On board the ship were some unique passengers: two Giraffes. Schroeder was a former zoo veterinarian at the San Diego Zoo and would later become the zoos director after Benchley retired in 1953. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. A giraffe could look into a second-story window without even having to stand on its tiptoes! What happened on that ship during the storm is almost too crazy to be true. Please Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society. . The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. As I looked for more historical information, I found your page. Gawky Giraffes to Leave Athenia Today for Coast. Paterson (N.J.) News (October 10, 1938): 35. . Sold! Its moving, thrilling, educational and thought-provoking, and was a welcome break from all my thrillers. .figcaption {font-size: 75%;} Has some interesting accounts from people and some.good photos. But getting Mr. Orphaned during the Dust Bowl, he found his way to New York to work for a distant cousin. San Diego, CA: Zoological Society of San Diego. document.documentElement.classList.add( Visit our other Wisconsin Historical Society websites! Benchley recalled, I have never seen anyone so tired and relieved as Charley Smith when he drove the great awkward truck through the zoo gate, half an hour after phoning me from a suburb. 1940. To view this image, visit the Archives Research Room on the 4th floor at the Society Headquarters building in Madison, WI. 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. Peter Haden / WLRN. Yes, yes Mr. Ostrich, that is of course exactly what it means. z-index: 1000; position: relative Sixty years ago this week, the San Diego AeroSpace Museumrenamed the San Diego Air & Space Museum in 2006opened to the public in Balboa Park. In 1938, the merchant steamer SS Robin Goodfellow was caught in the Great New England Hurricane. Itwashed away railroad tracks, sent bridges downstream and downed electrical wires, leaving some New Englanders without electricity for weeks. Estimates vary, but at least 400 people died that day andmaybe as many as 800. 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. According to the National Weather Service,a storm surge of 12 to 15 feet destroyed most coastal homes, yacht clubs and marinas on Narragansett Bay. 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 See and touch history at Historic Sites, Museums and special events, Restore your historic home or property, get tax credits, renovation tips. This is a good book for the whole family to read. The dead filled funeral homes. At 8:15 pm electric power went out and with it the fire . display: none; That historical event inspired this fictional story starring an experienced zoo keeper, a 17 year old orphan, an aspiring photo journalist and 2 giraffes. He's so upset that he wants to set down on paper his story about driving two young giraffes across the United States. This attention, the time for which had to be borrowed from their all too few leisure hours, touched me deeply because it showed that I had won a place with them not based on relationship of boss and employee, but upon friendship and confidence, she reminisced in her memoir. During that time they had seven offspring, including aptly named D-Day, born June 6, 1944. Homeless refugees crammed into town halls, armories and fire stations. Afterward, the hurricane left only three. https://teespring.com/stores/the-history-guy. 1947. 3rd ed. Parts of downtown Providence were under 14 feet of water, with people sheltering on the second and third floors of buildings. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Lofty and Patches became national figures, From the Archives: In 1893 Jos Gabriel was the first inmate to be executed at San Quentin, From the Archives: 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee galvanized the modern American Indian Movement, From the Archives: The queens 1983 visit to San Diego drew a crowd, From the Archives: Egg poached to save condor 40 years ago. How do you mess up a story about two giraffes, an orphaned boy, a hurricane, and a cross country trip? Photo courtesy NOAA/NWS. If you like history too, this is the channel for you. Old World. Print out this index page and present it to the librarian. 1938, near the Cape Verde Islands. What we called highways were barely tolerable for transporting people much less chauffeuring giraffes. If you like history too, this is the channel for you. 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!)*. body.custom-background { background-color: #505050; } 22 (Evening special edition). Explore Jim Widmer's photographs of the Friday fish fry dinner tradition in Wisconsin. After three days of being fed pancakes (and the giraffes are indeed fed pancakes at one point in the novel), she mustered up the energy to pull herself up. : https://thehistoryguyguild.locals.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHistoryGuyYT/Please send suggestions for future episodes: Suggestions@TheHistoryGuy.net. oh, those sky-high eyes of theirs. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. 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. I have been recommending it to everyone! } Weakened by age, racing against a clock, hallucinating, writing long hand, I could not believe that a writer would include details about billboards, flying birds, the physical look of hotels and camp grounds. Enjoy this live view of the African Plains habitat that comes to you from the Kijamii Overlook at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. It was some time before they found out. Reporters in the cities and towns theywent through wrote amusing anecdotes about seeing them on the road, the giraffes peering out of their tall windows at the scenery and cars around them. The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 - Damage Photos Weather.gov > New York, NY > The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 - Damage Photos Current Hazards Current Conditions Radar Forecasts Rivers and Lakes Climate and Past Weather Local Programs The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 82nd Anniversary - September 21, 1938 Giraffes Proud Parents at the San Diego Zoo. Los Angeles Times (August 28, 1952): 15. My sister passed it on to me and knew Id enjoy it. display: inline; Even up there the damage was great. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. Photo courtesy Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries. . . When they finally were in their new house, a picturesque building that resembles a fairy-tale illustration, every connected with the job was ready to fall apart except Mr. and Mrs. I highly recommend the book: Sudden Sea by R. A. Scotti. No more Maple Groves, no barn, the cows were standing in what used to be their stalls.. My Life in a Man-Made Jungle. Photo courtesy Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection. 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 San Diego Zoo: The First Century. https://thehistoryguyguild.locals.com/. Vol. When the 1938 hurricane washed the house away, she dug the family silver out of the sand and rebuilt it. 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 He is full of talk and wit and fun when he is around, but when away he makes me wait for news day after day until I am nearly mad from worrying. New York: Scribner. Yesterday at 12:30 Eddie drove the truck through the gates at San Diego zoological gardens and all hands followed it to the mesa where the citys big crane was waiting and the camels were wondering what the heck. To see newsreel footage of the Great 1938 Hurricane, click here. Official Guide Book of the San Diego Zoo. } [] 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 []. They prepared to transport the animals across the country to San Diego, in the tall, oddly shaped crates that had been custom built for the purpose. -moz-box-shadow: none; San Diego Zoo. Day and Night. font-size: 14px !important; box-shadow: none; [], [] This story was updated in 2018. Without warning, a powerful Category 3 hurricane slams into Long Island and southern New England, causing 600 deaths and devastating coastal cities and towns. could that giraffe have been a descendant of Lofty and Patches? Giraffe. This book stays in my library for later rereading. Use the links below to plan your visit to the Society's Archives. I finished the book last night and now after reading the background and seeing the pictures of the truck and the . The 130-foot storm-ravaged cargo ship finally reached soggy and mangled Brooklyn on September 23. it was the main character that i could not bring myself to like. It's also a coming of age story that demonstrates the positive influence caring friends and gentle animals can have on a young man's life. Survivor. The three older kids were in school and my mom had to get them out to go home. It touched me more deeply than anything Ive read in years!! 1938 1939 LIFE Magazine October 10, 1938 LIFE Magazine October 10, 1938 Legion Drum Majoretts $ 39.99 9 in stock Add to cart SKU: 113-810-1000 Categories: LIFE Magazines, LIFE Magazines 1930's, LIFE Magazines 1938 Tag: Description Additional information Description Karie, I just finished West with Giraffes. } Giraffe Transport with International D-40 Truck More. News of the storm-tossed ship had reached reporters, and they gathered on the dock to get the story. 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. Seattle, WA: Lake Union Publishing. The drama is a bit formulaic, as is the dialogue, and sometimes it's a bit sentimental, but it works, so who cares. Who was the editor on this one? 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). } There were many reasons giraffes were hard to come by for Americas first zoos. Thank you for sharing it the magic of googling. Begin or dive deeper into researching your family tree, Learn about the spaces, places, & unique story of your community, The largest North American Heritage collection after the Library of Congress. 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. A giraffe's heart is 2 feet (0.6 meters) long and weighs about 25 pounds (11 kilograms), and its lungs can hold 12 gallons (55 liters) of air! What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. With horrible writing. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. 1997. Wisconsin history is full of breweries and beer. outline:none; Benchley, Belle J. 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. Before the storm, 100 boats fished the waters between Point Judith, R.I., and New London. From 5 p.m. to 9 a.m., we rebroadcast the morning and afternoon stream. 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Copyright 2023 Rumble. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, you're watching the live cam from the Safari Park. The storm hit seven days after I was born in Northampton, Mass. The giraffe is in a large crate on the bed of the truck which appears to be inside a building. Good story line well written. When, finally, I can bear the silence no longer, I let him know that I must have news. Next thing I knew, we were floating, Moore recalled. That was the plan, anyway, but the female giraffe had had enough of travel crates! A total of 4,500 homes were destroyed and 25,000 damaged. In 1938, it was lifted from its foundation by flooding caused by the Great New England Hurricane and moved to a new []. By 4 pm, one of the most powerful and destructive hurricanes ever to hit Southern New England made landfall between Bridgeport andNew Haven, Conn. Great 1938 hurricane storm surge. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to become Southern California's first giraffes. My Mother remembers a tree falling through their roof in North Conway, NH. In 1938, 2 hurricanes survived the Great Hurricane and needed to be transported across the US from NY to the San Diego Zoo. border: none; float: left; Robert L. was completely crushed by the animal. Perhaps you will fall in love with those giraffes and enjoy the adventures of Old Man and Woody as much as I did. The storm hit Long Island and Southern . Inaccurate weather forecasts left residents unprepared. No images or content are primarily intended to shock and disgust. If you liked. Total cost of the storm for the East End of Long Island alone was estimated to be $6.2 million (1938) Almost 50 . He remembered the 38, too! Two weeks ago last night, Smith, the giraffes and Eddie Seuss, mechanic, started the trek westward, the animals heads sticking out of the top of the crates and astounding motorists from ocean to ocean wondering if they saw it, really. No images or content are primarily intended to shock and disgust. The storm soaked an unknown number of pants. In all, 10 people clung to that bit of floor as it hurtled across the Sound to land in Connecticut. Above, the steamship Monhegansits at a pier in Providence after sinking during the hurricane. Nothing worked until, after a couple of hours, he tried an onion. I headed to San Diego and their new zoo, where Id heard that the animals get treated better than the people. Also, it's well researched with a "Historical Notes" section at the end that's informative and the research is never heavy-handed within the text.