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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Physical Photographs in the Archives Room of the James Blackstone Memorial Library Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Hurricanes Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library 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 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context REF 974.68 NIN Hotels Indian Neck Montowese House http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/11b8c34dc8c5f830b2eb0852e22b3ddf.pdf 388b0ba88a9a1f10fd1d3a040e5d9462 PDF Text Text '\ileoNaso.ry,'SErrrvsgn 5, 2001 r BRrxronp Rrvrgw. T Hot air balloon makes surprise visit at Hotchkiss Grove By Jane Peterson Bouley Special for the Review A hot air balloon participating in an international race made a surprise landing at Hotchkiss Grove on Monday, September 4, 1933 about I l:45 p.m. The pilots were Lt. Commander T.G. W. Settle and Lt. Charles H. Kendall of the United States Navy, who were the defending champions of the James Gordon Bennett balloon race. The two' pilots left Chicago on Saturday and traveled 52 hours covering 750 miles before letting Jane Bouley down in a clearing amongst some trees at the Grove owned by Homer Griffing. Attorney Frank J. Kinney attested to their landing and telegrams were dispatched to racing officials and naval Only afew people saw the craft come down, among them Melville Baisley of Bradlcy Avenue, who was driving by and found the rope draped across his wi1 'thield. authorities. The four-by-five foot gondola and balloon were guarded by the Branford Police and the Branford Battery, Connecticut National Guard, and transported the next morning to the naval hangar at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Only a few people saw the craft come down, among them Melville Baisley of Bradley Avenue, who was driving by Only a lcw people were on hand to see September 4, a Navy hot air balloon descend at Photo by Melville Baisley Hotchkiss Grove on 1933. and found the rope draped across his windshield. He took several photographs and was given the balloon's flag for his hospitalily. The Baisley family corresponded with the pilos for many years. Settle and Kendall were brought to Branford Lunch for their first meal in thgr" days, remaining until 2:30 a.m. Most people in Bra( I were still unaware of the unusual event and only aoout 30 people stopped by, including 20 young revelers on their way home from a party at the Pine Orchard Club. After their meal in Branford they were taken to the Sea Cliff Hotel in Monis Cove as the guests of John Sullivan, Selectman John Cogan and Jimmie Cogutu where they stayed most of the night sharing the story of their adventure. They returned to rford the following day and spent time at the Baisley home. ( � 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 Pictures of the Past - Branford Review articles Description An account of the resource Short essays entitled "Pictures of the Past" were published in the Branford Review from 1988 until 2003. Authored by Jane Peterson Bouley, they highlighted the Branford Historical Society's extensive photograph collection. The essays included historical information on a variety of subjects including neighborhoods, people, stores, hotels and events. 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 Pictures of the Past: Balloon Crash Description An account of the resource Hot air balloon makes surprise visit at Hotchkiss Grove Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bouley, Jane Peterson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English 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 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.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Branford Review Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5 September 2001 http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/1c90ccb268fe0cbad20d2c5485a658b9.pdf 52aab8ddec86cd0ba6cb6cc200f30698 PDF Text Text THE BMNFORD REVIETP Pictures of the December 4,1991 ,5 Past Historical house left in 'disgrace' The Old Baldwin Hotrsc Tod"y at the comer of Main Street corner of Blatchley s Carnvay. and Cherry Hill Road is a veterinary hospital where once stood an ancient house known as the Bddwin House. Six acres of land were given by the town to Daniel Swaine in 1681 and at the @mer Nicodemus Baldwin lived in the corner house with her second husband Jonathan Palmer and thcir ninc children. The Bddwin House had a succession of owners until 1743 when John Ford willed the properry to Yde College. Martha Harrison Bddwin Palmer had a lease for 99 yean from the college . of Blatchlry's Carnvay (now Cherry Hill Road) he built a home. Daniel Swaine's heirs sold the properry in 1687 to Nathaniel Harrison Sr. who occupied the house until his death in 1727. The Baldwin House has dosc ties to thc Harrison Housc * 124 Main Su, now the headquartcn for the Branford Historical Sociey. Nathanicl Harrison Sr. gave to his son Nathaniel II (16921760) the western pan of the homelot wheranpon the son built a new home abo* 1724. The Harrison Family would occupy this second housc until 1800 when the only child of Narhaniel Harrison III - Manha Harrison Baldwin sold the Harrison Hodse and movod into her great-grandfather's house at the Manha Harrison, widow of By 1900 thc old Baldwin House was abandonod but the erchitecture ofthe building was studiod by Isham and Brown and plaru for the house were published in their b@k ti*t Esb &ntucBratt@ Houcs that ycar. 'I'he Opinim notes in Scptember 1900 thar "the old Baldwin Housc er the orner of Chory Hill Road and Main Street is a disgrace" Thc newspaper makes a find sraremenr June 8, 1901 "Thc old Baldwin House is no morc. A large crowd of men and bop with ropcs pulled it down." ]ane Pacrson Bouley Thaoks to J"!o KLbl 3rohd tfitlodd Sodety TI{E OID MLDWIN HOLISE once stood at tbe conta of Cberry Hill Road od Main Strcet b wrc torn doan in 1901. Piolc ourtrry of ths � 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 Pictures of the Past - Branford Review articles Description An account of the resource Short essays entitled "Pictures of the Past" were published in the Branford Review from 1988 until 2003. Authored by Jane Peterson Bouley, they highlighted the Branford Historical Society's extensive photograph collection. The essays included historical information on a variety of subjects including neighborhoods, people, stores, hotels and events. 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 Pictures of the Past: Baldwin House Description An account of the resource Historical house left in 'disgrace' Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bouley, Jane Peterson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English 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 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.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Branford Review Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4 December 1991 Baldwin House Blatchley's Cartway Cherry Hill Road Harrison Family Main Street Swaine Family http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/260ef13b29cbc64ec07cb6f180f8eca4.pdf 5eb086001bdcfacbad3bbfcec3c4df4f PDF Text Text ?totr cocrler; ol tfrc lrcnlord lllrtorlcol 3orlory THE AVERILL HOI\LESTEAD once stood on Morrtouese Street and is now tbe site'of tlte Branford Armory Pictures of the Past Armory now on Averill homestead sitt Thc Averill Homestead The history of the Averill family in Blanford rcvolves around the homestead that once stood at the corner of Montowese Street and Pine Orchard Road. T'he house was built about 1666 by John Robbins, an early settler of Branford, and had many owners during the l8th rentury. ln l80l Enoch StaplcsJr. sold the house to Daniel Averill. Daniel Averill was born in live at the Averill home. The State of Connecticut chose the site for a new armoly and the Averill homestead was razed. The ncw armory, costinp 34o,ooo, was dedicated in 1913. A corier cupboard was salvaged from the i old house aird is located in the Guild Room at Trinity Churcli. 1763 aod in rhe Revolutionary Var as a fifer in the 7th Regiment of New Milford, Connecticut. According to served legend, he befriended Lafayette during the war and on his 1834 tour of this country Lafayette visited Averill in Bran* , firrd. Afrer the war l.verill was a sea captain and livcd in Plattsburg, N.Y. During a business trip to Branford to sell grain, he so likcd the town thatte decidcd to stay. Daniel married his second wifie, Hannah Tyler of Branford, and he had tZ children in all. Hannah dicd in ltJ4t and Daniel in 1842. Borh are buried in Cqnte: Cemetery. All of Daniel's Terhune were the last of the family to sons were seafaring men and remained in branford. A numbe r of descendants built houses along Montowese Street that still stand today. Among them are the Connecticut National Bank and Branford Manor. James Averill, son of Daniel and Hannah. was born at rhe homestead in 1807 and died there in 1897. His daughrcr, l.ucy, and her husband, Nicholas Janc Petenon BoulcY ' � 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 Pictures of the Past - Branford Review articles Description An account of the resource Short essays entitled "Pictures of the Past" were published in the Branford Review from 1988 until 2003. Authored by Jane Peterson Bouley, they highlighted the Branford Historical Society's extensive photograph collection. The essays included historical information on a variety of subjects including neighborhoods, people, stores, hotels and events. 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 Pictures of the Past: Averill House Description An account of the resource Armory now on Averill homestead site Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bouley, Jane Peterson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English 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 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.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Branford Review Armory Averill Family Lafayette Tyler Family http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/a3192be2dc6caeeacef93f96af07a6af.pdf c99af4c48365f1d0148f805972dfd402 PDF Text Text rrr& EkAltfLrrcl|rglvt€W Julf L7,Dgt Z, THE ARROWHFA,D, buih in 1912, was the only yar round hotel in Shott Baci and was muagd by rte Pictures Bcrn funily. of the Past Arrowhead area's first yetr-round hotel During the early 1900s, Shon Bcach was a popular lummc! rcsort colonywith mury conagc$ dong ia shore. Emma Treat Boen, originally from Oranga Conn., spcnt mirny summers at Shon Bcach and arrangod the rcntal of over a dozen @mages, :unong them the Cushman House and "The Mooringr" on Main Streer. She was very popular as a hostcss and agenr and in l9l2 purchased properry near Penmcost Street for a ncw hotel to be built by Chidsey Brothcrs of East Havcn. The "Arrowhcad" opcnod Memorial Day 1912 and was quipped with modern sream hear, making it the only y.ear-rorind hotelin Short Beach. The namewas suggested by the poet Ella'!?heeler-\Uflilcot after several arrowheads were found during scavarion. Thc hotcl had 30 guct rooms and every wening dances were held in rhe assembly room. Jane May Beers, daughter of Emma, was a dance instrucror and many of the young people in B.ranford took lcssons at the Arrowhead. Th; hotd soon bccamc thc social ccntcr of thc villrge where many com- munity funaions took place M*y gucsrs raurnod year after year and induded "Wdrer some well-known pooplc such as Greta Garbo, \7ichell, Harold Stasscn and Sindair Lewis. Excdlcnt fbod was servod and thc hotel offered swimming and boating nearby. The Arrowhead did not surviye the Depression and Mn. Been sold the hotel in 1933, retiring at thc age of 83. She died at her year-round home on Greyledge Road in 1939. Her daughter Jure remainod at the homcstead until her death in 1967 * the age of89. For nearly 50 ycan rhe old hqtel has been managed by the Owens family as an apartmenr building and is still known today as the furowhead ]rnc Petcnon Boulcy Brenford -tovn hirtofian � 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 Pictures of the Past - Branford Review articles Description An account of the resource Short essays entitled "Pictures of the Past" were published in the Branford Review from 1988 until 2003. Authored by Jane Peterson Bouley, they highlighted the Branford Historical Society's extensive photograph collection. The essays included historical information on a variety of subjects including neighborhoods, people, stores, hotels and events. 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 Pictures of the Past: Arrowhead Hotel Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bouley, Jane Peterson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English 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 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.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Branford Review Description An account of the resource Arrowhead area's first year-round hotel Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 17 July 1991 http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/184c30a83b9108a91a1396958c798f71.pdf 88cb3110ccc92d24c42d642f44bc87f3 PDF Text Text VrpNesuev, Novnrusr.R 14,2OOl.'BRlxronp Rrvrsw .9 Armory considered one of best in the state The National Guard Armory standing at 87 Montowese Street is the third building used as armory in Branford. The new Armory was dedicated March 26, an consisted of the large Before World War I the Branford Battery A was an active military group with over 100 men, horses and artillery. A bill introduced by Sidney V. Osborn of Branford was passed by the state legislators for funds to build for $40,000. The archi- room, gun room -lq!e tect was Charles S. Palmer (Palmer & Townsend) Meriden who had designed the Old Short Beach School of in 1908. The builder was Lewis A. Ivliller & Company of'Meriden, who had also built Atlantic Wire. Much of the stone from the old Averill house was used in the foundation of the Armory. l9l3 in a celebration attended by Governor Simeon E. Baldwin. The first floor aqqEv- drill and gallery. The second floor was designated as a meeting room for the Spanish American War veterans from the old Branford Battery A. On the eastside of the second floor was an apartment for chief armorer George H. Baisley and his family. In the basement was a large kitchen, dining hall and duckpin bowling lanes. The builder considered the armory the finest in the state. As part of Battery E, Connecticut National Guard, lOth Field Artillery under command of General Pershing, the Branford Company was sent to The Armory in Branford, designed by Charles Palmer of Meriden, was built in l9l3 on the site of the Daniel Averill House. Mexico to capture Pancho Villa in t917. Soon after, the guard served in World War I taking part in five major engagements in France. During World War II the men of the Branford National Guard, as part of Batteri H, serted in the Pacific theater for three years. They saw action in Papua, New Guinea and the Phillipines. ln 1946 the National Guard was reorganized. The Heavy Tank Co. 102 Infantry, 43rd Division loiated at the Branford Armory was called for service in 1950 during the Korean War. The Heavy Tank Co. has a reunion every year in Branford. i . EDITOR'S NOTE: Jane Peterson Bouley is the historian for the Town of Branford. � 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 Pictures of the Past - Branford Review articles Description An account of the resource Short essays entitled "Pictures of the Past" were published in the Branford Review from 1988 until 2003. Authored by Jane Peterson Bouley, they highlighted the Branford Historical Society's extensive photograph collection. The essays included historical information on a variety of subjects including neighborhoods, people, stores, hotels and events. 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 Pictures of the Past: Branford Armory Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bouley, Jane Peterson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English 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 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.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Branford Review Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14 November 2001 Armory Averill Family Connecticut National Guard Montowese Street http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/e9b60b629094d16ecbeb9e164d2cea2e.pdf 9cec8f1055ae0879dec1a63a64003aba PDF Text Text September 2t,, lgsg- BR tn$roR{ /Irix. , l:l THIS GARAGE ON ISLAND VIEW AVENIIE in Pir^te. Orybqrd collopsed because of tbe bigb tide-aitd winds. ttorr cowrrry ol ffcc frdhr THE SEAIZALL AND corrAcEs at sanset Beacb Nech receited beary damoge. lmLil in Indian Picturerr of the past Exactly. tt o[ t. nclhcrr ENTIRE FRONT LAV/NS were lost and cottages andermined along Island View Arcnue in Pine Orcbord. ?teto corrt x .i: years 50 ago today on \fednesday, Sept. 21, lg3g a huricane swept throush -. New England wtthout warning and creat-ed destruction all along its path. Nearly r z iirches of rain fell the week befoie in Branford making trees easy ;;y i; rhe 80- r 60 mpl) winds. Tides were already four feet above normal d[e to the rai'n *J-o.ris". tide. The hurricane destroyed many.cottages along the shor and seven p."fr.-Ji.[ r."rr,. 1,*i61ui" Island. Memoires to last a lifetime wereireated that day. onihis'page are some scenes of the '38 huricane. Jane Bouley �THE TROLLEY TRACKS in Sbort Beacb were underrnined b^y tbe bigb tjdq delaying seruice Jor tuo weeks.l llrrr certrr; ol fktrcl S;tcr FEW TREES WERE LEFT standing on tbe Brarfrd Green neu tbi Baptisl Cburcb. Itoo SEVEIIE.T,REE stcb placeq DAilAGE exterded ,*o, Damascns Rosd ffii;;rm*'v""v rv , ( cooncry rl lliAd Sylcr � 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 Pictures of the Past - Branford Review articles Description An account of the resource Short essays entitled "Pictures of the Past" were published in the Branford Review from 1988 until 2003. Authored by Jane Peterson Bouley, they highlighted the Branford Historical Society's extensive photograph collection. The essays included historical information on a variety of subjects including neighborhoods, people, stores, hotels and events. 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 Pictures of the Past: 1938 Hurricane Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bouley, Jane Peterson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English 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 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.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Blackstone Memorial Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Branford Review 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/. Title A name given to the resource Branford Review Supplement on the 1938 Hurricane, 1978 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/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