1938 hurricane giraffes

. Just finished this wonderful book!! Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. and actually care about the dangers they were experiencing. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin. */ When she sent him on a collecting trip to Africa in 1940, she noted, I am quite sure that we shall not hear much about Charleys trip until his return. However, from Benchleys 1941 memoir it is obvious that Smith did not update her as much as she would have preferred. float: right; Taken on September 22, 1938, the day after the category-3 "Great Hurricane" of 1938 struck Old Lyme, the image focuses on the upturned roots of a monumental tree that dwarfs the wood-framed house behind it. Check out our new community for fans and supporters! Train travel did not allow that freedom. img.pf-button-img + .pf-button-text { i enjoyed the parts about the giraffes, their attachment to various characters, their enjoyment of the warm weather, sunshine, cool breezes. In all, 10 people clung to that bit of floor as it hurtled across the Sound to land in Connecticut. By this time, the hurricane giraffes had made national headlines. Non censuram. Check out our new community for fans and supporters! In 1938, the merchant steamer SS Robin Goodfellow was caught in the Great New England Hurricane. In 1938, the merchant steamer SS Robin Goodfellow was caught in the Great New England Hurricane. The Northern Kraft Paper Mill in Howland, Maine. (And New York would not experience one as destructive until Hurricane Sandy in 2012.) They were given names Lofty and Patches, the winning entries in a naming contest. Benchley preferred to transport the giraffes by vehicle so that they could stop as deemed necessary to nourish and rest the animals. The San Diego Zoo: The First Century. Traveling shows displayed them as early as 1837; however, they were difficult to capture and transport, making them expensive to procure. Good story line well written. 2.5 stars, *When reading this, one will develop an strong urge to head to the nearest zoo and see giraffes (maybe even feed them; you can at the Colorado Zoo!)*. html:not( .jetpack-lazy-images-js-enabled ):not( .js ) .jetpack-lazy-image { West with Giraffes, a novel by Lynda Rutledge, gripped my attention from beginning to end. A charming and wondrous enchantment of a novel Sunday, February 14, 2021 Michelle Newby Lancaster HISTORICAL FICTION Lynda Rutledge West with Giraffes: A Novel Lake Union Publishing Hardcover (also available as an e-book, an audiobook, on audio CD, and in paperback), 978-1-5420-2174-6, 356 pgs., $24.95 February 1, 2021 -moz-box-shadow: none; How do you mess up a story about two giraffes, an orphaned boy, a hurricane, and a cross country trip? [], [] This story was updated in 2018. Im going to include a part of the blurb that enticed me to listen to this wonderful audiobook: From the beginning, this remembrance of a few short weeks of one mans life captured both my attention and my heart. All Wildlife. Thank you again. This fictional tale is based on the true story and was so beautifully written that it will be remembered for a long time. Red was an aspiring photojournalist trying to sell her giraffe story to Life magazine. Print out this index page and present it to the librarian. ATHENIA, NJSept. } } San Diego Zoo keeper Charley Smith and driver Ed Seuss were also at the dock, having made their way to New York to collect the giraffes. My family always talked about the 38 Hurricane. Connect to database. .printfriendly.pf-aligncenter { 1947. font-size: 14px !important; Little did anyone now that in September 1938, during the final few days of their trip, these animals bound for San Diego would encounter what was then the most devastating hurricane to hit the upper East Coast, killing nearly 700 people. display: flex; align-items: center; Giraffes. Even up there the damage was great. As the country teeters between a depression and Europes looming war, a pair of giraffes, survivors of a hurricane at sea, left a wake of much-needed cheer while driven cross-country to the San Diego Zoo, where lady zoo director Mrs. Belle Benchley awaited. 'jetpack-lazy-images-js-enabled' The narrator is the orphan, now 100 years old and nearing death, who has decided that he cant let the story die with him. He's so upset that he wants to set down on paper his story about driving two young giraffes across the United States. I finished the book last night and now after reading the background and seeing the pictures of the truck and the Prior to becoming head keeper at the San Diego Zoo, he had been with the circus since he was eleven years old, including sixteen-year gig as the lead keeper of the Ringling Bros. circus. that's really only 2-1/2 stars. He called me pickle puss and remembered me when I brought my 4 children to meet him. In 1938, the merchant steamer SS Robin Goodfellow was caught in the Great New England Hurricane. I hope to die there, I do. It is clear from Belle Benchleys memoir that she had a wonderful relationship with many of her keepers, particularly Charley Smith. On the other side of the pond, Hitler was invading Eastern Europe, so the combined stress of world events and personal troubles were briefly assuaged by the sight of the traveling giraffes. A Cherry & Webb employee drowned during the Hurricane of 1938 while trying to rescue the stores furs in the Providence stores [], [] waves in the hopes ofreaching the Pendleton, an oil tanker that had snapped in two during the fierce storm. Around 60 people died on Long Island - 29 of them at or near Westhampton Beach. When the 1938 hurricane washed the house away, she dug the family silver out of the sand and rebuilt it. He tried alfalfa and molasses. My Life in a Man-Made Jungle. Subscribe for more forgotten history: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4sEmXUuWIFlxRIFBRV6VXQ?sub_confirmation=1. Wendy Eckart. Thank you for sharing it the magic of googling. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. Empower curiosity about the people, places, and stories of our past. Conservation Status: Threatened. Aftermath of the Great 1938 Hurricane in Hartford, Conn. Photo licensed under public domain by Wikipedia Commons. Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal, https://www.thetiebar.com/?utm_campaign=BowtieLove&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_source=LanceGeiger, https://www.facebook.com/TheHistoryGuyYT/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4sEmXUuWIFlxRIFBRV6VXQ?sub_confirmation=1, https://teespring.com/stores/the-history-guy. and what i found incredibly annoying was the constant reminder that he had a big secret and he couldn't let anyone know his secret and he couldn't talk about his secret, and if anyone knew his secret horrible things would happen and his secret was such a terrible secret; you get the picture. The first part of their journey involved sailing aboard a ship from Africa. From the Archives: Chinese spy balloon sparks echos of Japanese balloon bombs during WWII. ship I am getting all chocked up and tearing ..I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH ! Found your piece on the Giraffes through researching the question So, is it true? as our Buddy read group was working its way through West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. 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Amazingly, one of the crew saw the female giraffe move, so they covered and protected her as the storm raged on. They are inside a large wooden crate on the back of the truck which is in a building. I felt safe when I arrived at my house. Lofty and Patches lived at the San Diego Zoo for nearly 30 years and had seven offspring, including Raffy, D-Day (born June 6, 1946), Rusty, Patty and Lofty Jr. From The San Diego Union, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1938: alive and kickingaccent on kicking--the two much-heralded animals that blazed a publicity trail across the continent were unloaded in San Diego zoo yesterday. The Great Depression lingers. Imagine waves so severe that a rhino is tossed overboard. Thank you! 2016. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration. But when she was angry she made Mount Vesuvius seem considerably less dangerous. First pair of giraffes, "Lofty" and "Patches," arrive at the Zoo in 1938 (see photo, right). My mom was 16 and lived in New Bedford on Acusnet ave.(not sure of the spelling) with her mom and dad. But when they underestimated an approaching hurricane, at least 250 luckless World War I vets died, caught in the path of the most. The keepers and other staff members would visit her daily; [s]ometimes as many as eight would come during the same day or evening, she recalled. [] years earlier, The New England Hurricane of 1938, one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, had struck without warning and killed more []. 1938 Atlantic hurricane season Season summary map Seasonal boundaries First system formed January 3, 1938 (record earliest) Last system dissipated November 10, 1938 Strongest storm Name "Great New England Hurricane" Maximum winds 160 mph (260 km/h) (1-minute sustained) Lowest pressure 940 mbar(hPa; 27.76 inHg) Seasonal statistics Hence, West with Giraffes. Benchley, Belle J. West with Giraffes. Giraffes at Lion Country Safari remained outdoors and kept their heads down during Hurricane Irma. .wp-block-image figcaption {text-align: center; font-size: 75%}, As the country teeters between a depression and Europes looming war, a pair of giraffes, survivors of a hurricane at sea, left a wake of much-needed cheer while driven cross-country to the San Diego Zoo, where lady zoo director Mrs. Belle Benchley awaited.. Instead of running away from the crazed primate, she stretched out her arms and caught it in mid-air and carried it back to its pen. At 12:30 PM, a 30-foot bank of what looked like fog rolled in toward Long Island. That was the plan, anyway, but the female giraffe had had enough of travel crates! Getting to see a giraffe in 1938 was a pretty rare occasion. So preciousIt reminded me of my days at the St Louis Zoo and Bill Ross the elephant man. Apparently they subsisted on pancakes that the cook made for them for three days until they got to shore. The blurb describes this book so accurately, that I don't want to repeat it. quite the fun adventure! What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to become Southern California's first giraffes. As soon as Smith had apprised Belle Benchley of the giraffes poor condition, Benchley contacted Dr. Charles Schroeder from the Bronx Zoo to assess her condition. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing. Three improbable protagonists take it upon themselves to transport two giraffes, that survived a 1938 hurricane at the end of their trans-Atlantic crossing, in a trans-continental adventure from New York to San Diego. Houses washed off their foundations, like the one above that landed in the Cape Cod Canal. This is about 30 miles from Canada. Lofty and Patches. San Diego Zoo: 100 Years. I headed to San Diego and their new zoo, where Id heard that the animals get treated better than the people. 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The storm developed near the Cape Verde Islands on September 9, tracking across the Atlantic and up the Eastern Seaboard. Ive fibbed a bit over the years and told people I was born during the great 1938 hurricane, the hospital lights were out, and the doctor slapped the wrong end, which was the beginning of all my troubles. The storm hit Long Island and Southern . No one thought of padding their stalls, and they learned bout mal de mer during the last days of the voyage when the big September storm swept the Atlantic coast. Those Giraffes, caught in a storm that killed hundreds of people, were en route to San Diego, California, and the storm was only the beginning of their cross-country journey. I absolutely loved this book. All rights reserved. Clinics then ran out of typhoid vaccine. Parts of downtown Providence were under 14 feet of water, with people sheltering on the second and third floors of buildings. /* If html does not have either class, do not show lazy loaded images. Schroeder was a former zoo veterinarian at the San Diego Zoo and would later become the zoos director after Benchley retired in 1953. Finally, the waves overwhelmed their own house, lifting it off its foundation. Get help and learn more about the design. https://www.thetiebar.com/?utm_campaign=BowtieLove&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_source=LanceGeiger. She indeed fills our imagination with a journey full of colorful characters, tall tales, and deep secrets. If you liked. You can purchase the bow tie worn in this episode at The Tie Bar:https://www.thetiebar.com/?utm_campaign=BowtieLove&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_source=LanceGeiger. My 92 year old father is still talking about it, Our summer house is in Misquamicut which was wiped out. In the novel West with Giraffes, Woody Nickel, is a seventeen-year-old dirt-farm rowdy, pure as a cow pie, cunning as a wild hog bound to escape the Texas Panhandle (and any law enforcement that might be looking for him). Old World. The storm totaled about 26,000 automobiles and blew over 20,000 electrical poles. A giraffe could look into a second-story window without even having to stand on its tiptoes! This story was updated in 2022. Eighty-mile-an-hour winds lashed the coast and the torrential downpour caused rivers and streams to overflow. (Side note: these events occurred one year after young Nicky Arundel got his wish for giraffes at the National Zoo.). Marianne Williamson begins longshot 2024 challenge to Biden, A SoCal cocaine kingpin will do way less time behind bars than anticipated, Proposed bills could lead to more people being forced into mental health treatment, Column: Padres struggles renew rumors of poltergeists in Peoria, San Diego Sports Curse, Padres notes: Juan Soto to be held out of weekend games; veteran pitcher Julio Teheran makes push, Appreciation: David Lindley, dead at 78, an arresting music great who was nearly arrested on stage in San Diego. There is no real bluffing and nothing underhanded between Charley Smith and me nor is there between any of us; we are all working for one end, here in the Zoo, though perhaps by different methods. San Diego Zoo's timeline is best viewed on a desktop. 3rd ed. oh, those sky-high eyes of theirs. Estimates vary, but at least 400 people died that day andmaybe as many as 800. No images or content are primarily intended to shock and disgust. Robert L. was completely crushed by the animal. Photo courtesy Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection. Next thing I knew, we were floating, Moore recalled. Footage of two giraffes transported on the highway before they died 22,066 views Aug 5, 2014 20 Dislike Share Save Alberton Record 941 subscribers This incident caused a stir on social media,. The storm forced the Connecticut River over its banks, inundating cities and towns with floodwater. text-decoration: none; I have been recommending it to everyone! My grandpa later worked on a boat called Allert I have a picture of him on it in the 50s I think. With horrible writing. The family moved first to the second floor and finally to the third floor to stay above the storm surge, watching as house after house succumbed and neighbors were washed away. 1938: Giraffes Lofty and Patches arrive (survived a hurricane on the journey to the United States) 1940: Benchley publishes My Life in a Man-Made Jungle; 1941: Dr. Harry Wegeforth dies at the age of 59; zoo plants its own garden to save money during the war She used a set [], [] known as Apple Valley. Apple growing reached its peak in Smithfield during the 1930s, but the Great Hurricane of 1938 wiped out many trees. On board the ship were some unique passengers: two Giraffes. Baby Giraffes from Africa Reach San Diego Zoo. Los Angeles Times (October 27, 1938): 14. Down a winding road out in the middle the hill country, yet only 5 minutes from charming, bustling Fredericksburg, Texas, Rick has brought 3 zoo-born giraffes and 3 zoo-born southern white rhinos to a 100 acre ranch and has opened the first phase of his dream of offering that kind of fun, conservation experience for those of us unable to travel I Loved this book, and hated to see it come to an end. West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge was inspired by the true story of two giraffes in 1938 that "survived a hurricane at sea, then were driven cross-country for 12 days in little more than a tricked-out pickup truck to become the first giraffes in Southern California." Pictures taken just after unloading from ship.". Erosion from the Great 1938 hurricane. All received the Gold Lifesaving Medal, the Coast Guards highest honor, for extreme and [], [] frequently visiting her familys summer home in the Fenwick section of Old Saybrook. At 8:15 pm electric power went out and with it the fire . @media screen { All events are portrayed in historical context and for educational purposes. San Diego, CA: Zoological Society of San Diego. even Maggie the orangutan. Worley, Karen E. 2016. In 1938, the merchant steamer SS Robin Goodfellow was caught in the Great New England Hurricane. the rig, the Old Man, and the giraffes were more homeand more familythan any home Id ever had. Photo courtesy Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries. New York: Scribner. 2 vols. She smelled of fur . z-index: 1000; position: relative . Rhode Island got the worst of it. The giraffe is in a large crate on the bed of the truck which appears to be inside a building. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. While conducting research in the archives of the San Diego Zoo, Rutledge came across a trove of newspaper articles about two giraffes that had survived a hurricane on the deck of a freighter and a cross-country trip, from New York to California, in 1938. There were many reasons giraffes were hard to come by for America's first zoos. Im so happy that I found this website to answer my questions about this great book. You'll be supporting this record of the past that helps to inform our present. Non censuram.Please send suggestions for future episodes: Suggestions@TheHistoryGuy.netThe History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered is the place to find short snippets of forgotten history from five to fifteen minutes long. https://zoohistories.com/2021/02/11/west-with-giraffes/. Visit our other Wisconsin Historical Society websites! Perhaps you will fall in love with those giraffes and enjoy the adventures of Old Man and Woody as much as I did. One of the 19,000 buildings destroyed by the hurricane. Advice from the sidelines urged him to try ham and eggs. The accomplishment topped off what turned out to be a very successful year for the zoo. Benchley also once caught a rattlesnake by grabbing it by the back of the head. too many authors seems to be using this idea and with this book it definitely did not work for me. As a book junkie, when I receive new book alerts I almost always peruse the titles. Rutledge, Lynda. 2021. Woody Nickel is 105 years old when he hears the news that giraffes may be going extinct. The Great 1938 Hurricane pushed the Tulip onto land. Stephenson, Lynda Rutledge. Visual materials in the Archives do not circulate and must be viewed in the Society's Archives Research Room. display: none; @media print { . The Great 1938 Hurricane inflicted tremendous damage on shipping. I seldom read books more than once, but this one I will return to again in the future! Above, Bushnell Park in Hartford after the storm. Loading them was no one-day job and in the melee, Patches (Mrs. giraffe), kicked Smith down more than once. For the in-depth story, see The San Diego Zoo: The Founding Era, 1916-1953 Three giraffe subspecies are housed at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park (as of July 2016; Amanda Lussier, personal communication): Erosion from the Great 1938 hurricane. Americas First Zoostory: 125 Years at the Philadelphia Zoo. font-weight: 600; I dont know how I was led to this book.Thank you to whomever suggested it. I dont want this story to evaporate from my memory. Smith lured him with an acacia branch. SUBJECTS Animals Clothing and dress Hats Automobile industry and trade Indoor photography Men Zoos Delivery of goods Signs and symbols Automobiles Transportation Trucks How to Purchase a Copy Buy The Image For commercial or non-profit use, please contact Image Sales. So, although he cant speak, falls out of his wheelchair, isnt eating, he commits this story in sprawling detail to the pages of notebooks. After examination and treatment, Schroeder deemed the giraffe worth saving and cleared her to make the trip. 1923 campaign for safe and sane driving in San Diego urged citizen vigilance in reporting traffic violations. They were on their way to San Diego Zoo in California. If youd like to read about another familys ordeal stranded on a high floor in their house, click here. It's hard to imagine a time when most of the population had never seen a giraffe. February 27, 2023 alexandra bonefas scott No Comments . If you like history too, this is the channel for you. During that time they had seven offspring, including aptly named D-Day, born June 6, 1944. West with Giraffes is a wonderful novel based on the true story of the cross-country road trip America's first giraffes took in 1938. The Great 1938 Hurricane crossed over the tip of Long Island, slammed into New London and raced up the Connecticut River Valley at 50 miles per hour. I remember my mother saying she got the last bus out of downtown Providence go home to Jenkins St I think they were living there then. For instance, there were amazing oral histories just about the 1938 hurricane that the giraffes were caught in before landing in New York was the worst until Hurricane Sandy in 2012.