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estimated it would take 10 years
to bring it back to normal.
A resident of Winsted. Conn,
where the main street was a
tumble of torn and uprooted
paving, said: 1T looked like a
bulldozer with a mammoth blade
had started in the west end of
the city and headed right down
the Ia miles of Main street. We
all cried"
Three bridges were destroyed
in Woonsocket by the rampag-
ing Blackstone River. Three
others were badly damaged.
A three-story. six-tenement
house collapsed into the Mill
River yesterday. A coffin be-
lieved washed away from Woon-
socket by the flood was found
yesterday in Pawtucket. Is miles
away. It was believed one Of
100 washed to the surface from
a local cemetery.
Removal of mud and wreck
age dumped by the food was a
gigantic problem itself. without
considering the rebuilding that
must follow. A Waterbury.
Conn.,, man surveyed that city
Of 100000 and said:
tits utter destruction. It'll.
be weeks before they can get
machinery in to push the debris
out"
1t. Gen. Thomas w. Heron,
commander of the I'd Army.
looked over part Of the mutt
lated flood area and declared,
"If there was an atom bombing
it couldn't have caused more
damage"
Aid Goes to Connecticut
All kinds of help came to
Connecticut. Tons of food,
clothing and medical supplies
were shipped in by air, by truck
and by train.
Appeals were out for more.
People were responding. In New
Haven, not hit by the floods,
people in one neighborhood do
mated 5000 worth of food and
new clothing.
without a dissenting vote, the
Massachusetts legislature early
today adopted two bond issue
measures calling for $55 million
for food rehabilitation work.
One issue is for $50 million for
restoration Of water and sewage
systems and other public prop
critics, excluding roads and
bridges. The other is for $25
million for the repair of State
highways and bridges. as well as
city and town roads. bridges and
streets.
The total damage caused by
the floods in Central and West
ern Massachusetts Is estimated
unofficially at more than a bill
lion dollars. That includes dam
age to private as well as public
properties.
Legislature Acts At Night
Gov. Christian A. Herter signed
both bills into law even before
daybreak today. He waited in
his office while the Legislature
acted after he delivered q special
flood message that took six
minutes.
Gov. Herter told the lawmak-
ers that last Fridays food
caused more damage than two
hurricanes in 1854.
An additional so STAFF men
were moved into New England
by the Food and Drug Admins
tration in Washington to help
local health authorities fight dis
case that might follow the con-
sumption Of tainted foods and
drugs.
Massachusetts health author
files supervised the shipment
yesterday of typhoid vaccine to
the towns of Southbridge. Charl-
ton, Monson, Chicopee, oxford,
Webster, Palmer and Sturbridge.
In addition, Charlton received
penicillin and Palmer received
tetanus toxin.
Salvage work was hindered
early today by a light rainfall
in parts of Massachusetts,, but
the Weather Bureau said the
rain would not be enough to ag-
gravate flood conditions.
Jersey Ruin 500 Million
In New Jersey a civil defense
official pegged that States over
all damage at 500 million.
A giant repair program.
headed by State Highway Com
missioner Dwight r. @. Palmer,
was launched yesterday after an
emergency meeting of Gov. Rob-
ert B Meyner's cabinet.
The Governor said he would
decide by Thursday whether to
seek emergency funds from the
Legislature.
In Washington the Small BUSH