New York, Sept. 22.
Tragic devastation ereaied by yesterday's hurricane and tidal waves was revealed in virtually every city and hamlet slong the Esstern seaboard today as rescue workers counted 413 dead victims scattered through the wreckage. More that 2.500 other victims were rushed to hospitals for cere while at least 5,000 Wundered the streets, their homes swept away by the storm—said to be the most disastrous of recent years Property damage was estimated "more than $400,000,000 and was rising hourly as seaitered re-Forts continued to pour in.
President Roosevelt personally or-ered all government units, including the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Civi huns Conservation Corps, Works Projects Administration employees 10 ive every possible assistance. The Red Cross" immediately assumed active command over rescue work. in the stricken areas. The full horror of the disaster was not realized until communications service was re-Extablished in the lower New England states, Relief workers counting the dead and caring for the living in eight stales prepared to fight a new menace of disease and famine today while raging rivers neared their crests, paradoxically cutting water supplies on which the health of thousands depended.
Damage resulting from the hurrieane and tidal waves which swept onto the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to the Canadian border was Feckoned at U.S.$400,000,000 today.
Rhode Island suffered most heavity with damage amounting to US$100, 000,000; the rest of New England, U.S.$200,000,000.
The midnight death toll listed 413 dead, including 197 in Rhode Island, 100 in. Massachusetts, $3 in Connecticut, 44 in New York, nine in New Hampshire, one in Vermont, one in New Jersey and (we in Montreal, Canada, To add to the destruction created by the hurricane which reached a 100-mile-an-hour velocity, a huge tidal wave struck the sea coast, tending walls of water sweeping land. "Hardly a single community Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode slond and Massachusetts escaped.
The Connecticut and Hudson rivers and their tributaries were rising rapidly toward their crests and residents in the lowlands were being hastily evacuated.
New London Ravages Told Communication with New London, Conn. was restored for the first time in 30 hours and it was discovered the fire which raged yesterday had destroyed nearly two blocks of busi-hess houses. Three persons were killed and 86 others seat to the hespitals.
The hurricane and tide threw boats fon shore and tore up railroad tracks paralleling the harbour, destroyed at Toast 50 small boats. "Residents of New London must obtain an official ass in order to enter the business district. National Guardsmen are aiding the police in patrolling the dlistriet although martial law has not been declared.
At Hartford, Conn. the Park River overflowed into the centre of the town, causing residents in the central and east areas to be evacuated. Waterfronts at Troy, Waterford, Alpany and Renssaelaer in New York Stole were abandoned as floods swept higher. The Hudson River is expected to reach a 19-foot crest by Friday.—United Press
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