New Britain herald., 1927-11-04

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 To the south, and across the line . in Massachusetts. North Adams. Adams, Pittsfield and Westheld to- gether with a number of smaller places were victims of turbulent streams and unabating rain. A score of houses were swept away at North Adams when the north and south branches of the Hoosac river ran riot. National guardsmen assisted police and fire men in relief work. The Marshall street bridge went out, cutting off the northern part Of the city. Near iy every other bridge had 10 be closed to traffic and the Big Beaver dam dynamited to save other struu- 1 lures. The waters released by its demolition sped down Union street converting it into d veritable mill race.
 Militia Called Out
 At Adams the militia Was called out. Two street bridges were de- stroyed, the Berkshire Paper con- pany dam dynamited to save the plant and the center Of the town vas swamped under four feet of water.
 At Lee, Mass. another dam was blown up while at Dalton four mills including the Government Paper manufactory of Crane and company had 10 be closed.
 Westfield reported two and poss- bly three drownings when a closed sedan attempted to plough through five feet Of water.
 Railroad chaos incident to the storm was probably unparalleled, especially in Vermont. Crack eX- presses that connect Canada with New England and New York were either hopelessly stalled or hours behind time and with the prospect of getting through too indefinite to allow railroad officials to venture a prediction.
 Bridges had been carried away, rails buried under tons Of water and washouts and landslides were com mon despite tho efforts of every available section hand.
 SouthbOund Trains Cancelled.
 All southbound trains from Mon treal over the three routes to Boston were cancelled. The northbound Montreal flyer pulled out of the Boston and Maine station here with out q single Pullman car for the first time in its history and with passengeres warned that it might be subject to indefinite delays north of the Vermont state line. Other north bound trains moved on a similar basis.
 To the west, the Boston and Maine's limited trains to Chicago, the east and west bound Minute Man, were hopelessly detained in the westerdn part of Massachusetts. The east bound express was halted at Williamstown because of a wash out due 10 the overflow of a rescr- voir at Greylock, while the west bound section was hung up at North Adams for q like cause.
 Buses Also Blocked.
 Att mpts to send the passengers through in buses had to be aban- doned because of impossible roads and the railroad undertook to feed them all.
 Farther 10 the south, the Boston
 h1yrinpr troubles of its own. A washout near Beclet Station undermined both main tracks. The northbOund Mon treal express out of Springfield, Mass, accepted passengers with the understanding that transportation | could not be guaranteed north of ! White River Junction, vt.
 Signals Short Circuitcd.
 Trains on the New York, New i Haven and Hartford railroad run ! ming into Springfield from the south . were delayed from quarter to , half an hour by short circuiting ot automatic signals.
 Northern Connecticut experienced , ore of the worst inundations in the | history of the sttte when the Farm inston, Mad. Still and Naugatuck ! rivers went on rampage with re , sultant widespread damage.
 Winsted's business section was , hard hit and extensive loss was sui fered also at Torrington where the river swept over its banks.
 At New Hartford. efforts of police and firemen were unsuccessful Tn to carry to safety members of & number of families marooned by a swiftly rising current.
 Houses Float in River
 White River Junction, Vt. Nov. P-The rain swollen White river which runs through this village was eight feet higher today than the previous record high mark and had caused hundreds of thousands Of lollars of damage. Railroad service It this point, on one Of the busiest functions in New England, was at ] standstill.
 me great lTclSHt Nolu uiiiNi No' struction by the Central Vermont suffered severely and the lew Boston and Maine railroad yards also was damaged. Bridges across the White river at Hartford md West Hartford villages went out turing the night, and the bridge ,ver the same stream in White River Junction was in danger today.
 Water covered the streets of this yillage and more than a hundred antilles were forced from their lomes when the flood reached the second stories. There was no com between the north ana outh sections of White River June ion, which is in the town of Hart ord. A sidewall of the fire station by the water fell gainst the end of the White river bridge here. Sections of houses were oming down the stream from towns i,rE