Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-03
WESTERLY TOWN HALL FOR 6. AR.
Petition of John B. Brown For Memorial Day Granted Shore Road Neglect Case Bobs Up Again-No Change of Action in Bradford Club License Decsion-Storms Terrible Destruction a Pleasant View.

was no name on the collar.
 Did you kill the dog?" asked Coun- l ciiman LangWorthy
 'No," said the Hamilton boy. Where Is he?"
 | We've got him at home He came
 with these fellows who are hunting for gypsy moths, but they did not 1 claim ownership"
 The boy was advised to keep the collar and the dog for 8 few days, | pending Investigation, and he was as 1 sured that the damage done by the dog
 would be paid
 A claim was received from the es- 1 tate of Horace Vose for damage to l property by reason of change in grade of Railroad avenue, the sum being , s4,00O. In the absence of Town So liCitor Agard, the matter was referred l Thomas Mckenzie for investigation and consideration. to report to the next meeting of the council.
 Councilman Flynn stated that the committee on trolley road terminal, i due to the illness of MT. AgaTd, was l not ready to report
 The monthly reports showed that l $19s.99 had been expended for the care l of the poor during February and that l S16014 had been spent in highway
  1 visited 21 milk dealers and found con 1 ditions satisfactory. Chief of Police 1 Brown reported five arrests for 1ntoS- 1 fcation and one for assault with in l tent 10 kill. Health Officer Stanton | reported no contagious diseases. Tristan D. BabCock was reappointed
 water commissioner for a term of three I years
 l While the storm of last month cre- deSfruN4Irn Plea nit l View than ever before, the damage was i indniEesimal in comparison with that 1 caused by Sundays storm, when the l whole beach line was changed and the water from the ocean swept over and washed away the bUlkheads and sand l embankment, and spread over land ] that so far as known, was never before l covered with salt water. All along the beach from the Atlantic Beach cas1no 1 to the farthermOSt cottage at the west l end, the property is damaged, some | considerably more than other, but | none completely escaped the fury of ] the wind and sea. Many of the cot | tages are undermined. while some were i tumbied from the foundations. and in l other instances the water swept 1 through cottages, smashing doors and windows and carrying contents with l great force for quite a distance, some of the furniture being tossed and 1 smashed into fragments.
 Blocks of gTanolithic pavement sev- | eral feet square were picked up by the l great surging sea and dropped hun l dred feet or more distant Atlantic avenue. so called, is now an avenue pleteIy covered with the sand that was ] driven back by the strong sea from l what was classed as the beach front l The whole Pleasant View section js l streWn with rubbish, including sec l tions of board walk, parts of veran- 1 das, doors, steps. furniture, etc. Many l of the beach front properties have 1 been materially reduced in size, and l in some instances barely enough is ! left to accommodate some of the un- ! dermined cottages
 l No one living along the coast can l recall 8 storm of equal severity, and not even the most studious local his- ! torian can find any record which lndI- l cates any storm that had force sufti- cient to remove the protecting, the natural beach bank at Pleasant View. l So far as known, the only beach property that escaped damage was the ] Atlantic Beach casino, owned by the 1 Norwich and Westerly Traction com : pany. A massive bulkhead, with con- l cave front, and of substantial build, | was placed in front of this property, | and SC constructed that there was no 1 chance for the water to get under meath or behind the concrete work and 1 thus carry it away.
 ] Special cars were run to Pleasant 1 View and property owners there and i many others went to the beach and were surprised at the extent of the damage. The shore damage in this 1 View, but extended to Watch Hill, i where bulkheads along the Griscom property were damaged, as was also | the sea wall erected by the govern
 ment in connection with the life say 1 ing station. A section of the steamer l Block Island pier was carried away, 1 On the Fort road, so called, the cot 1 tages Of Judge John w. Sweeney and 1 Postmaster Charles J. Butler were ] damaged considerably and none es- l caped the fury of the storm.
 ] At Pleasant View the cottages of Dennis Driscoll of Norwich, Charles C. i Treat, Louis Wunderlich, Silas M. Wheelock and Edgar R, Sweet have on the sand level, and several others are liable to be in like position, as the supporting piles are on 8 slant and at the point of giving away.
 Considerable damage was done at the Fort Mansfield reservation. Every cellar is flooded and the rnacadam roads and granolithic walks destroyed. Damage was also done at Weekapaug and Quonocontaug but is as nothing in comparison with the damage at Pleas ant View. Monday afternoon there were high breakers at Pleasant View, and should they continue with the rise of the tide it is probable that some more destruction will result.
 The bulkhead at the Pleasant View House withstood the storm, but shin gles were torn from the Veranda. and the size of the lawn Is materially re- duced. The Michael Higgins cottage was storm washed and much damage done on the first floor, and what was the front yard hacs been washed into the sea, The cottage of J. D. Haviland of Norwich is completely undermined and stands on piling, with indications that 1t is liable to fall at any moment The cottage of Benjamin Wheeler of West Hartford is also on piIing, with
 the front verahda nearly all gone. The cottage of Mrs Eugene Stil1Hlan is supported by piles above the new beach level. the underpinning having been washed out, and only a small part of the rear being on the newly formed or rather remnant of the beach bank Wilbur Mains cottage, like many otn- CTS, is undermined and liable to toDple on the beach. The cottage of Herbert P. Clark is not damaged. but it now stands on the very verge of the bank The greatest damage was done be-