Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-27
HEAVY DAMAGE
By Yesterdays Storm in
Massachusetts.
lightning and Rain Downpour
OF Great Severity.
houses Submerged and In Some Cases De.
stroyed---no Loss Of Life.

BOSTON, June pa severe summer
storm, accompanied by the usual phe-
homena and followed by a drop in the
temperature of nearly 25 degrees.
passed over eastern New England.
'lis afternoon, in a sOutheasterly di-
r'ctl"n causing much damage, but oc-
easioilihg, 50 FAR as known UP to 9
CLOCK, tonight, no loss of life.
Trees were uDroOted and several
houses lost their roofs by the wind.
mani broke thousands of panes Of glass
the rain caused many washouts and
hooded cellars and lOwlands, while
llshtning struck in many places and
was the cause of a number of destruc.
tive fires.
The storm seemed to originate some
where In central New Hampshire
shortly after noon and about / O'Clock,
at Chichester i'm that state 4 dwelling
house was struck by lightning and de-
stroyed.
AT LEO, the storm struck Manchester,
ieveliIng many trees on Wilson's hill
and doing other damage The Annis
Flour and Grain Co.'S. store on Elm
street WAS struck by lightning and set
A
the city was also destroyed.
The storm reached Lowell about .
o'clock. Here many wires We're pros
trated, trees uprOoted, the roof of the
Cady BOX Cos. shop carried off and
the First Presbyterian church dam
aged by the fall of trees. The streets
were filled from curb to curb by the
flood of rain water and many business
houses had their cellars filled by the
overflow.
Farther down the Merrimack river,
the storm was fully as destructive, the
house and barn of Charles Jameson at
West Andover being struck by light
ming and burned to the ground
The hail vas first noticed in the vi
cinity of Wakefield, where nearly all
windows facing the west suffered Sc
verely.
At Salem, Mass, the hailstones We're
Us large as birds eggs, and broke many
window panes. and damaged fruit
trees. The wind blew down 10 or l.,
great willows at Salem Willows and
injured other features of the resort.
The storm in Salem lasted three-quar-
terS of an hour
Many trees We're blown down in Mar
blehead and the trolley wires damaged
to some extent.
A thunder and rain storm of
unusual SEVERITY reached Boston
shortly Lefore 3 O'Clock today.
| The day had been sticky and uncom-
Portable on account of the humidity in
the atmosphere. When the storm
broke and the rain fell in torrents.
| The storm had developed in the North
and Travelled quickly down through the
| state of Vermont where it had inter
| ferrel with the telephone and trle-
| graph services. During the 10 minutes
| of the storm lasted 1900 of an inch
| Of rain fell Many cellars were fool
! ed i'm the business district and in the
market section the dCwnpour caused
| considerable damage among periShabit
| goods.
| Some damage was done about the
| CITY by wind. but no hail fell here.
At Hrockton. 20 miles to the south
the storm put in an appearance ahout
2 o'clock and the lightning struck III
three or four places, but without any
| great amount of damage.
| At Plymouth the storm began about
| 20 O'Clock, but WAS unaccompanied by
] lightning. ,
There was some anxiety at Plymouth
Late in the afternoon. as to the Siie-
Inv Of the steamer Plymouth, which lefi
for Boston with 80 passengers about IN
i bour before the storm broke. Inc
l eta,mer was caught of the Gurnet by
i,ba northeaster which followed the
| storm and had a hard time gettiis III
Ito Eoston harbor. but arrived saieiS
Lat 7 o'clock, this evening.
In this city the temperature dr"Pfto
from 81, at 2 o'clock. this afternoon u
az at 6 o'clock tonight.