Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-26
CH|1TENDEN COUNTY
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The storm Saturday afternoon. during
| which one soldier in Company M. First
Vermont, and four horses and four
mules at the fort were killed by lightning.
| also played havoc at Maletts Bay by
| tearing roofs from many of the cottages
| Wind and hail destroyed crops Light
| ming hit the home of George Shepard on
| Malletts Bay avenue. The damage created
| by the storm in this center will run into
| thousands of dollars. The hail, which
| accompanied the storm, sent stones as
| large as hens egg ranging in size down
| to a marble. These stones pierced the
| roofs of many of the cottages at the
| bay and broke window panes; and the
automobile of Eli Vilemaire, son of Fred
Villemaire. had its top punctured in four
| different places, the holes being large
| enough to put ones finger through The
| ground was literally covered in some
places to a depth of from four to six
| inches. Many Of the older residents and
| campers at the bay never before have
| known a storm of it's kind. They have
seen many wind storms, lightning and
rain. but never hail storm where the
stones were as large. The crops of
Arthur and Morris Smith and Mrs.
Wright and many others were consider
| ably damaged. The corn and potato
| crop was cut down in many places and
| laid fiat on the ground. Cucumbers,
| which had had a good start, and cab
| bage, as we'll as other garden truck, will
| suffer greatly. One soldier on horseback
in that vicinity was hit in the forehead
by one of the stones and his head was
cut open. He was thrown from his
| horse, the animal becoming almost I'M
| manageable until he was led into a shed.
The roofs of many of the cottages are
| Of taxpayer and these were punctured
and in many instances torn completely
off. This made business good for the
stores here that handle this material and
many of the campers Sunday instead
Of taking their ease at camp Immediately
set to work repairing the damage
Among those who suffered damage to
their cottages are Ernest Mongeon
glass being broken, Mr.. Roy, Fred
Vllemaire, A. F. Vilemaire, Henry
Desautels, Joseph Cusson, Mrs. Collins,
J. c. Flint Thomas Mongeon and DIR.
l.. N. Petite At the Smith cottage, the
glass in the windows on the lake side
was broken. The cottages were we'll
filled with water and it was reported
that in many of them holes had to be
dug into the floors to allow the water
to run out Water was even running
out of the keys Of the piano at the Mon
geon cottage.
I
the bay and took in strip just south
of the A. F. Villemaire camp and went
north in a path nearly to Thompson s
point, where it went off eastward. 1t
was reported that the storm lasted
about 80 minutes and trees were strip
ped of leaves by the hail stones and
many branches were knocked down.
At George Shepard's home lightning
| struck a large tree and following on
down 1t came in contact with a wire
used as a clothes line fastened to the
house 1t tore the plaster from the
kitchen. damaged the sink, passed on
J into the sitting room and ripped the
. clapboards off the house. Mr.. Shep-
, ard and his wife were in the yard
They were stunned and We're turned
round on their feet, Mrs. Shepard fall
, ing to the ground. In the village very
little damage, if any, was done The
I storm was not as severe here, but 1t
seemed to have followed north on the
' lake and at about Thompson's point
darted off eastward. 1t was probably
at this time that the soldier and horses
at the fort were killed,
During an electric storm which visited
: Mallettts Bay Friday afternoon about 4:3l
O'Clock two barns owned by John Young
y were struck. Mr. Young was knocked UNI
conscious. The barns were burned to the
ground together with all tools. but the
stock was saved. Mr.. Young is recovering
from the shock.
officer Charles Wardwell and Elizabeth
9 Dusablon We're married Saturday evening
1 by the Rev. Robert II. Washburne at his
!. home on Mansion street.
i Raymond Burgess. native of Randolph
pleaded guilty in municipal court Fri
day morning to furnishing liquor to sol
diers and was fined 5000 and costs of $735
D lie was taken back to Jail and given time
to raise the amount, which he thought he
could do. In company with two soldiers
of Co +, LIST Vermont, he walked down
West Allen street Thursday evening and
u into pasture to partake of the drinks
Burgess carried under his arm a paper
I bag. which contained six bottles of beer
They were told while in this pasture tc
Q look out for Chief Barber, who resides il
that neighborhood. The chief arrived or
L spot just in time to one the men in uni
8 form with one of the bottles. The sol
: der thereupon threw the bottle into the
n grass upon seeing Chief Barber. Burgess
'' admitted that he was guilty of wrong do
3 Ing in furnishing the soldiers, but said
!. that he thought he would take chance
A caboose and an empty freight cal
were both wrecked in the yard of the
Central Vermont railway about ter
# collded with several heavily loaded Goa
1. cars on the south siding. AS the engine
= started away from the freight train the
l. brakes did not hold and the cars begar
l. to move slowly down the grade, picking
r. up speed on the way. They colided witt
| the coal cars left standing there and the
" empty cars which came In contact firs
n with the coal cars telescoped them, the
% caboose being considerably damaged. II
\ was reported that a man and two boys
probably his sons were in the caboose
, When the father noticed the cars goine
. he picked the children under his arms
:, and jumped to safety. The wrecked cars
were torn completely from their trucks
y and tumbled over on the main line, tyine
. up traffic for several hours, The trains
y transferred passengers at this point. The
:. main line was cleared by throwing th'
- caboose and the box car to the pank OF
., the north side. The caboose when II
u went down the bank crumped to pieces
.. and will furnish fuel for many womei
u and children who had gathered there they
u being given the right to gather pieces
D. The other car was not quite so badl.
n damaged. About six or eight loaded Goa
r. cars were run into by the runaway tram
~ but did not give much when the crasi
B. came. The last car was box car whici