Cumberland (Flood)

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 the day after the March 17 1936 flood.

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This map was included in the Shoppers Guide, a Souvenir History of Cumberland's Flood

CUMBERLAND SHOPPERS GUIDE


The coloring was added by James Rada for a talk Saturday, March 19 at the symposium held at the Allegany Museum on the 1936 St. Patrick’s Day Flood.

The original map had the legend: