The Republican journal., 1896-08-13
Sundays Storm.
Heavy Rain Fall, Accompanied by Hall In Some
Sections.

A Heavy Rain Fall, Accompanied by Hall In Some
Sections.
Sunday afternoon the clouds gathered and
about O'Clock rain began to fall. 1t came
down in showers, accompanied at 1rst by an
almost continuous but distant roll of thunder.
1t was the "wettest' rain for many years.
The streets We're rivers and all the low
places were lakes. The cutters filed and
sidewalks overhowed. The rain ceased
abont p. II. and the rainfall for the three
hours according to the records of Mr.. L. II ,
Murch was PA inches, larger amount
than he has ever before recorded in single
day. Fortunately there was but little wind
during the storm.
The heaviest Of the thunder and lightning
passed west of the city, and we learn of
lightning striking in several places in Nor
rill, Belmont and Searsmont. throughout
Belfast there was considerable damage to
the highways by washouts. Commercial
street just above the steamboat wharf was
badly gulled out, and the loose earth and
stones carried to the foot of the hill. There
were small washouts everywhere. The
most serious damage was to field crops
which were beaten fiat by the force of the
falling water A gentleman from Brooks
who called at this office Monday said that
every field of grain he had seen was lodged
beyond recovery. With the increased acre
age in grain this year the damage will be
considerable.
Lightning struck cottage at Ryders
Cove, Islesboro, and killed DR.. W. L. Pressy
of Bangor, who was stopping there. De-
ceased was about % years of age, son of
Charles Pressy, prominent citizen of Ban
gor. He had recently graduated from a
medical school in Baltimore, and Was
young man of excellent habits and with
very promising outlook. He was about to
be married and his iancee was in the cot
tage at the time of the accident.
Two gentlemen from Brooks were at Win
dermere Park, Unity, during the storm and
report a fall of hail there that covered the
ground. The hailstones were of various
sizes and shapes, fat, rounded, irregular
and oval One of these hailstones measured
s - by IL inches in circumference. This
seems almost incredible, but tape measure
the gentlemen would doubt their word for
minute. They judged the worst of the
storm to be over the town of Troy and
thought we should hear of much damage.
Monday, however, we received from our
Troy correspondent the following report:
A very heavy shower passed over this vi
cinity on Sunday afternoon No damage oc-
Cured, aside from severely wetting lots of
grain, that was nearly ready for the barn.
The barn of Mrs. Harriet Williams. in the
Western part of Unity was struck by
lightning and burned, with all its contents
including the seasons crop of hay.
Highway surveyor Shsman estimates that
it will cost $500 to put the streets and roads
of Belfast in as good condition as they were
before the shower.
number of buildings that leaked were
damaged more or less. The residence of l..
A. Knowlton of this city was flooded by a
water tank filling up and running over fast
er than the waste pipe could discharge it.
The Good Templar's hall and High school
room lost some plastering from leak in the
roof.
Following are reports from our county