Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-11
Did Great Amount of Dam
age in Short Time,
Roof Of Roundhouse Blown Of
And Barn Lifted.
Big Trees Blown Down and Several
Have Narrow Escapes.

Where We're you when the cyclone
struck" was the question each man
| asked of his neighbour, shortly after 5
p NJ, Monday.
The. wind storm lasted only about
five minutes and was followed by half
an hour of rain but during that five
minutes a great amount of damage
was done of various kinds
Soon after the squall struck the
wind blew off the greater part of the
roof of the Maine Central round
house, the tarred paper and boards
going considerable distance through
the air before they fell to the ground.
One man. who was walking across,
where the old railroad track was for
merly located, at the foet of Rines
hill, lodged just In time to escape the
flying mass.
A large limb blew off the maple
tree in front of Edison Lockes resi-
dence en- Gage street, and also one
from the tree north of George f.
Gidding's house on the same street.
These limbs fell into the road and one
of them came in contact with the
main wire, which furnishes the cleo
tricity on that street, causing it to
DIEdk anu ldti IL lilC Stobiio' ~
Charles A. Eaton Shoe factory was
obliged to suspend operations at about
$40, on account of the power being
shut off BY the breaking of this limb
Street Commissioner Albert Ferran
placed man at the head of Gage
street to warn drivers of teams and
pa ssersby against live wires.
The force of the wind struck Mr.
Gidding's house with such severity as
to cause the members Of the family TO
rush out of doors, fearing that the
house itself would be blown away Mr.
Gidding's two children, Paul and Spot
ford were directly under the limb OF
the tree when it started to fall anu
had they not rushed to their mothef'
who cried out to them when she saw
the limb falling, would have been Sc
riously injured
Orlando Harvey of % Gage street
thought someone had thrown a-rock
through his sitting room window un-
til he proceeded to investigate ana
found that the missile was rock
about the size of hens egg, when
had been swept up by the wind ana
hurled against the house.
The Topaz ~ dragged her moorinS
and started down river until she 1oaI-
ed the Ardena, also of the Augusta
Yacht club fleet The two boats were
moving further down river, when
party consisting of Capt George Rock
wooa of the Topaz, Roy Small, owner
of the Ardena, Fred Lennox and Eslle
Davis. started to the rescue IN the
Damfno and after severe tussle, in
which all of the party We're drenched
to the skin, succeeded in rescuing the
two boats.
A large elm tree on the division line
between the Goodwin and Heath places
was blown down and fell parallel 10
the car track and State street. Anoth-
er big elm was blown down in front
of the residence of F. S. Lyman on
winthrop street.
Clapboards We're blown from the
house of Elmer Smith on Franklin
street and fence was torn down IN
the yard of Frank Nadeau on the same
street. Several apple trees were uproot-
ed on Fred Perry's place on the River
road Another tree was reported down
near the residence of Michael Lam
bert, 20 Washington street.
The stable at p o. Charpentier
residence on jefferson street, was lift
ed bodily from it's underpinnings. full
ly six feet in an easterly direction, by
the gale. but the building was not
tipped over. A horse is usually kept
in the cellar under the stable, but
luckily the animal was not in the
harm At the time. A pear tree, fully six
inches in diameter. in Curtis L. Sears
orchard on the same street was also
blown down.
The wind caused some slight havoc
at the Maine Insane hospital for a
short time and the flying limbs from
| the trees broke few windows in the
main building. But two large limbs
We're blown down by the gale in the
vicinity of the hospital.
| When the storm was at its height
| the fire alarm blew several stray
blasts. This trouble was caused by the
blowing down of telephone pole or
| Willow street, near the Gannett pub
fishing house, on which were located
| fire alarm wires.