The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-12

swinging over the bank and drop ping onto the ice which had not been torn away from shore.
 Rivers at Bristol, Terryville, Pennington and Collinsville were rising, but no heavy damage was re- ported.
 Eastern Section Hit
 The eastern section of the state reported heavy damage around Nor- wich, Yantic and Lebanon. The Norwich dairy plant was inundated and the Yantic Mill was closed.
 Homes, barns and stores were bad ly flooded for an area of mile at Yantic. The Hartford-New London turnpike was under foot of water to the south of Colchester.
 The main road from Yantic to Lebanon was impossible. Trolley service in those towns was sus- pended
 Fled Homes at Norwalk
 Many residents of the exclusive Silyermine section at Norwalk were driven from their homes when the Norwalk river overfiowed. A num- ber of prominent artists, actors and professional and business residents compose the Silvermine colony.
 The state highway department closed several highways and bridges as unsafe after the swirling waters swept over the surface of the spans. There was two feet of water in the plant of the Connecticut Light & Power company.
 Livestock was moved to high ground.
 Church in Danger
 A retaining wall collapsed behind the First Congregational church at Seymour and fears were felt for the safety of the structure.
 Cottages were being swept away at the Otter Rock colony on the Housatonic river below Stevenson dam and police said There's a cot- tage floating down the river every 10 minutes"
 Twenty families in lower Caroline street, Derby, were taken from their homes in rowboats after the water reached the second story line,
 All bus and trolley scheduled were cancelled.
 Many washouts were reported by the New Haven railroad One Of the most serious was at Cornwall Bridge were 1900 feet Of track were ripped out. At Swift's curve on the Berkshire division, 865 feet of tracks were clogged with ice and crews worked to clear the rails.
 Foot Deep at AnsOnia
 Water was one foot deep over the tracks at Ansonia station and a freight train was marooncd at Floydsvillc.
 There was Washout at Water ford but other trafiic along the New Haven Providence Shore Line divi- sion carried on.
 Similar difficulty was experienced at Thomaston and Washington.
 Factory workers at Danbury row. ed to work in skiffs and sharpies. Easements were flooded and fires extinguished in homes and factories.
 MOOsup Bridge Going
 The 100-foot Glen's Falls bridge, spanning Moosup river at Moosup, was reported weakening and off, cials of Rrunwick Worsted Mills said it probably would collapse before nightfall. The bridge is a part of the main highway between Norwich and | Providence.
 The trunkline highway from East ford to Phoenixville was closed.
 Damage at North Milford was es- timated at $50000. Many houses were under water and two residences were carried down Housatonic river. Truck Caught In Slide
 A Hartford truck, loaded with cotton and owned by A. c. Loveland. was caught in a rock slide north of the state line. near New Boston, Mass. The driver was unhurt.
 eco crews and highway road gangs worked to clear ice choaked roads in Pleasant Valley.
 The splash board at Grcenway Dam, Winsted. gave out but no se- rious damage resulted.
 
 A dog was marOoned on an island at New Hartford.
 High water flooded the city dump at Winsted. driving hundreds of rats into trees. One rodent caught fire in the smouldefing dump. jumped into a truck and the truck driver was forced to drive the ma chine into the deep water t0 extin- guish the flames.
 River Rlill Rises
 The Connecticut river stood aL Ii;0 feet shortly before p. m., and the rise was said to be almost twice AS fast as at I q, Igl., when the level was 7.5 feet. At Dutch Point station of the Hartford Electric Light com pany jt was said flood stage would be passed by 60 D. m,