Evening star., 1927-11-04
VERMONT HIT HARDEST.


BOSTON, November 4 R).-Floods
of unprecedented volume gripped three
New England States today.
Vermont was hit hardest, but west
>rn Massachusetts, was a close second.
while Connecticut reported substantial
inundations.
The fury that Is hours of torrentiai
rain let loose was unabated today.
The Chittendon dam, six miles above
the City of Rutland. VT, was in dan
ger of collapse.
Town Swept Away.
Mrs. Gustine Carroll, so, is believed
TO have been drowned when the Ly.
man Reservoir broke away and wiped
out the center of the town of Beckett,
Mass, today Twenty-Five buildings.
including all of the industries. the
post Office and eight homes, were de.
stroyed. William Ballou, owner OF
the reservoir, saved many lives py
hurrying to the center Of the town 10
warn the residents after he had seen
the reservoir on a hillside breaking
away from its confines.
Two miles of the Boston & Albany
main track was washed away.
Two highway bridges were carried
off
The townspeople fed to the noun
tainside. Mrs. Carroll was in store
and was warned about the approach
ing torrent, but refused to leave the
building, not realizing the seriousness
OF the situation.
Ballou throughout the night had
been watching the reservoir. when
was on a high hill a mile outside tne
village With the first sign OF break
he drove his car down to the village.
shouting:
Run for your lives.
The Red Cross hurried relief to the
town from Pittsfield and other BerK-
shire County towns. Telephone com
munication was cut on.
Trapped in Sedan.
Swollen streams were bursting their
banks and new bridge perils loorned
hourly. The dead included two and
possibly three persons believed 10
have drowned in a submerged sedan
in Westfield, Mass. street; two
caught in a collapsing building at
Barre, VT, and one man in Pitts
field. VI.
The storm seemed to have centered
its fury at Rutland, VT. All railroad
connection with the outside world was
Gu, Of Torrents coursed over high.
ways, hundreds of householders took
10 boats and RATS, telephone service
was virtually non-existent and the city
was without light or power. COM
many OF National Guardsmen was
called out.
Conditions at Ludlow, Newport.
Bennington. Springfield and Barre
were scarcely better. OF the larger
places I'm Vermont. Burlington alone
seemed destined TO escape serious
nf 10 l..
ton.
Train Is MarDoned.
A CANADIAN Pacific wrecking train
DISPATCHED to repair a washout near
Orleans was n9arooned by rising wa
fers. which had already forced aban-
donment Of numbers OF automobiles
on highways
From Bethel, Vt. came word that
10 bridges had been destroyed Two
large power dams at lIortonia were
in western Massachusetts, North
Adams. Adams, Pittsfield and West
field. with a number of smaller places,
were victims of turbulent streams
and unabating rain.
a score Of houses were swept away
al North Adams when the north ana
south branches of the Hoosac River
ran riot National Guardsmen assist
ed nolice and fremen in relief work
The Beaver Dam was dynamited to
save other structures
At Adams the Berkshire Paper
CO. dam was dynamited to save the
plant.
Four Mills Closed.
At Lee. Mass. another dam was
blown up while at Dalton TOUR miiis
Including the Government paper