Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-01-02
DISASTROUS STORM.
Damage Done by Wind and Tide in
Ellsworth and Vicinity.

Damage Done by Wind and Tide in
Ellsworth and Vicinity.
The severest gale that has visited Ellis
wort h i'll years, marked the close of 1895,
and resulted in much damage.
IN ELLSWORTH.
The weat her vane on the Congregational
church, with the carved wood top finish
1 of the spire, was blown down and fell
with Il crash, breaking a large hole
through the roof, and knocking plaster
ing from the ceiling of the auditorium.
The vane and woodwork which fell
weighed several hundred pounds. The
iron of the vane was about ten feet long,
and was two inches in diameter. The
vane itself was about four feet long.
This vane was made by +. b. Aiken
nineteen years ago, and has stood the
test OF many severe blows. The wood
hed partly rottcd away aud Tuesdays
gale was too much FOR ii.
Al the wharf ae lumber sheds of Whit
comb, Haynes \ Co were lcveled by the
gale
4 chimney on {. L. Moraug's house
WIS blown down.
The flag staff at the high school was
loosencd in the ground, but did not fall.
1t now has "A decided list toward the
north.
The tide was very high, but did little
damage along the river. The water rose
foot over the floor OF Gould's fish
market.
AT CONTENTION COVE.
The storm wrought havoc among the
vessels anchored there for the winter.
The schooner 'Storm Petrol, owned by
Whitcomb, Haynes X Co., of Ellsworth,
dragged anchor and went ashore on
Freethy's beach. She is in bad position
but extent of damage cannot yet be told.
| The schooner Forester owned by II.
NJ. & B. Hall, of Ellsworth dragged
ashore a short distance above the
"Petrel,n and also lies in a bad place.
The "Nellie Grant" owned by Whit
comb, Haynes & Co., dragged anchors,
but held when she was but short dis
lance from he shore.
The steamboat wharf and freight house
are entirely washed away. A large guam
tity of freight stored in the house was
destroyed. A sleigh owned by George
+ Higgins, of Ellsworth, drifted away with
the wreckage.
A small building at the cove, owned by
E. E. SWEET, was blown over. Much dam
age was done to the smelt tents, which
We're on the shore and supposed to be out
of reach of the tide.
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
AT Bar Harbor the tide reached the
highest point known in twenty years.
The ''Sebenoa" was over two hours in
making the trip from the Ferry to Bar
Harbor. Many windows were broken by
the waves with threatened to bury the
little steamer.
A portion OF the freight track at Mt.
Desert Ferry was washed away. and the
wharf was damaged. The schooner
"Mary Augusta" of Ellsworth, anchored
off the Ferry, was slightly damaged by
the May Queen, which dragged anchor
and fouled her.
The wharves at Sullivan and Sorrento
We're damaged. At Sorrento, the schooner
"Agnes Mabel parted her chains and
was carried by wind and tide into the
woods, far above high water mark.
The north end of the bridge from the
MAINLAND to Mt. Desert island was washed
away.
A schooner owned by T. l.. Roberts, of
Bar Harbor, was beached at Lamone.
At Bucksport the schooner Edgar s.
Foster" parted her chains, and Capt. Dorr
beached Ter in an easy position. She
escaped serious damage, but is high and
dry, and will have to be launched The
chimney of the old tannery building was
blown down. Wharves were much dam
aged.