Cumberland, MD--History

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18,

DAMAGE TO CITY ALONE BELIEVED TO BE MILLION

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and carrying danger to life and destruction of property in its wake.

Gas Service Continues

All during the night and clay in the flooded area as well as in the rest of Cumberland, its gas supply continued on, an untold blessing for heat and cooking. The Cumberland & Allegheny Gas Company, due to arrangement of its supply mains and connection with feeder mains, was able to continue that necessary utility without diminution.

City Buried Under Tons of Mud and Debris, Damage and Losses May Total $3,000,000

Damage to city alone believed to be million

Flood Crest Surges Out of Cumberland Leaving Wreckage and Destruction In Wake

LOCUST GROVE IS A TOTAL WRECK

At Least Four Families Left Homeless When Houses Are Washed Away

Destruction wrecked by flood in the last 24 hours in Cumberland and immediate vicinity will reach $3,000,000, according to conservative estimates this afternoon.

BANK HOLIDAY IN CUMBERLAND IS DECLARED

Proclamation Issued By Governor Nice As Aid To Flood-Wrecked Institutions

COVERS THE COUNTY

Special Bill Giving Authority Passed By Legislature Under Suspension of Rules

Annapolis, March 18. — Gov. Harry W. Nice issued a proclamation today declaring a legal holiday in Allegany county so that the banks there could suspend business.

Governor Nice said he would continue to issue proclamations daily for as long as it is necessary for the banks to be closed due to the flood conditions.

STORE STOCKS AND FIXTURES CARRIED AWAY

Dozens of Plate Glass Show Windows Crushed Under Pressure of Mad Waters

W. MD. RAILWAY HAS HEAVY LOSSES

Freight Cars Derailed As Tracks Between Warehouses Here Are Washed Away

Two muddy fast-moving The Narrows entrance rivers poured down from through Mechanic and Centre streets yesterday afternoon, literally eating out everything before them.

The newspaper printed in Cumberland on March 24, after the March 17 1936 flood.

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The newspaper was printed in Cumberland on March 21, 1936.

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The Cumberland Evening Times newspaper printed in Cumberland after the March 17 1936 flood.

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The newspaper printed in Cumberland days after the March 17 1936 flood. 

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The Civil War Comes to the Farm

The newspaper printed in Cumberland two days after the March 17 1936 flood.

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