The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-06

The Ferry Boat Snapped Her Cab es Like
Twine-Roofs Raised and Houses Upset
incidents of the Storms--Nfiss Rosers's
Exhibition of Fancy Work at Pleasant
dale-Harry Hapgood .seturns home
Benefit Concert to Conductor bartlett
Uniyersaiist Fatrs-Personal and socie-
~ Noes,
The report that Rev. d. Il. Ford
ofiiciated at Bowsry Beach Methodist
church, Sunday last was erroneous. He
occupied as usual the pulpit OF the
Knghtville church and preached a
thoughtful sermon containing words of
comfort to tie beraaved ones of his par
ish.
A series of lectures will be delivered
under the auspices of the Knightville NJ
E. church, beginning December IL. The
first lecture will be by Rev. Luther Free
man, subject: "Plod."
The Sunbeam society will meet with
Miss Nina Littlefield, Saturday at 1.3o
p. IN.
The Christian Endaavor society OF the
Knightyille Methodist church will give .
musical entertainment at the church.
Wednesday evening, at o'clock.
What the sea -faring men call wicked
wind visited the Cape Shore Sunday
night and reached it's greatest intensity
about four O'Clock Monday morning lt
did not whip up SO high sea as that oil
the week preceding but the undertow ana
swell were something terrific. windows
were smashed, limbs carried from trees
and many chimneys suffered.
The Ferry boat tugged and pulled at her
mornings to the slip, and at ign tlae
when the swell was strongest. snapped
with the utmost ease her three inch ropes
aud three quarter chain, just as II tney
were the merest Irvine, and the unreaos
of the rope were to be seen all around.
Staging planks from the coal sneu now
being built near by, were lifted and hew
in the air over the boat, landing IN the
water beyond.
A dereIict spar took the foundations
| from DR.. Moulton's shed on Lewis, Chase
q Whiuten's wharf and droppe it into
the harbor, and the same spar would have
played havoc with the bowling alley had
not some one fortunately got sight of it
and warded off the blow. The sea wal
extending along Cushing's Point and the
shore was damaged considerably and some
expense will be entailed to get it in shape
| Passing to the interior there are many
notable proofs of the fury of the winds.
/ rrA nyo Of a i1dIr 0t
the Atwood Lead company in Ligonia
was knocked over and went through the
| roof of she'd and the latter was soon
sent IL flying. AT Cash Corner, A. G. Hun
newelPs carriage shed 20 x12 was blown
upside down and two chimneys on a
building of John Willey's were knocked
over; new house belonging to Mr..
brown OH Angel Avenue. Willard, was
torn from it's underpinnings and fell
across the Cape electric track; the wind
mill on the premises of Hon. w. I'll.
Clifford was landed way across the street
near the Cape Cottage; states were lifted
| from tie Power house and the car barn In
knightyille; the stables of the Browns
Hill Methodist church were destroyed ;
The roof ca thu barns of 7 W. Hawxwell
standing on the Elias Thomas property
was lifted; the run leading from the ice
house to the wharf in Pleasantdale was
carried away and the weighing house of
the D. W. Clark Co. sustained much
damage.
These are amongSthe accidents already
reported with the back sections of the
Cape yet to hear from. All in all, it was
d fearful night
HARRY HAPGOOD AT HOME.
Harry Hapgood looking neat and jaun-
ty in his navy blue. returned home Sun
day night. He enlisted in the navy last
March and has sean continuous service in
Cuban waters on the Newark
The Newark belonged to Sampson s
fleet and was Commodore Watson's flag.
ship and as young Hargood says fired
the last shot in the war with Spain and
this is noted in big letters painted on the
gun by the men of the ship"
~ The wolf of