The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-17
FIERCE STORM PLAYS HAVOC
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Continued from First Page.) Liberty streets. where the falling of a large tree tore down the trolley wire and four anchor wires. This resulted in an electrical display beautiful to be- hold. The electricity was carried by the water on the trees to all parts Of them and beautiful flames shot from many parts. The ground was also heav- fly charged.
 Other damage was at the corner Of Elm street and First avenue, West Ha- ven; Edgewood avenue and Forest street, George and Greenwood streets Dixwell avenue and Eaton street, Mor- ris Cove hill, TomlinsOn bridge, Woody Crest on the WoOdmont line, killam and Brockett's Points on the Branford line, and other places.
 Repair gangs were promptly set to work, however, and it was not long un- til most of the places had been repaired and the traffic was resumed. The Bridgeport end of the Woodmont line was tied up for some time by reason of the falling of numerous trees across the track, and other damage.
 At the Momauguin the wind and waves tore away the dock and raft and they are perhaps lost entirely forever. Numerous small craft were washed ashore, but there is reported that none of the boats are seriously damaged.
 At Morris Cove the yachts belonging to the Y. M. c. A. were badly damaged One of them was sunk and the other torn to pieces on the shore. About thirty small rowboats were washed ashore and they were more or less damaged. -.+.. sz~@
 A very large coal barge heavily laden was washed against the Kimberly ave- nue bridge and it was thought for some time that the weight of the barge and the force of the wind would cause the bridge to be carried away. <
 At the N. Y. N. H. & H. railroad dock a large coal barge, the Maria from Glastonbury, turned turtle in the midst of the storm and the captain and his wife, who were aboard, had a hard time to save themselves. They escaped just as the boat turned over and were saved.
 Prior to the starting of the storm there were over one hundred boats of all kinds anchored in front of the New Haven Yacht club and when the storm broke in all it's fury they were all hurled together in helpless mass. Many were ground to pieces, others sank, and the rest were hurled en mass against the dock of the yacht club and along the shore front. A number of the yacht club members worked like beav- CTS, assisted by a number of sailors, to save the boats but human effort was unavailing.
 During the height of the gale large schooner sank near the breakwater and what boat it Is or where it came from is not known. What was left of the wreck of Montgomery Roosevelt's yacht was pounded and torn by the waves, and the frame of the old hull rdifted up 10 the dock <#
 Among some of the boats badly dam aged are: MT. Searls" sloop "Hoodoo, z hull badly damaged; Edward Wright's kitten" sunk near the City dock; the houseboat, 'El Casa sunk close to the dock; Commissioner James H. Par ish's. handsome yacht, Ceres" broken to pieces and remnants of the hull sunk. Attorney Charles s. Hamilton's beautiful two masted sloop yacht sank close to the City dock and her tall masts are hanging oveS the dock. Cap tain Blake had the boat anchored out in the harbor, with two anchors, each having twenty-five fathoms of chain out, but when the huge waves struck her she was dragged anchors and all. She drifted towards the dock where the schooner Edward H. Clark loaded with piles for the Gas company was tied up, and narrowly averted striking her before she sank. The yacht Eleanor belonging to MT Twitchell of West Haven was blown on the beach at West Haven.