New Britain herald., 1922-09-07
TERRIFIC WIND AND RAIN STORM
 SWEEPS CITY DOING MUCH DAMAGE Trees UprOOted and Electric Wires Tanged-Gale WreakS Havoc Along Connecticut Shore Fronts

New York, Sept. "A rafnstorm accompanied by gales of wind caused damage yesterday Tn many towns along the Connecticut shore front and endangered the safety of many craft on Long Island Sound. A party of four men from Stamford. including Arthur Halter and Herbert Hull had not been heard from late last night.
 The electric transmission systems in Greenwich, Cos Cob and Stamford were put out of commission and for time the towns were darkened and out of communication with the out side world. Street railway traffic was crippled and many trees blown down. In Stamford a house owned by Mrs. Kate Graham was blown over and the roads were blocked by fallen trees.
 Damage Reported.
 After the storm had subsded a re- lief party set forth from Stamford to find four men who had been fish ing from small boat some distance out in the sound Hail fell at Sound Beach and at Shippan Point, dam aging gardens and making it unsafe to venture forth at the height of the storm.
 A pergola weighing three tons was swept from its concrete moorings on the estate of H. K. Dalton at Ship pan Point and carried into the yard of neighbor
 Apprehension was felt for many canoeists who were known to be on the Sound shortly before the storm came up with little forewarning. No loss of life has yet been reported, but volunteer parties have been made up to search the waters for capsized craft
 Lightning Hits Barn.
 Vivid flashes of lightning accom- panied the storm. and numerous fires started. Walter and Horace Smith, farmers of Greenwich, Conn, had a narrow escape when lightning struck a barn in which they had taken ref uge. The frame structure caught on fire and a horse and 50 tons of hay were burned. Another barn at Bran ford Conn, was struck and some hay destroyed.
 
 The storm was part of that which swept New York about eight o'clock doing little material damage, but breaking the hot spell under which the city had sweltered all day. Small craft in the vicinity of City Island were reported accounted for, having ample warning by threatening clouds of the approach of the storm.
 Throughout Connecticut reports came of the ruin caused by the storm in overturned buildings, fallen trees and general crippling of the electric light and trolley systems.
 Hailstones Kill Chickens.
 Two dozen spring chickens owned by Gilbert Dalton. a New York manu- facturer, were pelted to death by hailstones as they stood in crates ready for shipment from South Beach.
 Trolley Cars Crash.
 Two trolley cars crashed at Madi- son avenue and 116th street and sev- eral persons sustained minor injuries inflicted principally by glass that showered on them from shattered windows and vestibules. A Lexing- avenue car was crossing 116th street at Madison avenue when the crosstown car crashed against it's rear. Albert Schnell of Fort Lee N J., the motorman of the cross town car, said the wreck was due to the slippery condition of the rails fol- lowing the storm.
 The vestibules of the two cars which were in contact were battered in and the glass torI from them and several windows of both were broken.