Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-30
VINO HITS BURLINGTON HARD
Northwestern Blowing So Miles
an Hour Does Damage.
streets Uttered with Trunks and
Branches of Trees, Water Craft
on the Shore and wires Down
In All Directions.

this vicinity for many years, started in
Sunday morning shortly after mid
night and continued, unabatlng at any
time al through the day and late at
hlRht was still coming at a io-mile clip.
In THIS city there was much damage
TO the hnc old shade trees which, in
falling fortunately dld not do great
damage to the wires, although the limbs
laid across them heavily In many places
ana In some instances pulled them down.
Tho wires Of the Telephone and Tele-
graph companies were down outside of
the city in all directions, but thor. was
no serious trouble with either the mu-
nicipal or burlington Light & Power
COMPANIES circuits. so that for the most
part the city had light
80 MILES AN HOUR.
The wind began TO Increase about two
o'clock Sunday morning and from that
time on came what was closely to a
i0-mile gale all day with the highest
velocity rea ehod abou, four O'Clock in
the afternoon, when 80 miles per hour
was recorded at the weather bureau
The wind carly in the morning came
registered from 20 to 45 miles an hour
from that direction. Shortly after noon
there was noticed n slight shift in its
direction towards tho west and about
$50 o'clock It had shifted so that it
camc directly from the northwest. from
which direction the wind is at its
worst for Burlington harhor
Some damage was done along the
water front, the waves dashing over tho
broakWsiter all day. The large float
which goes north into the slip from the
Yacht club house was broken away and
was later caught and dashed to the side
of the wharf Tho dock Just north Of
the Yacht club house. on which the
Jackson boathouse was formerly located.
was partially blown away and foated
up against Archambault's boathouse.
Many Of the boats in the slip dragged
their anchors. and much damage was
saved to owners by the work Of the
mon in the vicinity Of tho docks who
tied up ropes and replaced split ones.
TREES BLOWN DOWN.
Men worked hard all day clearing up
limbs and even whole trees which were
blown down. George Gardner. Frank
Richie and Frank Woodhouse of the
park department We're busy all day. as
were gangs from the municipal plant.
the burlington Light & Power company.
the Traction company, the Western
Union and the Postal telegraph. Limbs
were down in every section OF the city.
In the Central Vermont railway yard
near the roundhouse a pole came down.
taking with It telegraph and telephone
wires. a tree at the corner Of Cham
plain and Monroe streets and another
Mt the Ira Allen schoolhouse proba bly,
did as much damage as any. A large
limb broke windows in Il residence on
South Champaign street. Other large
limbs fell on North Champlain street,
corner Of North and Pitkin. North and
Prospect, College and Pine. Pine ard
Pearl. College and Champlain. North
avenue and South Union street. A large
billboard belonging to The Strong the
atre was blown down at the corner Of
College and Battery streets. A roof to
n piazza on the back Of the Saiger block
at the foot OF North street was taken
completely off and blown up on to the
main roof Of the building. Men sue
breaking 1t up before it did any dam
age to surrounding property
CAMPERS KEPT BUSY.
The campers who are still at Queen
City Park worked hard sunday TO
save their small craft anchored out In
the bay which received the full
effect Of tho northwestern. The greatest
damage at that point was that done to
a. q. Brooks yacht which he pur-
chased this summer from Frank Spauld-
ing. The boat was anchored in the
bay and during the night dragged her
anchor SO that ut daylight Sunday
morning she was on the shore and was
soon full of water Nothing could he
done to set her aloat during tho day
and she lay on the beach all day. each
wave tending TO AL her with sand The
sand bottom az Queen City Park Is not
a good anchorage and all Of tho motor
boats dragged their anchors, The men
kept at work all day. however. and most
of the boats were taken 10 tho shore
and dragged up TO the dry beach. en-
tIrey out of the water. The largo tower
which was erected on the rocks IN front
of Camp Wait-a-W While and which made
a capital place from which TO dive, was
washed on to the rocks near Potash
brook.
ALONG THE LAKE FRONT.
The humber yards were dangerous
places in which to attempt to walk. the
tops of the piles being blown Off. maxi
ing an almost continuous racket during
the heaviest part of the gale, Railroa,
signs at King street crossing were
blown over early in the afternoon.
Both the Western Urion and Postal
Telegraph had trouble. the Postal having
but one line between Burllngton and
Rutland Az the telephone office II was
said that not only locally hut In every
direction outside Of the city the COM
lany had had trouble with their wires
Never was the lake handsomer
than directly after the cnange in wind
In the afternoon when the sun came out.
The AdirondaCks on tine vest side.
shaded from an indigo blue at the shore
line to sky-bluo at the sky line and tho
sun shining through the scudding clouds
on to the Wild waves, which were run
ming fully 70 feet high, made the white
caps and spray thrown up like so much
silver The points on either side rum
ming out from the Vermont shore were
hidden half way up by the spray caused
by the sweep of the waves at their
bases Many residents enjoyed the pic
turo from the docks along the water
front.
NEWSPAPER MAN RECOMMENDS 1T.
r. X. Wentworth of tho St James