New Britain herald., 1927-11-05
FLOOD DEATH TOLL
 RAPIDLY MOUNTING
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by pr- Francis x. Mahoney. city
 health commissioner that ouy 4u ipsr cent of l}oston's supply had been received by dealers, health officials in other Massachusetts and New
 Hampshire cities dependent on Ncr-
 mont and New York sources for
 'hetr supplies, urged strictrst con- seNation ot the fluid.
 : No possible improvement was in prospect for 4S hours and that he shortage might even last longer was freely forecast.
 Another situation which although 1t held little immediat" peril WAS that of a possible food shortage not only in inc Hooded area hut also to the millions in the comparatiycly unscathed coastal districts.
 Embargo on Freight The Boston and Albany has 1e- clared an embargo on all freight from the east 10 points west of ! Springfield and from the west to all points east Of Pittstield. The Boston and Maine railroad reported service i generally disrupted west of the Con necticut river while in Vermont. many parts Of New Hampshire and certain sections Of Maine, railroad ing was at q standstil.
 Hundreds of thousands Of dollars ! loss had been sustained by railroads in the myriad bridge losses, freight i car submergencc, track washoutS, ! terminal disorders, landsides and tieups 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 Eng land came reports of factories, mills lum Der yards power plants and oth- CT enterprises which had been caught Up by the swirIing streams. Rhode Island alone reported 5000 | thrown out of employment in that state by swollen mill rivers. State Police Take Charge The situation in the other states was somewhat better. Western Massachusetts took up the work of rehabilitation while fresh reports of misfortunes continued 10 trickle in. At Pittstield, General Alfred F. Foote, state commissioner for safety. arrived with detail of state police to take charge of the situation at Beckett which was virtually de- molished by a bursting dam on the previous day.
 His first announcement was a warning to curiosity seekers to keep clear of the stricken town. Waters in the mill hemmed Merri- mack river were rising steadily and today were near high flood levels. Reports from Plymouth. N. H.. it's headwaters told of an 1S-foot jump in the rivers stage there.
 To the south the Blackstone river which flows through a large textile district both in this state and in Rhode Island was also rising and already had caused considerable hardship to factories and home owners along its banks.
 Coal Schooner Sinks News from Maine indicated the force of the storm was being felt along the coast. The three masted schooner George D. Jenkins of New York bound for Calais with coal sank in 20 fathoms In East Penohscot bay in the storm.
 Its crew of five made a peril fraught row to land through heavy seas in a small lifeboat The same gale put the coast guard destroyer Jewett on the rocks at Gloucester, Mass, but 1t was refloated without damage. At Falmouth Foreside, Me, the two masted schooner Will liam Keene piled onto the beach de- spite two hours effort by a tug 10 pull it to sea. It was heavily laden with coal and 1t was feared that un- less 1t floated today It would be a total loss.
 Railroads Heavy Sufferers
 Inland, Maine, railroads were heavy sufferers. The Mountain di- vision of the Maine Central which extends into New Hampshire and Vermont reported 100 washouts and landslides. One of the latter cut q freight train Of so cars in two. The Rangeley division was under high water at many points.
 1000 Are Homeless
  came news that close to 1000 per sons were homeless and the town was under military control Dam age 10 industries alone was estimat- cd to exceed s75O,oOo The Connec- ticut river had reached it's highest stage in 4n years with no recession in sight To add to the sufferings of the inha abitants, the water supply failed and the town was without q drinking supply.
 Richford was literally cut In two when a big steel bridge was swept away by the Mississquoi river which also buckled the Canadian Pacific railway bridge and sped a million feet of lumber downstream.
 City tn Darknkcss
 Al Brattleboro the Connecticut river was cascading over q power dam at the rate of 100000 cubic feet second and the city was with out light, power or railway service as the electric plant shut down to save its generators.
 Food hoarding had started at Rel lows Falls and an unconhrmed re- port from the same place said that the entire town of Ludlow had been abandoned by townspeople who fled to the hills. Ludlow is >he home of Attorney General John G. Sargent and is not far from Plymouth, the <. Vermont home of President CooI- |, idge.
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