Pittsburgh, Johnstown and other PA towns

TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1936

PITTSBURGH FREED OF PERIL AS FLOOD WATERS PASS AWAY

Again Supplied with Drinking Water, Utility Services and Food—Damage Estimated at $225,000,000—Refugees Return

PITTSBURGH, March 23 Danger of disease and famine all but disappeared and industry moved to put its house in order today while the forces of reconstruction began the task of rehabilitation in the desolate 200-mile area where flood waters demoralized the pursuits of some 4,000,000 inhabitants.

Two views of flood stricken Johnstown, Pa as waters began to recede after the worst flood in the history of the city since the disastrous one of 1889. Top photo shows a woman with her baby taken from a temporary relief shelter by boat; below some of the wreckage in the business section as the waters fell.

AS FLOOD WATERS RECEDE AT JOHNSTOWN, PA.

Grim work of the flood becomes evident at Johnstown, Pa., as the waters recede after the second most disastrous flood in the city's history. Top photo shows the body of an unfortunate victim drowned when caught in the surging waters. Below are some of the debris left in the streets of the city by the receding flood.

RESCUE CREWS PLOD THROUGH KNEE DEEP MUD

Uncovering Hourly New Evidence Of Startling Loss Of Life In Pittsburgh Area

LOSSES MOUNTING

Bodies Being Recovered Almost Hourly in Sharpsburg; Heavy Toll In McKees Rocks

Pittsburgh, Mar. 20—Flood deaths in this steel metropolis mounted suddenly to 45 today as thousands of workers, worried by threats of disease and water shortage, began cleaning up debris-laden streets and buildings.

FIRE ADDS TO DISTRESS IN WILLIAMSPORT

Five Persons Perish In Pennsylvania City As Record River Torrents Sweep Through

10 BUILDINGS BURN

Flames Sweep Two Streets, Razing Dwelling, Apartment and Eight Business Houses

Williamsport, Pa., Mar. 20—Flood waters that isolated Williamsport from the outside world for two days abated enough today to let through first direct word of the city's desolation from record river torrents and fire which took at least five lives.

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.

Fourteen Believed Dead In Johnstown Flood Area

Other Thousands, Isolated and Suffering Await In Cheerless Refuge Places, For City's Second Great Upheaval of Water In Half Century To Subside

Johnstown, Pa., March 18. Isolated and suffering thousands waited in cheerless refuge places today for Johnstown's second great flood in a half century to subside so outside help could come in.

Death Toll Mounts As Swirling Waters Move Into New Territories

Pestilence and Shortages of Food and Water Intensifies Terror, Destitution and Misery

PROPERTY DAMAGES MOUNT TO TENS OF MILLION OF DOLLARS

Nation’s Capital Preparing for Rise of Potomac River; Sandbag Walls Thrown Up Around Washington Monuments and Lincoln Memorial

BY H. H. HIPPELHEUSER

The worst floods in eastern United States history moved menacingly down into western Virginia and Ohio today, claiming a reported death toll of at least 71.

SPANS SWEPT AWAY BY SURGING WATER; SECTIONS HARD HIT

Hancock and Shepherdstown Bridges Are Wrecked— Williamsport Section Suffers Heavy Damage in Record Flood

WILLIAMSPORT—The Potomac river was believed to have reached its peak at midnight after rising to a new high of 49.6 feet above normal or four feet above the Johnstown flood stage in 1889. Town in darkness. Scores of families were homeless and the Red Cross and Salvation Army set up temporary rehabilitation headquarters. Hagerstown pumping station above Williamsport believed flooded.

DAILY MAIL

WEATHER
Cloudy tonight. Probably rain or snow tomorrow, Colder,

VOL. CVIII. No. 66.

HAGERSTOWN, MD., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1936.

POTOMAC FLOOD NEARING NEW PEAK; HOMES SWEPT AWAY

Crest Past Today In Flood-Battered Cumberland

DESOLATION IN WAKE OF HIGH WATER
Debris In Streets Of Queen City; Water Still In Business Area
CUMBERLAND, Md., Mar. 18 The raging waters of the rain-fed Potomac river and Will’s creek receded today

Johnstown Is Placed Under Military Rule