Northern and Western New England Devastated Through Abnormal Rainfall: Many Millions of Damage Done New York, Nov. 4
Floods, owing to continued heavy rain, have caused widespread dam-fage in New York State and England. There were four fatalities Vermont.
The damage is estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many bridges were washed away in Massachosetts, where two fatalities re. sulted. Train services have been] disorganized and light and power! fut off in some towne. Many trams land buses in New York were held Later.
Northern and Western New Eng-and have been devastated by the floods, which are due to swollen rivers bursting their banks.
The most serious disaster is reported to have occurred at Mont-peller, the capital of the State of Vermont, as a consequence of the collapse of a large reservoir. The [Meath-roll is estimated to number! 100, but the town has been isolated communications with the outside are impossible.
Two telephone girls from Mont-elier, who arrived at the White River junction to-day, state that water was running ten'feet deep in the principal street when they Other places have been flooded jand millions of dollars of damage has been done.
Several persons have been drown-Jed and hundreds have fled to high ground for refuge.
Power plants have been crippled and train communication with, Canada interrupted.
The village of Becket, in Massachusetts, has been washed away by a break in the dam, but as the tants were forewarned to fle Jonly one person was drowned. Later. ly-mounting death-roll amounting to many] millions sterling are reported from the flood areas.
The New England towns of Mont-peller and Barre are believed to be the severest sufferers. An unconfirmed report places the death-roll Jat Montpelier at 137 and that at] Barre at 212.
Almost every town in the flood district has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result of the factories and bridges swept _away in the district, which is one of the main manufacturing areas in the United States, 'A number of centres have been plunged into total darkness owing to their lighting plants being put out of action.
It is feared that there may be food shortage in some of the affected districts.—Reuter, Binghampton, N. Y., Lieutenant-Governot Jackson of Vermont is reported to have perish.
Reuter. ed in the floods at Montpelier
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