Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-29
STORM EFFECTS.
How Sundays Blizzard Affected
Maine's Capital City.
No Mail From Boston All Traffic Over Bos
ton & Maine Suspended.

| The effects of the great storm =,
sunday We're felt in Augusta i'm many
ways, even if Maine did have a mucf
| nghter storm than Massachusetts
People who staid indoors did not fully
realize, Sunday, just how bad tn,
! storm was. Had it been later in tn,
winter when there was more snow OF
the ground to blow about, the terrifi.
winds of Sunday would have made i
unbearable to be out of doors. Their
IT was so mild, considering what the
| general run of storms generally are
that people minded it less than a.
| though there had been cutting frosti
| ness about the air.
The wind increased as night ap-
preached. Sunday, and in the evening
it's height was reached Clearing
weather began to be seen at about 2 A.
NJ, Monday, and the wind lessened in
its fierceness
The snow had piled itself in odd man
ners. In one mans yard there would
be none at all, while the next door
neighbor would have great drifts to
shovel through. 1t was the same on
the streets and sidewalks. The plows
were out early and soon the sidewalks
We're made passable. There was no
10 CHI
streets, but there surely was on Water
street. Here the east side, for greater
part of its length, was blown clear,
while drift three feet high, was upon
the west side. The sidewalks were
cleared and the road machines were out
trying to level the snow so that the
sleighs would run we'll and also that all
parts of the street might be passable.
After the dinner hour scrapers were set
at work moving the surplus snow out
of the streets.
The Electric cars did not appear un-
til noon, when one was seen ON Grove
street. AT a little past l P NJ, one
came down Water street, and with the
aid of shoveiers the track was soon
open to the post office. Here, however,
they had to make their terminus until
the street. The other end of the route
was opened at the same hour, which
was remarkably good work.
The trains did not run as ordinarily.
This was not due to the storm in Maine
but to the one in Massachusetts which
delayed all traffic over the Boston &
Maine. The train from Portland arriv-
ing usually at $40 A. NJ, was 40 min
utes late, and then they had but part
of their regular train and two engines
No. 81, from Bangor was but a few
minutes late. The noon train was
nearly on time. No. II was cancelled.
This is the express train from Boston
to Bangor, that goes through Augusta
few passengers so the railroad officials
decided not to send it along. The other
afternoon trains were on time.
There was no Boston papers or mail
all day, fer not a train passed over the
Boston & Maine Railroad after the pa
per train of Sunday morning, that was
delayed three and one-half hours on
the way.
The country roads were in terrible
contry roads were i'm terrible condition
The Winthrop stage started out at :
o'clock, Monday morning, but had to
return. Where the roads We're blocked
in places, at other places they were
free of all snow.
Few cases of damage have been heard
from. Some of the small limbs of the
trees were blown off, and on one tree
back of the State House, one of the lar
ger branches was blown down. A few
poles and signs also suffered.