The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-14
GALE BLEWSO HARD
THAT IT STOPPED
FUNERAL
Burial of Late Clark n. HOHgh-
ton Had to Be Postponed.
WILD NIGHT OF STORM
Courthouse Damaged and Windows
and Wires Suffered Severely
Business Practically Suspended

The most severe wind storm of the
season ragged here Monday night and
until an early hour this morning. Re-
ports from all sections of the town
show that damage has almost been
universal. The east part of the town
suffered most while in the west sec
tion but little damaged resulted.
The storm started Monday morning
and reached its height during the
evening. About six inches of snow
fell but about o'clock the snow
changed to rain which continued to
fall until about 1 o'clock this morn
ing. Sleighing is good in the village
but the snow was blown off the roads
in some parts in the country
Service was demoralized on the
trolley lines after dinner and during
running on scheduled time. The
snow plough was kept running until
midnight Two cars were disabled
on Main street by the burning out Of
fuses and had to be towed back to the
car barn. This morning the service
was good the cars being but a few
minutes behind schedule.
The telephone company suffered
much loss and several of the lines are
out of commission today. On the
Harwood hill road several poles were
blown down.
The roads in the south part OF the
town today are almost impossible.
Jared Howard arrived here about
1890 this morning and reported that
he was the first to come TO the vii
lage from his district and that it took
him l-2 hours to travel from his
home here a distance of less than 8
miles. The roads were badly drifted
and he was obliged to resort TO the
meadows in order to make his way.
He reports that about one half of the
roof on the barn of Hugh Michaels
was blown off and carried nearly 20
feet.
On the east road the wind blew so
terrificly in the afternoon that the in.
terment OF the body of Clark H..
Houghton had to be postponed His
remains were left in the chapel over
night and buried this morning. 1t
was with difficulty that the hacks
were kept from blowing over on their
way to the chapel Many trees are
down and several houses are lacking
chimneys this morning Old resi-
dents in that section declare that it
was the worst storm in years
In the village the property loss viii
be large Many of the wires of the
.f.ssr
down during the night causing but
only a portion of the village to have
light The greatest damage in the
business section was caused by tho
collapse of one of DR.. De Witt n.
Lewis show windows in his optical
Office on Main street The window
blew in early in the evening and CON
siderable damage was done by water
before it was boarded up. 1t was in
sured The tin roof on the home of
John Ahern on Grove street was
blown off.
The Rutland railroad train service
was crippled, every train after 5
O'Clock being several minutes late
The morning train from Troy today
due at o'clock was nearly two hours
iHAt. - part VI TREE III lne NdIu OF
Miss Jennie A Valentine blew down
and a falling limb knocked off por-
ton of the cornice on the home of L.
F. Abbott The glass in the front
door of Newman Elwell's house was
shattered and windows were blown in
in the homes of c. r. Farnum on
Union street and Mrs. J. !. Loomis on
School street
A large tree fell across the trolley
track near the home of Martin F.
Barney on Beech street about / o.
clock last night. Employees of the
road worked in the driving rain until
2 o'clock this morning clearing it
away. The blinds on the residence
of Rev. Philip Schuyler were badly
shattered by the storm
The sidewalks were almost impass-
able this morning on account of the
slush which was in some instances
about foot deep. The street de-
partment had the road scraper out
early clearing the cutters but the
snow plough was conspicuous by its
absence. Indications are that walk
ing will be bad for some time.