The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-03-26
THE GREAT STORM
ON THE PACIFIC
Norst Gale In Years Visits Astoria,
Portland and the Sound Country.
NO VERY SERIOUS DAMAGE
Details ia Astoria aud the HsTbor -- asu-
theatiea,ed Report Of the Wreck Of
the Steamer ElmOfe.

After the storm. calm. and during
tho calm people began 90 figure out
the damage done by the terrific Raie
which prevailed all yesterday
Commencing about Z O'Clock ycsrer.
day morning. ,hcrr sct In onr Of the
wOrs, gales ever seen on thir coast at
or In the vicinity Of the mouth u the
Columbia river The telegraph line
between here and Portland was noon
broken down. as was the line 90 Cape
disappointment, V@rious mishaps oc.
currcd ON the bay and through the
city Up the rivcr. nearly all the way
to Portland. the water was extremely
rough and navigation difficult The
ships IN the harbor lay low except
the steamers actually compelled TO
mako their runs While no ciiulal re.
ports could be- received from the cape.
Il was stated by the mrn On IN" vessels
which had 20 go near the mouth
~ the i1vcr, that the Wind mus
have bern blowing a, the rat. of 55 or
80 miles an hour About o'clock In
the afternoon the Western Union sue
cecdcd In getting connection with
Portland.
AZ Scarborough Head the storm was
particularly violent, The hg pile
drivers Of Gorrlg the contractor. which
were being used IN the government
work, were overturned and completely
wrecked.
At llwaco the storm was hard one
aud about noon slab Kcllys pile driver
was blown ashorr and totally destroy
ed F'rrd colberGs driver was also
blown ashore and seriously damaged
In the city The Parker warehouse
adohg the railroad linc had It's roof
taken on. which was landed IN the
river south oG the railroad line II
took three hE gusts uf wind 10 com
plrtc the wreck ~ this building. and
partially dcmolish an old warchousc
near by. \ portion of the courthouse
fence was blown down. The fence OF
Captain Carruthers place was partial
ly demolished. and the ratings on the
roadway on Exchange street near 18th.
and on Exchange street opposite the
new depot. were blown overheard
Sign boards all over the city dangled
from their fasteniugs, houses shook
A. a.
air. umbrellas turned insid, out. and
things otherwise were made disagree
able for pedestrians Mr. Lebeck's
fence In Uniontowu was entirely de-
molishcd, and the big zinc sign near
the Parker house came down with a
bang like the report OF gun
Among the amusing incidents II was
noticed that a luckless individual had
quite an exciting chase for his hat !
While walking down Bond street he
was struck by a sudden gust Of wind |
his headgear flew OF. and after ,urn.
Ing few summersauts In the air |
allghted about twenty yards ahead OF
him. He was on It IN moment, and !
reached to pick 1t up. but his momen-
tum was so great that he fell forward |
on his face. and the hat flew again, !
rolling about a block. Its owner took !
things easier next time. as he bore
down upon Il, and safely landed 1t on
his head.
large snag drifted In front Of the
old Morgan cannery and made things |
lively for the crafts lying at the dock
Ii was securely lashed, however, before !
doing much damage, The Telephone.
which arrived down safely and on
time, reported heavy weather all the
way, but experienced the most trouble
in crossing the bay to Tongue Point.
Constable Wickman. who came In
from south OF Green Mountain yester-
day reported that the storm was one
OF the most terrific ones ke had
ever witnessed, While coming through
the timber over the mountains, he says
that the big trees groaned, cracked and !
broke In all directions, and that trav-
cling was really dangerous,
In this connection Captain Caruthers
said, yesterday afternoon, that only
n one-horse town would permit sign
boards to extend over the sidewalks,
To be hurled upon the heads of passers-
by by every gust OF wind. Several
years ago a number Of people were
killed In Portland by falling Sign
boards, and since then that city has
relegated them to the background, As
Astoria is coming to the front as
and commercial center her
city council viii probably take similar
action before the arrival OF another
gale.
1t was rumored yesterday on the
street that the steamer Gilmore had
been wrecked Dillgent inquiry failed
to trace the rumor to any authentic
source, except that a man came up
from Seaside on the train and gave
out the news. The owners or the YES
sci have had no advlces regarding the
matter, and It Is not believed there
Is any truth In the report. The Elmore
left here Monday morning for Tilla-
nook, and II Is known that she arrived
at her destination. II is not believed
she could have been ready to sail nor