The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18
Market Turned Lower To-day Losing All of Advances
Ne1O EngLand Again
 Menaced By Floods
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Falls were inundated and the only rail service out of the city was the Boston and Maine's Boston, o-Bel- lows Falls Line through Keene, N. H.
 The New England Power com- pany's dam at Bellows Falls was taxed to its capacity with all gates open.
 Coy. Curley Gives Orders
 Governor Curley, enroute from Scranton, Pa, where he spoke last night, instructed the state adjutant- general by telegraph to place at the disposal of flood sufferers "all the facilities of the state"
 If more beds, blankets are need- cd be assured they will be provided" Curley's instructions said. "If addi- tional national guard companies are needed they will be ordered on duty upon request"
 Conditions at Adams in the Berk- shires were reported worse than in 1927. Several bridges were washed out and mills and schools were closed. Town and city workmen erected barriers to protect lives and property. All rail service was dis rupted. Ambulances were carrying the sick to hospitals in hill sections. In North Adams traffic was at a standstill and hundreds marooned, Bremen rescued occupants from dwellings over ladders as the Hoosac river overflowed.
 Telephone traffic to Bellows Falls had been rerouted when flood wa tcrs of the Connecticut river reached crossarms of the poles south of the city. Twenty to 25 lines were affected.
 No Telephones
 Johnson and Worcester, Vt., were without telephone communica ton. Cables between White River. Juno tion and Woodsville and Hanover, N. H., and White River Junction were thrown out of commission and calls were rerouted. Similar steps were taken on the Portland Me- Montreal circuit when poles snapped at Walcott and Hardwick.
 The Connecticut river bridge be- tween White River Junction and Lebanon, N. H.. was closed and residents began moving out of near by lowlands.
 At Charlton. in Central Massa- chusetts, Glen Echo dam threatened to burst and flood the town. The Charlton Woolen company was ex- pected to close. Several streets were washed out.
 Deputy Sheriff Joseph Higgins at Barre asked Worcester county com- miSsionerS for permission to dyna- mite section of the Ware river cmbankment to relieve the flood situation.
 Troopers to Northampton
 State Police Commissioner Paul G. Kirk this afternoon ordered 30 additional state troopers to proceed to Northampton, increasing the force there to 102.
 Two outboard motorboats also were sent to that area.
 Shortly before p. m. Northamp- ton state police reported that both the Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany railroads had suspended ser- vice indefinitely to the west
 Connors bridge on route g at Petersham was washed out, making impossible the Athol-Barre road.
 Gas Main Broke
 A gas main broke in the Park ave- nue section of Adams. Berkshire Mill No. 4 in that town was flooded More than 40 refugees were har- bored in the state armory. One of Adams principal bridges, the Lime street bridge, was swept away.
 In the southern section of Green field, where the water was five feet deep, many families evacuated their homes on orders of state and local police.
 Rising at the rate of l8 inches an hour. the Quaboag river threatened the Brookf1eld-W Brookfeld area.
 In eastern Massachusetts the Merrimack river was rising rapidly and trouble along its course was an- ticipated late today.
 New Haven Trains Halted
 New Haven. Conn, March lS.- (UP)-Washouts and cancellations of service were reported today by the New Haven Railroad because of bad flood conditions in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
 Crack trains leaving Boston for New York and Chicago over the Boston & Albany. were rerouted through Springfield and New Haven. They included the 20th Century Limited, North Shore Limited. Ohio State Limited, Wolverine, Western Express and two sections of the Chi cago Special
 Service between Torrington and Wnsted was abandoned after five feet of water coveerd the tracks.
 Freight service on the Northamp- ton to New Haven canal division was halted because bridge at Westfield, Mass, was declared un- safe,
 A washout was reported at South Lee, Mass, on the Berkshire divi- sion and water flooded the tracks at Clark's Corner, on the Willimantic- Putnam Line, retarding schedules.
 Difficulties also were experienced at Webster and Worcester, Mass.