The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-11-17

The storm u snow and rain that
reached here Sunday evening was a fierce
1ls west and south.
9.a.'irg from Florids Saturday night,
'he .arm u "iad ard rain came up the
At4aHtc coast win almost ctclogi,
'peed. E,r.s Sunday morning j. was
ceu.rai Il Cspe Hzttera-. although its
ever gathering force VS. felt far % tue
northward.
Rain began faliog ia Nv York at a.
u. sunday. and cary In the afternoon
changed 10 a vet su0R. Tn wind.
which had been blowing ID ad.fately.
veered 10 the s0u,hHest ard shortly
assumed hurricane proportions. A.
O'Clock, p. H.. the local weather bureau
noted d velocity II y miles n hour.
which Increased 70 + miles Il, 5 30
o'clock. Th4t speed Kept up for several
hours. At - o'clock the storm center
WAS At Block Island. wherp the tarons-
eter showed pressure # Is 81 inches,
with the wind blowing IS mile. al hour.
A. Nantucket the barometer was tride
higher and the wind 50 miles.
Wire service onrside Of New York was
tied up more eff-ctualIp SUNDAY night
than a. any other time since the 81 zzArd
OF $. The Western Union aud Poetzl
Telegraph companies bad 10 direct COM
munications with cities further south than
Baltimore and all western points were
cut fl.
New England was the center Sunday
OF the storm which since Saturday morn
Ing had been sweeping up the Atlantic
sea board.
In Boston the maximum velocity OF
the wind was 45 miles and was attained
At 20 O'Clock Sunday afternoon. The
Storm passed east and was .evere in
Maine and the Maritime provinces.
AT Portland, Ne, at II O'Clock Q. u,
he wind reached burr me d mensious.
l. WAS believed by the weather bure,a
ffieials there that the storm which
swept along the New England COST
would meet storm which hsd is origin
10 the vicinity Of the Grr4' Lakes. but
the Lake storm was divert and passed
along the ST. Lawrence river valley.
The coast storm Was accompanied by
snow, rain, hal and sleef. Ram fell ia
Massachusetts,. Conuec' cur, Vermont
and New Hampshire. There VAS snow
in Maine, Rhode Island and northwest
ern Connecticut. 10 Boston the rainfall
WAS lis inches Telegraph ard tele-
phone lines il E4s.eru New England
and The maritime PROVINCES suffered Sc
verely.
As the storm hsd been well heralded,
NOT of the shipping remained 10 port,
but the craft that trayed the elements
had perilous passages. So far as 10
known, only Two vessels met disas'-r.
A. Tarp4ulin c We Nsushen island, the
R9eklard, Msine, schooner, E. Arcula-
rius, struck Oh the rocks ard will be q
total loss and il is fesr.d that the four
men comprising her crew have persisted
All over Maine, Monday. traffic Was
oestfuc'ed ard telegrsphic std fe'--
phon'c communications either suspended
entirely or A lesst were badly interfered
with from Sunday uight's hurricane and
sleet storm
Portland, Bangor, Augusta, Biddeford,
ard Ssco, every section # Eastern NJ line
told the same story. Ia the interior the
storm was quite as hard srd the wire
damage far worse becsuse Of the over
burdeued wires. Trolley lines, fire
alarms, telephones, electric light sys-
tens, police signal systems, were all
helpless. Some Of the railroad trains
bad TO grope into town.
The Associated Press wire which runs
from Boston TO ST. Johrs, supplying
about 81 newspapers with news, broke
late Sunday evening and the trouble was
not located until late Monday.