New Britain herald., 1924-04-07

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 Connecticut rose rapidly under the
 influence of q heavy rainfall on the snow blanket and inundated the highway at several points. At 10 o'clock street railway officials esti- mated the depth of water at 10 feet at Frog Hole, an annual trouble spot, where the rivers rise is always sud- den. Trolley officials also reported that traffic between Westfleld and the town of Huntington, several miles to he west, was cut off, 1t being possi- ble to get no farther west than Rus sell.
 The Agawam river, which flows into the Connecticut at this city, also was running over it's banks and bringing down logs and trees. No heavy property damage has been reported from this streams rise but it is likely that the Westfield river will do damage, as today's rise is without precedent in recent years.
 The official rainfall figure since yesterday afternoon is Leo inches.
 At Unionvile the Pennington river "hS huib to itiNc iitANii'u HIS ii'>l mark in 25 years. All factories along the banks were shut down because of back water. No trolleys are running. Several summer cottages along the river. near the railroad bridge are completely under water and one cot tage went down the river early in the morning. Water was four feet high on the first floor of the factory of Broadbent and Sons Inc, and gangs of men at that plant and at the fac tories Of the Nourne- Fuller Co., and the Case Mfg. Co.,. were busy today moving equipment to upper stories or higher ground.
 In Hartford, the Park river was to- day river in fact as well as in name and the stream that trickles lazily through. the park on summer days was broad, roaring, hurrying affair, rlunging through the city on its way to the Connecticut. In several places in Bushnell park near the state capi- tol it had topped its banks and wash cd sbenches several feet away from their places. Menacingly large chunks of the high bank on Wells street slid into the river this morning and own CTS of automobiles parked nearby were somewhat apprehensive lest the bank be eaten away as far as the street when their cars would plunge into the stream and join bottles, benches and tin cans in the mad rush to the Connecticut.
 The telephone company experienced some difficulty from the heavy rain but was gaining on the trouble this morning, In Hartford there were 30 lines and about one hundred and fifty stations out.
 There were many delays in the train schedules, The train due in Hartford at s:06 from Wilimantic was held up more than an hour by a washout al Bolton while the washouts on the Central New England between Pine Meadow and Canton delayed the train due here al S,12 three hours.
 Street lights were out for a time last night,
 Fifty women employees of the New England Laundry on Hawthorne street had to be taken out Of the building by way of the windows to- day when q branch Of the Park river, on whose banks the laundry is situat- cd. ovcr0owcd allowing water to seep through the cement flooring to height Of three or four feet. No one was injured but machinery worth sev- cral thousand dollars was rendered useless. A bridge just above the laundry building has been cloggcd up with logs thus preventing the water from rushing down on the building. It was feared, however, that before evening the water would begin to pour through the windows.