The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-13

Much Damage Caused by Yesterdays
Terrific Wind storm.


Many New Haveners when they
awolSe yesterday morning and heard
the bowling of the wind thought that
hurricane was loose in the city and
doubtless thoughts Of the awful disas-
ter which visited Galveston a few days
ago and fears that this city was to be
visited by a similar terror came to
many. The wind was blowing gale
such as seldom is experienced in this
locality and kept increasing in velocity
until about the middle of the after
noon.
During the forenoon and until the
force of the gale was abated clouds of
dust filled the streets rendering breath
ing very difficult at times. In all Sec
tons of the city limbs were blown from
trees and in some places large trees
were blown down. in some cases block
ing traffic for some time until the debris
could be cleared away.
In nearly every street in the city
were portions of trees and whole trees
and all day the men employed by the
department of public works were kept
busy clearing away the branches that
had fallen SO that traffic in the blocked
6lIGclS CUuiu US ISSuIllSu. Liz WAiiu
blew across the harbor with even
greater force than 1t did in the city
and many boats were torn loose from
their moorings and blown put in the
harbor. The wind was blowing on the
Morris Cove shore and TO that shore
the loosened boats were borne. In all
about dozen boats were cast up there
Among them were Dir. S. ]. Mahels
naphtha launch and Captain Joseph
Belcher's sloop. The launch was haul
ed off the sandy shore unchanged but
the sloop went ashore OF the rocks at
the foot Ct the cliff at Fort Hale Park
and WAS wrecked, being badly stove UP.
The other boats went went ashore were
small boats and were taken off later in
The day not much damaged. Among
the boats were two which were torn
loose from their fastenings at the an
chcrage at City Point They were
blown across the harbor and brought
up ON the Morris Cove shore. None Of
the boats at the New Haven Yacht
club anchorage were blown out, as the
wind was not in a direction to force
them out.
About the middle Of the forenoon a
colored man named George Wilson was
sitting on one of the benches on the
Green in front Of Trinity church when
a large limb of a tree directly over his
head was blown down, striking him
with great force. Persons who saw the
accident thought that of course he was
badly injured and a crowd hurried up
to him. After considerable work they
extricated him and were about to send
'or an ambulance when Wilson re-
marked that he guessed he was all
right and started for his home on
Goffe street. A physician who exam
med him said that he was not much
hurt.
During the gale large limb Of
tree was blown down across some wires
IF the city fire alarm telegraph service
On Front street. The wires were soon
repaired by Superintendent Grant.
A large limb was blown down in
'front.' of No. SIS engine house and
blocked traffic there for about two
hours before it could be cleared away.
large limb which blew down on
Broadway near Park street blocked
rattle there for some time.
In the farming districts about New
Haven great damage to fruit was done.
Apple trees were stripped of green
ruit and all the peach orchards in this
Vicinity are devastated. A. N. Farm
lam, who has large peach orchard
n Westville. said last night that not
| peck of peaches remained on his trees
which before the wind storm were load
ID with peaches. The ground under
eath the trees was strewn with small
'artly grown peaches. In Orange,
Woodbridge, and In all the agricultural
egions surrounding New Haven the
pple orchards We're stripped the green
pples being shaken off by the swaying
f the trees in the wind
I'he storm was the edge of the one
which struck Galveston and then veer-
d to the northwards and the east,
assing down the st. Lawrence valley.
was the southern edge which struck
his section.
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