Evening star., 1927-11-06

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supplies to meet the grave conditions
left by the rushing waters is the i'm
mediate problem of the most stricken
districts.
The exact number was impossible to
ascertain because of interrupted COM
munications.
That 13 persons. including Lieut..
Gov. S. Holiister Jackson. had lost
their lives in Barre, VT. was definitely
learned tonight. The lieutenant gov
ernor fell into pool in Potash Brook
while trying to reach his home yes
terday and was drowned. His body
was recovered yesterday afternoon.
The message said the city of Barre
had been damaged to the extent Of
So 900 600. "
Big Dam Breaks.
A report reached Burlington late to.
day that a large dam at Pittsford. VT,
had gone out. and that the city of
Rutland was panic ic-stricken' as re-
suit.
The only message to get through
the feeble wires from st. Albans, VT,
today to the Associated Press said
that the st. Adams Messenger was
life in the Missisquoi Valley in north
ern Vermont.
To the deaths previously reported
there were added today two at New
port. VT. and one each in Rutland
VT; Westfeld. Mass; Hadley, Mass;
Pemaquid Point, Me-, and Berlin, n. II.
1t was learned that the village of
Gaysville, in the town of Stockbri0ge.
Windsor County, VT, had been vir-
tually wiped out by the flooded waters
of the White River. A messenger
tramped over the mountains to Bur.
lington to report that because of the
floods the town of Waterbury was in
need Of r.od.
Officials and residents of Beckett,
Mass, in Berkshire County. where the
central village was washed away yes
terday by the bursting of a reservoir,
expressed determination to rebuild.
but appealed for outside aid.
The crest of the flood had passed
from the Vermont and New Hamp-
shire mountains tonight and was rid
ing swiftly through the great indus
trial centers of New Hampshire and
Massachusetts, Both the Connecticut
and the Merrimack Rivers which re-
ceived most of the waters from the
swollen northern streams, were at
danger height and still rising.
In the Connecticut Valley the cities
of Springfield, Holyoke, Northampton
and other mill centers were threatened
with heavy damage. In the Merri-
mack Valley the rising tide menaced
| Concord, Manchester and Nashua, n.
r., and Lowell. Lawrence and Haver-
hill, Mass. Railroad and highway
communication between Concord and
Manchester were cut off.
Army airplanes were ordered into
the flooded area, and planes sent out
| by newspapers and picture services
also were in the air. Every effort
was being made to reach Montpelier
and the numerous other places cut
| off from any wire service. Moyeable
radio stations proceeded toward the
| distressed sections in the hope of
being able to send out news of the
| situation otherwise unobtainable.
Railroads Crippled.
Washouts and landslides had left
| the railroads in a state of confusion
which cannot be Strengthened out for
several days, and in some cases
| weeks. A roundabout connection to
Albany and the West was established.
but New England was still cut off
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no train service in Vermont and
northern New Hampshire. The Gen.
trail Vermont Railway has lost IS
bridges, and many have been swept
away on other lines.
Hundreds of families were removed
from their homes as flood waters
surrounded them today in many Sec
tions which had escaped yesterday.
The shutting off of train service
from Vermont and New York had one
serious result in Boston and other
large cities through the loss of milk
supplies from the great dairy districts.
With only limited amount of milk
available, health authorities urged its
distribution only to families where
there were children. Other perishable
food supplies were cut off by enforced
railroad embargoes.
Heavy loss was entailed by the
shutting down of many factories and
mills in the river cities. Many places
remained without electric light or
power. and this condition threatened
to spread to other places. including
Springfield.