Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge)
1955 - Hurricane Diane

...Flood waters roared down rain-filled rivers of the Northeastern states today, adding to heavy damage already inflicted by the area's severest flood in history. The loss was estimated in billions of dollars.

The death toll, which began to climb early yesterday, had reached at least 97 for the seven-state area. And the peak of the flood was still to come in some sections.

The known dead listed state by state were:
Pennsylvania 46; Connecticut 30; Massachusetts 11; New Jersey 5; New York 2; Virginia 2; Rhode Island 1.

From Stroudsburg, Pa., came reports that some 40 persons were missing from a private summer camp five miles away.

New reports of dams crumbling under the force of swollen streams added to the swelling total of property damage.

The collapse of the Rice City Dam in North Uxbridge, Mass., sent a five-foot wall of water charging down the Blackstone River toward Woonsocket, R. I. already devastated by earlier floods...

Chester Times
Pennsylvania
August 20, 1955



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