The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-25
DAY Of WIND
|. ANDDARKNESS
IN BENNINGTON
Storm One Of Worst Expert
enced in Many Months
NO ELECTRIC SERVICE
Inhabitants Put to Much lnconven.
ience Through Temporary Loss
of Electric Power and Llehts

Bennington and vicinity Wednes-
day experienced one of the worst
wind and rain storms that has visited
this section in many months. The
storm coupled with the breakdown
of electric service made the day one
OF much inconvenience, although the
actual damage was comparatively
slight. There was some property loss.
| Some roofs were injured. windows
were blown in and blinds were torn
from their fastenings. Shade trees
suffered to considerable extent
Some were broken off short and 9TH
ers were so ripped apart that they
will have to be cut down. Late in
the evening one OF the plate glass
windows at the Gokay drug store was
cracked the entire length.
The greatest Inconvenience was
experienced through the interruption
of electric service. Shortly after
o'clock the current ceased to come
over the feed wire from the Connecti-
cut River Power company at Monroe
Bridge, Mass. 1t was impossible to
ascertain the extent of the damage
and steam was gotten up at the local
plant on the Woodford road. In the
vicinity of II o'clock service was re-
sumed only to be discontinued about
two hours later for the reason that it
was impossible to keep the boilers
filed with water. Employees OF the
Twin State Gas and Electric COM
pany worked during the afternoon
laying pipes to secure q large water
supply but did not complete the work
during the remainder OF the day.
About 6.15 in the evening service was
resumed over the high tension wire
to Monroe Bridge.
The suspension of electric service
made 1t necessary to practically shut
down the industrial plants In the
village that depend upon the Twin
State Gas and Electric company for
power and lights. The Evening Ban
ner was unable to operate its type
setting machine during the larger
portion OF the day and the paper was
not printed until evening.
Business houses Of all descriptions
closed at noon to carry out the re-
qetsst made in proclamation by Gov
ernor Graham that the people Of the
state devote their energies to the
raising of the liberty loan but most Of
the retail stores would have been un-
able to do much business had they re-
NAMED open. The sun was not Wis
ibla during the day and without
electric lights it would have been i'm.
possible to transact business.
During the afternoon a large tree
near the Bennington Scale Works
fell across the trolley line and on sew
eral trips 1t was necessary to carry
by"'at this point. The tree was
soon removed, however, and the in.
terruption to traffic was slight.
During the day, Charles Hicks, an
employee of the Twin State Gas and
Electric company left the village
with the intention\ of following the
high tension line across the noun
tains for the purpose of locating the
break. He found the line intact as
far as he went but located one place
where the feed line came in contact
with the ground wirel Such condi-
tion would throw out circuit breakers
on the line and interrupt the service.
Whether or not there was further
trouble at other points on the line is
not known here.
A number of residents in the vii
lage have lost shade trees and shrub
berry that were priced for the reason
that it requires so many years 10 I'LL
their places. Actual property loss.
however, is probably small,