
On the land the damage was comparative
ly light The chimney was blown from W.
0. Folsoms house near Grove Cemetery
the truck-support on the top of G. T. Reads
machine shop was blown down, trees were
| broken, and other minor damage done
| The barn of Mrs. Hattie Gross, East Bel
| fast, was blown down and horse was kill
| ed. Three men who in the barn at the
time, had a narrow escape from death
| The gale at Winterport was the worst for
| years and the damage done there Tuesday
is estimated at $1,000. The wharves We're
| submerged and large of ice We're
| left on them when the water subsidized. The
storehouseS on the Boston 4 Bangor s. S,
| Cos wharf and other wharves We're flood
| ed and considerable grain, hay, etc, dam
| aged A schooner at of the wharyts
/ was driven by the gale and carried by the
| flood mp over the wharf against the store
| house and left there. Many chimneys about
town We're blown down and also limbs of
| trees. A pile OF about y cords of wood
| about mile from the village was scattered
to the four winds. Other minor damage
| was done
Our Searsport correspondent tells of the
| incidents at that place.
The storm very severe throughout
| Maine and the tide reached the highest
| point for twenty years. In Fort Fairfield it
| was cyclone, and windows were broken
| and barns and sheds blown down. At Au-
| gusta the Fuller observatory, 100 feet high,
| erected in 1891 at cost of S6 800, was blown
| down. At Hallowell the cotton mill was
unroofed and boy of 13 seriously and prob
ably fatally injured. Fifty vessels and the
| steamer Penobscot made a harbor at Booth
bay. In Bangor cellars were flooded, build
ings unroofed, chimneys blown down, and
| much minor damage done. The steamer
| Sebanoa had a very rough passage from Mt.
Desert Ferry to Bar Harbor. There was
| considerable damage at Sorrento and Sull-
van, and the railroad track at Mt. Desert
| Ferry was damaged. All over the State
| more or less damage is reported but no
serious casualties save the one at Hallowell.