The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-01

II. Richardson and occupied by John
Bristol. John j Austin 5 pear tree was
blown down. A large elm on John IL.
kaine s land on Elliot street fell on
the roof of another house owned by him
facing on Frost street and damaged the
Brosnahan = land on Beech street sue
cumhed to the storm
Twenty Five Electric Poles Down
Twenty-Five poles of the Twin State
Gas & Electric Co. were down and any
number of wires were broken by falling
trees and limbs, putting the town in
darkness last night until about 1.30
O'Clock this morning. The Hinsdale lines
are not yet repaired. Loops from the
main feed wires to some residences. how
ever, have not yet been put into service al
Though all lines around town are alive
Two trees on the land owned by the
Windham County Cooperative Milk Pro
ducers, Inc, on the former Bradley farm,
were blown across Putney road. one near
the milk plant, taking down all the cleo
trio wires but without breaking them, and
Ia large oak falling across the, street far
Their north.
Power failed at the creamery just as
the men had begun the work of bottling
1000 quarts of-milk for local delivery
which should have been bottled at >
O'Clock. The power did not return until
1.30 this morning and the bottling was not
finished until about f.
High tension lines conveying electric
power from the Connecticut river to the
Estey organ plant were broken by a tree
which fell on Organ street. The lines
were repaired by 6 o'clock last night, so
the Estey Organ Co. experienced no in
convenience.
| Hail wrought havoc among tobacco
| fields. John W. Hamilton of Vernon
probably sustained the most severe loss
1 in this county, II acres being laid waste
MIR. Hamilton estimates his loss at $1,000
| to $1,000. John t. Wright of Vernon
| sustained a loss of about $4,000, his field
] of four acres being ruined. 5. S. Pixies
i tobacco field of three acres in Vernon
also was practically destroyed.
| In Hinsdale, y. H., the New England
Tobacco Co. has los acres. of which Z;
acres is under cloth. About 20 acres o.
the unprotected tobacco was riddled witt
hail.
4 Approximately 200 telephone lines
j perhaps moro. of the New England Tel
/ ephone & Telegraph Co, affecting 5O
I or more subscribers, were put out o
commission and Wire Chief Herbert c
4 Shaw said this morning that service
would not be normal for a week o
/ more. despite the fact that crew o
| II men from Bellows Falls have CONF
here to helm in the repair work and TIVE
other cable men are expected to assis
the local force
The men from Bellows Falls ar
working today on the Newfane cable
| four sections of which were strippe
out entirely 1t is expected that it will
| require at least two days to repair tn
damage on that line alone. -Four nole
| and a cable on Putney road are dow
| and the wire chief said there were in
dieatiOns of trouble on the West Brat
tleboro and Elliot street cables Il
| speaking of the crippled telephone sery
ice Wire Chief Shaw said the com
lpany's repair men bad been unable t,
get all lines in order from the las
storm before that of Yesterday.
Hail broke 200 lights of glass at Car
roll y. Bond 3 greenhouses on Cana
street. and at the Hopkins greenhouse
on Western avenue about p lights wer
Broken when vent sash was blow
over.
At the Goldsmith camp on the Con
nectieut river tent was blown dow
on Mrs L. l. Goldsmith and daughter
lAiiss Gretchen Goldsmith, and Mrs. J
+ Y. Smiley, and the fly Of the tent wa
torn in shreds. .e.-
One Of the plate class windows in TIN
/ rr.c store for ladies garments in tn
! Rarhc- building was blown out on In
sidewalk end smashed, stronr gust o
wind coming in through an open door