Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Flood news across the region
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
acfl070
IDEntry
7405
Creator
Cumberland Sunday Times
Date
1936-03-22
Collection Location
Cumberland, MD
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1936
Body
| State | Dead | Homeless | Damage |
| Pennsylvania | 115 | 80,000 | $150,000,000 |
| West Virginia | 17 | 30,000 | 20,000,000 |
| Ohio | 1 | 30,000 | 15,000,000 |
| Maryland | 4 | 8,000 | 5,000,000 |
| New York | 2 | 8,000 | 4,500,000 |
| Maine | — | 10,000 | 25,000,000 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 20,000 | 15,000,000 |
| Vermont | 5 | 1,000 | - |
| Connecticut | 3 | 30,000 | 10,000,000 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 4,000 | -- |
| Virginia | 4 | 500 | 1,000,000 |
| Georgia | 2 | — | |
| North Carolina | 2 | - | 1,000,000 |
| Total | 169 | 221,500 | $246,500,000 |
Notes
The death, damage and desolation figures in the flood areas, as revised last (Saturday) night.
(Vermont and New Hampshire officials have not attempted to estimate the damage in their respective states, but reports indicated it may total at least $25,000,000, bringing the total estimated damage for the thirteen flood-affected states to $271,500,000.)