FLOODS IN U.S.A.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1927, Page 2

FLOODS IN U.S.A.

HEAVY DEATH ROLL

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.]

NEW YORK. Nov. 4. The flood which ravaged the New England States caused many deaths, and the property damage is estimated at millions of .dollars. Mr Jnekson Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, is reported drowned, and at least two hundred others in various centres. Connecticut iiml Massnchussets ure also affected

Unconfirmed reports put the loss of life at 137 to 212. As the result of the collapse of a large reservoir at Montepelier, Vermont. in one of the worst autumn floods recorded in history, which for three days has gripped five of New England States and ports of New York, as well as Canada, the death toll, outside Montepelier. is expected to number more than a score. The railroad services are paralysed ; scores of bridges and dams are reported swept away. The village of Becket, in Massnchussets. was completely washed away. The telephone and telegraph services from the State capital of Vermont (Montepelier) failed, cutting off communication with the stricken areas. Water is running ten feet deep through the main streets. The property dnniage

throughout the devastated section is expected to total several millions. The National Guard was called out at Burlington, the largest city in Vermont. to help control the situation at ■ this point.. Carcases of cattle and 1 portions of houses, furniture and other debris, sweat over the •'>■> of the bridge across tile Hudson River, which is rising rapidly and threatens to inundate Albany. New York State o pital. No hookings by boat service to Now York arc (being accepted. XF.W YORK. Nov. 3. A radiogram to a Burlington newspaper to-da.v verifies tlie death of Lieutenant Governor Jackson and two hundred others in Montepelier and Barrel, six miles south-east of the capi tal. COLLAPSE OF RESERVOIR. NEW YORK, Nov. 4. Ar unconfirmed report from White River Junction, Vermont, states Hot between 137 and 212 lives were lost, following the collapse of the largo reservoir in the Montepelier State capital. which completely isolated many sections. The New England States are floodr cd by torrential rains. [ U.S. FLOODS. 'Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 3. With the known dead now totalling forty in the Now England flood disaster , cabled on Nov. 3rd) the reports still ) persist in stating the total will reach two hundred. Fliers in amphibians were the first to penetrate the area, particularly Vermont and New Hampshire, great parts s of which are still cut off from all com- - mindention, hut sporadic radio mes--1 sages, principally from amateurs, have 1 been received.

Liuet.-Governor Jackson of Vermont is among those dead, having been drowned while trying to reach home at Rnrrc Vermont.

A cold wave has followed and a scarcity of food, coupled with the threatened bursting of further dams, particularly Rutland, have resulted in extreme hardships tor thousands ol persons without shelter. Six hundred families to-day abandoned their homes. The Governors of the neighbouring States and the United States Government have put all their resources at the command of the stricken area. The stoppage of rail communication and impossibility of roads make the aid problem difficult. The crest of the flood is moving south and now threatens many valleys and cities in the neighbourhood of New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Boston messages state 123 were drowned in the New England floods, and millions of damage was caused. The reports of Montpelier deaths was unfounded.