Evening star. [volume], March 22, 1936, Page A-7, Image 7

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Panic-Stricken Jolynstown Flees in Face of Bursting Dam Rumor
When reports spread that the dam above Johnstown, Pa., had broken, as it did in 1889, the people of the city scurried to the hills on foot, in cars and trucks. These photos show vividly the panic, although
the alarm Droved false. Note building, driven across the street by the force of the flood waters, which had subsided shortly before photo was taken. universal Newsreel, copyright a. p. wirephoto.
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photo of fire which destroyed eight buildings in the business section at
Williamsport, Pa., adding to the disaster suffered there. -Copyri8ht A p Wlwphoto
Doctors took little Alice Ruth McElain to the
hospital in a rowboat when ambulances were ren
dered useless at Marietta, Ohio. Her mother is
shown handing the child down.to a doctor and
nurse. —Copyright A. P. Wirephoto.
The water in the business section of Marietta, Ohio, reached to the ceilings
of the first floor, while merchants carried on business from second• stories
With rOWboatS. -COB*** A. P. Wirephot*
• As Wheeling, W. Va., fated spreading disease, this visiting nurse gets a
lift from Wheeling Island in a rescue boat. —copyright a. p. wirephoto
Alone for a moment, this little 3-year-old ref•
ugee, Teddy Lingenfelter, of Johnstown, Pa., finds
little comfort in the doll and blanket wrapped
around him and gives way to tears.
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Cleaning mud and silt from yards in Point of Rocks, Md. Left to rights
Marion Webb, Barbara Hickman and Eliza Hammond. -1copyright a. p. wirephoto.
Debris piled along the walkway at Hains Point, which was inundated, ~8t“ suft Photo by CheaB*
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One of the freaks at Washington. A seesaw formed by log left balanced on a wire along the speed•
way. Mrs. N. W. Sincell is shown beside it.
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