1 20 10 http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/2403e1f8b8eda8998d6c478f2c6165b8.pdf a4a5e6a77ff96753e89be9e73b1a55f0 PDF Text Text i$i*i:,:'+'x*+ 1 +:'N -. a*q"h ph,'":.,b* ilS Hfir:-*FPj *n '';dgs.* ^E :-'rl"---.- f,,: 41,* & - "^fr.! '4:l'' ' lr ,s, .;l {' .'Hr' 'lt ,:'iJ f,\ kafl a-4 q ?*ta a. -; �,i''JT*'{f,l- {l* ril$fr*l Grove Beach, Clinton: the end of summer '38 Creut Hurricunewus oothe end of the world"' ': shoreline residents died from injuries or drowning. firousands BYMABELDALE in the path of the storm survived through individual acts of heroism, or through facing the challenge who were With contributions from staff writers H. philip l)udley, Margot Beattie and Meg Noyes. Story and pictures continued on pages 2-A, J-A, Z-A, and 27-A. with incredible Island Road On September 21, 1938, New England experienced the effects of a hurricane of such ferocity that it was later described as the worst natural disaster in American history. In terms of lcs of life, property destruction and injuries it surpassed both the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the Great C?ricago Fire in ltr l. said to herself Although our shoreline was so badly battered that practically no waterfront property escaped damage, and mostcottages were either blown out to s€a or reduced to kindling, tlre death toll was mer'cifully light. Most of the summer cottages fmm Branford to Old Saybrook had been closed for the winter. was estirnated that about c-ourage and ,physical endurancdAt the height of the humicane, in mid-a{ternoon, Mrs. Mildred Leete looked out of the window of the family farmhouse on laetes lt 30 of the world." in Guilford, and : "'l'his is the end The salt meadows were flooded, and the waters of the .Sound were lapping against the barnhouse walls. Lawrence Leete was fighting to get his 40 or so head of livestock to safety on higher ground a feat he - achieved single,handed. The hurricane shattered the coast from New York to Boslon, and spawned a tidal wave carried with tlat it mmt of the storm's victims in Rhode Island and Cape Cod. Winds of up to lB0 miles an hour were experienced along this shoreline, but 186 miles an hour was officially recorded at the Harvard Observalory at Blue Hill. Becau.se transportation and comrnunication lines were almost completely disrupted, it was weeks before the tragic story could be fully told. Finally, the Red Cmss set the death toll at 682, with property damage estimated as high as million. $500 Madison's shoreline was completely changed. Only five cottages were left at Circle Beach, but these were badly damaged. Even substantial homes on the waterfront at East and West Wharf werc either moved bodily or smashed in0o matchsticks. Mr. Hesselmeyer's 20,ft cabin cruiser, moored at the Highlands, East River, was carried by the force of t}te . hurricane over the railroad tracks and deposiled on the salt marsh near tlre Sea Shell Gri[e on the Boslon Post Itoad - a disiance of more than amile. Branford, Stony Creek and the Thimble Islands, all particularly vulnerable to the onsLaurght of wind and water, reported several deaths from drowning. l'urther east, in Clinton" Westbrook and Old Saybrook the tragic devastation was repeated, with two drowning victims reported in Westbrook. Throe large docks were destmyed at Saybrook Point, and in Esscx two captairs were lost while )r ,1 �N q) b0 (! I trying in vain !o save the sailing fleet.' As well as deeds of hemism, there were ghoulish outbreaks of co t) d) t) 1' co of looting, crime. After rePorts orevalent in Clinton and Westbrook, Governor Wilbur Cross ordered out the National Guard to Patrol that area' "But no one who did not actually see it, could envisage-the dreadtut sight on the Green' The toltowing SundaY we had team of votunte"ers working - on the Green, sawing, choPPing, and removing the debris. I' was somewhat surPrised to read an editorial in the Shore Line elms down on Wall Street, and three giant maPles all but' uorootetl in his own garden. "We somehow Patched those old trees and got thlm standing. Just this sum-mer, I thought of the hurricane when I had to PaY $800 to have those maPles removed!" At the farm on Leete's lsland Road, Mildred Leete was most concerned about the safetY of her two children - Lawrence junior, who was five, and Alison' o aC) o) F lB months. "When two windows, comPlete with frames, blew into the house' I out the children in the dining r&m, barricading the windows with the dining table. CO N Ar N L "Everything was going all 3 around us. I saw 10 cottaSes on Shell Beach disaPPear one after another. The waves must have been 20 ft. high, since theY were E 0) o 3 well above the buildings' Although we were quite a distance from the shore, I began to fear that we would be swePt away, and I started Packing the children's clothes so that we could escaPe to higher ground on Moose Hill." Mrs. Leete remembered later that a howe guest of her mother's had Pointed out earlier a newspaper ParagraPh that.a hurricane- down south might veer north. "But everYone treated it as a joke." The Leete familY had been farming there continuouslY it l.'ormer F-irst Selectman Leslie Dudley: "I knew seen *at going to be like nothing we had ever before." - Py the weekend, sightseers froir intand towns welt arriving see the damage, but thev werc turned awaY bY Police in drpves 0o or National Guardsman unless thev were victims of ProPertY danlage, or could Prove theY were there to helP clear the debris. No one could have been oreoared. since there was no of this sl,orm' The hurricane had been exPected to blow itself out in the Atlantic off the Carolinas. Instead, it sud- waining denly turned northward, racing more than 6fl) miles in 12 hours' l.'ircl Srk.ctman Lerlie l. Tlmes, referring in somewhat critical tones, to the fact that we were working on the Sabbath' The Rev. Moe said to me later: 'I (uess theY didn't see mc ivorking aiongside You that SundaYl " t'or Mr. Leland llull' u nativtr of Madison, the hurrictnc wus llurt tx' tlte srtconrl tlisustcr 'l'uesduY' curred to hirn 0n 2r' 1938' Seotember - -[I hud had mY teeth out that morning," he said the other daY "Ttr'at in ttis'iiarOware store'for ttnrr should have been cltough duy. ,1whuu tlrr. nkrrrrr rr,llly bh.w since the earlY 1?00's, and in living memory and in recorded histoiy, nothing like this happened had on the shoreline' "There was a hurrlcane remrted in the earlY l8$'s, but it was a minor afffair." Mm. t*ete remembers seeing live wires sP'arking, and for threc or four daYs with the railnrud tracks torn up ttrrtl thtr rrrttls fltxxlul, tltt'tr oltly ttcct'ss to tlx' lttwlt wlls (,ll Mrxlst llrll Iturtl. Mrs. In'it'lutti ont trlxtially vtvttl tttt'lllory. "'l'lttt'c wtls tt weathered barn, wtrich was thtr Garden Club building. The next dav I was astonished to find it had been Painted bright green' Actually, it lrurl lxtrr cllkrred by clrloro;rlryl ltollt lltc lrcl's " ns ltir irs lltc t lrlcr ltttrl lwlt ttf ...-.. .',-.,.... 1..-l Leland Hull' TWo disasters in a day for Madison's Ttrere was one silver lining !o Miss Davis has kePt a dailY ttris day of death, destntction diary since girlhood, and on this and terror. The effects of the occasion she recorded that "our Depression were still heirg felt, house was full that nig,ht with frienrls from tiachem's Head and jobs were hard to lind. wlxr werc stranded in town'" tn the wake of the huricane' Sltt rtcullcd that the Pst tlrcre was a sevene shortage of offict itr l9:ltl wtrs itt t]te ttortlterlt lollor, und uhoreline skillerl grurt of thc Monrm l)rug Store ftrnrs wr:re hirin6 all lrurklirrg lluilrlrng "A tctttprlrurY ilu' tttutrrrtu urll t'urprttert thcy tt'lt';rlxrrtt' lint' wrtt ttrsLrlkxl for t'rnrkl ltlxl. (lttt' Mtr<ltlort Jtrttt ttf ,',,,,:ag",,.,y calls. I rl'rttt'tttlx'r regrrtcd that tt wus t'otttractors daY rrcxt seeing a long line all the of residents anxious to reassure i#Xi:'i:*,ff.T itT,?,n|fi friends and relatives inland of year. H''' Lhcir stfetY." R.il 1p111:ks wttsltt'rl ()ut * i �n o onc eoulq ntvt oatll prePard, siDce therc wa! no warning of this slorm. Tte hurricane had be€n exPocted to blow itself out in the Atlantic off the Carolinas. Ins0ead, it suddenly turned northward, racing more than 6il) miles in 12 houre. First Selectman Leslie l. Dudley of Guilford began to tthink, during the morning, t}at this was an "unusual storm". He has vivid recollectioru of the worst disaster he encotur0ercd in his 3l-years as a selectman, recounting them t}te other daY in his home on Pearl Street. "We had had continuous rain for several daYs, and I was out with Harry Butch Page Putting out warning road signs for flooding. We were standing in the dootway of Page's Hard' ware, when I saw a huge elm on the Green, waving. "Some instinct told me that this was SoinB to be more than an'unusual'storm. I knew it was going to be like nothing we had ever seen l'3fore." Acting on his premonition, the First Selectman went in0o the store and bought up every cnoss cut and bow saws and axes in slock. it turned out, we needed everyone. Four hundred trees, including the 80 or so on the Green, came down. Voltutteers came fium all Parts of town, but many of them needed equiP ment." "As Uf, Elmq qlLasr u to hlm on TUGldlY, currcd Seotember 21, 1938. iI had lr,ad my teeth out that morning," he said the other daY in his hardware stiore. "That should have been enough for one day. nwhen the s0orm reallY blew uo. thete was no time to be tiiirtrtenea. Nothing had haP oeiea fXe this before." Mr. Hull hade sure his children were safe by picking them uP, and some of ttieir friends, in his van and taking ttrem to the Hull home on Grove Avenue. For the next 24 hours he saw very little of that vlvld mcmoty. "Thala wlt I weathercd bann, whlch wau the Garden Club building. The next day I was astonished to find it had been painted bright green. Actually, it had been colored bY chlorophyl from the treeE." As far as the tsetreE and two of their neighbors were concerned, there was one haPPY ending to the disaster. 1\r,o of the Shell Beach cottages remained inlact, although they were lifted bY the wind and dumJred some distance from the shore. That winter, Farmer trete hitched his horses home. and pulled both buildings over the ice, to leave them, unharmed, on their original sites. the shore! Three big cotlages next !o the site of the Present a witness to the destruction of "What a sight there was along Beach Club had disaPPeared. At East Wharf thert were women wading in water to their waists, still marooned in and people -t!oms." ups[airs Mr. Hull and fellow volunteers commandeered boats and rowed through the streets on their rescue mission. We shouted "to make sure that we had rounded everyoneup and carried them to safety." The next day, Mr. Hull took in the tree devastation in the town - the Green in shambles: 3o Miss Elizabeth Davis was also Guilford's historic Green. At her present home in North Street, she said that she and her sister were then in the familY home at I Boston Street. "l suppose we were among the few property owners who had insurance at that time. There had recently been a tornado in North Guilford, which PromPted us to take out the insurance on our horse and also our summer cottage at MulberrY Point. Fortunately, we had no serious damage excePt for fallen trees." rltying and .\.. - Beach. countless lons of roadbed on Main Street. The roof over the railroad station also landed on Main Street. Bayview Hotel, the Hotel Morton and the Niantic House lost their roofs, and Proclor and Son Fish Market simPlY vanished. Many houses in the Black Point area also lost their roofs, and the pond behind Crescent Beach resembled a log The hurricane of '38 ac' by fallen trees. The pole. Grove Street was denuded of its treee and tnees surroun- ding the Andrews Memorial 5' Town Hall were felled like rceds. E Three cottages on Cedar ? lshnd lloated up the Indian -E River ard four others floaoed Mrs. Mildred Leete: "everything was going around us." mlul llE GrlFrlrl llty corld flnd. Ono Medlran llrm ol conLreclors reporCed that it wer ;r,#'s',,Hrif year. tfitfil**q, jam, filled with debr[ and surrounded by cotta8ee whlch were twisted, !orn, and rlppcd from their foundations. ln the Flanders anea, $ WPA workers were at work in the Walnut Hill section of town when the slorm broke, and it took them over four hours to cut their way thrcugh fallen tnees and debris !o the center of town. Barns and chicken coops wene the hardest hit, and much livestock and poultrY was deshoyed. In the Golden Spur anea, a large tree fell through the home of Mary Weaver, neatly cleaving off the south side. From Flanders Four Corners' to Old Lyme, 47 trces lay acrcss Post Boad and nearly half of the light poles were also down. Martial laut in Clinton bffice entrance was blocked bY toppled elm trces and the llag stretching Point, lndian Cove and Shell New Haven Railroad was comPletelY washed out, and waves rolling in from Niantic BaY dumPed figure of the soldier on Soldier's Monument was 0oPPled from its oedestal and broken, the Post coPed the craft. As a result onlY one launch bmke away." As the slorm abated, DudleY and his volun0eers realized the full exient of the damage. "We lost 8U tlte roadwaY at MulberY track belonging to the blocked their livec. Down at the Marina, boatmen worked as a group, tying, Niantic wag certainlY not spared by the cruel winds of the hurricane of 1938, which left in its wake some f350,000 worth of damage, although there were apparently no fatalities. Over a mile of double railroad scene of devas[ation in Clinlon never seen before. Almost everY tree on High Street was blown down and Commerce Street and the lower green werc comPletelY without the cooperation of so many individuals, who risked tna RaiI tracks washed out less-than two hours caused a onto the roads even while the storm was raging. could not have tni enrergency cellr. I remember seeing a long line all the ncxt daY of residents enxious to reassure friends and rclatives inland of their safety." companied by iorrential rains in The First Selectman was praised after the hurricane, not only by Guilfordites, but bY state officials, for getting men out "I t-Glioil llnr wer tnrtrflrd acrcs the harbor 0o Wa0eIside 'Lane. One family remained marooned on the island. Three residences on High Street were crushed bY falling trees, while chimneYs toPPled in everv direction. At noon the terrific rush of water coming from ChaPman Pond washed awaY tle em- bankment of the state highwaY bridge over the Menunketesrck river and stopped all traffic. Every building at the foot of Commerce Street excePt the coal shed at the dock was Sone and every yacht sunk or driven ashore. The boat shoP on Waterside was swePt awaY and demolished. Clinton beach was a shambles and governed bY martial law. Damage was estimltod to exceed $500,00 in addition to the grcat tree damage. �f0 D G (D i9 Fl o a ID 6 o a o. a o Io t1 a uo o C' (D n M J@ -) 6 \ll ttrat rottraitted of a suttrttter holtt(r at Circle lleach, Madison. pit'turt' ,\ page lrom Mr. and Mrs. l,awrenct'Letlte's(iuilkrrrl rm stutttp alliurri: Itrxltlie clinrbs a trec (ireen wtrile sister Alisrxr watr.lrr.s utllrrittgl.y. ('lrlist ('lturclt is in the backgroutrtl. �\ rrsrlrr rr !tt tttr uq(6x,tuutttl. I llurricarre 'iltl kraves this biz.aare sight at llartford lir.ach, Madison. il I, I .irrflfi-#rillilf1:'l;ll:' rir; r'lli'l' rr-' l:! I An upsidedown house at Old Saybrook The hurricane leaves its mark at the house on (iuilford Green now the home of Dr. Elisabeth Adams. Guilford's historic Fair Street was in shambles. These Guilford scenes are from the album of Miss !,'lizabeth Davis of Guilford. llorses help to clear the debris on Madison Green .a(Iil!. !! a* rJ ,,t-!l3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Description An account of the resource A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Publication and/or distribution in any form requires permission from the copyright holder (if any) and the James Blackstone Memorial Library Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes 1938 Hurricane Hurricanes http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/7f9ecc465d95ecb8b9230b2a53c31a37.pdf a4a5e6a77ff96753e89be9e73b1a55f0 PDF Text Text i$i*i:,:'+'x*+ 1 +:'N -. a*q"h ph,'":.,b* ilS Hfir:-*FPj *n '';dgs.* ^E :-'rl"---.- f,,: 41,* & - "^fr.! '4:l'' ' lr ,s, .;l {' .'Hr' 'lt ,:'iJ f,\ kafl a-4 q ?*ta a. -; �,i''JT*'{f,l- {l* ril$fr*l Grove Beach, Clinton: the end of summer '38 Creut Hurricunewus oothe end of the world"' ': shoreline residents died from injuries or drowning. firousands BYMABELDALE in the path of the storm survived through individual acts of heroism, or through facing the challenge who were With contributions from staff writers H. philip l)udley, Margot Beattie and Meg Noyes. Story and pictures continued on pages 2-A, J-A, Z-A, and 27-A. with incredible Island Road On September 21, 1938, New England experienced the effects of a hurricane of such ferocity that it was later described as the worst natural disaster in American history. In terms of lcs of life, property destruction and injuries it surpassed both the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the Great C?ricago Fire in ltr l. said to herself Although our shoreline was so badly battered that practically no waterfront property escaped damage, and mostcottages were either blown out to s€a or reduced to kindling, tlre death toll was mer'cifully light. Most of the summer cottages fmm Branford to Old Saybrook had been closed for the winter. was estirnated that about c-ourage and ,physical endurancdAt the height of the humicane, in mid-a{ternoon, Mrs. Mildred Leete looked out of the window of the family farmhouse on laetes lt 30 of the world." in Guilford, and : "'l'his is the end The salt meadows were flooded, and the waters of the .Sound were lapping against the barnhouse walls. Lawrence Leete was fighting to get his 40 or so head of livestock to safety on higher ground a feat he - achieved single,handed. The hurricane shattered the coast from New York to Boslon, and spawned a tidal wave carried with tlat it mmt of the storm's victims in Rhode Island and Cape Cod. Winds of up to lB0 miles an hour were experienced along this shoreline, but 186 miles an hour was officially recorded at the Harvard Observalory at Blue Hill. Becau.se transportation and comrnunication lines were almost completely disrupted, it was weeks before the tragic story could be fully told. Finally, the Red Cmss set the death toll at 682, with property damage estimated as high as million. $500 Madison's shoreline was completely changed. Only five cottages were left at Circle Beach, but these were badly damaged. Even substantial homes on the waterfront at East and West Wharf werc either moved bodily or smashed in0o matchsticks. Mr. Hesselmeyer's 20,ft cabin cruiser, moored at the Highlands, East River, was carried by the force of t}te . hurricane over the railroad tracks and deposiled on the salt marsh near tlre Sea Shell Gri[e on the Boslon Post Itoad - a disiance of more than amile. Branford, Stony Creek and the Thimble Islands, all particularly vulnerable to the onsLaurght of wind and water, reported several deaths from drowning. l'urther east, in Clinton" Westbrook and Old Saybrook the tragic devastation was repeated, with two drowning victims reported in Westbrook. Throe large docks were destmyed at Saybrook Point, and in Esscx two captairs were lost while )r ,1 �N q) b0 (! I trying in vain !o save the sailing fleet.' As well as deeds of hemism, there were ghoulish outbreaks of co t) d) t) 1' co of looting, crime. After rePorts orevalent in Clinton and Westbrook, Governor Wilbur Cross ordered out the National Guard to Patrol that area' "But no one who did not actually see it, could envisage-the dreadtut sight on the Green' The toltowing SundaY we had team of votunte"ers working - on the Green, sawing, choPPing, and removing the debris. I' was somewhat surPrised to read an editorial in the Shore Line elms down on Wall Street, and three giant maPles all but' uorootetl in his own garden. "We somehow Patched those old trees and got thlm standing. Just this sum-mer, I thought of the hurricane when I had to PaY $800 to have those maPles removed!" At the farm on Leete's lsland Road, Mildred Leete was most concerned about the safetY of her two children - Lawrence junior, who was five, and Alison' o aC) o) F lB months. "When two windows, comPlete with frames, blew into the house' I out the children in the dining r&m, barricading the windows with the dining table. CO N Ar N L "Everything was going all 3 around us. I saw 10 cottaSes on Shell Beach disaPPear one after another. The waves must have been 20 ft. high, since theY were E 0) o 3 well above the buildings' Although we were quite a distance from the shore, I began to fear that we would be swePt away, and I started Packing the children's clothes so that we could escaPe to higher ground on Moose Hill." Mrs. Leete remembered later that a howe guest of her mother's had Pointed out earlier a newspaper ParagraPh that.a hurricane- down south might veer north. "But everYone treated it as a joke." The Leete familY had been farming there continuouslY it l.'ormer F-irst Selectman Leslie Dudley: "I knew seen *at going to be like nothing we had ever before." - Py the weekend, sightseers froir intand towns welt arriving see the damage, but thev werc turned awaY bY Police in drpves 0o or National Guardsman unless thev were victims of ProPertY danlage, or could Prove theY were there to helP clear the debris. No one could have been oreoared. since there was no of this sl,orm' The hurricane had been exPected to blow itself out in the Atlantic off the Carolinas. Instead, it sud- waining denly turned northward, racing more than 6fl) miles in 12 hours' l.'ircl Srk.ctman Lerlie l. Tlmes, referring in somewhat critical tones, to the fact that we were working on the Sabbath' The Rev. Moe said to me later: 'I (uess theY didn't see mc ivorking aiongside You that SundaYl " t'or Mr. Leland llull' u nativtr of Madison, the hurrictnc wus llurt tx' tlte srtconrl tlisustcr 'l'uesduY' curred to hirn 0n 2r' 1938' Seotember - -[I hud had mY teeth out that morning," he said the other daY "Ttr'at in ttis'iiarOware store'for ttnrr should have been cltough duy. ,1whuu tlrr. nkrrrrr rr,llly bh.w since the earlY 1?00's, and in living memory and in recorded histoiy, nothing like this happened had on the shoreline' "There was a hurrlcane remrted in the earlY l8$'s, but it was a minor afffair." Mm. t*ete remembers seeing live wires sP'arking, and for threc or four daYs with the railnrud tracks torn up ttrrtl thtr rrrttls fltxxlul, tltt'tr oltly ttcct'ss to tlx' lttwlt wlls (,ll Mrxlst llrll Iturtl. Mrs. In'it'lutti ont trlxtially vtvttl tttt'lllory. "'l'lttt'c wtls tt weathered barn, wtrich was thtr Garden Club building. The next dav I was astonished to find it had been Painted bright green' Actually, it lrurl lxtrr cllkrred by clrloro;rlryl ltollt lltc lrcl's " ns ltir irs lltc t lrlcr ltttrl lwlt ttf ...-.. .',-.,.... 1..-l Leland Hull' TWo disasters in a day for Madison's Ttrere was one silver lining !o Miss Davis has kePt a dailY ttris day of death, destntction diary since girlhood, and on this and terror. The effects of the occasion she recorded that "our Depression were still heirg felt, house was full that nig,ht with frienrls from tiachem's Head and jobs were hard to lind. wlxr werc stranded in town'" tn the wake of the huricane' Sltt rtcullcd that the Pst tlrcre was a sevene shortage of offict itr l9:ltl wtrs itt t]te ttortlterlt lollor, und uhoreline skillerl grurt of thc Monrm l)rug Store ftrnrs wr:re hirin6 all lrurklirrg lluilrlrng "A tctttprlrurY ilu' tttutrrrtu urll t'urprttert thcy tt'lt';rlxrrtt' lint' wrtt ttrsLrlkxl for t'rnrkl ltlxl. (lttt' Mtr<ltlort Jtrttt ttf ,',,,,:ag",,.,y calls. I rl'rttt'tttlx'r regrrtcd that tt wus t'otttractors daY rrcxt seeing a long line all the of residents anxious to reassure i#Xi:'i:*,ff.T itT,?,n|fi friends and relatives inland of year. H''' Lhcir stfetY." R.il 1p111:ks wttsltt'rl ()ut * i �n o onc eoulq ntvt oatll prePard, siDce therc wa! no warning of this slorm. Tte hurricane had be€n exPocted to blow itself out in the Atlantic off the Carolinas. Ins0ead, it suddenly turned northward, racing more than 6il) miles in 12 houre. First Selectman Leslie l. Dudley of Guilford began to tthink, during the morning, t}at this was an "unusual storm". He has vivid recollectioru of the worst disaster he encotur0ercd in his 3l-years as a selectman, recounting them t}te other daY in his home on Pearl Street. "We had had continuous rain for several daYs, and I was out with Harry Butch Page Putting out warning road signs for flooding. We were standing in the dootway of Page's Hard' ware, when I saw a huge elm on the Green, waving. "Some instinct told me that this was SoinB to be more than an'unusual'storm. I knew it was going to be like nothing we had ever seen l'3fore." Acting on his premonition, the First Selectman went in0o the store and bought up every cnoss cut and bow saws and axes in slock. it turned out, we needed everyone. Four hundred trees, including the 80 or so on the Green, came down. Voltutteers came fium all Parts of town, but many of them needed equiP ment." "As Uf, Elmq qlLasr u to hlm on TUGldlY, currcd Seotember 21, 1938. iI had lr,ad my teeth out that morning," he said the other daY in his hardware stiore. "That should have been enough for one day. nwhen the s0orm reallY blew uo. thete was no time to be tiiirtrtenea. Nothing had haP oeiea fXe this before." Mr. Hull hade sure his children were safe by picking them uP, and some of ttieir friends, in his van and taking ttrem to the Hull home on Grove Avenue. For the next 24 hours he saw very little of that vlvld mcmoty. "Thala wlt I weathercd bann, whlch wau the Garden Club building. The next day I was astonished to find it had been painted bright green. Actually, it had been colored bY chlorophyl from the treeE." As far as the tsetreE and two of their neighbors were concerned, there was one haPPY ending to the disaster. 1\r,o of the Shell Beach cottages remained inlact, although they were lifted bY the wind and dumJred some distance from the shore. That winter, Farmer trete hitched his horses home. and pulled both buildings over the ice, to leave them, unharmed, on their original sites. the shore! Three big cotlages next !o the site of the Present a witness to the destruction of "What a sight there was along Beach Club had disaPPeared. At East Wharf thert were women wading in water to their waists, still marooned in and people -t!oms." ups[airs Mr. Hull and fellow volunteers commandeered boats and rowed through the streets on their rescue mission. We shouted "to make sure that we had rounded everyoneup and carried them to safety." The next day, Mr. Hull took in the tree devastation in the town - the Green in shambles: 3o Miss Elizabeth Davis was also Guilford's historic Green. At her present home in North Street, she said that she and her sister were then in the familY home at I Boston Street. "l suppose we were among the few property owners who had insurance at that time. There had recently been a tornado in North Guilford, which PromPted us to take out the insurance on our horse and also our summer cottage at MulberrY Point. Fortunately, we had no serious damage excePt for fallen trees." rltying and .\.. - Beach. countless lons of roadbed on Main Street. The roof over the railroad station also landed on Main Street. Bayview Hotel, the Hotel Morton and the Niantic House lost their roofs, and Proclor and Son Fish Market simPlY vanished. Many houses in the Black Point area also lost their roofs, and the pond behind Crescent Beach resembled a log The hurricane of '38 ac' by fallen trees. The pole. Grove Street was denuded of its treee and tnees surroun- ding the Andrews Memorial 5' Town Hall were felled like rceds. E Three cottages on Cedar ? lshnd lloated up the Indian -E River ard four others floaoed Mrs. Mildred Leete: "everything was going around us." mlul llE GrlFrlrl llty corld flnd. Ono Medlran llrm ol conLreclors reporCed that it wer ;r,#'s',,Hrif year. tfitfil**q, jam, filled with debr[ and surrounded by cotta8ee whlch were twisted, !orn, and rlppcd from their foundations. ln the Flanders anea, $ WPA workers were at work in the Walnut Hill section of town when the slorm broke, and it took them over four hours to cut their way thrcugh fallen tnees and debris !o the center of town. Barns and chicken coops wene the hardest hit, and much livestock and poultrY was deshoyed. In the Golden Spur anea, a large tree fell through the home of Mary Weaver, neatly cleaving off the south side. From Flanders Four Corners' to Old Lyme, 47 trces lay acrcss Post Boad and nearly half of the light poles were also down. Martial laut in Clinton bffice entrance was blocked bY toppled elm trces and the llag stretching Point, lndian Cove and Shell New Haven Railroad was comPletelY washed out, and waves rolling in from Niantic BaY dumPed figure of the soldier on Soldier's Monument was 0oPPled from its oedestal and broken, the Post coPed the craft. As a result onlY one launch bmke away." As the slorm abated, DudleY and his volun0eers realized the full exient of the damage. "We lost 8U tlte roadwaY at MulberY track belonging to the blocked their livec. Down at the Marina, boatmen worked as a group, tying, Niantic wag certainlY not spared by the cruel winds of the hurricane of 1938, which left in its wake some f350,000 worth of damage, although there were apparently no fatalities. Over a mile of double railroad scene of devas[ation in Clinlon never seen before. Almost everY tree on High Street was blown down and Commerce Street and the lower green werc comPletelY without the cooperation of so many individuals, who risked tna RaiI tracks washed out less-than two hours caused a onto the roads even while the storm was raging. could not have tni enrergency cellr. I remember seeing a long line all the ncxt daY of residents enxious to reassure friends and rclatives inland of their safety." companied by iorrential rains in The First Selectman was praised after the hurricane, not only by Guilfordites, but bY state officials, for getting men out "I t-Glioil llnr wer tnrtrflrd acrcs the harbor 0o Wa0eIside 'Lane. One family remained marooned on the island. Three residences on High Street were crushed bY falling trees, while chimneYs toPPled in everv direction. At noon the terrific rush of water coming from ChaPman Pond washed awaY tle em- bankment of the state highwaY bridge over the Menunketesrck river and stopped all traffic. Every building at the foot of Commerce Street excePt the coal shed at the dock was Sone and every yacht sunk or driven ashore. The boat shoP on Waterside was swePt awaY and demolished. Clinton beach was a shambles and governed bY martial law. Damage was estimltod to exceed $500,00 in addition to the grcat tree damage. �f0 D G (D i9 Fl o a ID 6 o a o. a o Io t1 a uo o C' (D n M J@ -) 6 \ll ttrat rottraitted of a suttrttter holtt(r at Circle lleach, Madison. pit'turt' ,\ page lrom Mr. and Mrs. l,awrenct'Letlte's(iuilkrrrl rm stutttp alliurri: Itrxltlie clinrbs a trec (ireen wtrile sister Alisrxr watr.lrr.s utllrrittgl.y. ('lrlist ('lturclt is in the backgroutrtl. �\ rrsrlrr rr !tt tttr uq(6x,tuutttl. I llurricarre 'iltl kraves this biz.aare sight at llartford lir.ach, Madison. il I, I .irrflfi-#rillilf1:'l;ll:' rir; r'lli'l' rr-' l:! I An upsidedown house at Old Saybrook The hurricane leaves its mark at the house on (iuilford Green now the home of Dr. Elisabeth Adams. Guilford's historic Fair Street was in shambles. These Guilford scenes are from the album of Miss !,'lizabeth Davis of Guilford. llorses help to clear the debris on Madison Green .a(Iil!. !! a* rJ ,,t-!l3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Description An account of the resource A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Publication and/or distribution in any form requires permission from the copyright holder (if any) and the James Blackstone Memorial Library Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes 1938 Hurricane Hurricanes http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/b3b90c050b1580aca326fd06d8d8cd24.pdf 474bf9e5134900e8fa594ca58dde45c6 PDF Text Text D& o s IE 'fr: b. Z: Et Section II o: !d' U lo t{ trl { * E .D t r a9 J. s6 S'IONY CREEK waterfront homes fared badly when the hurricane and tidal wave struck. Teruific tempest un,d sea, excite fear and terror as storm hits a ., rsran,oi*.,r.v, -*R':?Hldil'HH ,,1xlf.Lf.ffiliiffffii; fr$'J"*#il#T#11ffi*ffig"yHiji*T"P:s ror€e psrr! ot thc rlof rnd rhurdry .r.mooo follosinS ERANFoB!, Ptorltr ;t-t ;i-th;';ftE*. n ffirtisa crumbled rnro thc rhc raN.cLlna oI mme or the Part.r Mcmorirl Part L *dl chimn.y soln'c daF. sober d;y. "*TltJ;i'"L,1,ra". riii r.ri,liitiji'i,iiilllr1t-""i* homcg' holllcr constructed or stoDv cr"k rrr. r*"."it6 dcri;;Ji-rom il;itr;i;#;;;il;;;i'iij "r , .. �t, and teruor as storm htts fear o**, ;lHtji e'Y]" S ,,on.i il tf,,fl"fltrjff#11$*ffiS -+*[ff'lb,l:ffi1',j]"5; """H"FJf.HHid.*Xffi rorcG, psrtr d lhe mor rnd rhuldav alt'mooo tollorylng aRANFoRD mlNl rm t*T['i rffJr-r", :t" uiE iiteiit ii iti'&ln"g.. chimnc-v crumbl'd lnto the ole ramackins ot lomo of trte Parkcr Mlrndtd PrrtLurr ,"'"3"*T''iiilffii r-,ii. r,]i rtbas*era'av.sornEatslc. home!. corutructcd or stony cr..l rcs mav * aeriveo l;,m houle. ;i;5"\il*;li*?ff;;E;;*# orirreurcrouoving:' was reddy Enquist'5 rhe Al.xi! GFsory and oncor srarue ind brrhhoutG. rrc lii:"" rii#H[i, iiiiiit'lil pinn€d bemrtli the ttp.'on of a tree the smrth homcs !rc laid lo be iotacr but the t,ttl arc in r t d i"?L'i"iiff?.*iriiii ,Jf,;-i".-il";;".' --' i"ri rburth w;;d b in reir cor. and was nxued bv olr thcir roundatioe sod the stalc Hartor stiEet lteort lo ; t" u;to**" dilioo snd l-8.;];ib;i-; rctuming from vork at'.rl,ork€r tlle Mll-. Arlhu t ne home Ms b€.4 ID Point w.3 i, a vrcc|Ld a-;.ry sishr of Srr€er, struzinski hst two co*s. r,oved {0 te€t rmm iLs phions comdition but pals.ble *Jil. ri;i=ii, i.i-i,i"iiiii--i,iti At r!{t we.! Main s[eet, the t*oAl€xhories, Averill's cotta$a and (ore' chick€ns, pigs and About z) vachrs ale ruined. ai r'r,. m"t[o*gri, i ri,' ;; "rr r,"." i;;;;A;-il;; and sherdon r,m ad Dr. willi.m E psrt lloure best ot a barn the sh€tdoo werc "r d;-ii ii ;ere ; uE iiiiiiiiGd ili-, ai "." ctear roor ml€d hav€ morc tr€€ Hill,{) or 8!ot alld $lDr[et PiNEoRCHARD Hoose TlDmIEon's ;;-;;ti"; irxfic. first c$pet. (p[.$e r||Ir lo e.gc i?) s;i;r;; d;r;-$;r"r, ffi i[e lcs on ihe clt€n can or y idcntifi€d carr, r€6id.nt! faretr. workmen €Etimare tte crc\xs in aI Brts ot lhe vilaSe never be replrced. :*,*{ffifffl{* :t1#yf"ffiffi,ii Alt€rnatt'! are iipe # Drag waters for rnissing (Bnnlotd B.tl.e. houa, East AqSust breab a[d valsr !hpt. !2.-1s38) poinb rnd lhe &gao Main Slrc€t, under EDair a;{i som€ about tot;n co(rrinue to tEve slt Cabin viciDity l{a3 €ntircly 'It(E€ $ho al€ known to lBv! floo&d. Wads icehou!€ wa! in lost their liv€! at Slony ct€el services. Aoto Eafiic i! holding b.cf ttle mi&t of a terrific sEerm arc llrs. Arthur W Jep6or, MT Wallersprc€rand Mrs Harrv O leDair wort and silhs;rls rrc overflowinS tll€ &m. of Bristol. proEertis and White ttre Uammer trom urieA to teeo i'rav Ttle body of ttarry I. hwiq ot oricarious treis. _ Doie. snd lhe form€I D.. I6ln€y home, sl. C,a! irircr. B€causeof intemrptcd Marv's Chuch ale only a (cw the service mg€t huEican€. Lo Irtu. JeFon ir ltiU snro4 th€ a llne op€o durlDg thc dll._lt f,. milsim;s is !,ftr. tcl€n Levis. Bradlcy Brothcrs, Miltoo, Bou, a;e b€licved dmwn€d. Addison and CLair l(it {x) hbofiiciats ar€ dmgging tlle st€I !ot!. ell lllcir boiBi[3e var€(s todry for lhe bodie6. dock aod buoy3. Sh.light, r boat o\rr.d by Drominent $omen in Con- Jact Doolittl€. r?rts rrsIsi I irecricur mlitics. wa! nominatcd pole in U.in SE€et. other croltl, Slratlord uas located vest€rdav as Uc n;t t}or)ar ever !o havc a dcbru, roo(s' 8ar.8e.' cIoU ng about a o'clock phce on th€ lt€F$lican Slat€ and fumiture fo.m s borda rt Mls. tavi!, olle of lhe m6t iicket. the high water mark. Boy Scouts aided police and She is a former member of the House of Representatives and volunteer workers in refugee her primary inlerest in politics work. Mrs. Weld and Mrs. was Bussenshut were recovered for being the first lrom Governor's Island early has been in the field of education. She distinguished woman to get the chairmanship Thursday morning. of the legislative committee and *"s oie time member of the Captain Phelps remains at his island home but the show spot is state"board of education. now one of destruction. .Two of the Madeira cottages High Island is only one of the are undermined, the three 365 lslands affected by the Bistroff homes are overhanging tragedy. the breakwater, Mason Klock's [tight in the window btoWht home is partially gone. Some.of rescue workers !o Mrs. Mary the Thimble Island residences Lewis Roessler's home whetp are all banks. shattered meadow along the The Brainerd and Betts garage hgd at least three feet of she and Mrs. Sarah Carden Ritchie passed the nigbt sitting on a piano to keep as safe as possible. water but little actual damage Mrs. Roessler is the sistar of was done io the cars in storage. Leroy [.ewis, who lct his life. Mr. Brainerd spoke Wednesday She had returned only laat week of the excellent service rendered from a hcpital where she was by the Telephone Co. in keeping under treatment. SIIORT BEACH house got the full brunt of this huge fallen tree. �. . '. -ic""i,I-"d fi'er prgc r) te bc: beyond repak, the first flor having horne appear been entirely washed o* 0o sea. Tte roof is off the Yacht Club building and the windows arp all cracked or broken. Boats are ashorc aU alotg tbe harbor. A few fine otres ale submerged and many smaller crafts are capsized. fire point road is a snarled upheaval. SHORTBEACH Bartlett's boats, Mansfield Grove are probably thce being cared for at the Vay View Filing Station. Mrs. Homer Strcpperd and her motler were forced from their home at Shepperd's Point and passed the entire night in the woods with trees crashing all about them. Mrs, Alexander Murphy was rescued from a sailboat by Roger Kelsey and Edwin R. Kelsey Jr. of Kelsey's Point who in a power boat spent three hours before they were able to bring her to safety at ri rH Itotchkisr Grove suffcred morc hom water than from cber but the phasant shed€ of a day previors waa a sad sight. Some repairs are neessary to the Philip English hanse. BROCKEIT'S POIi{T Avenus are still inudaled. strnctioru the loss at Bmckett's Point, Lanphier's Cove and appeared rtele. ue in a msp6-t8ble , HOrc}IKISSGRO1IE ' Iatlen hceg. Ttre beach and rosd have Sone to sea and {th and sth INDTANNECK Limewood Avenue, Indian Neck, near the Palmer Cagino is a wreckage of branches and the road was impassable because of the depth of the ssnd on the pavement. Entry from Indian Neck Avenue was blocked. Severe loss was experiencd at the Montowese House. Sea wall at Mon0owese is entirely gone. fite Ark damaged and 12 garages swept awaY. Montowese bath houses "just ain't." JOHNSON'SPOINT A crushed and broken archway of trees isolaUed Johnson's Point dr.ring the storm. Workmen got busy at daybreak and last evening the road was Because of highway Robinson's Point ie obun- determined. It is believed that three cottagea were lct. Mr. and Mrs. Carle0on Besls reminded as long as it was safe and today en0er- their cottage, ' Westwood Road, Short Beach. A Coast Guard cutter worked about Pine Orchard and StonY' Creek Thursday and three police at Pine Orchard and four at Stony Creek officers are siationed to protect property from prowlers. They will continue on duty rurtil electric service is restored. Clifford Collins, Indian Neck, was on the boat in which Simon Etzel, ,18, of New Haven was washed ashore on the beach at PIum Banks and lmt his life. the Branford Harbor. The grealest toll was taken at Granite Bay. The attractive Rocky Point, known as the Dr. McGuie summer home, was undermined, the sea wall demolished and otherwise damaged. Miss Ruth Doerfier, her mother and her nephew, were forced Uo evacuate when the front porch tumbled and the garage attached simply vanished. Next door, all that remains of the Pierpont cottage is a lawn mower and a fireplace chimney. by Mrs. E. Reed of West Haven is thoroughly underminded. WW$TIDW $23.6q. Itb enough to malrc you abasketca5e. Berkeley, owned The garage adjoining the home of Mrs. Reardon left its foundation and started traveling toward East Haven. Mrs. Rita Nesbit's Lallipop is completely gone. Some of the lumber being locat,ed in the A.A. Young yard, Stone Street. The gas stove found a resting Place Ilt fr.r.l lv.vrrrrd Irrlluljorr ltas u rhtttugirrg t'fli'r'l ott Iltt'('ss('rl' l.iitls in lifc. I,ike llre t'osls ol'slrt'llcr, cnr: rgy artcl ftxxl. At C<llonial Bank, rve knorv rvc ctrn help y<lu fight in{laUon by rnaking yotrr rkrllur rvork har<lcr. I Icrc arc lttort' ( irlorriirl st'tvit'cs tltrrl sltotrlrl provirlc li xxl li rr lirtnrtt'rrrl IIrorrglrI I I i'nlonhl luatU Acarurl- ll,,r rnrrrtv �thoroughlY underminded. 'the garage adjoining tne home of Mrs. Reardon left its foundation and started traveling toward East Haven. Mrs. Rita Nesbit's LolliPoP is completely gone' Some of the lumber being located in the A'A' Young yard; Stone Street' The gas stove found a resting Place l0 feet beYond. In the r6ad was a demolished mirror, Piano and hot water and a trolleY car. Eight boiler feet more and the car would have tumbled into the sea for the heavy riP rap was torn from the edge'antl taken goodness knows where. Thursdav morning's incoming tide continued !o undermine the road bed. The road surface is a jumbled mass in some sPots knee deeP in sand and debris. At CasPer Matson's ShadY Nook, the sand has been carried almmt as high as the windows. Vernon KelseY of Riverside found it imPossible last evening to drive thr6ugh the water at the Creek so he Parked in the Edward Walker front Yard' ThursdaY morning it was discovered PartiallY buried, the window br6ken and driftwmd oiled neatlY in the back seat' ' Tlte Hdabeth Rogers, SiIBs Stowe and Edward Walker homes were minus Porches and foundations when the waters receded. Frank Dendas and Louis DeAngelis found StanleY's oier and dock obstructing to thek Porch doors' b.t""gu ' Upir Crranile BaY esca@ the-tidal furY but exPerienced IrtfluUotr ltas u rlurttugltrg cfli'cl ort lltt'('sst'rl' Uuls in lifc. l,ikc lllc costs ol'slte ltcr, crlcl'gy ancl ftxxl. At Colonial Bank, rve kn<xv rve c-an help you hght it tluU,rn by rnaking yrrur tlollar rvttrk. (irlorrial strviccs tltilt herr<lcr. I Icrs art' rllore linarrcial tlrotr(ltt: Iirr lixxl sltoultl 1rnrvirlc l) Colonlal NOW Acc<lrnl' Iior tttutlv .,-ir,,,,,,a,'*, otrr N( )\\'Act'orrrrl is tltc tttosl cfficicrtt waty to llarrk. It givcs y()tl tltc.cort- venience <lf a checking acc()urlt an<l thc ilrtcrest tlf a savings &cc()ullt. Vtur ttxrncy cants 5*r interest right up to the timc a check is written against iL And,-if you kcep a minimum daiiy.balance of 11500 ()r m()rc' y()ur scrvice charges are waived' 8) Colonlal Chcckmatc' A Chcckmate cliecking acc()unt is lvaivcd tlf ntlnrral se rvicc chargcs'if 1'ou ntainLrin a nrinitnuln balancc <lf l13OO ()r m()rc, tlr if you kccp a mittilnrtttr balaltcc of )l3OO in a 5'S Statcrncrrt Savings Aci',,rnt.,ro |rh%90 Day Invcstnrcttt Sav- lngs Account*' All C<ll<lnial savings accounts carn int€rest *t i.t i"..rtttp*r,ided contlnuously from day ofdegtsit to day of withdrawal firr rnaximum vield. We know that Colonial's no-service' Lhutge checking and high inte rest cdrnings .rn oiuing" w,rntt st rp irtflaUtln from eating awav at i<rur ftnd budget- But they can give :li.i'i. ii iiri :iirli:i:t rirlili :r:.;iil'i you Lxtm dollars to hclp offsetthose rising c<sLs' Whv not stop bv the Colonial Bank oIfice n'eak;a yo,'toauy and ask a Colonial banker to help you chtrcse the checking and savings thatmakes the mostsense for "o*Ui"LU"" W"'t" sure it will be a nourishing addi""". iion to your financial dieu .lth+nl act[latl.rm lrrilrlt trxl tr sltlrl]us trnlr (lclr*ll l'lirrc nlultrrllri i"],i.'.i'., i'iiir.,r,,ni rtxr rirtrlre tlui ro toicrcs lEmlr\ lE ln(rrttc(l lcs of trrces, fencts, garages and porches. ftriee trotres are rePorted to the at Brolrett'l trte damage is trcmen&us at the l,anPhier have sailed awaY Point and the Homestead occuPied bY Mr. and Mrs. L€on Babcock. Mrt. Grace Vredenburg lost dozem of large tlt€s on the main road and a road crew worked hours clearing from Forrester H,ammei's !o the Double Boach Road. - PAWSONPARI( Pawson Park as viewed fmur ttre wrrclage at the Prblic dock ol Watsrbury. Hartlord Ngw Haven. Plainville U[HllhdpyurfrSttinflafionf,0tq i 'IrtcrnbcrFDIC �f)on at calmly eats a o) b0 I! . Cristo'. a-la food (BranfordReview, B r{. Sept.22, perhaps just as. y-oy a3d qy-'-^' Onswohdered if the handsome r$tr) thoughts of his In spite of the storm young 391ot-,q"::. past especiatly when histronic tr""iJl6 were feminine hearts portrayed the cscape from extra romantic Ueats-'iieO- he sea suir-ounded dungeon by the Seictl Strort at night nesday Monte Cristo' Hi$ E] & o & o h Z when Robert oonat, mov[iid *";;;I;;d marinee idol of the StiiiJh tr the Count.of pubtic, classic established acting.in -in that the hearts of ute him store. B;rH:J:X,t"il,'rT"X,?lfft i,{ ""i American. movie public' American recognized sitting in automobile in front rf"if"ti, "e"J Perhapsafterhisexperiencesof EA 6 s rucker's N L Mr. Donat, who is visiting with his brother at the beach with a party comPrised of his relatives 3 E 0) o ' E and- friends, was aPParentlY undaunled bY the furY of -the rasinq hurricane which was then at'its-helcht. He sat in the front seat of thi car calmlY mrurching tood without much thought of Emily Pmt and her famous "What-Nots" of etiquette portraying the furY of the sea will be flawless, girls: Mr. Donat's Here's a tiP-renting tbs Ells brother is Wheeler Wilcox Barracks' (Robert Donat won an Oscar in 1939 for his Performance in "Goodbye Mr. ChiPe." Ttre film too was uD for an Oscar but lost out to "Gone with the Wind"' Ed) Body;found Friday '' ' The bodY of .her' husQand, (NewHaven wealthy oYster grou'err was i".oru'."0 irom the wreckage of 1. Journal Courier, SePt.24, rS]8) The body of Mrs. HenrY L. ' on the beach at StonY.Cfeek bY a . home the Lewis summer t'ewis' (Sept.22). The Lewis of Stratford, RePublican ' t'trursaav old daqhter, Cait, was 26-vear SLate'. of SecretarY for nominee from the, raging sea was found YesterdaY (SePt. 23) rescued during the latter Part of Wed- grgup of WPA workers, clearing nesda!'s hurricane, but was too lsland Sound. her exPeriences.' wreckage from littered tong IareOio give coherent details of GEotv sttu"t'tr*'l was isloated September day' whctt waters floorletl r;t.",,t, antl field on that lglllt ( nearlY takesttvor-girl's life Tide lk.vlrw ltrrnford Sr.grt.22, l0:r8) W.iglrtrrl rlowrr 5y lrtlvy lxxrts ,,r,,i .:I,rtl,r,,g, Miss Vtrgttttu lrracken arrtl l.larl l'ournter' l)ickcnsotr, who trlso took part in ht.r trl tht: lxrttonr ()f tlre (1urls:rl, tht' rt'scue wtrll lrt'lrtly t*],i.-l"rl,rl llxxlt,rl .,ru,l ^overt',tttt' wlttle tlx'y wcrt aiding .f l,il iii,f il.,'",,1,,..t,, tfr,r rr.$r.u. into rlove l'acikxr I'at lfourtllt:r' ,isi"t,*t t,,tr tlre plut.ky gl.i'ur,ii 's"ir"ir.", the I'aciloo boat lronl w,ter thc rr"it until l.'redr,ly coursgeously- pfsFght lrii'pri f,Iiielo came to thcir a-nd F'ournier',o shore..,X!vg..o]hffi' were then able to save thema - boat. bothof Short Beach, almost met i"iirr'uJ'ai"-*.ii,c when they ;i[#;fi;ilir,"i','ii*r"tri, Iif,-piia G-cims"the patch or rurd ficing Granitc llay during il;, llnywoo6 and llert selves' tlx' lrcrghl of lltr' ltttrrtt'ltlx' wrthx'srfury .-..--..-.-r f l1 n ., .. ltrr l I t /r rltrtrl l, t iur �Wttglttcrl rlowrr lry lrruvy lxxrts :rnrl clolltttrg, Mtss Vrrgrlriu llrackett antl l'larl F'ourntcr, both of Short Beach, almost met death by drowning when theY attempted !o cross the Patch of ro:rd facing Granite llaY during tht' he ight of tlte lturricant' Wcdnesday. Miss llracken, accoflrpirnied by younB l"ournier, wus carrying lxrots to her father, who was Inarooned at Pacileo's grocery store, when she VICTORIAN home on Burr Island about CLASSIC - seized lfi) twenty feet from where she was walking. Fournier came to her assistance but both were carried down and under the water bY a heavy sweeP of the tide which was at the time being driven bY a ninety-mile gale. Miss Bracken who is an expert swimmer, succeeded in freeing herself from the heavy boots that held Every cloud has a silver linirg SePt. U 1St8) ' The terrifYing exPeriences of the last two daYs had also a spark of humanness beneath' 'eitention in manY sections is being given homeless birds and souirrels. 'at Doctor ThomPson's an On the beach at S0onY Creek, a Mrs. Ben Nelson made an effort WednesdaY to rescue a coop of drowning chickens' One refugee worker tells of saving three goldfish from a muddy drain presumablY having gone over the top of Mrs. Robert Noerr'S garden pool. Ari early morning milk Bert F ournier ',o shore... Tle, ,gl&fiFlii' were then able to save them- selves. Tree fells woman ( Ilrsnford Review, SePt.22, r$8) The death of Ella MaY Slevens Carlson, wife of Carl A. Carlson, of 152 Montowese Street, oc- cumed as a large tree crashed through the toP of her car on the -Road in front of the Post residences of Mrs. Tott and Mr' and Mrs. RandolPh Kneuer' Mrs. Carlson, who was returning from her work in Madison, was sittinc in her car in the line of traffii in her laP being the book' "C,one With the Wind," which she was reading while waitingi for the traffic to Proced. She was 24 Yeam of age and a resident of the town of Guilford' a daryhter of RaYmond four months and at the time of her marriage was a resident of Ctinton. whJre she was married' Funeral services will be from W.S. ClancY and Sots mortuary home SaturdaY afternoon at 2:30 with interment in Cemetery. a While owners counted their heard t,o sPeak sharPlY to a young lady for cutting across his iawn. It was too soft for walking he said it might sPoil the grass. A gentleman in the Double Beach vicinitY, it might be wise not to mention names' fumbled home toward midnight over boulders, under wire and through thicket. Obstructing the wav was a tub. The gentleman picled up the tub. Tub had white itrcak down the back. Tub was mad. Man dmPPed tub. I\tb was mad. Man will leave tub along hereafter. S' Stevens-and Pearl E. Stannard' She was a bride of a little over Frank Page, Summer Island, losses one man at the shore was lone bathtub two hundred feet from anY house emPhasizes the force of the storm. I)on tlaYwood and and courageouslY Prgght was surprised to find his cottage moved several feet but a vase of table was unflowers on to light. came --ChildrerisPent playing in thl abandoned trolleY cai in Short Beach. aid and brought them to safetYin a boat. an empty bottle on a custromers' back porch. disturbed. daY until l"rcddY Salvatore, l'outs and Pat Pacielo came to their ('(rill(' wllll(' ul('y wcr(! ulqlllt l,irurtttcr. l'at I'aciltxr dove into tlrt: water lronl lhe I'acileo boat deliveryman tells ol linding three one dollar bills floating with t}re fourth iust evacuating adorable antique babY carriage a glorious was and hurled against the Sound View cottage which was more than was totally iu.At otf the Stony Cre-ek mainland, also tmk storm The hurricane' '3i the in i*.itoy*a Arthur Mrs' the lives of the two owners, Mr' and Ilenry Mrs' and guests' Mr' i*o"on and three of their lost also Island' Lewis i,fii* wtro tived on neaiby of old daughter 26-year Cait, Only their tives that day. parents her with island the on was who the Lewis', that fatetul daY, survived. (Branford Bevlew, by a heavY wind t'rtlttt'lo tltr. rr.lt'tle rrI tlrc plucky gtrl urrtl asststt'tl ltr:r ir tu'tgltlxrr, Islands trERE CRUISER STAITLTGHT ends up in the middle of Thimble (center) with damage all around it' Tabor Fn � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Description An account of the resource A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Branford Review Special Section 40th Anniversary of 1938 Hurricane Description An account of the resource Branford Review, 21 September 1978 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1978 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Relation A related resource Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Branford Review Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Branford (Conn.) 1938 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For purposes of private study, scholarship, and research, you may print or download this content. Publication and/or distribution in any form requires permission from the copyright holder (if any) and the James Blackstone Memorial Library Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes 1938 Hurricane Hurricanes http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/6b20d7eb88938b2e19ceb7b00d89f49b.pdf a71ff88d8baf1fbea3861b92bb60d4e3 PDF Text Text NENTT.FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF II{E NEW EITELAND HURRICANE AND FI.ooD. SEPTEUBER 2I, 1938 left: On the nnrnlng after the stonn yachts rere parked as casually es carr ln the streets of Stony Creek.rtStarltght'r ls land-golng boat at far end of street. Upper rlghtl Cottagee on the Stony Creek shore front fared badly utren the hur-icanc and tldal wave struck. Center left: Some of the nreckage ln Stony Cteek. Center rlght: the remalns of cottages left at Stony Creek. Lower left: A Short Beach house 8ot the full brunt of thls huge fallen tree. louer rtght: A boat goes a-vlsltlng at Indlan Neck. Photos by l,lalter L. Carlton and I. A. Snelderman Upper � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Description An account of the resource A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the New England Hurricane and Flood Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Branford (Conn.) 1938 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Relation A related resource Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For purposes of private study, scholarship, and research, you may print or download this content. Publication and/or distribution in any form requires permission from the copyright holder (if any) and the James Blackstone Memorial Library Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes 1938 Hurricane Hurricanes http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/232dd046cfe353292c58e302d329397a.pdf a320f3e2d8acee9bb51eda76f4f5f9a5 PDF Text Text Bcdy of Mrs. [,ewis Found in Debris on Stony Creek Beach Workers Discover Remains of Republican Secretary of State Nominee-2O Now Known Dead in District-Rehabilitation Work Here Continues, The body of Mrs. Henry L. Lewis of Stratford, Republican nominee for secretary of state, 'was found yesterday-'on the beach at Stony_Creek by a group of WPA workers, clearing wreckage from littered Long Island Sound. It was one of the three bodies found and identified yesterday, swelling the total number of known dead in this section to 20. Identilied by Frientt The body ol Mr. Lewis was iden-( tified in a Branford morgue by ElMilitla Reaily Brown, liott S. of Rye, N. Y.. a Col. Lewis L. Field, commander of close friend ol the family. It was the 102d Infantry Regiment, with his found deeply burjed in the wreck- staff, was at his headquarters in the age of a cottage just east ol the state armory in Goffe street last dock by a group of WPA workers night, ready for any call that might moving slowly along the debris be jssued lrom the governor for duty covered shore. in the stricken areas of th€ state. The body of her husband, wealthy CoI. f ield had already been notioyster grower, was recovered from fied to stand by for any sueh call the wreckage ol the Lewis sumrner and he has held his regiment "alerthome Thursday. The Lewis' 26-yearfor the past two days ready to old daughter, Cait, was rescued ed" move upon very briel notice, He from the raging Eea during the lat- was also keeping informed ol conditer part oI Wednesday's hurricane, tions in the stricken areas of the give was but too dazed. to coherent state. of experiences. her details Work Here Continues Apprehenslon as to the fate ot Here in the city the work of reMrs, Lewia was expressed a tew habilitation continues unabated, hours after the hurricane had swept with ttrousands of workers plunging through the area, and changed to into the efforts to restore some sort fear after the body of her husband oI order out of chaos. was recovered. The city was still in a topsy-turvy Her body will be shipped today to condition and it was indicated at the parlors of a Bridgeport underIeast six weeks would be required taker. before traffic will be able to pass through the entire city without dan-, Will Dircuse Succesr ger lrom trees w--akencd by the Prominent in Republican politics, hurricane of Wednesday. AII parks Mrs. Lewis was tread.ol the Fairfield County Republican Women,s are in a deplorable condition, with organization and last week appeared thousands of trees destroyed. wittr Judge Raymond E. Baldwin, Mayor John W. Murphy yesterG. O. P. candidate for governor, at day said the Board of Finance is a party outing in her home town. (Continued on Page Two) Republican leaders are to meet soon to discuss a successor candidate to Mrs. Lewis, the flrst woman ever MBs. IIENBY L LEWIS I I I I | I I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Description An account of the resource A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Body of Mrs. Lewis Found in Debris on Stony Creek Beach Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Description An account of the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane Newspaper Articles Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Relation A related resource Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Branford (Conn.) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For purposes of private study, scholarship, and research, you may print or download this content. Publication and/or distribution in any form requires permission from the copyright holder (if any) and the James Blackstone Memorial Library Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes 1938 Hurricane Hurricanes Lewis Family Stony Creek Beach http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/17135f2b9ade7b15ab7f66c8768cd3b0.pdf 304828965503a045a1c7cef313b3edb8 PDF Text Text Town Bei.ng GraduallU Restored Bg Workrmen To Strenuous Hours When Hurricane Struck M. l. F. Co. State Of RespectabilitA fheAll['ightInto lVas Not Easily Won Available Hands Pressed Unsightly Yards Are Bestored To Normal By Large Crews-Many Are Having Damage Repaired And Utilities Continue To Employ Large Force. Over 300 workmen are cleaning Branford. This does not include those working on Private ProPertY or of the telephone and light company employes. The entire WPA force was taken from lts regular Proiects and have worked long days and nightS on relief work. They will be returned io the projects as soon as the emergency work is comPleted. Due to efllciencY at the Connecticut Light & Power Co. the Ashley Shirt Shop work was interrupted lor only two hours. Reports are that boats were safe at the Branford Lumber Co. Supt. and Mrs. Raymond Pinkharn took the Precautlon of movlng flrst floor furniture uP a flight. Branford beacon toP light fails to A successful battle was fought by the mechanical and outside employees to maintaln power at the factory and to supply power to the power company where Postpone Public lnspections At Malleable lron the hurricane has uPset the usual routine of the Malleable Iron Fiitlngs ComPanY ln so many Because ways it has bden decided to Postpone the lnspections by the citizens of the town, the emPloYees and other friends from October until premises. Thele was some steam in the boil- November. ers and the flres under them were forced and in a ferv minutes the Corliss engine was turning over and ii the dYnamos and sufficient power was produced for all factorY f purposes and in adctition the cur- I rent was reversed over the Power \ Continued on Page eight with the high tide which over-flowed most of the premises and poured into the cellars where fit$ings were East from coming SaturdaY, service Haven, down Snake Hill, through stored. Many tons of such fittings Short Beach, crossing ttrrough the will have to be removed and varwoods lnto Branford Point and from iously treated to remove all trace Post Office On Standard Time The Branford Post Of0ce is oper- there following tlre regular route to of damage. Soutlr Main, Montowese, Main and Three slrifts working the Double Beach the no indication of impending failure but suddenly at three o'clock the company telephoned that the suPply of power was abo\rt to fail. The Malleable Iron under the direction of Mr. Ernest G. L. Craig, the master mechanic, was able almost at once to revelt to the old and reliable method of Producing power by steam uPon their own bus station and the Gusiave DuBreuil home. Another car has been moved frour the iine of *,iaffis io the clC red barn, botween Brantdrd Point and Lanphier's Cove. Capt. Page's boat, StonY Creek Continued, on Page three from Conn. Light & Power Co. and with Creek. section between was badlY As late as two o'clock power was being received as usual The company has alwaYs had considerable pride ln the landscaplng which beautifies one side at least of the grounds and is striving to restore things as far as may be possible. Some of the smaller trees which were prone have been seb uP straigtrt and it is hoped that they operate. "Wild Pigeon" a large schooner will flourish again. has been swept away ofi StonY Considerable loss was caused bY returning by the some route. A stalled trolleY has been moved frorn Granlte BaY to the wooded it needed. I The Connecticut Co. began Service the full ating on Standard Time. By using round of twenty-fonr hours have all substitutes, mails are either eiihbeen put to woqk to restore things er 15 minutes late or 45 minutes to a normal condltion as soon'as earlY. possible. The lobbY is oPen untit I o'clock The company greatly appreciates and the outside light has been kept the aid given by the ftre depart- on all night to aid PassersbY' ment in prrmping out the water Service was maintained with regfrom the cellars and thanks them ularity after the hurricane. as well as the effectlve and prompt Routes 3 and 4 into Hotchkiss work of so lnally of its employees Grove, Indian Neck and Pawson tn the emergency. Park wiII be discontinued SePtemBusiness was greatly hampered by ber 30th. I I I I �Road. amounts to about g10. I Assistant postmaster I . .. n BeinO -' Hugins re- ports the loss of a cherry trqe... I Wal'uer Newton ls shy a garage f one toll. roof was torn and ; lcam" to docl< il;;-st.I"t, I Dr. McQueen's stluck. ".;";. rhe w r r;;;;;;il,;;;;;I l" ::P:. -Contintted, lrom page I parr ot tne $agal-Lou !'arm [X"* beautiful trees. i:."YC"o llnm,li,::X;;-t#;;;..,;;;1,,i#.;1,,"1i]{B?l".,yTif s r j, * " l:'iti T,i i ;i"ff iJn'i*ioi',i;' ;u ":;tnl';?::t"y'' tree ,, I ,rf ",fr il":;S-,-.*fle"oltzb2and;;:1",'i?H'"T:'i"':i#il"#1*,"$T; m s treet a'cr rhe H am m e r r., -' iX;.' #: JrT:t?s,,:f ?113.?Jot ;Ht; perties lost valuabre trees and, -,'i.5!'gervice Battery of r92d. Field. Er shrubs. rt rakes more rhan ," ffjt'::ilrT"tli:irt#:i'ri",l:1il,: the shore patrol. i'f,-ds_"_ Chief naur- iof J"tri.rg the guardsmen oui Fri_ phy's signature and a are reufiu.rroo.r. .p?:u passe,s Ary -lropertv quired. At the porice stationis more heavily insured i are beiug issued to those who can 'Uv winOsiorm insurancu [h"., *u, satisfy the oflicials that ttreir fusi- 11r.g ..ported. One insurance agent ness is urgetrt' had issued 20 policies at his office. pass The Rudolph Kneuer, old llearthstone and Addiso, cookes barns are demolished. I I uir. Martha Beckrey, Hotehkiss lcrou, is Ellis rsland chairman for Cotrsiderable darnage Was done'1,6s Junior Group of the Mary Clap to the stucco cf the south wall of Chaptei, b. a n. ,Wooster " Trinity Church. t Three trees erushed a mail box at I *.. ,rro urr]tvtilolm E. c. DivPage's Point. Two others in town ine and son of Newton, Mass. have were pulled up, wii,h them 300 lb.'moved to Wilford Road, Indian post were ripped and rnoved a block Neck. Mr. Divine is erhployed at .Storm damage at .the pos[ offlce Westinghouse. ;.rD ;-i;;;;;; ;;' ; ;=r;;;-;;:;;---;;-=:-j::; �o-; Storm Notes I I rr. b. ii .to q,i.riio, irt ii "uJuil ng. found in hooaba cel-l: '3if,alr.tne rKrl lars realiy exist branford's ,rriro.-l ' 'e: can be fed with , nsn-and IS ltunate ro warmed with wood this winter. i I ._ | Old fashtoned flat-irons became lJ ,i *llfashionaQle. , lo dt rt I One young matron dressed in eve- | _ lelning gown, silver sllppg1s. ringletsli ,. I and the like for a gala evening by IIt' It lthe light on a lantern. I tsl Where dld the,larsest'cove tree fall? I naa a lF I e mapte at r,anphierlr .- I diameter of 38 inches. lE ,- | , a.,O wlile. we are tallrlng rr,.r- ll rdlsurements, jqst how htgh was thatl" hltiAat wave? Some olace lt at 15 tol ' rslzo teet in heighr. lc ,ul wnen tne hist urgent catt camel| lfrom Stony Creek, doetdrs, nurses,ll r-lfiremen, pollce and uilllty..workerslij .BIchased each other up and down l rtIstreets hoping to flnd entrance nlthp * lnhf] for ,the mlputgl"l r-l waq not avail4ble so the goodwilllfi e.lcar4van drained chief nrurphy's lil ;- I aqga...Qqsollne car. lN'I keepers. -1"1i,",0... isn't 18 "'l When an unbroken skylight fetll$.Y4 '-lat the feet of a young mlss at par-liA vldee Place, East Haven she oicked ttlC 'trouse e I up and ran f rom house.to in ll)Y 'llsearch of its rishtful owner. Dis-lm " I courased she re-turned ho-". rtre l0 f lstvricnt belonged on her o*" trouse.l)^ft At stony creli iiley.rr" trui.,glil '^lhow one of the llttle rtroon-shapedlij 'lwindowed houses made famous ly,0 ', the late I ."Chtck" Sale, f loated , \Y 'i I ashore amld, the d€brts. fhe paper I fo( '"lon tlre wall relmairred dry-so tn.r,M il il.,r. tl : Due credit 6 rhe wp A. |ffi til, point Johnson property orunurrt[( ,: I "ltaking motion pictures of the des, 0 I ilttl.tio" to show future E0nerations,ffi " I The're telting of a woman *rrJ'i) ,,lwanted entrance to a beach. She )i :"lsee l};11,':H.;1il. ,:ii,Htil ,i"",TJ,l,tl 0 why she had to be punished ,ilurantor0's fl sins. for!lj i0 one memberli- rescue oartvir,{ . lbattled the waves so haid n. rosilO " lhis false teeth near the arantte l$I4 no* wouta ylilate a man *rrolll lasks the town:for a Job ilnd gets it,lA swlpes the er(e he io given wtttrlM' _ lthen I to do-[tR,work? lwhich , Iil, Believe it-its true an allisator! ,I 'lwashed ashs16 iat the Tuckgg .cau- | lins. Short Beaoh. It was still alivel ,lthu t"tt *. n.rt.-,_. I 'i It was a lortg irde,qrtren savinl lRp.k'. "Thun.ddrbolt" came to a stop Silver Sands. I �THE BRANTORD REVIEW, THUBSDAY, SEPTEIIIBEB 29, 1938 i6 ilhl*Llrt � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Town Being Gradually Restored by Workmen to State of Respectability Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Relation A related resource Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Branford (Conn.) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For purposes of private study, scholarship, and research, you may print or download this content. Publication and/or distribution in any form requires permission from the copyright holder (if any) and the James Blackstone Memorial Library Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes 1938 Hurricane Hurricanes http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/70b20d5675d69948a062c4f3a08cdd2f.pdf cc7da62f689084938c2a08f69b0618db PDF Text Text fhuraday, Septernber 29, lg3g Disinf ection Re dCross Wo rke rs Moki Need Stressed ,OSS NOTICE that feels that they ln replaeing the ;s throug,h this disregister rvith the .tional Red Cross at By Dr. McQueen rce I Toryn llall, Prico Five Cents Chlorinated Lime Free tr'or The Asliing At Any Firehouse Or ' From Health O{Ecer 2nd re-sourees in recovfar as possible anrl ss will supplement :es if they are in- tarnination. Wet cellars, yards and wells are in danger of spreading disease if precauiions are not taken. The state has distributed lime at all fire houses for free disposal. Tho health officer has an additional supply if supply the necessi- aI. needed. There is no charge and its use ls Elections urgent. Be l-leld r Mond.y lol,n Meeting One lllill Consider Many of Importance of l,he town of Branaside axe a.nd saw ;tle down to the servoting. will be open for the allots in each voting i o'clock in the foreo'clock in the aftercle rvorking voters reach the polls. the articles the warlhe election of vill, as in other years the adjourned meet;fter election. ; to come before the ,n meeting will be notice "Warning of IrIe;ting" found on this issrre. :ran Church {ome D.y' p[ist Chureh will beof its l00th an- anee bting aside October 9 Day." Invitations t to former members return for the days t \II Tnrrao i}.a Eighteen Area Suruey To Determine Extent Of Loss Dr. ,Arthur McQueen, health of- Apprcximately 530 Families Sufrered Serious I)amageficer reports that no sickness has I.fut of Ilead Fiaced At Ten--several Families Are resnlted from the hurricane and fn Temporary Homes Or With Neighbors or Relatives tidal waters. He also says that drink ing water is in no danger of con- loss, ls the basis assistance will be yone is expected to of ng Tabor Lutheran To Celebrate 50th Anniversary The basement of the Flrst Con- The local branch of the American Red Cross, according to lts chairman, Mrs. James J. Walworth has completed a survey of all parts of the shore pieparatory to renderlng aid where it is needed. It has been found that there are approximately 530 families who have suffered serious damagb to houses, barns, garages or factorles and stores. This count does not include damage to trees, fences or the gregational Church served as the Dr. IvlcQueen has caused to be flrst meeting place of what was posted along the shore the follow- organlzed Jan. 2, 1Bb8 as the Tabing bulletin issued by the Connect- or-Lutheran Church by Rev. C.T. like. icut State Dpartt:rent of Health: Sandstrom. Nineteen houses and cottages Flooded Cellars. After these are Tl're early pas[ors weretstudents were completely destroyed, of these drained or pumped out, wash them who supplied until Rev. *onrad four were occupled, Some of the down with a hose with clean water Broberg to the pastorate houses are so badly damaged that and bmsh and scrub them. Then 1893-1898. came IIe was followed by the extensive repalrs must be made beIinish up by applying with a brush, Rev. K. A. Martin 1899-1904 who now fore they can be used again. 325 broonr or rags a disinfecting sol- residbs in Ridgefield Park, N. J. Rev. lsummer homes were damaged and utlon of chloride of lime and wa- Broberg returned ln 145 permanerit homes. ter. Do not throw a lot of chloride 1903 and served to Branford years for four At thts writtng 7 familles have of lime into a lot of cellar water as Rev. J. D. Danielson, deceased, temporary houslng. the strength of the disinfectant will cared for the parish wants lg0?- The RedCross is glving Branford be rapidly wasted by the dllutlon.. l9l? but was succeeded ln 191? by Its direct attention and wlll do all Clean out the cellar or house first. Gustave A. G. Carlson who remain- that.it can to relleve dlstress here ed until the present pastor Rev. Adolf T. Bergqulst came to TaborLutheran in 1925. The cornerstone was placecl by the Rev. N. G. Johnson of Brldgeport at exercises conducted Oetober 20, 1889. From then unfll Aprll li, the following year work progressed and the first servlces were held "Hunting for Fossils in the West', then in the new church. wlll be the subject of Mr. II. Sted- Twoo'years later ln Febrtrary man Thompson's address at the the building was burned to flrst fall meetlng of the Men's Club the ground and the First Congre_ [o be, held October 13 at 6:30 o'clock gatioiial Church igain opened its in the Parish House. Trinity Church doors as a place of worship. Mr. Thompson, paleontologlst at Wlthin a week after the fire the the Peabody MLrseum recently reCorttinued, on page eight turned from an expedition through Wyoming, Nebraska, Utah and Montana. He will show moving pictures of the scenic beauty of this part of the United States. Supper wtll be served by Trlnity Branford Point Paleontologisl Will Speal< but lt should be kert ln mind that the loss is much less than other towns along the shore and also th*t ,the hurrioane struck over the whole of New England. A Red Cross truck was ln service in postlng guards along the strick- en terrltory soon affer the disaster and temporary quarterF have been opened at the oltrce of the Publtc We[are Department ln the town hall. At present there is a list of three lnjured, Miss Calt Lewis, 6tonY Creek, floated ashore; Cleorge teneyck of 209 North Front Street, Ne',v Haven, cut; ahd Elmer Anderson who is in New H&ven llosPital as a result of lniurles received in Stony Creek. The list does not lnclude those injured after the storm. The number of deaths, attributed Aid. far as can be ascertalped is ten: as Mr. Thompson is the son of Dr. The Rt. Rev. Frederick G. BudElla MaY Carlson, 152 MonMrs. long, D. D., Bishop of Connecilcut, and Mrs. Wilson E. Thompson, of will visit Trinity Eplscopal parish Continueil on Puge two Branford Point. Trinity Church Confirmation fnr flnnllrmallan arrnna'r afl^-*^^* �, Storm,' --tNotes l= il.i." gut ri pu,luif | "". l. ,1.*o fidr found. tn hooded, cel- itratf ,tne. l:l lars really exist Branford's unfor-l ' Itunate can be fed wjth. fish-anOlSt iwarmed with wood this winter. Old fashtoned flat-irons became lJt fashtonaQle. lw One young matron dressed in eve- 1,, nin g gown, .iruer supp"e"isl-t1;ci;t' | :: and the lile fgq a gala evenins bl'li; the light on a lantern. l'' Where dtd the large$t tree fall? lA maple at r,anbhi6r's Cove had a !i diameter of 38 inches. ln' And while. n.e. ale talling t".;- l:: surements, jqst how htlh was thatl" tidal wave? Some plaee lt at 15 tol^ 20.leet in helefr!. lil When the flrst urgent. call came lal from Stony Creek, doctdrs, nurses,l-. firemen, pollce and uttlttV..workers I o, chased each other uP and down I streets hoping to flnd entrance tntol^l' thp area... Qss-oJtqe f I "] th€ Soodwill l'5 was. hot avail4ble so";"th;;i;;i; caravan drained Chief tvturnhV's l$ tTir,a... isn't keepers ld When an unbioken Nkylight fellll'? at tlre f eet of a young miss at rar- lfi$ dee Place, East Haven she picked tt lfi up and ran f rom house to housC - tn liil! search of its rightfrl";;;;;. ;is- l[j couraged she returned home. ThelM house. li.i her uwrr own ..""*: oerongeq on rrer sKytrgn[ belonged skylieht lfl tetiin{ l[! they . are telling At Stony cr"ut Guy S[ony Creek rnoon-shaped l6 llttle moon-shaped how one of the ltttle windowed houses made famou" the late ."Chtck" Sale, "l*iu]l# l'Ji,il wall ::.,tn. say. bu. onui,l. ih. fY,I floated,\)'.'l ;;;; i il remaitled drY-so tn"r,*il lN1 to tt'e w lft r a. "i.oit l[ owners!fi|; I Johnson Point property o*rr.ttt the des' I lltati"g motion pictures of generaiiohs e Iltruction to show future ll ,nr," qrr* *-"lir l:' :* .lwanted entrance to"a beach. ShO 0) trlwrs told only tdentifled persons,fi ]lcould enter. She replied Bhe couldn't;Nt "l;;;;h;.;. trro iJ ue nunisrrea rori) ,ilntr"roia's sins. iil f^ rescue DartY One rnembir of a rescue I one oarryiio ih , lurtttea the waves so haid he lostl( '' lhis false teeth near the Granlte | \ ''l':: :":: ,, you How woulcl .:=. man. .,r.|tr V-rhoii rate a A *-- asks the town.Ior a job itnd gets ,it,lZ then swlpes the ar(e he ls glven wttnln which to io Oo'tttr,,worfl 'lwhlch do'itE,rwork? .- li lr^ Belleve it-tts true an alttgatori' :l'lyastr3f alhgre;3t !1,* fuckel Qpb-l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Description An account of the resource A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988. 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Title A name given to the resource Red Cross Workers Making Eighteen Area Survey to Determine Extent of Loss Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Description An account of the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane Newspaper Articles Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Relation A related resource Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For purposes of private study, scholarship, and research, you may print or download this content. Publication and/or distribution in any form requires permission from the copyright holder (if any) and the James Blackstone Memorial Library Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes 1938 Hurricane Hurricanes http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/4135c7c4a7d45e4e9e3d5b2b120980ee.pdf 22da041563920fe307688c8ed00efbf3 PDF Text Text ProgellY, Drag Waters Todag For[tll'". P"fft*y','l, Tttimbte Island tuirrins| Persons Lost In Sfo rm l."xr',t*"ffi;'";t'"ii""iJll,,:: lagents only seven pollcies are issu- r*troffirr. Irenrv L. Lewis lili"::#i[:1]1"L+*if:11 unidentifted womar, Taken To The Clancy Funeral Home At 5 O'clocnl- ni. total amountorcoverage beToday-J,rthur UI. Jepson Still Missing. nor been reported at l*i,"133fT;d -T;:,I-"il:lE. rhose who are lost their lives at Sto l:i:#:li:r;f H. Waterf ront I i*,-;:*l;l- Hor"' ARoat lsweeP of Tide of Bristol. rhe body or Henrv L. Lewis I or| wednesday *I*oo' tn, ,ro.rnl Neafly TakeS vesterdavhxli'*li:;,ru-tnxil';t*r:l Life :,:t'il;t"lr-.-iocaiea of Girl , Mr. Jepson is still among the mis-lpling electric and telephone sys- | sing as is Mrs. Helen Lewis. Bobh ltems. Large trees fell on Main Si. I Weighted down by heavy boots are believed drowned. lin front of the Hagaman Memorialland clothing Miss Virginia Bracken Offictals are dragging the waterslf,ibrary, the Old Stone Church, theland Earl Fournier, both of Short today for the bodies' First National Store, the Economy Beach, almost met death by drownMrs. Lewis, one of the most Prom Public Market and at Gerrish Av- ing when they attempted to cross inent women in Connecticut Poli- enue, blocking traffic sompletely. the patch of road facing Granite tics, was nominated as the flrst wo- Thompson Avenue, High Street, Bay during the height of the hurman ever to have a Place on the Taylor Avenue and the Green are ricane Wednesday. tvtiss Bracken, accompanicd by Republican State ticket. badly affected in general. Automo'She is a former member of the biles on Main Street and Bishop |lyoung Fournier, was earrying boots House of RePresentatives and her Streets wers caught under falling ito her father, who was marooned a't primary interest in politics had been trees as were the home of Walter,Pacileo' grocery store, when she was and alseized by a heavy wind and hurled Hieh sit."t Street ;;;ltJr.J-uv in the fleld of education. She was Goodriih oodriih of High Street. distinguistred for being the flrst house )use on Taylor Street. l"guinst the Sound View cobtage was more than twenty teet woman to get the chairmanshlP qf The Farm River was not the only lwhich t"-^.---..,-^..^ where she was walking. Fourthe leglslative committee and was stream to go on a rampage. Tuttlelfrorn a one tlme member of the state Creek in the westerly part of the lnier canre to ber assistance but both board of educatlon' bulent water which, when it reach- lwere carried down and under the water by a heavy sweep of the tide Two of the Madeira cottages are Contlnued, on page flue whish was at the time being driven undermined, the three Bishof f by a ninety-mile gale. Mlss Bracken houses are overhanging the breakwho is an expert swimmer succeedwater, Mason Klock's home is Pared in freeing herself from the heayy tially gone. Some of the Thimble boots that held her to the bottom Island residences are shattered all of the overflooded road bed. Fred along the meadow banks. ...... Courtsal, a neighbor'came to the The Brainerd and Betts garage rescue of the plucky girl and assisthad a least three feot of water but ed her until Freddy, Salvatore, little actual damage'was done to the cars ln storage. Mr. Braindrd Mrs. Eunice Killam Will Be 93 Louis and Pat Pacielo came to their 'spoke WednesdaY of the excellent aid and brought thern to safety in NeverWitnessed Such A Tempest Declares Woman service rendered bY the TelePhone On T c v E o \l p No fr a boat. b . Don Haywood and Bert Dlckenson who also took part in the resn Mrs. Eunlce Killam of Main Street cue were n€arly overcome while P they were aiding Fournier. Pat PacShort Beach wlll celebrate her 93rd ileo dove into water from the Pac- Y birthday on Tuesday. a Never, she saYs, has she 6een a lleo boat and courageously brought Fournler to shore. The others just were Passed storm like the one we o then able to save themselves. through. i: EllingMrs. Klllam was born ln a ton, married William Killam and I\ had oue son, HarrY A. with whort Tuesday - Plans Celebration ln keeplng a llne oPen during the disaster. Bradley Brother, Mllton, Addison and Clalre lost 400 lobster pots, all their buildings, docks and buoYs. Starlight, a boat owned bY Jack Doollttle rests agalnst a Pole ln Maln Street. Other crafts, debris, roofs, garages, clothlng and furniture form a border at the high water mark. Boy Scouts aided Police and vol- she lives. unter workers in refugee work. Before coming to Killam'g Point Ir(rs. Weid and Mrs. Bussenshut she lived 19 years ln New Rritain were removed from Governor's Is- where business rere her husband was in business land early Thursday morning. Mrs. KiIIam is exceptionally weII,l Co. r( b I Donat Calmly Munches Food a-la Cristo k f �houses are overhanglng the break- water, Mason Klock's home is partially gone. Some of the Thimble Island iesidences are shattered all along tbe meadow banks. ...... wrrruu w4) 4L urlg urluc Lrglllg qrlven NeverWitnessed Such A Tempest Declares Woman The Bralnerd and Betts garage had a least three teet of water but little actual damage was done to the cars in storage. Mr. Brainird 'spoke Wednesday of the excellent service rendered by the Telephone Co. ln keeplng a llne open during the disaster Bradley Brother, Mllton, Addison and Claire lost 400 lobster pots, all their buildings, docks and buoys. Starllght, a boat owned by Jack Doollttle rests agalnst a pole ln Main Street. Other crafts, debris, roofs, garages, clothlng and furnlture form a border at the high water mark. Boy Scouts aided police and volunter workers in refugee work. Mrs. Weld and Mrs. Bussenshut were removed from Governor's Island early Thursday morning. Captatn Phelps iemains at hls Island home but the show spot is now one of destruction. High Island is only one of the 365 Islands effected by the tragedy. A light in the wlndow brought rescue workers to Mrs. Mary Lewis Roessler's honre where she dnd Mrs. Sarah Carden Ritchie passed the night sitting on a piano to keep as safe as posslble. Mrs. Roessler is the sister of Leroy Lewls who lost his life. She hdd returned only last week from a hos- pital where she was under treatment. by a ninety-mile gale. Mlss Bracken who is an expert swimmer succeeded in freeing herself from the heay), boots that held her to the bottom of the overflooded road bed. Fred Courtsal, a neighbor came to the rescue of tlre plucky girl and assisted her until Freddy, Salvatore, Louis and Pat pacielo came to their Be 93 aid and brought them to safety in No a boaL. Mrs. Eunice Killam Will On Tuesday * Plans ' Celebration Don Haywood and Bert Dlckenson who also took part ltr the rescue were noarly overcome while they were aiding Fournler. pat pacileo dove into water from the paeileo boat and courageously brought Fournler to shore. The others were then able to save themselves. Mrs. Eunice Klllam of Maln Street Short Beach wlll celebrate her 93rd birthday on Tuesday. Never, she says, has she seen a storm like the one we just passed through. Mrs. Killam was born ln Ellington, married William Killam and had one son, Harry A. with whom Donat she lives. Before coming to Killam's Point she lived 19 years in New Britain Calmly Munches Food where her husband was in business Mrs. Killam ls exceptionally well, has good eyesight and does fnost of a-la Cristo her own housework. Her hearing is failing but she is In spite of the storm young femotherwise "younger than 93". She inine hearLs were treated to extra doesn't thtnk she makes as short a romantic beats, Wednesday night, pie crust as she dld when she was at Short Beach when Robert Donat, young and she no ionger makes movie and matinee idol of the British and American public, was recogrye bread but she eontinues to -" take "--"1 nized sitting in an automobile in i,l;u; front of Harry Tucker,s store. N{r. Donat, who is visiting with his brother at the beaclr with a il"';t,;*""'--" Malleable lron lnvites Public lnqnartinn,: I party comprised of his relatives and friends, rvas apparently undauqted by the fury of the raging hurricane i which was then at its heighi. Ee sat i ln the front I seat of thc car calmly l. �[_ IIyNSqAV, SEPTEMBER 22, 1038 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Description An account of the resource A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Drag Waters Today For Thimble Island Missing Persons Lost in Storm Description An account of the resource Branford Review article, 22 September 1938 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Relation A related resource Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For purposes of private study, scholarship, and research, you may print or download this content. Publication and/or distribution in any form requires permission from the copyright holder (if any) and the James Blackstone Memorial Library Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Branford (Conn.) Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes 1938 Hurricane Hurricanes http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/96e4ccbf4efdcc8e4c60e7a3a54e4d25.pdf fef1b57c8f421004e4b6ebf6493f4a3a PDF Text Text Terrific Tempest And Sea Excite Fear And Terror As Storm Hits Branford All Sections Of Town Experience Some Loss As ./}fternoon Ilurricane Strikes Town , ltrpA and Utility Crervs Are Joiried Bv Volunteer -Workers Nearly- The town is a rnaze plzzle. Tlie fringe of a tropical hurricane hit h'ere 'W'ednesday afternoori and was immediately follorved by a trenrendous sea which left clisaster in its wal<e. Branforcl is a sorry sight of waste. Reseue work went all wetlnesday night and will eontinue until all roads are elear a,tl safe fbr traflie. ri'irst selectmen Gurtlorr I3radley has erews. in all parts of the village ancl work is orr rapirlly as may be expected. Utilities havc, been interrupted but not entirely diseontinuecl. c*as and rvater pipe bieaks are under repair ancl, some points about town eontinue to have all services. Auto traffic is holding- baek repair work and sightseers ar.e urgecl to keep away frour precarious trees, p6les and progl_es.qing as Mres. Beeause of interrupted service and impossible roads it has been useless to attempt to ascertain'the extent of the darnage. It is a sober day. Sorne degree of the loss rnay,be de_ rived fronr the following: Fourth Ward ls ln falr condlflon Every Cloud Has Silver Lining aqd so ls Montowese Street. At 130 \{est Maln Street the home of Mr. Rlchkowski, a ttn roof rolled up as lf lt were a Oarpet. The loss on the Green can never The terrlfylng experlences of the be replaced. last two days had also a spark of Marvelous trees are gone out East Maln Street way. humanness beneath. Ray Sparlco's tree ls ln a totterAltention In many secHons ls belng corner of hls roof. August Allng glven homeless birds and squtrtermatt's house, East Maln gtreet rels. and the Regan vlclnlty was At Doctor Thompson's an ador. entlrely flooded. Cabln \ilard's lce house able anttque baby carrlage came to was in the mtdst of a terrlfic llght. strea,hr overflowlng the dam. Children spent a glorlous day Ihe Hammer ptoperiles and the playlng tn the abandoned trolley former Dr. Terlney home, St. Mary's car ln Short Beach. Church are On the beach at Stony Creek a hurrlcane. only a few to regret the lone bath tub two hundred feet from Charles Blackstone's 1i0 year old any house emphaslzes the force of barn could not withstand the force, the storm. parts of the roof and chlmney Mrs. Ben Nelson made an effort crumbled lnto the house. Wednesday to rescue a coop of Teddy Enqulst's son was plnned drowning chickens. beneath the ttps of a tree and was Ohe refugee worker tells of saving three gold flsh from a muddy rescued b ya worker reburning from stream, presumably havlng gone ov- work at the M. I. F. Alex Struzlnskl's lost two cows, er the top of Mrs. Robert Noerr gar two horses, chlckens, ptgs and the t den pool. An early mornlng mllk dellver- best part of a barn. PINE ORCHAR,D s ma.n tells of finding three one dollldentlfled Only ears, residents or f ar bllls floating vith the fourth Just dellvery men were permitted tn 5 eva,cuatlng an empty botile on a Plne Orchard slnce early Thursday v customer's back porch. Frank Page, Summer Island was ri,^rnoon following the ramseckof some of the homes. : surprlsed to find hls cottage mov �vvsv Ps. w PINE ORCHARD Only ldentlfled residents or cars, t delivery men were permitted ln I Plne Orchard slnce early Thursday afternoon followlng the ramsrck: lng of some of the homes. - l The Alexis Gregory and one of '| ttre smittr houses are sald to be ofr Itheir foundatlons and the Arthur i, f,arre home has been moved 40 feet ,, from its plnlons. . I About 20 yachts ere rulned at g, the Sheldon House and on Sheldon iHouse Htll 40 or more trees have , lfatten. Workmen estlmate the roads 1l will not be passable for three or - | four days. .l I BRANFoRD PoINT Parker Memorlal Park's sea rvall ,. I constructed of Stony Creek granlte r I ana natn houses are intact but the I, trees are in a bad state. Harbor ) I Street nearest the Polnt was in a e I wrecked condition but passable. I Averill's cottages and stores were ,. ltorn and Doctor wllson E. ThomPs I son's store and summer home aP- pe*r to be beyond repalr, the flrst lfloor havlng been entlrely washed | e ! out to sea. The roof ls'ofi the YachL Club s lurttotne and the wlndows are all t I cracked or broken. , I Boats are ashor€ all along [he I harbor. A few flne ones are sublmereed and many smaller crafts I are capsized. | *" Point road ls a snarled up- rl e s r heaval. SHORT BEACH Bartlett's boats, Mansfleld Grove are probably those belng cared for at the Bay View FiUing Station. Mrs. Ilomer Sheppard_ and her l. mother were forced from thetr home at Sheppard's Polnt and f passed the entlre nlght in the woods wlth trees erashing all about them.. Mrs. Alexander Murphy was rest cued from a'sailboat bY Roger Kelsey and Edwln R. Kelsey, Jr., of : Kelsey's Potnt who ln a Power boat e spent three hours before theY were Contlnued on Page tour �Storm Hits Town Contlnued trom pdgc onc Branford Harbor. The greatest toll was taken at Granlte Bay. The attractlve Rocky Polnt, known as the Dr. Mcculre summer horne was undermlned, the sea wall demolished and otherwise damag- ed. :': I\{iss Ruth Doerflbr, her mother and her neplrew were forced to evacuate when the front porch tumbl ed and the garage attached simply vanished. Next door, all that remains of the Pierpont cottage ls a lawn mower and a fireplace bhimney. Berkeley owned by Mrs. E. Read of West Haven is thoroughly undermlned. The garage adJolnlng the home of Mrs. Reardon left ls foundation and started travellng toward East Haven. Mrs. Etta Nesbit's Lollpop ls completely gone. Some of the lumber belng located tn the A. A. Young yard, Stone Street. The gas stove found a resting.place g0 feet beyond In the road was a demolished mirror, piano and hoi water boiler i-and a trolley car. Eight feet more land the ear would have tumbled llnto the sea for the heavy rip rap lwas torn from the edge and taken lBoodness knows where. I Thursday mornlng's lncomlng tlde lcontinued to undermlne the road . luua. rne roaO surface ls a tumbled lmaSs in some spots knee deep in I and debrls. - lsand At Casper Matson's lShady Nook the sand has been ear-'lrted almost as hlgh as the windows. t Vernon Keisey, of Rlverside found , it lmpossible last evenlng to drlve i r throuBh the water at the Creek so ",he parked ln the Edward Walker 'ifront, yard. Thurs. mornlng tt wai partlally buried, the tvind 'discovered ilows broken and drlftwood plled ,lneatly tn the back seat. ) The Ellzabeth Rogersr Sllas Stowe 'land Edward Walker homes were porches and foundaHons lwhen the waters reeeeded. Frank ' lDendas and Louis DeAngells found i istanley's pi"r *"J ;""k ;ffi;,;;ril; passage to thelr poreh doors.. Upper Granite Bay eseaped the :l tidal fury but experleneed the loss 'lof trees, fences,gar ages and por- .lminus ,lches. l- Three houses are reported to 'lhave salled away at. Brockett's 'lPoint an dthe tree damage ls tre. lmendous at the Lanphler Homestead 'loccupted by Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bab_ ,lcoct. Mrs. Orace Vredenburs lost .ldozens of large trees on thehaln 'lroad.and-a road crew worked hours ',clearlng from Forrester Hammer,s 'lto the Double Beach Road. I PAWSr|N I'AETI' �PAWSON PARK Pawson Park as vlewed from the all wreckage at the publtc dock apdy peared to be ln a resFectable state. bes HOTCHKISS GROVE ;ee ;ed I{otchkiss Grove suffered more ln, from water than from fallenttrees. ch The beach and road have gong to lin sea and 4th and 5th Avenues are is still inundated. rle INDIAN NECK nLlmewood Avenue, Indlan Neck of near the Palmer Caslno ls a wrecka age of branches and the road was )rof lmpassable because of the depth of lor the sand on the pavement. Entry ,t from fndian Neck Avenue was blocked. Severe loss lvas experienced i n" lat the Montowese House. ,". I Sea wall at Montowese is entlrely nyfBone. The Ark damaged and L2 swept away. 111 igarages lll lgarages swep[ ,." I bath houses "Jusi aln'b." Montowese I A JoHNsoN's PorNT I crushed and broken archlvay 6 jof trees isolated Johnson's Point lduring the storm. Workmen got ris te busy at daybrealt and last evenlng the road was clear but the pleasant I lshade of a day previous was a sad I rs lslght. Some repairs are necessary Ito ttre Philip English house. I I BRooKETT'S POINT of hlghway obstruetlons :r-lthe loss at BFocketb's Polnt, Lane-lphier's Cove and Roblnson's Polnt rn lls undetermined. It ls belleved that r-lttiree cottages were lost. 1e Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Beals reBeca,rse malned as Iong as lt was safe and 'n today enter thelr cottage, Wesiwood o: Road, Short Beach, Casa Loma lost lts root and damty age wa,s done t6 rhe Rlchard Carlte 80n home. rd ie rg lrl re IE )- tt )l' S. v e e A eoast guard cutter worked around Plne Orchard and Stony Creek Thursday and three police of fleers are statloned at Plne Orchard and four at Stony Creek to protect property from prowlers. They wlll contlnue on duty until electric service is restored.' Clifford Colllns, Indian Neck was the boat tn whteh Simon Etzel, 48 of New Haven was washed ashore on the beach at Plum Banks and lost hls life. �rrRsDAv, BEPTEMaEB 22, 1938 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Description An account of the resource A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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