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FLOOD WATERS POUNDING EDGE OF WASHINGTON
National Capital in Danger As Rampaging Potomac River Continues Steady Rise
CREST LATE TODAY
Workers Stacking Sandbags to Protect Government Buildings and Historic Shrines
Washington, March 19. — Rapidly rising waters pounded at the edges of the Capital today as the Weather Bureau predicted the crest of the Potomac river flood would reach the city at 6 p. m. (EST).