New Britain herald., 1929-02-07

they called to neighbors to bring
them assistance and the city's educ
tor was sent out. Later. the fire de-
partment was called. Captain Ed
ward Woods Of No. Z station brought
his squad to Park drive. where with
the aid of ropes and ladders. the
family was brought to the car. Ben
jamin Canzellarini, public works de-
partment employe. waded through
the waters over his waist and car
ried the entire family and Mr.. Kill
bourne, one at time. to safety.
Flood in West End
West Main street was flooded be-
tween Lincoln street and Black
Rock avenue, while opposite Wal
nut Hill park the roadway was also
covered. A broad, deep stream Of
water swept down through the park
entrance and the court of honor and
across West Main street. Cascades
of water were pouring over the con-
crete walls supporting the bank west
of Emmons place, the streams
crossing the sidewalk in the air and
rendering the walk impossible. On
the hill near the library, the force
Of the water was 30 great that it
uprooted sections of the amiesite
surfacing and swept it along.
Patrolmen Walter Wagner and
Charles Anderson answered a call
for help from 37S Commonwealth
avenue this morning. They found
water pouring into cellar so rapid
ly that members of the family were
unable to get down to turn off the
gas on a hot water heater. The po-
licemen reported seeing cars there
with water up to the windshields.
Appeal From Marooned Woman
Sergeant John C. Stadler and Pa
troll Driver James McCabe attempted
to answer a call from a Mrs. sokoI
at go Monroe street. Mrs. Sokol
telephoned she was unable to get
cut. Sergeant Stadler reported water
upto the front porches of houses
and SO deep on the street it was
impossible to get within five blocks
of the house.
From Madison street west every.
thing was under water. he said. On
Shuttle Meadow avenue portions OF
the street were under water.
Park street was under water to q
depth Of several feet between Bige.
low street and the railroad, and
about six inches near John stree,
when the sewers failed to carry of
the floods.
All Phone Operators at Work
Only once before in the history oil
TIE local branch of the telephone
company has there been such 9
heavy demand for service as there
was this morning. That was the
time Of the North G. Judd disaster
several years ago. The demand
started last night about II O'Clock
when the night operators were liter
ally swamped with calls, so much
SO that many people waited, some
rather impatiently, from two to five
minutes for replies. This morning
shortly after 7 o'clock the load OF
calls became SO heavy 1t was neces.
sary to call in every available oper-
ator and calls came through SO rap.
idly 1t VS. impossible to handle them
with anything near the usual speed
Calls for the school department,
were handled by the thousands. &C.
cording to T. P. McAuliffe. loca
manager. 1t seemed as though ever,
child in the city wanted TO know II
there would be school. The schoo
department was able to handle oni,
small portion of these calls and
hundreds of them were relayed Il
the Herald office. Finally the oper.
ators were authorized by higher off
Gals to pass on the information tina
| there would be no school, and in THU
way many people got their informa
ton direct from the telephone com
pany. This is a service operator
are permitted to give in cases o
emergency such as bad storms, BIZ
fires. etc,
Hundreds OF telephones were on
of commission this morning.
Opens Home for Relief
Setting up on a small scale,
flood relief agency. Mrs. William H
Hall, whose home is at the corne
of Francis street received and pro
vided for the residents of Parl
drive who were taken from cold
wet homes, by employees of tn
board Of public works and the fir
department. Engineer Philip A
Merriam and Building Inspector Ar
thur N. Rutherford, who directe
the task Of bringing the maroone
people to dry land today expresse
their appreciation of the hospitalit
and shelter afforded them.
Supt. b. H. McElhone OF Ne,
Britain division OF the Connecticu
Light and Power Co.. said the foo
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