Ah, springtime in Maine! It's not all flowers and sunshine as evidenced by this news item from May 1891. Thankfully, there were no reports of serious injury.
Cumberland
During the heavy wind that prevailed Monday, Oliver Blake of Deering, was riding along Ocean street in his covered meat cart when a sudden gust knocked cart and horse wrong side up. Mr. Blake and his goods were dumped into the road, but fortunately driver, horse and cart escaped serious injury. About six feet were blown from a chimney on the building on the building on Exchange street, Portland, occupied by Smith & Sale, Printers, Monday afternoon. The bricks came down through the roof and damaged the ceiling somewhat.
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| Courtesy of Newspapers.com, Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Thursday, May 21, 1891, Page 1. |
I did a brief check for any early hurricanes and found that the first hurricane came in early July. The events described happened on Monday, May 18th.
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