Floods--Maryland

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

PICTURES OF CUMBERLAND FLOOD WATERS AT THEIR HEIGHTH

top:
Looking south on Centre street from B. & O. Viaduct

below:
Above Market street bridge

CCC Enrolled Here Help

Twenty men of the 1320th Company, CCC left Bond Camp, Westernport, Tuesday at 10:00 a. m., for Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, for the purpose of blood transfusions for James Cunningham, a member of the 2366th Company, CCC, Westernport, who was suffering from blood poisoning.

After forcing through slides along the nine mile trail from the camp to Westernport, the men arrived in Cumberland just a few minutes before the city was isolated by flood waters, only to find that Cunningham had died at noon.

NO PHONE SERVICE TO UP-CREEK TOWNS

Over 100 Families Forced To Leave Their Homes
Roads Being Opened

Telephone service with Frostburg, Lonaconing, Westernport and other George's creek towns is out and a definite account of the flood damage in that section was not available. However, it was reported the highways were open. The damage in most of the towns was reported to be great with the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks washed out in several spots.

HIGH WATER BLOCKS SICK CCC WORKER ON WAY TO HOSPITAL HERE

Pneumonia Patient Carried From Ambulance, Which Became Marooned On Cumberland Street, To Hospital On Improvised Stretcher; Man Falls Into Water; Woman Breaks Leg

Flood waters blocked an ambulance bringing Lawrence Collier, a member of the Sang Run CCC Camp in Garrett County, to Memorial Hospital late yesterday afternoon.

Collier, suffering from pneumonia, was in a critical condition at camp and was ordered to the hospital here.

Cigar Store Clerk Barely Escapes Drowning When Washed Through Window

Chas S. Brant is exhausted when rescued

Pulled From Water By Persons Leaning From Second Story Windows of Holtzman Drugstore

TOSSED ABOUT LIKE A PIECE OF WOOD

Victim Recovering In hospital From Cuts And Exposure: Felt He would Be Drowned

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.