Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-26
BANGOR WORRIED.
Storm Leaves City in Darkness
and Stalls EIectrics.
Heavy Damage Feared from Bad Ice
Jam in Penobscot.
Shipping in Bucksport Harbor Seriously Dam
aged-Onc Schooner Sunk.

Bangor, Me, Feb. 25.-(SpeciaD.-
The worst rain storm for years IN TINS
section struck Bangor and vicinity.
Saturday night at midnight, and lasted
until this noon. when it was followed
by binding snow storm. which lasted
for several hours. Hurricane signals
had been displayed in this city for two
days ana the old weather prophets said
that when the storm come it would
be the worst known here for long
time. and they We're pretty near right
Tonight, the condition of things i'll
Bangor is Il serious one. The city is
without electric lights and the people
who have no gas in their houses have
been obliged to 80 back to the use Of
the old Kerosene light. When il was
found that there would be no clectrics
general hustle began for lamps.
Nearly every crockcry and hardware
store opened for business and several
grocery stores did Il large business in
selling Kerosene.
The Public Works CO.. which owns
the Bangor Street Railway and fur
nishcs power for running the ears of
the Bangor. Old Town x orono Rail
road. ana the Bangor, Hampden 4
Wintcrport Railroad. together with
power for lighting all the hotels ana
hundreds of stores ana houses WAS
damaged by the storm to the extent Of
several thousand dollars.
The company's power station is at
Ncazia, five miles from this city. and
its feed wires come into town via the
river road and Nj. Hope avenue. Thy
have mil : OF wires and probably 200
or $40 poles. When the hurricane
struck this section it blew 20 of these
poles down and the highway is full IF
splinters and wires for a distance of
nearly two miles The company i'm
mediatcly put crew Of men at work |
ana it hopes that. by Tuesday. ii VIII
again y" able to send power to this
city for the different purposes for
which it is used.
1t has not raincd 50 hard for y
years as it did here. during the night
and this forenoon. Before tn" shower
came there was foot Of SNOW in the
streets and it was fine sleighing. To- !
night the ground is almost as hare as
would he the case in the middle of
April In Bangor many handsome
shade trees were blown over. the
streets were filled with flying signs and
along the water front shore houses
We're more or less damaged.
Ii was about o'clock when The poles
hIav down street ears were rIlnuiu, IN
that time On aIl VI the roads ana when
the power lift them il va necessary tu
hitch horses To them ANA haul them u
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ThirtN-tivc or more poles were Laid fiat
on The main river road ana "A were IlnIyn
:,
damage was done by the storm. The root
of the stahl, Of the Oruno Hou~. WAS
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residence next To IN" hptel WIS also
ripped If and LEFT in such shape that "A
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~" ~ '"'" 'iF'' ''' sunni 'l'''' 10
getting ropes attached to il, 50 that it
could be held from doing further damtg.
Al old Town several hrautifuI ShIJ,,
trees were broken off and signs ana ont
buildings were more ar less damaged IN,
rain storm contiuu.d IL fnr north III
CarihnII I'M nlmnut I'LL ,nurh f,lI IN
t,nnei,Icrablc damage Wa done N.
Buckspurt. according tn 4 special diS-
patch tn Tho Bangor Daily News nm,
schooner NrthIr ,'Iiffard wbirh MIL
moorcd vt Nichols wharf. was blown
llrift Ana went .ailiu. down TN, harbpr
where it rollidcd with three other vessels
monr,d at SwlzeN-s wharf. These thrc,.
ais, broke adrift ana wrr. carried tn
Gardeners wharf. where they were b.tiiv
mixed m and rGuSiIprlhlN dImIrtl TIN.