Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-19

Buffalo. N. r.. Dec 1s.--fBy the A. 1 d.I--A a5-mile an hour gale swept the 'r today uprootinE trees, tearing down e-tiH1.sys and advertising signs from the r'Hf .t hulCinss smasltlg p!3ie g'ass Tn 7s ari piing up the water r. q e rs- tu an unprecedented sage. C'ne rrr Hs lled in the sto-.1. TI g0uagc through ,l3 c.tv was r-ai but ilaviest losses occurred a,org -.. HH..f font where '91-fcot N'reless ...s- vfs demolished ho1t houses and end. s.rt- were swept avaT ana sec,ral rs..-.E 7irasure craft wa-e snIasre ed-f r- a.ru tho river No sccura.~ e. F~-s .. f1a losses can he nl2Hi, ut it rrr Htr the hundreds If tnrusa ids X Ed1W hatch torn from the ic G-f a t-f.rss beck fell upon d passing iGto- rr E rr Frank F. E'et'r, enc of o. rr--naHts and irjurinZ anothe- sri r-- 1He flying piece f debris went t--rlEr the win6shield ct the machine s-t pinned Kiefer to the seat. The au- f"~Hn.'s with the occupants both uncon- r7 continued down the street for a i.-s Hef.-e 5t s'rervad over the sidewalk rH crashed into a store front. Kiefer frf before he could be extricated from f1H vrerssre.
 Trf" women were caught under a fall
 
 '--. One of them, Miss Margaret fH~r had both legs broken. Her Katharine had one lee broken and
 internally injured. Bremen had 70 H.s| fr cUf away mart of the tree r before Margaret Cochrane could be
 eaf md sent 10 a hospital
 The terrific force of the wind. blowing f-.- tre southwest directly down Lake i-e had -hf efsef of a huge tidal wave. When f-. water was al ith highest level r- leland pier and Sauaw Island. ---7w strips 0f land and water barriers 'r.wr-r Narcra river and tre Barge Ca r. w.ra a'uoe. completely submerged
 Nearly 100 eruatters shanties were -Ha-hs1 hv 'hs rush If water and tho wind and r--riod 0rt into the water. |--Hrar-7 0f the shanties had some r- rvrrrfnces before hey were rrr-f by 7olicr frcmen and the coast guard crew which worked from the ca sfr rf Tho n'er and island.
 Three ferry h0ats used in the service .vr- Buffalo and Fort Erie were piled IT" rr 'r- rocke between the river anI rar7. and scores of small boat houses
 which pleasure craft were in winter r-.-a wore sweuf away
 Street ear service was intermittent r-r -ra morning. but by mid-a after
 practically sll lines had resumed r-~l' -firrIag schedules Power from
 H-r Fal'e was cut or at times and r.r electric company was compelled tc
 -e steam plant near the city line
 r7- caneg are at work on the ma :r power lines tonight and t Is expected - industrial plants in the northern arF l.s.ne-n sections of the city vii M sufficient 0owe- for normal opera f .r tomorrow morning.
 r.. r7 r"rr fH eight feet above normal stage fHtr- tie large lurher yards there -I-r.rr lumber piles and carrying thousands of Feet of timber Into the riv and over Niagara Falls. A dredg'
 anchored rT The shore of Grand Islant sent rn sueIs of distress when achor, iar rT slip and tho cumbersome Crat began f1 move down toward the falls THE- were Sart to the rescue but thel v--. unable to hold the craft against in rush of water and the sveen of wind The -arts s'n of the dredge finally save, craft hy dropping the big steel dip -r- 7rd d.Eging f. into the mud on tn r-- hrd Al North Tonawanda art ~--zTs75a. 'n two of the principal busl r-- streets water was above the frs r.-r '."rI flooding cellars and causint r-srv damage to stored merchandise
 Hsrwren tho Tonawandas and Nfaga r Pale -te chief damage was 70 boat hous ra Y Is estimated that 800 pleasur r-'- ard rhe~snail frame structures fl which .-ev werf housed were lost.
 The waters of Lake Erie crowded in f. t1s NaEsr7 river by the tremendou Ea.r -aGSsd such flood that miles fror tH- =-1--a ot fhe river. the water wa -'-r fre7 where usually only fe1 Fra-t inches race along.
 ..rH. Hnr.fe rrfr-r1 over ipf frs- The pool ata the bottom quick showed trn results nd the dock at til Ff "t tre Mist was s15merged
 Many islands just above the fall --e -1hne-ged for the first time -=r~ Great property damage was don -- t1a urro- river between Lasaie an Niagara Falls to riverside boat house and motor boats, One estimate of tr property Iovg there at s3Oa 900 \ 07s 7f Ife was reported but several fan
 ev living n houses on the river ban rn-r rescued with difficulty.
 L-tfi- damage was reported on tn 'ar7lian s.de of the river at the falls
 Haf rf fine 5f large lake steamer ,s-frs5 hehird +he main breakwaH dra, E- anchors when the wind wave was .
 height hut it looked from shore
 =-t f71 as though all of them Ina r--rsfed Tn keeping off the beach. IT l-zf- are loaded with grain for wint -0-are. Three gasoline fishing boa F-H s1nk in the harbor at Dunkirk.