The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02
HOUSE IN NORTH END BLOWN OVER
 IN HIGH WINDS Barges Blown From Tow Tn
 Sound As Occupants Escape
 TRACKS FLOODED IN
 ADJACENT COUNTRY Indications Point to Clear ing Tomorrow With Drop
 Tn Temperature

throughout the East yesterday tying np traffic in New york and the coast states, moved with violence upon this city late Saturday night. continuing with unabated vigor yesterday, and turning to snow during the night.
 Disastrous wrecks were reported upon the Sound yesterday afternoon. four heavily laden barges sinking near Charles Island. Cellars were flooded throughout the city, and ice jams were reported in local rivers though no bridges are yet reported as carried away.
 The frame of a two story house, nearing completion was blown over. Automobiles were seriously irnpeded and in one instance ran so deep in the Connecticut company was called out to clear the tracks.
 No shipping has entered or left this harbor since midnight and except for the largest steamers navigation has ceased on the Sound
 The Baird Machine Tool Go. was SO affected by flood this morning that it was unable to get up sufficient stsam to operate the factory and a 1ay-on was made until tomorrow when it is hoped that conditions will change.
 Reports from Fairfield, Stratford, shelton, NewtoWn and surrounding towns indicate great damage from floods Though it was first reported the Naugatuck division of the New Haven was flooded in sections, this report was today denied at the local station. where schedules of trains showed they were on time. Trolley schedules in this city today were not affected. At Milford it was reported that thousands of wild ducks had sought cover and food during the stress of the storm and were a show sight for many in Bridgeport who mo- tored to witness the unusual event
 High winds prevailed during the night accompanied by rain which turn ed to snow at an early hour. The snowfall was heavy until after 10 clock when it became less general as the wind changed 3. few points Re ports from the local weather fore caster predicted that the storm cen ter today would be in the vicinity of Boston. The rainfall in this vicinity is one Of the greatest which has been record ed in many years while the barometer according to William Jennings It's lowest mark was yesterday when 1t dropped to 28.20. On January 2 1913, it recorded 28.70.
 A record for the past three days upon the Lyman recording thermome- ter shows. that with 40 degrees at Sat urday noon the temperature dropped to 38 Sunday. noon and at midnight Sunday it was at the freezing point. It dropped steadily until 6 o'clock this morning when it had reached the 24 mark and rose until noon today when it registered 32 degrees above zero. Yesterday fourteen persons had mar row escapes from drowning when four Earges in a. tow of five in charge of the tug SaIutation of the Blue line sank near Charles Island in the Sound in a gale which was estizna ted as allowing sixty miles an hour.
 The barges were cut loose from the Salutation by the parting of the ha VT ser, and they were tossed about help lesly by the unusually high seas. The crews of the Salutations and the barge Blue Band, which was not lost from the tow, succeeded in the perileus work of taking the eight persons from the boats in safety. Soon afterward the barges foundered.
 The lost barges were the Blue Bird, | Bridg dgeport, Fred r. Keller and Cap tain Quinn. They were, bound for Providence and New Haven, loaded with 2,500 toms of coal.
 The rescued persons were Captain Henry Nelson, his wife and two small daughters of the barge Bridgeport.
 and four seamen distributed on the | other three brges. They lost all their l belongings.
 The sunken barges are believed to
 rest in less than 50 feet beneath the
 
 1 raised.
 Yesterday afternoon an ahtomobdle 1 trying to turn from Iranistan avenue i into State street, spIowed through wa ter backed up in the street which was so high as to put the engine out of commission. As traffic was blocked I in the street and the owner abandoned l it, the trolley wrecking-car was sent out and the derrick lifted the car to the side.
 Water was backed up all over the city by sewer openings being c1ogged with, snow. In the vicinity of tn Baird Machine Tool Works on Strat- ford avenue, the water backed up to such an extent that the exhaust from the turbine engines refused to work satisfactorily in consequence of which power could not be generated aed the shop was closed for the day. It was hoped that work might be resumed to- morrow morning.
 Tn Stratford it was reported that the : river had been high. Much damage