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Article in Cumberland Sunday Times, WEST VIRGINIA CITIES START FLOOD CLEANUP; 1936-03-36

WEST VIRGINIA CITIES START FLOOD CLEANUP

Point Pleasant Still Under Eleven Feet Of Water As Fear To Life Increases

800 LEAVE HOMES

Attention Now Being Centered On Relief Aids To The Thousands of Victims In State

Eleven feet of water in the streets of Point Pleasant gave that town fears of a menace to life as the Ohio river continued rising while cities to the north were cleaning up debris of the worst flood in their history.