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Title A name given to the resource Branford High School aerial of construction, 1958 Subject The topic of the resource Schools Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Branford Historical Society Photographs, Box 49, Photo 77 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph JPG 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Image 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Branford High School aerial, 1958 Subject The topic of the resource Schools Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Branford Historical Society Photographs, Box 49, Photo 78 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph JPG 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Image 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Branford High School floor plan, 1958 Subject The topic of the resource Schools Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Branford Historical Society Photographs, Box 49, Photo 75 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph JPG 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Image 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Branford High School floor plan, 1958 Subject The topic of the resource Schools Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Branford Historical Society Photographs, Box 49, Photo 76 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph JPG 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Image 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Branford High School interior, 1958 Subject The topic of the resource Schools Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Branford Historical Society Photographs, Box 2, Photo 123 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colter, Earl (1913-2015) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph JPG 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Image 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Branford High School, 1958 Subject The topic of the resource Schools Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colter, Earl (1913-2015) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Branford Historical Society Photographs, Box 2, Photo 122 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph JPG 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Image 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 Branford High School Schools http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/7aeda6dfda0782dee2d31bf1d1f85130.pdf d6f9778d99e8f5fe9fa960972545fee8 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 Saturday Chronicle Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspapers Local History Description An account of the resource The Saturday Chronicle newspaper was published in New Haven in the early 1900's. We are very grateful to Ed Surato of the <a href="https://www.newhavenmuseum.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Haven Museum</a> for scanning these articles for us.<br /><br />When viewing PDFs in the collection, click on the article and it will open as a searchable PDF. 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 History Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Saturday Chronicle 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 16 August 1913 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text A.E. Plant A.M. Young Blackstone Family Double Beach Hotchkiss Grove James Blackstone Memorial Library John T. Sliney Pine Orchard Stony Creek William Talmadge http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/3dca5f509920846f7e82d55367f404fa.pdf 8beb0cc919edded43879d97b5cfd745f 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 Saturday Chronicle Newspaper Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspapers Local History Description An account of the resource The Saturday Chronicle newspaper was published in New Haven in the early 1900's. We are very grateful to Ed Surato of the <a href="https://www.newhavenmuseum.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Haven Museum</a> for scanning these articles for us.<br /><br />When viewing PDFs in the collection, click on the article and it will open as a searchable PDF. 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 Ice Company Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Saturday Chronicle 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14 December 1912 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Branford Ice Company http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/699c4f857dc7135ac7e6ad633a0406cc.pdf f7b260ab34347e2166bb80048678073d 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 Lock Works Subject The topic of the resource Lock Manufacturers 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.) 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 Lock Works Catalogue 1869 Subject The topic of the resource Branford Lock Works Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Samuel Bowles & Company 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1869 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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 Lock Works Subject The topic of the resource Lock Manufacturers 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.) 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 Lock Works Catalogue 1886 Subject The topic of the resource Branford Lock Works Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource O. A. Dorman 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1886 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/3268aee2f5346d340f9266f8f802449e.jpg 30f64522b9ad8f778d704db1d9bc4185 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 Main Street 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.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph, JPG Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Branford Historical Society Photographs 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 Lunch Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Branford Historical Society Photographs, Box 1, Photo 74 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph, JPG Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Branford Lunch Main Street http://207.210.128.35/archives758/files/original/f3683fadad8b036c32701e5bb1e5c9c3.jpg ec6c3ad8992ec6d4ad833c1c20407273 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 Photographs - Short Beach and Branford Point Description An account of the resource Photographs of the 1938 hurricane from Short Beach, Stony Creek, Indian Neck and Pine Orchard. The identity of the photographers for most of the pictures in the album are unknown. A number of people took photographs after the storm and many were mass produced and distributed. Some of the Short Beach photos were taken by John V. McClees of Alps Road and are marked on the back. A few of the Indian Neck photographs were taken by Louis Zacher. Some, but not all, of the Stony Creek photos were taken by Cedric Chase. A few scenes from Branford were widely photographed and appeared in published books about the 1938 hurricane- namely, Dr. Wilson Thompson’s house in Branford Point, Knowlton’s garage in Short Beach, the Gregory and Lane cottages at Pine Orchard, and the cottages on Long Point in Stony Creek. Similar views plus many other 1938 hurricane photographs can be found in the Branford Historical Society photograph collection. View the entire index to the <a href="https://www.blackstonelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/Historical-Society-Photographs-Box-Numbers-and-Index-combined-for-the-website.pdf">Historical Society photographs collection here</a> and contact the <a href="mailto:info@branfordhistoricalsociety.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Branford Historical Society</a> or <a href="mailto:reference@blackstonelibrary.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Blackstone Library</a> for additional information. Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Point Harbor Description An account of the resource Indian’s Neck. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Physical Photographs in the Archives Room of the James Blackstone Memorial Library Language A language of the resource English 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 Photograph JPG 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Blackstone Memorial Library Subject The topic of the resource New England Hurricane, 1938 Hurricanes Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context REF 974.68 NIN 1938 Hurricane Branford Point 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. 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"*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/. 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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/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. 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