Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25
WESTERLY

Westerly as well as other places was visited with a severe thunder storm Sun day and early Monday morning. While
 other places got the storm Saturday,.
 Westerly, Stenington and Mystic, as well
 as the beaches near, received a severe
 wetting down in one of the most severe
 electrical storms that has been experi-
 enced here this year. Stars were shining
 in both Westerly and Stenington until
 about ten minutes before the lightning
 and thunder began here. While the
 storm did but little damage. it was most
 severe while it lasted, snd the vivid lights
 ming kept up all night Sunday and until
 Monday, continuing until daylight A.
 tree. at Stoningten on the pregaises of
 Major c. P. Williams was struck by light
 ming and telegraph pole near the Sten- ington station of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad was ioosenS l ed as the ground around the. pole was torn up as if someone had plowed around it. Far paper which was being used in the building of new house for Nc and Mrs. Matthews ~on upper Water street was torn to bits and strewn about, pieces l being found fully 200 feet from where it | was being used. Water filled the streets l for time and the rain and wind had no mercy on anyone. Farmers in and around l here report cornfelds cut down and many 1 smaller plants in the gardens laid flat | Westerly and it's neiahhers were fortu- l nate in not having more damage done l because of the severity of the storm and l the number of hours it lasted
 | :. Providence had streets covered with
 about six inches of water and places
 along the shcre suffered Block Island
 and Narragansett Pier were visited by | the severe storm.
 | WeekapauE is haYiHg it's troubles this | summer. as three cases of infantile pa
 ralysis have been reported and these the 1 health officers have quarantined h l Providence h cases with feur deaths
 were reported. Everything is being dene l at Weekanaug> to check the disease. Fht doctors have been told to report all cases to the state board of health and to the
 city or town officials where the cases de
 velop upon diagnosing the same
 4 The aged couple. Mir. and Mrs. Jerry :, Bordeau, of Old Mystic, who lost theil l savings July 12. when two masked mer
 entered their home ransacked the house and secured $o.000 and Liberty bonds
 were happy when they learned tha Sheriff ". H. Casey of Paweatuck, whC has a reputation of securing crooks. in formed them he had recoveeed $500 il bills and the $400 in Liberty bonds fe them. The case was net reported to hin
 until week after the hoid-up and h got busy and made the haul with tn alertness with which he handles suci cases 1.~. Casey is one of the shrewdes men in the business, having followed i practically ali his life. and but few cul l prits escape him; he has taken more mel
 single handed than any other official il the state. The money has been placed il the bank for safe keeping It was re : turned by the men logged in the sam disguise and placed on the back doorste where it was found Sunday, and it i honed the balance will bs regained.
 The P. H. opie company, which ha : such a bad fire in it's building on l4ig l street, when many thousand dollars l worth of goods were water-soaked, ha
 more trouble when the storm Menda
 night poured down through the ope
 space on the roof and penetrated the frs
 floor, with the result that everything i l the show cases and may more goods dis r played on the counters had another wet : ting. The floor was wet and the clean ing up going on makes it more difficult t s hurry the work along. Only last wee ', the adjusters were here and made gal
 isfactory settlement and now more water c soaked goods will hinder the cleaning u, [ The electric lights were out both in Ster e inston and Westerly for about two hour . during the storm and at the beaches th 7 rain drove in from all sides of the col