Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-12

MacMillan's declaration that the
winter in the north is starting earlier
than ever before in his experience,
might we'll apply to Maine on Sat
urday. Although the calendar said
it was october 10, to the casual on
locker. it more nearly resembled the
blustery days of March, with a howl
ing gale, and an intermittent fall of
light, moist, sticky snow.
Considerable damage was done in
this city as well as in other parts of
the country by the heavy wind, al
though fortunately the snow melted
as quickly as it hit, so that the trees
were not weighed down. Probably
the greatest damage was recorded at
the home of DIR. Richard II. Stubs
at the corner of State and Green
streets.
A large Elm tree upon the State
street side of the house, cracked off
about ten feet from the ground and
swept to the roof of the house
crushing in the caves of the house
and demolishing the piazza. The
fact that 1t was brick house saved
the structure from much more dam
age, which would probably have in
cluded the crushing in of the top
floor as the tree was fully three feet
through at the place where it broke
off. At the A. T. Ward home on Mel
vile street tree was blown down in
such a way that the street was OBJ
structed.
Several Accidents
A large branch of a tree, which
broke off near the residence of Fred
Doe on Bangor street, and Tell IN
such manner that it hung over the
roadway at a height of a few rect
from the pavement, wrecked the top
of a Buick touring car owned by
City Marshall w. j. Skehan, ana
caused several other drivers to think
that they had had narrow escapes
from accident. The tree hanging
as it did, came at just the right
height to hit the top of the cars and
at the same time in the heavy rain
and snow which was falling it was
not easily visible. When Marshal
Skehan saw it he did not have time
to stop or room enough to SWING
around the obstruction and 1t broke
his windshield, showering him with
broken glass and ripping the top
from the car. An officer was station
ed at that point to direct cars
around the obstruction, until the
street commissioner crew could re-
move 1t.
The heavy snow and rain was re-
sponsible for the wrecking or
Dodge touring car, registered under
the name of Ruth Cleeves of 70 Pat
terson~ street this city, in the early
evening Saturday. The car was
driven out of Patterson street and
because of the low visibility, the
driver did not make the turn sharp
enough, with the result that the car
was driven against a telegraph pole.
The windshield, top, doors ana
wheels of the car were badly damag-
ed by the impact. No one was IN
jured.
Wires Damaged
Electric lights, and telephones
we're seriously interfered with by the
action of the storr'. The electric
lights first went out of commission
for short time in sections of the
city, about six o'clock. Later. at
about $50 they were out for few
minutes and shortly after ten they
again went out. This last time
many of the street lights in the city
were affected although the cluster
lights on Water street remained
lighted.
The telephone service was impair
ed by crossed and broken wires in
several portions of the city and in
towns.
The storm started late Friday
night with a rain which early Satur-
day forenoon turned to wet snow
which melted as it reached the earth.
This continued for the greater part
of the day, accompanied by a driv-
ing wind which made travel by what