Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-20
MARCH WINDS
Pedestrians Had 10 Dodge Signs and Flag Poles Many Shade
 Trees Blown Down
DAMAGE IS HEAVY

 the city last night and this morning were responsible for a few happen ings. They blew brick or two off a chimney on the Odd Fellows build ing and pushed it through the sky light over the elevator.
 The storm came near blowing the republican town committee to pieces. Attorney U. G. Church, the chairman of the committee, was going to his home on Euclid avenue when the wind caught his coat tails and made them fly like the wings of wind mill. Euclid avenue has good alti- tude and Chairman Church can never be accused of being short, so that the strong wind blowing over the strong hold of republicanism played with him like child with toy for a while, and one time he thought he would be waited away on the wings of the night and the republican town committee would wake up in the morning an orphan. He was on deck to-day none the worse for his com bat with Boreas.
 Some time during the night the winds blew the Sunday Telegram $ flag-pole down and across wire that ran from the building to the pole op- posite Hodson's cafe. There it bobbed and swayed all night with the winds, menace to those passing on the sidewalk, unconscious of their danger. It is very heavy pole and had it fallen to the sidewalk some one would have been hurt.
 The large sign on top of the Bos- ton Furniture Co.'S building was blown down. This was one of the largest advertising signs in the city and nights it was lighted up with great effect. Considerable repairs will be necessary before it can be used again.
 A skylight on the Cables on Pros. pect street was blown off, but no ono was injured and the damage is slight
 The coping on the west wall of the Frederick building on East Main street was somewhat torn of, show. ing that the wind came from the east when it struck that building.
 Shortly before s o'clock the storm king concluded to make d little sport for folks on Bank street and selected as it's victim Captain A. l.. Hauerwas foreman of the composing room at the plant of the Waterbury Evening Dem. Ocrat, who was hurrying on to his work, when his new @ soft hat was lifted from bis head and tossed high in the air and then banged against the Warner building with sufficient force to knock 1t into pieces had il been a derby. After being hurled along the cornice half dozen times 1t took drop downward aud gol caught on window sill. where it was shifted here and there for five or ten minutes and appeared to have settled down there for the day. when one oi the clerks in the store of the Upsor Jewelry Co went after it with a stick and after getting within reacl of it from the inside he gaye'it pokt that dislodged it. but instead of com ing down to the sidewalk 1t flew ur the street and was making ready tc keep right on. when it got caught 1T the wheel of wagon that was stand ing nearby and before it could eytri cate itself somebody grabbed it ana returned 1t to the owner. The weath CT was cold and although MT Haucr was has good crop of hair. vet h, felt the loss of the hat and while rh' racket was on he spent most of ih, time awaiting developments in th' store of the upson Jewelry Co. 7, crowd of several hundred people watched the antics of the hat auC congratulated Captain Hauerwas oi coming into possession of it oncs more.
 For years two handsome shad, . trees have stood in the yard oi Charles Simpson. 30 Bishop street, th, pride of the family and the delight oi the children of the neighborhood. es pecially in the summer time. when | was rare treat to sit beneath theil grateful shade and forget the care. of the world. Last night the storn knocked one of them over and in try ing to hold it's grip the tree caugh hold of the veranda and came neal taking 1t down with it. The tree l, not down and out altogether. but | is the next thing to it and it Is a ques tion if it can be put back and spared
 John Crane of East Hawkins stree made a strange find in his yard thi morning. While looking around [, see how much of his property th, storm had left he was somewhat sur prised to notice that it brought hin a great deal more than it has taker away. A new fence which had re gently been put down by a neighbo was lifted from its fastenings an, thrown into MT Cranes yard.
 While the office help at the Demo crat office were spinning yarns ahou the havoc created here and there l., the high wind and congratulstinj themselves on how fortunate the were in not getting hit with some Q the flying missiles. they were startIe, by a great commotion outside and un on investigation found that the lary sign that has done business over tb door for years. had been whippc, from it's moorings and was danSIinl dangerously near the plate gias window. Then the boot was on in other foot and everything was pushe, aside until tho sign was rigftei.