The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-20
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ings. National guardsmen still pa- trolled flooded areas to prevent pil- laging. Police Chief John M. Malo- ney declared, however, that except for 6 few isolated instances early last night there had been no loot ing.
 Cold Weather Coming
 Freezing weather tomorrow will add to the sufferings of an estimat- ed 150,000 New Englands left home less by raging floods, the Boston weather bureau predicted today.
 This forecast came as six major rivers, raging as savagely as seas in northeast gale, were fed by new rains after already having caused damage estimated at upward of $100,000,000.
 Chief Meteorologist G. Harold Moves of the Boston weather bureau said temperatures in northern New England would fall gradually to be- low freezing tomorrow, while in southern New England they would probably go no lower than g de- grees above zero.
 In special flood bulletin issued shortly before 10:30 a. m, Moves said:
 "The low temperatures will tend to diminish flood levels and the pre- cipitation will not cause any appre- ciable increase in flood conditions. General weather will be somewhat unfavorable for recovery operations during tonight and Saturday"
 Light rains predicted for all New England were expected to turn to snow sometime tomorrow.
 26 Are Known Dead
 New Englands known death toll rose to 26 today when an unidenti- fled middle -aged woman drowned in the Connecticut river at Springfield. She apparently was caught in flood waters as she fled from her home. The death list was expected to be materially increased when contact was established with isolated cities and towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
 Fifty more National Guardsmen were ordered to Haverhill today to aid in emergency relief and prevent possible footing and disorder. Mayor George E. Dalrymple had requested the additional militia in a telle- phone conversation with an assist ant secretary to the governor. The mayor feared Haverhill might be in darkness tonight. Breakage of the main gas line between Haverhlll and Georgetown was feared. A detach- ment of Somerville firemen was dis patched to Haverhill to aid National GuardSmen.
 Mill Employees MarOOned
 Two thousand employees of the Cabot mills were marooned when the Topsham (Me) bridge, new 20t foot span across the Androscoggin river collapsed under pressure of fec jams and pulpwood swept down from Rumford. The marooned workers live in Brunswick, across the river
 The industrial city of Lewiston Me, with population of 53,000 faced a possible water famine as re- suit of the crippling of it's pumping station. Available drinking water ir the reservoir, officials said at 10 8 m, would last less than 12 hours.
 Police forced 300 river dwellers tc evacuate at Lewiston when the An droscoggin crept up on their homes to the second-story level. Foul women, one of them an invalid, were rescued.
 Bridge Near Collapse
 The bridge between Lewiston anC Auburn was in danger of going out with large ice deposits reported swirling down the Androscoggin only few miles up river.
 Basil Cutting, amateur radio oper- ator at Pembroke, N. H., radioed tht United Press at mid-morning that Il had started to rain again in tht isolated Concord area where tht Merrimack has been a constant menace for 48 hours.
 Springfield Suffers EtOOu-lSlNkuCu SPAhABeACid wal completely without power and light today.
 Power service was crippled wher Connecticut river waters, flooding the United Electric Light company plant. reached the generators.
 Indication the flood may hav' passed its peak was seen in an nouncement the river level remained at 28.5 feet for several hours aftel touching 2s.6 feet at { a. m. Dur Ing the previous i2 hours. 1t hat risen more than 6 foot and half.
 This city of I60.00Q, sixth larges in New England. remained undeI virtual martial law as U. 6. arm' officers. naval reserves, nationa guardsmen and American Legion naires joined police in an attelnp to halt plliaglng of evacuated homes in flooded districts.
 Burglars in boats had been mak' ing the rounds of abandoned dwell ings and removing furnishings alll