The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-20

private boats were ordered confis- cated.
 13,000 People Evacuated
 More than 13,000 persons who evacuated flooded homes took refuge in the state armory, Springfield col- lege, schools and private dwellings.
 Except for six downtown blocks, the entire city was under water ranging from few inches to several feet in depth.
 The Penobscot and Kennebec rivers in Maine, the Merrimack running through Vermont and Mas sachusetts, the Connecticut, cours- ing the boundaries of Vermont and New Hampshire and emptying through Connecticut into Long Island Sound, the Housatonic and Naugatuck in Connecticut-and the Providence in Rhode Island-all were over their banks.
 Chief danger points were Lewis ton, Auburn, Augusta, Brunswick, Halowell, Randolph and Gardiner, Me; Concord, Manchester and Nassau, N. H.; Springfield, Chicopee, Northampton, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell and Haverhill, Mass, Woon- socket and Pawtucket, R. l., and Hartford, Conn.
 No Relief Promised
 The weather bureau, offering no relief for stricken thousands, pre- dicted two more days of rain for Maine, snow or rain for New Hampshire and Vermont and rain for southern New England.
 Army and navy reservists, na- tional guardsmen, World War vet- erans and coast guardsmen joined in emergency police and rescue work.
 Federal, state and municipal re- lief agencies fought disease and food shortage.
 Local authorities estimated that 100000 were homeless through the six New England states. Hardest hit was Massachusetts, which was bearing the brunt of damage wrought by the Connecti- cut and Merrimack rivers.
 Springfield, fourth city of the state, was paralyzed. Virtually the entire city was under water as the raging waters of the Connecticut chased its 175,000 citizens to higher land. School Holds Victims
 The high school of Commerce housed 4,000 flood victims there, Others were in the state armory and Springfield college. At the Domini- can Monastery of the Mother of God, between West Springfield and Holyoke, 50 nuns and 25O refugees sent out appeals for food.
 Typhoid serum was sent to Holy oke, where an epidemic threatened because of tainted water. The city asked Governor Curley of Massa- chusetts to see that 1t got milk.
 In Chicopee, 15,000 were forced to flee their homes.
 National guardsmen patrolled the streets of Lawrence, Haverhill, and Lowell to prevent footing.
 The Merrimack was. reaching an all time high in its lower valley and a dozen towns there were isolated.
 The Merrimack was reported to have engulfed the little town of Hookset, N. H., drowning six of its residents. This report could not be verified immediately because com munications were cut off. A dozen houses were said to have been swept down the river.
 Pounding Against Dam
 Five miles south of Hookset the rivers waters were pounding against the Amoskeag dam at Manchester It was feared this barrier might be washed out.
 The national guard was ordered out in Concord, N. IT. The power plant at Nashua was disabled. The Connecticut river over-ran Hartford, capital of Connecticut that bears its name. Hartford was without light. power or telephone service.
 The entire population of H9 9'~o'" Mass, marooned on an island formed by rising fic.I --el.. o...  rescued in boats bY police.
 Governors Acting
 In Boston Governor U... ley plan- ned to present a special message tS the legislature asking a $5.000, ,00( bond issue to rebugild bridges ant highways lost in the Hoods.
 In Vermont Governor Charlei Smith ordered national guardsmer to duty at stricken points. Work. CTS labored all night long with sand. bags and apparently saved Vernon dam on the Connecticut river Should 1t break. it would send ( virtual tidal wave down the Con. nectieut valley.
 In Rhode Island. i2000 personI were thrown out of work when 4 plants in the Blaekstone vnlIey clos e6. Scores were forced t0 fec iF W00nsocket and Pnwtueket wheT the Pawtleket ogeFfl0Wed at War wflah ana aaaa aIaa ca nk fsanamff fNUIfn