Harpers Ferry Bridge Spans Swept Away in Railroad Town Flood
The Potomac crest reached 35 feet at Harpers Ferry as four spans of the passenger bridge were washed out and Brunswick Point of Rocks and Knoxville area flood, inundating dozens of buildings. Town isolated, railroad traffic halted, many homes carried away with no injuries reported.
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Harpers Ferry Bridge
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Tell
Harpers Ferry
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Point of Rocks
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brunswick
Furnace Ford
Monocacy River
Shenandoah River
Crest
Cumberland Flood Strikes City With Widespread Damage
Cumberland struggles through its worst flood in 47 years with business halted schools closed and many homes evacuated. National Guardsmen patrol streets while Red Cross workers and relief volunteers aid hundreds displaced amid power and gas outages and property losses.
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Cumberland
National
Red Cross
Athena Goddess of War and Wisdom in Myth and City
The myth recounts Athene born from Zeus's head and endowed with war and wisdom. Athens adopted her as patron goddess and built a famed temple, while a technological relic spotlights a Fontless stamp from a 1936 Greece series. A flood disaster story follows with water damage, casualties, and National Guard response in a Maryland town.
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Metis
Zeus
Hephaestos
Athene
Tan
Athens
Betlerophon
Chimaera
Pecasus
Greece
Service, Inc
Floods Ravage Brunswick Yards and Town Streets
River floodwaters surged over the Baltimore and Ohio tracks in Brunswick causing the upper and lower yards to flood. Engines and trains moved to higher ground as water breached round houses and reached homes on Walnut Street. Residents fled as the town faced rising depths and at least three feet reported upriver.
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Harpers Ferry
Brunswick
Point of Rocks
Lander
Seneca
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia
Washington
Shepherdstown
Maryland
Hagerstown
Knoxville
M. C
Walnut Street
Mary Janne
Potomac River
Harse Ferry
Baltimore and Ohio
Brunswick Yards
Up Fiver
Johnstown
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Brunswick ©. M. G. A
Gross St
Werescom
Flooding closes Furnace Ford Bridge over Monocacy River
Flood waters from the Potomac rose rapidly near Buckeystown and Dickerson, submerging parts of the Furnace Ford Bridge and surrounding properties. Engineer Limithicum closed traffic at 8 30 PM as the south side went under water, with rerouting over the Georgetown pike. Homes and summer cabins along Lander, Seneca, and nearby spots reported inundation and partial damage while residents evacuated and secured buildings.
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Monocacy River
Buckerssoan
Dickerson
Res Dents
Potomac
Uckeystown Dam
Thomas M. Limithicum
Trafic
Georgetown Pike
Dixon
Alber
Dinen
Bell's Park
Levis Seuss
John Grove
Harry Witter
James EB. S. Brust
Fred Dixton
Cameron C. iHelene
Lander
Stewart A Geisbert
Wille
J. Paul iDelpher
Seneca
Johnuitter
Hagestown
Kecapit
Harry Stup
Lawrence Baker
Walter Stockman
Movorboa
Roosevelt appeals to business to aid employment efforts
In a special message to Congress the president urges business to expand hiring, stating the nation relies on private sector job creation to supplement the New Deal programs. He asks for a lump sum appropriation and emphasizes the role of industry in revival.
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Washington
Congress
Coz
Westward voyage through coal cars along Rago stream
A fragmentary report notes movement along the Wess Lie route near Haverson and skirting the coast, with coal cars described and a figure of 22:0 in the Rago stream area. The garbled text hints at a historical transit or industrial update involving Dong Westward and Nia entities.
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Haverson
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