FLOODS IN U.S.A.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19151, 7 November 1927, Page 9

FLOODS IN U.S.A.

RESERVOIR BURSTS. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. (BT CABI.T.-rRSSS ASSOCUTIOS-fOpTRieRT.I (AUSTRALIAN A.ND V.i. CABLK ASSOCIATION.., (Received November N3th, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. November 4. A florid, which ravaged the New England States, caused many deaths and damage to property estimated at millions of dollars. Lieutenant-Governor Jackson. o[ Vermont, is reported to be downed, and there are at least '.'oo other drownings in various centres. Connecticut and Massachusetts were also affected.

Unconfirmed reports put the loss of life at from 137 to '212 as a result of the collapse, of a large reservoir at Montpeher, Vermont, in one of the worst autumn floods recorded in history, which tor three days has gripped five New England States and parts of New York, as well as Canada. The death toll outside Montpelier is expected to number more than a score. Railroad services are paralysed, and scores of bridges and dams are reported to be swept away. The village ot Becket, in Massachusetts is completely washed away, and the telephone and telegraph services from the State Capital of Vermont (XJontpelierl failed, cutting off communication with the stricken areas.

Mater is running ten feet deep through the main streets. The damage to property throughout the devastated sections is expected to total several millions.

The National Guard has been railed out at Burlington, the largest city in Vermont, to help to control the situation at this point. Carcases of cattle, portions of houses and furniture and other debris were swept over the top of the bridge across the Hudson River, which is rising rapidly and threatens to inundate Albany, the New York State Capital. No bookings by boat service to New York are being accepted. An observer flying over the flooded areas of Vermont, reported that housed ar© bobbing about in great lakes. .Afore rain is forecasted.

CASUALTIES CONFIRMED

(AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.') (Received November 6th, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. November 5. A radiogram to a Burlington newspaper to-day verifies the death of Lieutenant-Governor Jackson and 200 others- in Montpelier and Barre, six miles south-east of the Capital.