New Britain herald., 1927-11-08
TELL OF STRUGGLE WITH FLOOD WATER Local People Have Narrow Es-
 Cap@ in Inundated Vermont BRIDGES WASHED AWAY
Almost Carry Piainville People With Them-To Form Pareat-Tcacher Body Tonight-Methodist Quarter. ly Meeting-Temco Bowling,

Thrilling stories of narrow escapes rom the force Of the flood waters in
 Vermont are being told today by four Plainvllle residents who have just returned from the Green Mountain state after having been marooned there since last Friday: Forced to change their attempted line Of es- cape time and again by new rush Of the waters, barely escaping dis aster when two bridges collapsed Just after their automobile had passed across, the local people final ly fought their way out of the in- undated district by an arduous, roundabout route and declare that they never wish to undergo similar experiences again.
 The party, consisted of Mrs. Nor ris Berry. Mrs. Eda Kaufman, Les ter Berry, and Myer Sneideman and was going 10 Burlington to visit friends there. The story of their told to the Herald this morning by 1 Mir. Sncideman. who is a member of the Yale Dry Cleaning Co.
 They were able to reach Burling- ton but when they attempted to leave found that the road by which they had entered had been closed. They were able to leave by way of a i'notch through the mountains, road by which trucks were bringing sup plies into the city. The mud and water became so deep along the road that finally the trucks became completely mired. They got the last boat which vas able to run over the ferry line.
 The local quartet escaped west ward to IIoosick Falls but barely avoided disaster on two occasions. Once they had just crossed a shak- ing covered bridge at Hoosic when with it into the water the car behind that of the berrys. A second bridge went out behind them later but this escape was so close that the party had to stop and regain it's courage before proceeding.
 They worked their way down and then rented a small ferry for S10. This carried them to Iarabee's s point and they attempted to reach Virgcnnes. but they were met by a rising tide Of water and forced to beat q hurried retreat. A farmer and one-car ferry boat was finally located and another s10 had to be paid out to get the owner to take them back where they had started. Taking q different course, they final ly came out of the flooded district after four days of travelling over Water-Soakcd roads, with the water up to the engine at times and with cold snoWstorms to add 10 their dis comforts. Instead of a normal 500 miles, they were forced to travel about 900.
 The sights which they witnessed were described by Mr. Sneideman. Tn Burlington the waters rushed into the sewers, blew off the manhole covers, and made Waterspouts SD feet into the air. At WlnooSkl the waters were bounding off small mill onto a larger one and threat cnng it with destruction, so the smaller one was blown up. In one place they saw an insane asylum where 75 inmates had been stranded on the roof for 40 hours without foot or adequate protection against the cold and snow.
 At another town they arrived just as 73 COWS, standing in water up 10 their neclls, were shot. This herd was the sole means of livelihood Of the owner, but the shooting was