The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-14
New England Coast Swept by
Terrible Storm.
RAIN CAME IN CLOUDBURSTS In
MANY PLACES.
Whole Coast From New York to Cape Cod
Roared With Heavy Surf-Telegraph
and Telephone Wires Suffered
Suffered Greatly.

ana Telephone Wires Suffered fachts
Suffered Greatly.
Boston, July 13.-A southerly storm OF
unusual severity for this season OF the
year has swept over New England today,
accompanied in many localities by
heavy rain, and throughout the entire
section by high winds which wrought
considerable destruction to trees and
growing crops. The heaviest rainfall, was
at New Haven, where not only was the
local precipitation record beaten, with
over six inches in "a hours, but 1t is
probable that this record will stand for
the entire country. AS usual in southerly
storms, the rain came in heavy showers
with the wind blowing in high gusts, in
fact the storm in many places in New
England seemed like a succession of
cloudbursts. At Concord, N. H., many
cellars were flooded and the roads all were
all badly washed out. A washout occurred
at Sewall's Falls, on the White Mountain
division of the Boston and Maine rail-
road, but was fortunately discovered and
repaired before any accident could hap
pen. The storm was also severe on the
coast, especially to the south of this city.
The whole coast from New York to
Cape Cod roared with heavy surf. which
proved quite destructive to the frail sum-
mer craft moored in the numerous har-
bors. The feet of yachts that are moored
off South Boston had hard time all day,
and not a few parted their hawsers, and
after crashing into other boats, brought
Holl, the gale was from the southwest
and ragged furiously all day, the wind at
tanning velocity of forty miles an hour,
rendering navigation on the sound ex-
tremely hazardous. On the Nantucket
Shoals the sea was a seething mass of
foam and not vessel dared to cross this
dangerous locality. The little steamer
that runs to West Chop remained at her
anchorage all day. and the large sound
boats were considerably delayed. Tele-i
graph and telephone wires along the Cape
suffered severely, Vineyard Haven being
lost early in the morning
The storm furnished a grand spectacle
for the thousands of summer visitors, and
the tremendous combers as they came
rolling in, laundering IN the white
beaches or dashing high above the rocks
proved one of the greatest attractions of
the season. Late tonight it is still rain
ing hard in many sections, but in this
city, the fury of the storm seems to be
abated.
Weather Condition.
Washington, July 13.-The pressure is
high off the North Pacific and South
Florida coasts and over New Foundland
A trough of low pressure extends from
the South Atlantic states to the St.
awrence valley. The pressure is low in
Assiniboa. Showers have occurred in the
Atlantic states.
The temperature has fallen in the Ohio
and lower Mississippi valley and the
Middle Atlantic states: it has risen over
the middle slope and has remained near
ly stationary elsewhere.
Lots of Wet In New Haven.
New Haven, Conn, July 13.-From
midnight last night until 8. As this after
noon 5. "a inches of rain had fallen in this
city. 1t is still raining heavily.
A Weather Breaker.
New Haven, Conn.,, July 13.-At
O'Clock this morning, according to infor-
nation given at the United States
Weather Bureau. here, there had been in
progress for eight hours, record break
ing rain storm. Up to the hour rain had
fallen to the extent of $50 inches. An
examination of the records show that
during the eight hours from midnight to
a. m. there had fallen more rain than
during any "a hours since 1889, when on
July 80 and 81, 615 inches fell in "a
hours. Previous to that in July 30 and