Evening star., 1927-11-05

| Guiding those reported deau IN barre,
| but without estimating the possible
fatalities in Montpelier. Vermont led
| the list with 1G Massachusetts came
next with u, which included three for
Westfeld, where varying reports
placed two and three occupants of
submerged machine among the vic
Tins.
Water Sweeps Man to Death.
Rhode Island had single reported
fatality, with one man believed to
have been carried to his death in a
rush of waters near Westerly.
Connecticut and New Hampshire ap-
parently suffered only heavy property
loss, while in Maine, where the storm
took the form of gale. a linenan
was electrocuted while repairing
fallen wire.
Continuing rain in many places and
utter inability of railroads to cope
with the extraordinary situation in
others brought the traffic paralysis
which has grippcd the entire area no
nearer an end today. but it did pre-
sent a fresh and grave problem.
That w;as the threat of 4 milk fam
inc. Coincident with a warning by
Dr. Francis X. Mahoney, city health
commissioner, that only 40 per cent Of
BostCn's supply had been received by
dea lers, health officials in other Mas
sachusetts and New Hampshire cities
dependent on Vermont and New York
sources for their supplies urged
strictest conservation Of the fluid. He
| said no possible Improvement was in
prospect for 4S hours ana that the
shortage might even last longer.
Another situation which, although
halI i1tn
that of possible food shortage, not
only in the fioodad area, but also TO
the millions in the comparatively I'M
scathed coastal districts.
Freight Embargo Declared.
The Boston and Albany has de-
clared an embargo on all freight from
/ the East to points west of SPRING
| field and from the West to all points
east of Pittsfield. The Boston and
Maine Railroad reported service gem
orally disrupted west of the Connec-
| ticut River, while in Vermont many
parts of New Hampshire and certain
sections of Maine railroading was at
a standstill.
Hundreds OF thousands Of dollars
| loss had been sustained by railroads
in tho myriad bridge losses. freight
car submergence, track washouts,
terminal disorders, landslides and tie
ups of local passenger trains and fast
expresses.
Added to the toll Of storm losses
were the countless hundreds OF per-
sons who saw their means of liveli-
hood swept away by turbulent floods.
From every section Of New England
came reports of factories, mills, lum-
Der yards, power plants and other en-
terprises which had been caught up
by the swirling streams. Rhode Is
land alone reported 5000 thrown out
Of employment in that State by
swollen mill rivers.
Like Mississippi Scenes.
Airpane pictures of the devastated
regions showed scenes like those of
the recent Mississippi River inunda.
tion houses and barns. or what re-
mained of them, churning about in
swift flowing waters. broad lowlands
changed into lakes. bursted dams with
gaping breaches, State roads trace.
able only by the tops Of abandoned
automobiles, railroad embankments
buried to the steel and oftentimes
disappearing entirely beneath the
flood, whole towns in which streets
had become canals and pedestrians
metamorphosed into boatmen.
From Windsor. VT, came news that
close to / 900 persons were homeless
and the town was under military con.
troll. Damage to industries alone was
estimated to exceed $4,000 The Con-
necticut River had reached it's highest
stage in 40 years, with no recession
lin sight. To add to the sufferingS of
the inhabitants, the water supply
failed and the town was without a
drinking supply.
Richford was literally cut in two
when big steel bridge was swept
away by the Missouri River, which
also bIckled the Canadian Pacific
Railway Bridge and sped 100000 feet
of lumber downstream.
At Brattleboro the Connecticut
River was cascading over power
dam at the rate of 100000 cubic feet
q second, and the city was without
light. power or railway service. as the
electric plant shut down to save its
generators. :,
Food Hoarding Charged.
Food boarding had started at Bel
lows Falls, and an unconirmed report
from the same place said that the en-
tire town of Ludlow had been aban-
doned by townspeople, who fled to the
hills. Ludlow is the home of Attor-
| ney General John G. Sargent and is
| not far from Plymouth, the Vermont
home of President Coolidge.
North Walpole. n. H., across the
river from Bellows Falls, was under
II feet of water.
White River Junction saw a con-
tinued rise in The waters OF the White
River, which had already shot up ~ !
feet in II hours. claimed three lives,
destroyed four bridges and wrought
damage of approximately $l,5oo.oOo
in the town OF Hartford, OF which
the junction is q part.
The railroad bridge over the White
River was steaded by train of coal
cars weighing a million pounds, which
officials hoped would serve AS an an.
chorage.
Rutland Suffers Heavily.
Rutland was another Vermont city
to suffer a staggering loss in property,
and il counted beSida two don1 wit