The Washington times., 1935-07-09

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lions to hundreds suffering from
injuries and exposure.
Death Toll Increases
While reports from various
points put the total known dead
at At, there were reports of at
least 20 additional deaths which
could not be confirmed because Of
paralyZed communication facil-
tiles. Scores were unaccounted
for.
Transportation was still at
virtual Standstill, with about a
dozen trains marooned between
waShoutS or held at stations.
Emergency train crews and high
way workers labored at restoring
skeleton transportation.
Fire Adds Terror
Thousands of head of livestock
were drowned and dead cows,
horses and fowl floated among
the muddy debris.
Fire, where fire fighting equip
ment was useless, added terrors
in some sections. A huge gasoline
tank exploded and burst into
flames at Hornell. In Bingham
ton, two-alarm blaze broke out
in a business section. Firemen
helplesSly tried to move their
equipment into action in row.
boats.
An Ithaca woman, as yet I'm"
identified, gave birth to child
while she was being transported
to safety from her home.
One of the greatest emergency
crews ever thrown into an Ameri-
can flood disaster was made avail.
able when $4,000 TERRA workers
were taken off public improve
ment projects and put to work
relieving suffering and repairing
damage.
Guard Aids Red Cross
The National Guard, State po-
lice and the terra joined in relief
work as did the Red Cross.
Binghamton, Watkins Glen,
Bath, Geneva, Norwich, Cortland,
Hornell and Marathon are the
hardest hit.
Mayor Leon F. Wheatley, of
Hornell, telegraphed the terra
for food and clothing.
In countless hamletS through.
out the flood zone watchmen
stood all night beside the town
hall bells waiting to ring warn
ing should the need arise.
Following reports Of looting at
Hornell and Painted Post, two
National Guard companies were
modified at Elmira.
Cattle and poultry worth
thousands persisted under the
cloudburstS which began Sunday
and deluged some sections with
8 and 10 inches of rainfall. At
Glens Falls, 1895 inches OF rain
fell, breaking all records for so
years.
The tragedy which struck the
cottage of Harold Chase at Cross
Flats on the Chenango River is
typical of the flood stories which
poured in today. The family was
awakened at dawn when the walls
OF LQSlr mouse S1OOk.
Chase leaped from bed and
looked out to see the place sur
rounded by tides Swirling toward
the river. He carried his Six-year-
old son to the roof and returned
for his wife, her mother and their
youngest child, II months.
Six-FOOt Wall of Water
The boy slid off the roof into
the water and was carried away
Shrieking. His parents swan after
him in vain. They fought their
way back only to find the cottage
swept away with Mrs. Chase'S
mother and the baby. ReScuers
saved the parents.
Johannesburg, a village near
ithaca, virtually was obliterated
by a Six-foot wall of water from
Taughammock Greek.
At Bath, community of 5000,
food and water famine followed
the flood.
Warning of COntagion
Mayor Fred j. Cooper posted
warnings against contagion. Gas
and electric service are cut off
and only the slightest communi-
cation remains with the outside
world. Twelve feet of water
stands in some sections.
Eighteen refugees from the cot.
tage colony of Cayuga Lake were
saved in a midnight rescue by
power boat. The craft, owned by
Mrs. Sara B. Buck and H. M.
Barnes, responded to S o S from
shore. An 84-year-old woman and
four infants were among the
rescued.
Boarding House Floats
Five minutes before Claude
Rodee's boarding house at Port
land was carried into Cayuga
Lake, his family and a dozen
boarders were rowed to high
ground by employees of a cement
company.
John George and Henry Kowal-
ski, two 14-year-old boys, were
saved by group of men who
threw ropes to them. The boys
were on the bridge which caved in,
killing John Solomon and his
three sons.
Patrolman Martin O'Brien, of
Ithaca, and a group of volunteers
saved family of seven with
breeches buoy which they rugged