Evening star., 1924-04-01
F''RY Of BLIZZARD
ADDS TO SUFFERING
/ OF FLOOD VICTIMS
Six Inches Snow Already
Fallen Upon Homeless in
Cumberland Region.
DEVASTATED TOWNS LACK
FOOD, FUEL AND LIGHT
Red Cross and Other Aid Being
Rushed Over Almost Impas-
sable Highways.

Nth freezing blizzard whipping
q" countryside and many sections
priVed Of heat as ii result of
oxen gas mains, intense suffering
as reported today from the cities in
n eStcrn Maryland and West Virginia
hich were inundated in the Potomac
alley flood
Meager dispatches were Seeping out
the undiscovered section today over
II but crippled lines of communica-
ion. but each brought word of added
" dmage. Several small towns are re-
ported virtually wiped out and their
-esidents are said to be living in the
mountains, at the mercy of the storm.
Town Wiped Out.
kitzptller Md, where one entire
,s FAMILY is known to have been wiped
out. was reported in a dispatch to-
day to have been completely destroy
ed, and earlier messages of a higher
death toll there were partially con-
frmed. Suffering among the sur
vivors. scores of whom are living out
doors. was described as pitiful.
So great was the havoc of the mad
uened Potomac that it is still impos-
Sible to reach many of these points
tallroad tracks are torn up en-
bankments washed away and state
highway bridges destroyed. In the
meantime the few MESA ges that get
out all contain pleas for food and
letters to save the survivors from
Fuel Supply Gone.
Most of the homes in the inudarad
sectors depend upon natural gas for
their fuel. Miles of pipes from the
wells to the cities were DESTROYED
by the flood, with the result that
some entire towns are without means
or heat, except in the homes that
kept their old fashioned fireplaces
on supplies are low and the demand
increasing hourly as the fury of the
: Storm adds to the suffering.
supplies are being rushed to the
SUFFERING people by the Fed Cross as
IdSt as roads are repaired sufficiently
TO permit automobiles and even
wagons TO pass through. The Mary-
s15 ooo fe isiature has appropriated
saS,ooo tor use among survivors and
oHerS OF aid are being received froro
many quarters. The problem NOV, 'ii. is
u get rellef TO those most in need
Another Fatality.
Another fatality was officially ra-
ported this morning It occurred
near Harisonburg. Va, when a parry
oi men, attempting to ferry tbe
swollen Shenandoah river in n small
boat were capsized by the strong
current. Three swan safely ashore
Dut the fourth tired in few minutes
SANK and was washed down the
stream. His body has not Vet been
recovered 'N' Doeh
No sign has been found of the body
or ). Bowden Duryee of Thrffton. Va
VINO was swept from the float ar
Dempsey's boathouse here SUNDAY
nlght: No further reports of fatsI,
nies IN this section due to the flood
have been received. N
Inc Potomac river was graduallv
eSuming It's natural appearance TO-
LAY. 1t measured more than five feet
hlsher than normal but il had
uropped two feet overnight. Most of
the houses along the palisades that
we're inundated Saturday and SUNDAY
had peen released by the water to-
IaN, but 1t was impossible TO esH
nate the damage. The current still
Is TOO strong to permit boats to Dush
helr way up stream and take a CEN
sus OF the foods ravages here.