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wet November 26, 1927 ASKS NEW TRIER FOLK AID FLOOD SUFFERERS Col. Waefelaer of Glencoe Makes Plea for Warm Clothing for Vermont Unfortunates Col. Louis Waefelaer of 263 Green- bay road, Glencoe, has just received pictures sent to him by his cousin, C. C. Graves, of Waterbury, Vt., show- ing conditions existing in that flood- stricken city and surrounding country. Accompanying the pictures were news- paper articles describing the greatest calamity in the history of that state, which cost scores of lives and loss of property mounting into the millions of dollars. "Picture a village about the size of Kenilworth," Colonel Waefelaer says, "engulfed in a torrent of water reach- ing above the second stories of prac- tically all the houses in the town. "The so-called Winooski river is ordinarily the size of the drainage canal at Wilmette, and as placid, but after twenty-eight hours of continued rainfall it rose to a mighty cataract, carrying all before it." Airplanes Big Aid Twenty-eight persons were drowned 'n Waterbury, and two weeks after the waters subsided the roads to cities only thirty miles away were still im- passible, while it will be months be- fore the railways are again in opera- tion. Mail and express are handled by airplanes. Entire hillsides were swept away, as in the case of what was known as Big Slip hill, through which the floods tore a gap 1,500 feet long and nearly 300 feet deep. In addition to the miles of railroads and right-of-way which were destroyed, some of which beyond ever being replaced, a total of 658 bridges were destroyed. Across the street from Mr. Graves' home lived a man who worked in- defatigably to help others until he realized that he must look after his own family. By great effort he finally reached his own home, soon after which the water reached the second story of his house. Houses above his place were crashing, so he constructed a raft of doors, placed his wife and three children on it, but before he could himself get on, it was carried (FOLKS SAY OUR_ PLUMBING'S SIMPLY GREAT -- AND YOU WiLL FIND WE RE NEVER LATE! JELL, you see we are still boosting our own game. We simply can't get over the habit. Other folks keep telling us how well pleased they are with the plumbing work we have done for them and we're bound to keep on telling you what they tell us until you say the same thing about our I work as they do. Phone 874 ~464 S.J. STEFFENS 723 OAK ST. WINNETKA,ILL. WINNETKA TALK away by the raging waters, overturned by an obstruction and he saw his whole family drowned before his eyes, without his being able to save them. He sought refuge in a tree from which he was rescued twelve hours later. Red Cross on Hand "The village is under martial law," Colonel Waefelaer says, "soldiers of the Regular army being on guard, while the Red Cross is feeding the in- habitants and taking care of them. All the people in the village are thrifty, industrious Americans, who bear their burdens without letting others know the greatness of their need. "The ground is already covered with snow in Vermont and freezing weather has set in." Colonel Waefelaer says that aay warm woolen clothing for children or adults sent to his home, 263 Green Bay road, Glencoe, will be forwarded by him to Waterbury and distributed by the Red Cross. Toys for children will also be acceptable he says, at this time, as their Christmas will otherwise be dismal, indeed. Let Contracts to Hasten Crawford Bridge Project Continuing efforts to expedite con- struction of the Crawford avenue bridge, President T. J. Crowe of the Sanitary district, Chairman Michacl Rosenberg of the finance committee, and other members of the drainage board, have awarded the contract for fabrication of the steel and erection of the superstructure, at the same time receiving bids covering an additional portion of the bridge work. The contract for the steel fabrication and superstruture, calling for $427,000, went to the Ketler-Elliott company, while the other bids received pertain to the caisson work for the viaducts which will connect the bridge proper to Crawford avenue on both sides of the drainage canal. Miss Margaret Tufts and Miss Katherine Tufts, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Q. Tufts, are going to Law- rence college today to attend a dance as the guests of Miss Pauline Beck- with of Chetek, Wis. tops Coughs In Five Minutes THE first spoonful brings relief. Jreala up Chest. Colds, relieves Hoarseness, Foon and Sore Throats. 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