Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-09
WILLIM ANTIC


veloped into a fierce southwest rain Storm
at seven e'eleek lasting until after mid
night. The rain which came In squalls
was the heaviest in Wif1imantkc in many
years The Wilhmaptic and Natehaug rhv
ers averfsewed their banks flooding the.
lowlands and hlliHg cellars. Where the
most damage was done was in the lower
mart Of the city just ever Horseshoe bridge.
There tho food covered both sides of
BrickIop road for a quarter of mile and
water p1ared into the cellars OF the 0oz
en- or more homes in that section and IL
some instances rose to the first floor. At
the Lisee home, an undertaken was called
at an early hour w ednesdat morning to
change the location Of the body OF Mrs,
Josephine P Lissee. The water was
pouring into the parlor Of the house where
the casSet stood and the undertaken was
assisted in removing the caSket to room
on the second floor of the house The
funeral OF Mrs Lisee was held Wednes-
dav morning and the bearers were COM
PEELED to wear boots in carrying the cas-
ket from the house to the hearse.
In that section the water rose several
inches over the road during the night and
invaded pig pens and chicken coops. 1t was
found that no less than six pigs were
drowned and about twenty chickens. One
pig which was marooned on stump for
several hours finally found a watery
grave. The pig was the property OF John
Boleck The carcasses of the drowned
pigs and the chickens hosted down thu
river. A short distance below Recreation
park the WilHmantic river joins the Nat
chang river and forms the Shebucket,
which flows into the Thames river at Nor
wtch The lowlands on the Shetucket be-
tween South Windham and the Scotland
dam was flooded for many acres. Good
evidence Of the severity OF the storm
were The. foaming and fretting streams OF
the Winimantic river which flows past
the manufacturing plants of the Qufdnck-
Windham and American Thread com
panies
The volume of water which poured over
the six dams within the city limits was
the largest seen in years. The water was
dfty inches deep over the first dam. Al
the Nipnet Canoe club the AoRt was wash
ed away ana several boats which lay
along the banks were caught in the current
and taken down the river 1t is said thai
the condition OF the river was the worsi
in twenty-five years.
The power or electricity for lighting fur
nished by the Rockville WiAfmantic Light
storm. At intervals during the evening thc
power would go off and the lights wouiG
60 out. 1t was stated Wednesday morn
ing that troGble occurred in Rockville
when the 8 000 volt wires that SUPPLY
power for a manufacturing plant became
crossed and set fire to the transformers II
was late in the night when the trouble
was finally overcome. Great inconveni-
ence resulted from the absence Of electric
light
Lchily the storm had very little effect
on the trolley and telephone service. At
the telephone exchange about twenty lines
of about one hundred stations were put out
of commission and these are nov in repair.
The city streets, particularly the hill sec
ton were badly torn Up and some Of the
country roads were washed badly,
Owing to the storm only about enc
hundred members were present at the
March meeting of the chamber Of com
ed at $50 o'clock by the Girls Friendly
society Of St. Paurs Episcopal church.
Music was by the Inl2srial diJo, Raymond
Yolnd violinist and George W. Hickey,
pianist. Harry w Standish led IN chorus
singing by the assenIblage. At the open
ms of the business session which 6ea7
! ,,#ed the supper, President Hill brought
rHo several matters vital 70 the success OF
, . local organization. He spoke Of tins
{ rts@ssity o. increasing the membership
tic rtpostion Of ineFes sing the an
O. .-.l duts. to he decided by ballot Some
Dr. ,h- merr5ers are opposed 10 raisins the
-4aual duaa nd others believed that the
.>tioa should be taken. Those Of the ol-
position claimed hat the action coIld no.
.te taken at the meeting under the by
/ laws. When tde bylaws were referred
- it was found that the opposition were
correct. President I'M explained that
! over ninety members were legally warn
ed by letter and telephone and that a bal
( Bot be taken as sanctioned by vote Of
the directors at q recent meeting. Valen
tine Murphy and Raymond A. Comm:
1 we're pointed teliers The proposition
I - raise the dues FROM 81 to $40 veal
VAS voted down, 81 to 20
/ A communication was read from Pres
, ident G. l. Beach of the Connecticut Agri
cultural college inviting the chamber 0
! commerce members to an outing at som
date during the oming summer. The in
vitation was accepted and President Hi
was authorized to arrange for the oGtinj
| which will probably be held some Thurs
day afternoon.
j was announced that Rev Harry S
McCready wished to remind the member
that the fourth community forum would b
held at the town hall Sunday night
March u. Prof. Clarence Skinner 0
Tufts college viii speak on World
/ Unity or Worlds Destruction"
| President Hill said that more stocl
should be sold of the chamber OF cesh
merce Relaty company. There is
mortgage of s12,0 on the home and
agely member would take at least on
Il share at s25, the mortgage would b
greatly redtced. He said the presen