Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-25

In Hill street near Congress avenue sew
eral trees were broken and five trees were
down on Perkins street.
A pine tree is gone in front OF Conmis
siorer Sullivan's house on Redfeld street;
several trees fell in COTE street near Broad
way and two are gone at the corner of
Chapel and Dwight streets.
On Washington street one Of the electric
light poles was blown down, and on Whal-
ley avenue several electric light wires were
thrown down.
A high board fence was thrown over on
Congress avenue near LIE Bruins ahoe store
and several store awnings were ruined.
As lady, whose name could not be
learned, was passing the corner of Grove
street and Whitney avenue tree blew
down and came very near striking her.
She saved her life by running.
ROOFS CARRIED AWAY.
A number of roofs about the city wer
also carried away. Among those which
were thus affected were a portion of the
tin roof of the carpenter shop of the
J. Glib Smith company in Water street
large share of the roof of Henry
Bretzfelder on Lafayette street and the
roof of small frame house on Hill Court.
The new two-story brick barn on Con-
gress avenue, near Lafayette street of
Frank Nusenholtz's was pretty well wreck
ed, two of the brick walls of the second
story and the roof, falling with crash.
MORE TREES BLOWN DOWN.
A large maple in Vernon street near
Davenport avenue near Mr.. Donovsn's
house fell and smashed a piece of the fence
of Mr.. Schonberger's fence opposite. An.
other tree fell in front of the parochisl
residence on Ward street, and another fell
on College street between Crown and
George streets, nearly opposite the resi-
dence of Horace Day. A large maple tree
was blown down and fell across the Win,
chester avenue railroad track. 1t was
sawed in pieces. The passengers changed
cars until the obstruction was removed.
At the corner of George and College
streets big elm fell to the west and rested
against the east end of William Mccarthy.
house The roof of the house was some
what damaged.
A tree on High street at the corner Of
George street fell, and in falling took away
a part of the corner of the roof of E. A
Beecher's house and knocked off
| chimney. just opposite Mr. Beecher's OF
High street an elm blew over into the stree
in front of F. D. Graves house.
A large tree near York street, O.
George, Ia toppled over and hangs in
precarious condition over the roadway
Parts of trees lay strewn along Dwigh
| street, between George and Oak; pottet
| plants of every description were strewl
around the yards in the western part O
the city.
| At the corner of Grows and Churcl
streets, in front of the residence of tn
Misses Chaplain, two trees were blow
down, while on the opposite side of tn
street, in front of old Grove hall, anothe
large Elm tree fell and demolished por
| ton of the fence. A number of trees wer
| also blown down in Hillhouse woods, Hill!
house avenue and st. Roman street.
A large maple tree on Day street, nea
Mulberry. was blown down at 4:15 yesiel
day morning, falling against one Of tn
houses. In falling it made 30 loud noia
as to awaken the people in the neiGhbol
hood. Richard Donegan, who lives in th
next house, hastily got ladder wit
which he supported the tree till daylight
which the tres had fallen was not damage
any, but the people living III it wei
frightened very badly.
| BLOWN ON THE EAST HAVEN SHORE
a cat rugged boat 20 feet long, belongin
to Charles Costello, dragged her anohe
and went on the East Haven shore, whel
she WAS thrown on the beach and upse
She lost mast, sails and rudder, and ws
otherwise badly wrecked.
A LINEMAN's PERIL.
Yesterday afternoon ae lineman of Il
electric light company was repairing wi
at the corner OF Whitney avenue an
Grove street, horse car caught up IL
|, | end Of the wire which was on the groun,
, The wire also became entangled arour
the neck of tina lineman, and the noe
was pulled taught, jerking the man to Il
, ground and cutting his neck slightly.
IN THE HARBoR.
Yachts Damaged or Sunk-Roughe
Time on the Harbor In Invent!
seven Xears-Vessels in Peril an
| Damaged.
The 6erceness of the gale WAS felt pc
hsps more than anywhere else along IL
, water front. Docks were submerged ar
J partially carried away, abutmenta weshe
away, and all sorts of craft swamps,
wrecked or damaged. The damage tn
has been done cannot be estimated y
with any degree of accuracy, but 1t Is co.
| sentative TO say that the loss hereabou
, alone will reach far up into the thousand
; Fully one hundred vessels lay safely at a
Choir in the harbor during the storm.
AT THE YACHT CLUB HOUSE.
The yachts anchored off the club ho1
all were pitched and tossed about by Il
gale and almost every one of them draggs
J | anchor and was more OR less injured. TT
, | hirr a1cNr "ar0noh I'D hu
! ards CT Boston, was anchored off the clr
/ | house near the channel when the blow b
gan. She dragged her archor and collid:
with coastipg schooner and was disma
3 tied. Her matnmast was snapped off abo
+ | ten feet from deck and her sails and ri
ging swept overheard. The crew aboal
Ter managed to get an anchor to hold
} the west of Long wharf and there Il
yacht rode out the gale.
The dismasted Wenonah last night st
lay alongside Canal wharf, and ora
which is valued at S., 900 looks very mut
the worse for wear. Her hull is intact az
she can be repaired easily, but it will co
a good deal of money: The sloop Jul
ried away with all her sails and rigging e
} | cept her lower mast. The yachtsmen d
, serted her and sought shelter aboard Il
] schooner Diana.
| The sloop Hydros, owned by the esta
of David Gardner of New York, which w
r | anchored just south of the sea wall, d1ifts
into the wall and was sunk. She will
3 raised In day or so from where she san
t | and the steamer Ceres will be a1oat befo
| to-day Is over and in good shape as CIV
soon. The Dare Devil will be towed out t
f day and put in shape Immediately. IT
: Retriever has been foated and is all RICH
, The hard knocks the Stranger got CT
easily be repaired, though she will need 7
? rigging. The Wanda, the Gossip and Il
t Thelms sustained no damage whateve
{ though the former had close call.
The Federalist, which came under ba
o poles from Duck island, is all right, b
: wants two new anchors and cables. 81
: slipped her moorings- there. Some a
prehension was felt last night for Il
Z Ariel. She left Wednesday on a cruie
t and as her owner has had some lively e.
: periences, it is thought the yacht certain
s had one yesterday. No other yacht Ia a
r sent from port except the Phantom. 81
whereabouts are unknown, but she prob
j bly, rode out the gale all right. Rumo
o yesterday that the club houss was dow
were without foundation. It stood pc
D fectly firm.
= The schooner Diana and an oyster sloc
Q came in during the blow and carried avn
Q some of thu Diana's forward rigging. Ha
? ry Paulson, sailing master On the zach
while attempting to clear away the wrec
Q age, was struck in the back by the marti
t gale and had long deep cash cut in b
9 back just underneath his right shoulde
3 Although seriously injured, Pau,son T
l NAMED aboard the yacht until he had G.
| T.