Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-09
WORST IN YEARS.
Tuesdays Gale Raises
Havoc In Augusta.
Shade and Fruit Trees Dam.
aged telephones Crippled.
Wild Scenes at Cobbosseec ontee..
Many Craft Ashore.

loclty, and it is said to have exceeded
anything in the way of Il gale since
the memorable storm of November.
| 1898. From reports which have been re-
criv1d it prevailed throughout Maine
and left Il train of wrcckagc in its
path. Torrents UI RAIN fell at intervals
| throughout the early morning hours.
| but the chief feature of the storm was
the wind which accompanied 1T and
| which soon attained the proportions of
q sale.
The storm did not make its appear
ancc in Augusta until about midnight
| At 1920 Monday night the weather
| was clear ;,nt, the only cVidenc of wind
| was Il light breeze from the southwest,
| but III less than two hours it had shift
cd into tn, south ana from there to the
| southeast. and by midnight was blow
| ing At Il rate which would by old sail
| orS be called flesh" which means
| pretty strong. From that time on it
| kept increasing. and before daylight it
had reached tn" gall dimensions and
| must have been blowing fully 80 miles
an hour. The rain commenced to fall at
| about t o'clock i'll the morning. and
| from that time Oh there was something
| doing.
| Probably the first ones in the city to
| realize the force of the storm and the
n;>voc it was working were the milk
mon and the ride which they had i'll
| coming into the city proper was any
| thing but Il peaceful one The air was
| full of flying sticks and leaves and
| branches of trees. and some of the lat
| ter were pretty large ones. and this
! confusion with tn" cracking of the
| trees along the r"adw;tys. as they bent
| before the @Hlc. WAS anything but
| Pheasant to the traveller who had to
| pass in their vicinity.
| The morning disclosed the havoc
| W;lirh had been wrought by the wind,
| ami There were evidences on every side.
| Hardly Il street in the city escaped
| greater OF loss damage to its shade
| tree :. some Of the trees were broken
| down III their entirety while from 9TH
| crS great branches had been twisted
| and torn by the wind. and in some in
| stances had narrowly escaped being
thrown into the windows of the houses
nearby, while the Sidewalks and
streets were StrrWn with the smaller
branches and tWigS which had offered
E'It 4 slight r"sistanc" t" tn" storm.
Probably til" on place where the
farce Of II" caic was felt in all its fury
Was the kcnnnh"c bridge. and pas
ynGc over that structure i'll tho early |
morning WIs something of 4 problem |
l'TnirtdS have to cross the bridge each |
morning in going to thoi work. and |
they We're few yesterday morning up |
on whom the storm did not levy Il trib- |
ute. Umbrellas We're of no more use |
than they would have been in Il passage |
under Niagara, and they went wrong |
side cut by the score. leaving their |
owners to thc tender ncrci"S of the |
driving rain. while every now and then
a hat would h" torn from its W"ar'r'S ,
head and 20 sailing away toward til"
Is, nn"bcc dam like 4 thing Of life All |
Kinds Of hats were Sacrificcd-Soft hats.
hard hats, caps ana also the type Of
fc,ninilc hradgear known as "crc@
tions''-for the wind made no dscrimi-
nation.
Tho storm also got in its work on the
telephone system and put many of the
lines temporarily out Of commission, both
the local and trunk lines suftt ring. Some
of the Wir"s were broken and others were
down. and the linemcn had a hard day
in repairing the damage done.
The feet Of the Augusta Yacht club
was right in the teeth of the gale AMI
while none Of the launches suff, red to
any great extent. some of them had mar
row escapes from swapping. Til" strong
current and an cbb tide running against
the southeast wind kicked up nasty sea
such as is seldom seen on tn" river AT
This point. and the launches We're in con
slant danger of pounding against on" an
other Dr. Crook"r's gasoline cruiser had
Il hard time of it and cam" near fnun-
dcring at her mCoring. Sh" rolled hcav
ilv and took in water until il c;.rnc up
over her flooring. ana it WIS only through
the efforts of sorle Young men who went
ont to h"r in 4 vawl boat and lowed her
ND to the clubhouse that she WAS kept
from sinking.
Probably the worst damage to ship
ping in this vicinity fell 10 some of tho
craft of tie Cobbosseecont"e Yacht club
at the lake People who have lived on
the shores Of tho lax" for wears said YES
tcrday that they had never seen such n
sea running on the lake a. there was
Yesterday morning. It was pling up on
the north shore and sweeping everything
before it, and the beach from H,mmond'N
grove IN along to Pinkham's landing was
white with breakers.
No one had anticipated anything of the
kind and a number of rowboats and
launches which had been left swinging ;
at their mornings We're caught in the ,
teeth of the gale Seven or eight of the
rowhoats went ashore in the night and
had it not been for Capt. r. y. Pernctta
of the launch Alcedo. who heard them
pounding and went out soon after mid
night, together with O. G. Webster. and
hauled them to a place of safety. they
would have been pounded to pieces before
morning Mr. Pernette's own boat was
one Of the most seriously damaged Of the
lot. His launch also dragged anchor yes
terday morning until she took bottom.
hut it was not learned that she was in
iured.
A number of launches in the feet. how
ever. were not so fortunate. The launch
owned hy r. II. burgess is said 10 have