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Show MORE THAN 200 DIE IN FLOODS By HENRY MINOTT. 1 BOSTON, Nov. 5 Leaving an fl awesome trail of death and dc- struction in Vermont, flood waters I today spread with devastating force R into Massachusetts and New Hamp- I shire. I More thousands of homes were I imperilled, industrial cstaousn-ments cstaousn-ments were threatened, and the al-ready al-ready tremendous burden of telephone tele-phone and telegraph companies and railroads were increased. The list of know dead stood at 22. Six States Damaged Rumors, entirely unverified, plac-td plac-td the total dead at more than 200, Ivith most of the casualties in Mont-pelier, Mont-pelier, capital of Vermont, which had been cut off from the outside world for nearly 48 hours. Countless thousands were homeless. home-less. Property damage in the six states affected will run into many millions. mil-lions. Thousands of flood victims were ' being cared for by tho Red Cross, Inational guardsmen, police, firemen fire-men and municipal employes. Over the tragic scene there arose today the danger of disease and famine. Health authorities took steps to combat possible spread of typhoid, feared because of the condition of water supplies, and railroad officials offic-ials laid plans for moving emergency emer-gency food supplies into the stricken strick-en areas. |
