New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1929, Page 25

(Continued from MN‘) ings and okrrind from - 0lto 100 feet. las, a schopiboy, Wis lll‘]fll’ blows through a-deor at the Carpenter hotel when the stérm demalished the entrance, At the airport in that city three airplanes, two the property of the Mgssachuseits National Guard, wére ovefturned abd several trees at the fleld were blown down. Mildred B. Brady of Saugus, Mars,, ‘was rehdéred unconscious by a bolt of lightning which struck her home. ‘Passengérs on & Lynn, Ma trolley car were thrown into a pani when & bolt struck the trolley. The_ rnf of a portable school- house 't Chicopee, Ma rip- ped off by the gale, but the 80 pu- pils were calmed by their teachers and rotained their seats in spite of the confusion. Luneénberg, Mass., where much alr and fell into th héle in the ground 20 teet long. Airplanes Torn Loose New York, May 17 (UP)—Exten- sive damage was done yesterday by a windstorm which struck the Metro- yolitan area and exténded as far north as Massachusetts, attaining a velocity of 50 miles an hour. Thres airplanes were snapped from their mootring at Reesevelt fleld and dashed against the wall of a refreshment stand, all being heav- ily dam; . Another plane, piloted by Wil Purcell, nosed down un- der the ‘wind and drove its propel- ler into the greund. ke, leaving x feet deep In Tobacco District Thompsenville, Conn., May 17 M —B8ix tobacco barns, several of them of considerable size twere blown down by the violent wind ctorm that swept through this town yesterday. One of these owned by the Hartford tobacco dicate and others by lo- cal tobacco growers. Charles Carson of this town had a narrow esca as one barn fell as he was paming closs to it in his automobile and parts of the falling atructure hit the rear of his machine. 'wo of the barns that were wrecked bere the number 13. The wind whipped the cloth over the fields of shade grown tobacco to shreds and did other damage to wires, trees and build- ings, Danbury Hard Hit Bridgeport, May 17 (M~Heavy rains and winds that at times tooi on cyclonic dimensions uprooted trees, blew down telephone and elec- trie light wires, seriously impairing aervice, in several gajrfield county cities and towns near hers early yes- terday aftérnoon. In Danbury the storm took its greatest toll. Eight streets were reo- ported blocked by felled trees and branches, and & truck driven by 8al. vatore Perelll was demolished as ha was driving on Deer HIll street tres crashed down on the cab, Parelll and twe com- panions narrowly eacaped injury. A silo owned by Louis Linkos, ‘was toppled over in Newtown by the galées which blew with the fury of a ternado, residents said. Publica- tion of the Newtown Bee, a weekly newspaper was postponed until Fri- day when power lines were blown down 80 that presses could not be operated. For over an hour traftic on the Bridgeport road in Bethel ‘was at & standstill when three huge mapled. were uprooted and fell across the road. (Continued from First Page) ture reading is about the same as in the south, the dry crispness that is felt in the air makes the wedther much more durable, Mountainous Bergs Seen Daily Another condition found in the south is the continuous pounding of ioe floes, making the trip a mere dangerous one than .that which re. sulfed in the exploration of the north pole. To avold being wedged in the sen of ice, it ia necessary to keep moving continuslly. Icebergs, moun- talnous in size, are encounteréd dafly, but there is little poasibility of being crushed, since the giant cakés of ice move slewly and a craft, unless frosen fdst in the ice, can #asily move out of their paths, Absent Sinoc August 11 ‘¥ritson answered Byrd's call for ‘vélunteers to go into the Antarctic zone and left New Britain August 11, jéining the crew of 36 men in New York city. He was one of 15 vol- unteers who had been to Spitz- bergen. The “Eleanor Boling”, ‘whose scaworthiness had been estab- lished in long service trawling in the North sea, in mine sweeping during the World War, and later in the rum running business, left port Sep- tember 16, & Sunday morning. A stop at Norfolk, Va. preceded its “take-off” over the expansive scas for Dunedin, New Zealand, where a base was established. Dunedin is a ehort distance from the important shipping centers of Auckland and ‘Wellington, Go to Bed Tuesday, Awake Monday In the 2,200 mile trip from Dune. din to the Bay of Whales, the 180th meridian was crossed and re-croased several times., The fluctuation n time at this meridian sometimes made it possible for the crew to go to sleep on Tuesday and wake up on Monday of the same week, according to the readings of time pieces. On this trip, 15 days of tempest and nine hours of calm were exper- ienced. Raging seas filled the boat with water to such an extent as to cauré apprehension of sinking aimost for the entire period of the trip, and pumps weré Chastently in service. Fritsen expreseed his confidence- in the power of the craft to bullst the waves by making kaown his willing- ness te join a crew in handling the ship in any kind of weather on any kind of a trip. lm Finds Amundsen Nuts crew established headquarters :n 80iid ice in the Hay of Whales. Advance beyond this point found to be mndble. but Comman Byrd made sevéral expeditions into ihe frosen region by airplane, Oue of the important results of thess trips was the finding of several huts set up by Amundsen, who had reached the pole by foot, these find. ings veritying the claims made by that explorer. On his return trip, Fritson visited in Honolulu and varieus other pointa in thé Pacific. He spent sevéral days in San Francisco before heading for his home here, this trip being made by rail, as Fritson explains it, for the pur of seeing a little of the United Btates after sseing both ends of the globe. Fritson Navy Veteran When Fritson went to the north pole rcgion he fulfilled a hope he had entertained since 1905, when he wrote Admiral Peary, asking that he Le taken on the Peary exploration. He heard no answer {o that request, but was solicited by the Byrd party when the expedition of 1936 was be- ing planfed, and was welcomed as & member of the Antarctic party. He is a veteran of navy service, now on the reserve list after 17 years of service for Uncle Sam. He has sailed far enough to lap the world nearly three time one-half years he of electrical installa inarincs and hlis had wide experience with undersea craft. His one plan fer the future, ke said today, I8 “r plenty of it.” SCHUBERT STILL IN DANGER Oswald Schubert of 249 Linweed street, who sustained a scratch of the fingar while at work last week at the Plainville Casting Ce., re. mains _in a critical condition &t Neéw Britain Genéral hospital, a&n infection having developed in his hand and arm. It was said todav that he was slightly improved but not yet out of danger. READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS QUAKER STATEMENTS “Many medicines, few cures.” " Often” Quaker State Motor Oil alone is sufficient to restore a sick motor to health, Try it, my friend! 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New Haven, May 17 M—For the first time in America, 80 far as rec. erds show, prizes have been award- ed in a competition of designs for houses of stetl censtruction, and this competition has been at the exhibi- tion of the Connmecticut Architee. tural league here. The prise money was given by aseveral steel firms which are interested in the develep- ment of this type of a heuss ang'the awards made by a jury went to Eric P. Johneon, architect of Hartford, fivat prize of $300; Prof. Edwin Avery Clark, department of archi- tecture, Yal® university, second prize of $200; and G. L. Bilberbeck of New London, third prize of $100. The jury were Prof. Sheppard Stevens of Yale, George H. Gray and Robert H. S. Booth. The competition brought out many interesting designs and created an interest far greater than had been anticipated, indicative of attention which i8 being given by architects, buliders and fabricators of steecl houses. 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