Pittsburgh is beginning task of rebuilding, 3-19-1936

PITTSBURGH IS BEGINNING TASK OF REBUILDING

Great Flood Rolls Back Leaving Six Known Dead And $25,000,000 Damage

UNDER MILITIA

Mayor Proclaims Holiday; Business Areas Deserted; City Still In Darkness

Pittsburgh, Pa., March 19 America's steel capital threw all its resources into relief and rehabilitation work today as a great flood rolled back, leaving six known dead and damage of more than $25,000,000.

The renowned "golden triangle," wealthy business center, was under martial rule with more than a thousand national guardsmen holding back all unnecessary traffic and keeping out the populace.

By proclamation of Mayor William N. McNair it was a legal holiday and the business section was almost deserted.

Still Without Lights

There still was no electric power for the great metropolis of 700,000 inhabitants and little prospect of any for a day or two.

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