New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1929, Page 22

(émunwl from First Page) oted most of the fruit from 4 +damage. Lake Michigan and " Lake: Erie went on rampages, the #irst pounding the Chicago shoreline #wd gamaging the foundations of foany buildings on the waterfront, while waves on Lake Erie pounded . the waterfront from Cleveland to Toledo, causing damage estimated at $300,900. “Peath Toll in the SBouth At{anta, Ga., May $,—(®—The death toll exacted by a series of tor- #adoes which swept portions of seven adutliern states yesterday and Wed- fesday mounted to 43 today as addi- tional reports were received from fsolated sections and some of the vic- tims succumbed to injuries. Five others were reported minsing and approximately 100 were injured, & number rendered homeless and severe damage wrought by the twisters in their course over an area several hundred miles in length. ‘The list of fatalities in Virginia, #ceng of the greatest tragedy, was increpsed to 22 when the Catlett eomrhunity in the northeastern part of the state reported four were Kkilled there late yesterday. At the same time search was being pushed for five school children re- ported missing after the collapse of of the school house at Rye Cmc.’ Va., where 13 of their mates and one | -teacher perished and more than a | Score were injured. One of the in- Jureq there died this morning. In’ nearby Maryland the number of deaths rose to six with reports of one additional fatality at Laytons- | ville,"two at Harmony Grove and one | at Brookville. A revised list of dead by states: | Virginia . o Maryland Arkansas Tennessee . Florifla .. Alabyma | Kentucky .. . + Navy Tug Aground NeWw York, May 3 P—A gale that | swept the North Atlantic seacoast | today, carried the navy tug Inka with | 30 men aboard, on the rocks t Fort Lafayette off Brooklyn. A police launch was standing by. Thé vessel went aground as a | heavy storm was letting up over the harber. Gales continued along the coast; however, and the wind was of Wwhol¢ gale force at sea. The tug, which is about 100 feet long,' was undamaged and was’ex- pected to be refloated at high tide Iate this atternoon. Another navy tug and two coast guard boats stood by with the police launch. Steamers Wait at New London New London, May 3 (UP)— Pournding seas and a southwest gale {up and bruised when {about many smaller craft into the harbor here today. The passenger steamer Concord and the freighters Woonsocket and Mohegan were awaiting more favor- able conditions before venturing out. Fort Wright, on Fisher's Island, reported to the coast guard this morning that an unidentified vessel appeared to have grounded on Bart- lett's reef, but apparently was able to free itself and proceed. Mexico Storm Swept Mexico City, Mexico, May 3 (®— A hurricane swept the gulf coast of Mexico last night, wrecking build- ings and devastating plantations and leaving a trail of ruin from Tam- pico south to Vera Cruz. One American, Victor Carlie, member of the crew of the American steamer San Jacinto, at Tampico, was killed. The wind velocity exceeded 70 miles an hour during most of the night at Vera Cruz. It was feared a number of small craft in the har- bor there had come to grief. At Tampico the steamer San Jacinto was torn from its mooring in the Panuco river and collided with another ship. Carlie, a member of the crew, was knocked overboard and drowned. Neither of two ships was believed seriously damaged. Maryland’s Death Toll Gaithersburg, Md., May 3 (A— Two persons were Kkilled and four injured in the collapse of a house at Laytonsville, near here, last night during a heavy wind storm which swept over this section. The house was occupted by the family of Bowie Childs. Childs’ mother, aged 90, and a daughter, 8, were killed. A son, Hampton, 18, was ncar death carly today. Childs and his wife were seriously injured and another son, TFielder Childs, aged 20, was hurt. A neighbor, James Leishet, who was visiting the Childs when the house was blown down, also was in- |jured but was able to run to neigh- bors for assistance. Two Die in Train Wreck Owego, N. Y., May 3 ® — Two injured and four others were shaken a double | header freight train on the Lehigh railroad struck a washout two miles west of Owego early today. The dead were Z. B. Thrall and Valley | Floyd Youngs, engineer and fireman respectively of the first locomotive. Those seriously injured were R. M. Flummerfelt, engineer, and William Sulllvan, fireman, of the second lo- | comotive. Harry Stevens, trainman; Conductor C. R. Quinn; Flagman E. L. Shutter and Trainman.C. 8. Wride were injured. All were be- lieved to be from Auburn, The wreck occurred shortly after 2 o'clock this morning as the 58-car train was running at low speed through a light rain. Earlier in the morning a downpour had washed out a section of the track causing a pit about 40 feet long and about 12 feet deep. drové three sound steamers and Both locomotives piled up in the “The Home of Beautiful Gifts” JACKA WAY'S GIFT SHOP : 58 West Main Special Opp. Burritt Hotel Sale of REEDED VASES $].00 TO $3.95 SomethlAnf different is this new line of Glass- - ware, effect . . . in all’colors piece are blown in a diamond optic . pieces consist of VASES — BOWLS CANDLESTICKS — COMPORTS Just the GIFT for INOTHER'S DAY Sunday, May 12 Articles Mailed Anywhere BE\VARE of the danger line—the line that pre- ventd keen, comfortable vi- sion! Four persons out of five have imperfect sight! You, then, should guard your eyes well! Protection is prevention. Protect your eyes. See our registered optometrist today. 570 Your Credit 13 Good at Our Optical Dcpt. Jewelers, Opticians 282 Main Street men were Killed, two were seriously | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERAJD, FRIDAY, ditch, four of the cars leaving the tracks. Dam Gives Way Belmont, N. H, May 3 (M—S8ev- eral families fled from their homes today after a 60-foot section of a Belmont Hoslery company dam on the Tiogo river gave way, releasing rs of a 43 acre reservoir. The state highway on the Laconia-Bel- mont route was torn up and inun- dated for several hours by the wa- ter. A bridge on the highway was undermined and traffic over it was halted pending repairs. A three-inch rise in the river caused by heavy rains during the night caused the break. Huge blocks of cement from the weakened sec- | tion were carried far downstream by the roaring water. No damage to the vacated homes was reported. Crawford Notch Flooded state highway department today re. ported that the main highway through Crawford Notch in White Mountains was flooded. They expected the road would be cleared late today after the water drained back into streams. Occu- pants of a camp in the Notch were forced to move their belongings to the attic when the water rose rapid- ly, according to reports received here. The Twin Mountain road at Lit- tleton and the Whitefield-Berlin highway also were flooded, accord- ing to word sent to the highway de- partment. Many acres of lowland in those areas were inundated but no serious damage had been done. Heavy rain during the night caused the flood conditions. l-‘it('hylll‘w, Mass.,, May 3 (UP)~— One hundred and twenty-five em- ployes of the public works depart- ment were called out on emergency duty today to repair extensive dam- | considerable damage was done age resulting from an early-morning torrential rain. Eight houses were flooded or un- dermined, several streets were inun- dated and many catch-basins clogged up. Louis Laricelli awoke to find water knee-deep in his basement tenement. His wife and four children were marooned in their beds by water which had entered the apartment fter sweeping down a nearby hill- de. Laricelli assisted members of his family from the flooded tene- ment. Pennsylvania Hard Hit Philadelphia, May 3 P'—Nearly a score of persons were injured and in various sections of Pennsylvania last night and early today by storms. Rapho and East Donegal town- ships in Lancaster county were swept by heavy rains which were accom- | panied by high winds which unroof- | ¢d a number of small buildings and Concord, N. H,, May 8 (® — The | the | had | | felled telephone poles. Bolts of lightning caused fires which destroy- ¢d barns on the farms of Elam Gantz and Eli Reist, injuring the owners. Live stock perished and considerable feed was consumed in the blaze at the Reist farm. A storm of like intensity blew .over three houses and laid low fruit and | shade trees at Meadowbrook, near Uniontown, in the western part of the state. Fifteen persons were injured, one seriously, in a violent wind storm at Davistown and Indian Head, near Greensburg. This storm also wreck- ed several buildings, including a church. Two churches and several dwellings were unroofed in New Alexandria, Two brick houses and a concrete block garage were wrecked and sev- eral hundred trees in the apple or- chard of H. C. Lady were uprooted by high winds near Arendsville. The fown itself, lying in the intervening lowland, was untouched. Telephone lines throughout the storm area were down {in many Quality Foods at Savings Shop the modern way . . . at A & P markets, where you can buy all your food needs and be sure of quality and places. In some sections traffic was obstructed by trees lying across the roads. . Maryland List Grows Washington, May 8 (UP)—The death of Hampton Childs, 18, raised the death list today in the tornado that struck the town of Laytonville, Md., last night to three. Mrs. Bowie Childs, 85, and her 8- year-old granddaughter, Florence, were the other two victims of the wind which razed the Childs home. Reports received here today indi- cated great suffering followed the storm at Weaverville, Va., where four persons were Killed and many injured. The dead there are Charles Allen, 45, his twin daughters, Myra and Elma, 16, and Peter Laws. During the storm at Warrenton, Va., Mrs. Lulu Jeffries died of a heart attack and later while em- balming her body, E. J. Sudeth, undertaker, suffered a paralytic stroke and his condition is serious. Dr. George W. Crabtree, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Catletts, near Warrenton, said he looked out of the window of his home at 7:30 p. m. and saw black clouds swirling overhead, trees bent to the ground and a noise resembling the roar of several trains. “A neighbor told me the cyclone had hit down the road and I drove to the scene,” he said. “I saw houses that had been flattened, telephone wires all over the place, and debris cast over a radius of several hun- dred yards. “Volunteers came and we began removing the dead and injured from the wreckage. ‘There were moans and shrill cries and the whimpering of small children.” Upper Vermont Hit St. Aibans, Vt., May 3 (UP)—The town of Swanton, Vt., located near the Canadian border, was cut off tfrom the outside world for several hours today by a miniature tornado which caused extensive damage. " MAY 3, 1929. Reports reaching here stated that the roofs of several housés had been torn off by the twister. ny trees were reported to have been up- rooted, The roof of the St. Johnsbury- Lake Champlain railroad bridge was ripped off, and the 8t. Johnsbury- Lake Champlain engine house, was lifted from foundations and €d onto the tracks of the Central Vermont railroad, blocking traffie. Early reports did not disclose whether any one had been injured. All wires were down in Swanton. Lake Steamer Delayed - Cleveland, O., May 3 UP—Buffeted by high waves and a 50 to 60 mile gale, the lake passenger steamep City of Buffalo was forced 80 mileg oft its course today and will be de= layed more than six hours on it§ trip from Buffalo to Cleveland, acy cording to a radio from the captain received by P. J. Schwartz, manages of the Cleveland-Buffalo Transit company here. City Items Officer Patrick Mechan arrested’ Isadore Jacobowski, 38, of 98 Grove street, this forenoon, on charges of drunkenness and injury to private property. It is alleged that he broke windows in a house at 49 Beaver street, owned by Mary Zikwala, Howard T. Sherman, doing busi- ness as the Sherman 8and and Grav- el company, has brought suit for $200 against Tony Seraphin. Attor- ney Cyril F. Gaffney issued the writ, which is returnable in the city court the third Monday in May. Con- stable I*, E. Clynes served the pa- pers, and attached real estate of the defendant. Officer Axel Carlson reported a break in the water main on Locust street, near Arch street, today. The report was referred to the water de- partment, saving! An estraordinary special reduction — stock up! VAN CAMP'S 3-2§° Butter Coffee Try this Coffee Supreme 47 LB TIN Fresh Fruits ORANGES ORANGES GRAPEFRUIT GRAPEFRUIT SPINACH CARROTS BEETS and Vegetables Every A & P store gets daily delivery of finest garden products. 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