Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-30

1 O'Clock. There was no other damage
save the destruction of a division fence.
One hundred and fifty feet of fence on |
the Bunnel1 property was thrown down.
The rear wall of Frank Nusenholtz's
new barn and storage building on Congress
avenue that was partially torn down last
Thursday, entirely succumbed yesterday
An old store front near the corner of
lafayette and Washington streets was par
TALLY blown in.
Two elm trees at the corner of Chapel
and Chestnut streets were blown over. A
tree was thrown down on Coils street, and
several In Ferry street.
A big section of tin roof blew off into
Chapel street and crushed into the side
window plate of the store at IT'S Chapel
street, occupied by the Clothing House of
New Haven. The window was ruined.
There were several narrow escapes from
injury by Aying tin plates.
Registrar of Vital Statistics Cars Of
fee was somewhat damaged, one of the
windows being broken out. During the
gale the awning which was in front of
the window became 1oosened and broke
away from its fastenipgs, the canvas being
torn to shreds, while the iron rods which
supported it were flung from side to side,
breaking in the window and demolishing
the glass.
The rear fence at the jail was completely
Frustrated by the wind.
The chimney on Professor John F.
Wier's house at So Trumbul1 street was
blown down and a great many of the
bricks found their way down inside OF it.
Letter Carrier James Gallagher, who was
in the vicinity, narrowly capped being hit
by one of the flying missiles.
A handsome young maple in front of
581 State street blew over and landed
against large telegraph pole. The tree is
a wreck.
A large overhanging sign belonging to
John T. Sloan, the real estate dealer on
Chapel street, was torn from its hangiugs
by the wind and fell with a crash to the
walk below. No one happened to be pass
ing at the time.
Dr.; J. P. 9. Fosters house on College
street WAS severely damaged, large elm
falling against 1t, breaking in the windows
and otherwise marring the building.
Mr.. Wsrdell, corner of State and Ed
wards streets, was kept busy yesterday
trying to save fine, tall, large maple tree
which had shown signs of falling. He was
at last successful in propping up the tree.
The trunk of a quite large maple on
State street, opposite the Hooker carrisge
factory, was snapped off about ten feet
from the ground.
A big limb of an elm in front of the J.
Parker paper mill Office blew eff and rested
safely on the electric wires of the State
street road.
A big tree WAS blown down on Chapel
street, corner of Day, in front of the resi-
dence of Mr.. Brown, treasurer of the
Brockett & futile company, and the acci
| dent much delayed the horse cars.
MORE TREES DESTROYED
In Sschem street, between Hillhouse
avenue and Prospect street, a majestic elm
fell and completely blocksded the entire
street. Another tree al4o fell at the cor
ner of Elm and Temple streets.
| Opposite Shoninger & Co.'s factory on
Chapel street huge elm tree was twisted
from it's roots and thrown across the
street. On Bridge street another large elm
tree was broken off and thrown to the
ground, blocking the street for several
| hours.
A large maple tree in front of the resi-
dence of Joel A. Sperry on Whalley ave-
nue. was split in two, and the part which
fell lay ACROSS the horse car track delaying
traffic for few minutes.
At the corner of Orange and Bradley
streets two good sized naples were up
rooted. One of them caught In the branches
of the trees on the opposite side of the
street, which kept it from falling, and
made 1t an extremely dangerous spot fol
teams and pedestrians to pass under. Al
| along Orange street trees were stripped Of
big limbs which fell into the street. block
ing the sidewalk and part of the street
Wall street between Orange and Church
suffered similarly, many large branches
being blown down.
DIR. vIsHNo's ROOF BLOWN OFF.
The roof of DR.. Vishno's house on DIV,
street, near Water, was badly stripped b,
the wind carrying off large section of tn
tin and allowing the water to soak through
into the rooms below, badly damaging tn
plaster ceilings and walls.
CHIMNEYs BLOWN DOWN.
Two tall iron chimneys on the New Ha
ven Steam Heating company's plant O.
, George street were blown down. but did n
damage.
A brick chimney on the house 267 Woos
ter street was also Frustrated.
i A chimney on the house of Joseph F
, Douglass, 100 Bailey street, was also blow
, down.
THIRTY TREES BLOWN DOWN.
The effect of the storm upon the tree
: of the city was not near as disastrous a
was the one of last Wednesday night
, Then there were about 400 trees whic
went down before the storm, while yestel
day the number of trees reported down q
the board of public works Office up t
noon was nearly thirty. The locations G
? the trees which had fallen were given q
? follows:
| One at the corner of Chestnut and Chape
t one on Chapel between York and Park. on
? | at 100 College street, one On Oak near Par
street, two on Dwight street between Chaps
and George streets, two on Edgewood ave
nue., one near Dwight street and anothe
= near Orchard street, one on York betwee
1 Elm and Wall streets, one or Wall stres
f between Church and Temple streets, Con
o on Washington street near Cedar, one
a the corner of Congress and Howard sv,
I nues, two On Chapel, corner Of Day stree
one on George street near Day street, one o
Howe street, between Chapel and Edg'
!. wood avenue; one at 80 Oak street, one
4 cit Chatham street, Fair Haven; one
Q 3O6 York street, one on Asylum street, be
tween Davenport and Sylvan avenues; on
on State street at the juncture of DIV
street, one at the corner of Bradley an
r | Orange street, and one at No. Gilbel
8 | street. Besides this there were four tree
: down on the green and two on Wooste
AucIo WcIo d large uuLuCSE
j. limbs reported to have been blown off i
Q all parts of the city, the damage bein
a much greater in this respect than in an
3 | other.
SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES.
Shortly after O'Clock portion of tt
=. side wall of Rockers carriage factory O
= State street fell over upon the roof of
= large ell adjoining. There were two me
directly under the roof, in the attic of til
I lumber room. They were Edward {
\ Downs, foreman, and Joseph Anderson, on
of the men under him. Mr.. Downs ws
nearest the door and instinctively dodge
through it as the crash came, but Andel
a son was caught by the falling timbers an
2 bricks and his leg below the knee wa
a broken in two places. He was also injure
-, on the head, but not seriously, it is b,
;. lieved. The police ambulance was sun
/ moned and he was taken to the hospita
Q where last evening he was reported as RES
J.. ing comfortably.
Owen Maggie, proprietor of the saloon q
East Chapel and Mill streets, met with
t peculiar accident at 6 o'clock yesterds
d morning. he was in his saloon and th
! wind was blowing gale. He wake
: toward one of the large front windows @
Q the place and was about to look out at tn
l storm when the wind blew in the big glass
: shattering it. Maggie saw the glass break
8 ing but hadn't time to get out of the way
He was badly cut near the left ear by tn
Q flying glass and a portion of the glass 20
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