The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-11-15
A HIGH TIDE AND HIGH WIND

Cause Much Minor Damage Along the Wa.
ter Front. Wharves rlooaed and Small
Craft Wrecked.
The combination of unusually high tides
and strong sOutherly winds caused much
damage along the water front last Thurs
day and Friday. Thursday forenoon the
sea broke on both sides of the harbor.
Two sail boats, owned by Edgar w. Gray
and Eugene Ellis, moored below the steam
boat wharf, went ashore on the rocks and
were broken up. Some of the ways and
and bookings under the schooner Pendleton
Sisters were washed away, and all loose
lumber near high water mark went adrift.
A lot of lime casks on Lanes wharf fioated
off and drifted up the harbor. The casks
soon filled with water, and when the wreck
erS attempted to save them the casks were
too heavy to be taken into the boats, Most of
them went ashore on the east side above the
bridge. They are owned by Vickery &
Hatch of Morrill,. The wharves in the
upper harbor were nearly all flooded, but
the storehouses stood high enough to be
| out of reach of the tide, with one exceptions
and that is used for storing kerosene. r.
A. Gurney had lot of cedar poles from the
old bridge, which he bought of II. A. Bah
bldge, in boom near the eastern end of the
bridge. They went adrift, nearly all going
through the bridge and into "Tomcod
Cove" just above, where they were saved. A.
NJ Carter, who has been in business on the
wharves more than 80 years, says this tide
was within 5 inches of the highest he has
ever seen.
Friday proved a more disastrous day
along the water front than Thursday. The
tide was higher, reaching the highest point
ever known. The wind continued fresh
ing. The waves broke over the steamboat
wharf and the spray flew over the buildings.
The waves broke high on the rocky shore of
Moose Point, the spray flying over the roofs
of the cottages. The sloop Idlewild, owned
by Chas. E. Whitcomb, parted her mooring
and went ashore on the rocks below the
steamboat wharf She drifted along the
shore, pounding heavily ON the rocks, until
she reached the wharf, where she went
under the cradles of the yachts hauled up
there and was soon buried in rockwell and
sand. Her bottom was badly chafed, her
main boom broken and her mainsail torn.
The little catboat Nellie, owned by o. R.
Webster, went ashore on the rocks and was
broken up. A large amount of sea-weed,
driftwood, ETC., was thrown up near Web
ster's shop at the head of the steamboat
wharf. The drift included the rudder of
vessel of about Is tons, the stern of large
boat, and the ruins of number of skiffS
and small boats. The sloop Spray, owned
by +. S. Pitcher, which was blocked up
under an extension of f. l.. Macomber's
shop in Dyer's yard, where she was thought
to be fully out of reach of the tide, pounded
badly.
The new schooner Pendleton Sisters on
the stocks in Carter's yard had a narrow
escape Part of the ways was carried away
Thursday, and Fridays tide did further
damage in this direction. All the ways for
half the length of the vessel We're washed
out, and as the heavy timbers tioated and
thrashed about there was great danger that
the posts would be knocked from under the
vessel.
Carter 4 Co. S wharf, next above the new
vessel, was badly damaged. The easterly
corner was carried away and a part oi the
north corner. The chains of the new schoon-
er We're on the wharf, and their weight
probably saved the whole structure from
going to pieces.
The schooner Z. 5. Wilson lay at Cooper
4 Co.'S wharf, where she had discharged a
cargo of lumber. She pounded heavily and
the piles of the wharf made four holes
through her bottom. She was hauled across
the dock to the wharf of the Belfast Fuel
x Hay Co., where she filled and rolled
over. The lumber piles on Cooper's wharf
were blown down, and the plank, boards
and shingles strewn all over the yard.
The sloop Jennette and knockabout Bes-
sic, hauled up in rear of the Dana building,
had the earth washed away from around
their cradles, and large log landed along
side the latter, just missing the posts of the
cradle. The tide at that point washed the
ballast from between the sleepers of the
railroad track.
Lanes wharf, the next one up the harbor,
is low, and is frequently flooded, but the
storehouses stand high and the water rarely
reaches them. They are occupied by John
Sanborn for storing kerosene and phos-
phate. The water stood 3 feet deep over
the wharf and the sea broke 10 feet high on
the sides of the buildings. The doors were
broken down and water flowed into the
buildings.
Swans wharf was flooded from to feet
deep, but the buildings stand high enough
to prevent damage to the contents.
! Shales & Co. were repairing their wharf.
Thursdays tide did no damage, but the
planking was badly torn up Friday, and
some of the piling was lifted.
No further damage occurred until Lewis
wharf was reached, where a sidewalk
along the side of the stOrehouse was torn