Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1937, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1937, *x A7 HOMES ABANDONED, BUSINESS HALTED BY FLOODS IN WIDE AREA Houses were submerged and flood waters threatened bridge at Fredericksburg. —A. P. Photo. Flood waters of the Rappahannock sweeping through Falmouth street, This houseboat, anchored in the Patapsco near the Hanover Street Bridge Fredericksburg, Va. —A. P. Photo. at Baltimore, felt the force of waves driven up by high winds. Mrs. O. W. Pemberton of Falmouth, across from Fredericksburg, looks from an upstairs window and says, “River, keep away from my door.” —A. P. Photo. Flood waters of the rarnpaéing Allegheny River surge into the B. & O. Railroad station at Pittsburgh. A cameraman high, but not dry at an abandoned —A. P. Wirephoto. home in Hancock, Md. —A. P. Photo. 2 r R 2 > 2 3 Hastily-constructed sand-bag barriers, like these at entrance of the Fort “Man the oars” was the order of the day along the Rappahannock at Fred- Rescuer carries a girl to dry ground at Han- Cumberland Hotel at Cumberland were thrown up by merchants and hotel ericksburg, Va. Thirty feet above normal, the river surged over its banks, cock, Md. —A.P.Photo. owners in an attempt to keep out flood waters of the Potomac. _—A. P. Photo. _flooding F ‘almouth, across the river, where this picture was made. —A. P. Photo. s at the éllc;mznlh street Iiah w)larl. = Seventh Slret Wharf showing buldina and autos in :eueal feet of water. —Star Staff Photo. - —Star Staff Photo. Hl'gh water of the Potomac shown above the dock