Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-13
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MayGE, ObIOuSo C NO 1uEul5u6U u1duY O1 the girls employed by the firm with dinner yesterday noon at the factory. Later in the afternoon, when it became apparent that the girls employed in the factory would experi- ence much difficulty and danger in going elsewhere. About fifty of the girls were fur nished with supper, lodging and breakfast at the Selden House.
 During the afternoon the furious wind shook many of the buildings in the city. Some lights of glass were broken by the wind. The wooden awning in front of the grocery store on State street of R. w. Mills, which has withstood all the wind of previous seasons, succumbed to the gale of yesterday afternoon and was blown from it's fastenings. Other awnings were badly dam aged.
 Some of the stores in the central part of the city were locked up and vacated during stores bore no evidence of footprints, which gave a dreary appearance to everything about.
 The young ladies connected with the tele- phone service were provided with quarters for the night at the Fremont House. It was not deemed advisable fer them to go home by Manager Baker.
 Extra precautions were taken by the fire department to provide against fires, four horses being provided for the apparatus. The continual ringing at intervals of the fire bells was caused by the wires breaking in various parts of the city, the damage to the
 fire alarm telegraph being very great
 A window in Superintendent Aliens office at the Union depot was shattered by the gale and colored porter narrowly escaped serious injury.
 A telegraph boy reported last evening that he had been discharged from the employ of telegraph company for refusing to take a dispatch out to the St. Francis Orphan asy. lun when the storm was raging at it's height.
 A number of State street merchants deem ing it unsafe to attempt the feat of going home last evening remained at Cowells all night.
 A large tree on George street between
 York and High was shattered by the gale. It lay across the street unmolested. The signs on many of the store fronts about the city were badly damaged The hotels were filled to overhowipg. Many of the business men and lawyers re- mained in their offices all night in preference to breasting the storm. There were forty passengers from stalled train cared for at the Elliott House. At the postoffce everybody had holiday No mails were received or sent out. The car riers went out in the morning but not in the office during the day. A man was brought into the police office last night by Officer Walters with his hands frozen. His name is unknown. The Rentz Santley company, which was tc have played at the New Haven Opera House last night, did not arrive, as they did not leave New York.
 The Nelson family of the Reilly & Woods l company-did not arrive and are showed ir somewhere between here and Providence. Many teams were stalled. There were sev. eral runaways. One of Sperry & Barnes double teams laden with meats ran away or Nobody but the city and town officials visited City Hall.
 There was no meeting of thr board of coun cilmen, as but three members were on hand The telephone girls had all they could at tend to yesterday. The wires all worked we'll. Everybody all of a sudden seemed to
 want to use the telephone. Superintendent Baker provided the girls with good lunch
 A few got home all right, while the others were sent to the Fremont House. Last night there were terrible times witl the telephone wires. Everything was cut of from the outside world. When the curren was turned on the electric light wires every thing was chaos in the telephone operating room. Captain Thompson of the old lighthouse says it is the worst storm he has seen sinae his residence at the lighthouse, which began in 1860. He said two vessels took refuge of the old light Sunday night, but yesterday morning he did not know where they were. Communication was as efectuslly cut of from New York and Boston as if New Haven never had 8 railroad running into it. Many carriages were demolished and glass windows and doors broken by the force ot the wind
 The police had hard time of it. It was
 utterly impossible for them to patrol theil
 beats. They were not obliged to stay out as long usual.
 Nearly every place of business was closed Business all day was particularly at stand still.
 Three girls who started home from the rub Der shop tainted away, and were taken into house near by. They got stuck in a snow drift.
 No cabs or hacks were run yesterday. The proprietors kept all their horses indoors, not caring to lose any.