The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-25
Worst Flood Plays
 Hauoc Around City
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NFOAAOAAAAOo in several sections. The Naugatuck river, he said, appeared to equally as high as it was in the flood of March 12, 1886
 Bridges Not In Danger None of the city's bridges were endangered, said MT. Fleming. City and WPA construction work on many streets was washed out but the full extent of the damage will not be known until the water has gone down. Washouts by the score were reported and street department crews were seeking to make repairs as quickly as possible.
 As early as g o'clock this morn ing Bank street was closed to traf- fic, from Liberty street to Riverside street. Water several feet deep &C., cumulated under the railroad bridge at Bank aud Riverside streets. Later in the morning water began flowing onto Bank street, just south of Meadow street and rose steadily.
 Water from the Naugatuck river backed up on to North Riverside street, forcing police to close that thoroughfare for several blocks.
 Telephone Poles Fall Manager E. L. Beebe of the Wa terbury division of the Southern New England Telephone Co.,, re- ported that falling poles and rain seeping into cables had impaired service somewhat last night and to- day. In Waterbury about 100 phones were out of order, ana four poles were down. In Cheshire about 10 phones were out of order and two poles were down. Naugatuck had about 15 phones out, and Thomas ton 10. Watertown had 21 stations out of order an dtwo poles down. Washout of a road caused inter- ference with the Waterburry-Dan- bury toll service today. Calls on this line were either delayed or re- routed. Repairs were being made as quickly as possible.
 Wires Have Trouble Manager Charles IAllen of the Waterbury office of the Connecticut Light & Power Co.,, reported that falling branches had broken pri- mary wire and cut off service in the northern section of the city this morning. Service was restorted af- ter an hours interruption. In Wa tertown this morning, light service was interrupted for 35 minutes, fall ing trees breaking wires. In Wood bury, falling trees forced down sev- eral wires cutting off service tem- | porarily in that town, and also in Southbury.
 The Waterbury division office of the New Haven railroad reported l several washoutS, but none was of a serious nature. Regular service was being maintained by the railroad. Plank Road in Bad Shape A considerable section of Plank road was closed to traffic, and sev- eral connection streets were also closed, when the Mad rIver over flowed its banks. Conditions in this section were made worse as several brooks poured their waters into the Mad river.
 The street department removed a fallen tree which was blocking traf- fic at Meriden road and Woodland avenue. Another tree was snapped off on WatertoWn avenue. Dozens of other trees were reported to have fallen in outlying sections. Even comparatively near the cen- ter of the city branches of trees were snapped off by the wind and hurled to the ground. Store and display signs were blown down in several places.
 Plate Glass Window Crashes Two plate glass windows in the Fulton Market store at Willow and West Main streets were shattered during the night by the gale. Brooklyn, Town Plot and South Leonard street busses were re-rout- ed thls morning as flood waters &C., cumulated on Bank and North Riv- erside streets. Extra police were on traffic duty at several points in Brooklyn, and along the streets over which traffic was being re-routed. Hundreds of cellars were flooded. and houSeholdlers not fortunate enough to own pumps were trying to bail out with buckets and other equipment. Damage from this cause will probably reach a large sum.
 City Engineer Charles A. Root said early this afternoon that the Naugatuck was holding its own" He said that he and members of his staff were keeping close watch on both the Naugatuck and Mad rivers.
 The storm was accompanied by a steady rise in temperature. The mercury hOVered ahnlit the 60 deoree