The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-17

owned by Joseph Scarf of Hesbrook
 Heights. x. J.. and as he is a member : of the club he left his boat anchored
 near, Mir. Dutton and Lewis Benton
 also lost their boats.
 Splendid work was done by Stewart
 Keller of the yacht club and his helpers
 in an attempt to save the boats. but it
 was impossible to accomplish very much.
 Some of the members of the board of aldermen comprising the committee who have in charge the matters pertaining to the city dock, and the proposed pur- chase of the Halstead & Harmont prop erty visited the scene last evening and made an inspection. No perceptible damage was done to the city dock, but the yacht club property was badly dam aged.
 When the storm was at its height and while the boats were crashing on the shore a number Of Italians and other people made for the wreckage and were stealing everything of value in sight, when Steward Keller put a stop to it and sent for squad of police that came and watched the property all night.
 It was estimated that it will take several thousand dollars to repair the damage done to the New Haven Yacht club boats and the club property.
 The naval militia boat ''Elfrida" was anchored some distance out in the har- bor and she drifted way in near the club house dock. She lost some of her small boats and at one time it looked as if she would turn turtle and sink, but she does not appear as though she is badly damaged.
 During the height of the storm the water dashed up over the Tomlinson bridge, the spray going over the girders fully fifty feet in the air, and for a time the position of Engineer Powers was not an enviable one. The floor of the freight house at Belle dock was three feet under water all of the afternoon, and 1t was necessary to move all of the freight into the upper compartment. ] As car POT of the Fair Haven and Westville road was crossing the bridge during a Hull in the storm at 4:4S a gust Of wind, picked it up, lifting it clear of the track and depositing it foot off the rails. It was not until S:30 that the car was able to resume traffic. .... } The tug Gladwich arrived in the har- Dor during the height of the storm, hav- ing in tow two barges bound eastward and reported a terrific sea running.
 The tug John P. Sanderson of the New Haven Towing company left the harbor bound for the westward early yester- day morning and when the blow. came up some anxiety was felt for her but last night she was reported safe in Bridgeport harbor.
 The steamer Richard Peck of the New Haven line arrived in this city last night at 9 o'clock, her regular hour, hav- ing met with a heavy sea. but being able to keep on her schedule time. as she was favored by the wind up the sound. 4 =s5s E
 A quite large tree was blown down on Trumbull street in from of Mrs Hale's house between State and Trumbull streets. It was uprooted and blocked the street. . -. <
 A tree blew down nearly in front of was in the position of the shutter, went clothier. on State street, near the foot of Grove street. It was snapped off a few feet from the ground. City work men carted it away in sections within an hour or so. ...: .g :
 A tree a foot and half in diameter blew down on State street in front of the carriage shop, formerly the Epis- copal church. Another of similar size was blown down on Franklin street, few doors from the convent and fell across the street.
 A large limb of a tree blew down on Pearl street. and numbered up the street. " .s "> e
 A big limb of willow tree, one of the largest in the city, in the yard of J. B. Lucke on Edwards street. was snapped off and crashed into a maple tree. tearing off a limb of the maple. This willow tree has a history as it was raised from cutting, one of twenty or thirty which were obtained from near Babylon, Asia, by the late B. G. Northrop, secretary of the Connecti- cut board of education for many years.
 One of the notable incidents was the partial uprooting of fine elm treet about two feet in diameter on the east lawn at the Eli Whitney residence on Elm street, corner of Orange street The tree fell toward the residence and striking the cornice was held there where it remains leaning against the house. As the tree was only about fif- teen feet from the house the damage to the house is not serious. Fl
 The old green is fairly filtered with broken limbs of trees and on the upper green several large limbs with their branches loom up. ]
 Branches of a large willow tree in the yard of Ludwig Wolf, the florist. on Day street. near Chapel, blew down, doing much damage to the plants and flowers. ss I
 A chimney of the building occupied by Bradley, Smith & Co. on State street blew down. ~f 4,, A.tgb ~E ... 5tI
 A branch of maple tree at the side of the residence Of MT. McPartland. cor- ner of. Park and Oak streets blew down, smashing part of the fence.
 Several branches of trees near the res- idence of F. W. Benedict, near the Nor- nal school on Howe street, blew down.
 A tree was uprooted in front of Police Commissioner S. S. Thompson's resi- dence on York street. =
 A large maple tree was snapped in two at the corner of Lombard and Fer ry streets. The broken part of the tree fell onto the lawn of T. H. Linehan, narrowly aseaniner the windows