Evening star., 1935-09-07
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the dirt shoulders were completely
washed away in many places.
The bridge over Mcintosh Run on
the Washington highway near Leon
ardtown was saved by the efforts of
employees of the State Roads Commis-
sion, who worked all night building a
dam around the foundations with
sand bags, brush and cement.
Throughout the Southern Maryland
Peninsula streams swollen by four days
of incessant rain overflowed their
banks, marooned scores of families,
disrupted telephone service and dam
aged corn and tobacco crops.
Family Rescued.
The most serious damage was done
at Great Mills, about 10 miles below
Leonardtown, where Indian Run.
head of the ST. Marys River, overran
its banks and threatened to destroy
a dozen houses.
Five families living near the run
escaped before the flood waters became
too deep, but Charles Shelter, pro-
prietor Of a general store. and his
wife and two children were trapped
on the top floor and had to be rescued.
Mrs. Anna Thiery of Decatur
Heights, Md, near Washington, who
was vacationing at Great Mills, also
was trapped in her apartment and
u al
3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon-eight
hours after flood waters had sur
rounded the place. She was carried
from the building by Eddie Graves OF
Loveville, who reached the marooned
building in a rowboat.
st. Clements Shores, Summer re-
sort on ST. Clements Bay, was shut
off by waters of Mcintosh Creek
which covered. feet deep, the road
leading into this place, as well as
the little village of Compton. No
one knew how many families might
be marooned in that section.
Swimmers Turned Back.
Early yesterday, four men-Louis
Edwards. Frank Sterling. Benedict
Love and Bernard Smith-risked their
lives to reach Mrs. Thiery and the
Shelter family by trying to swim
through 8 feet of water that rushed
across the road in front of their home.
They were forced to turn back, how
ever, and wait for the current to
subside.
Mrs. Thiery was i'll and unable to
leaver her apartment when the food
waters began to seep into the build
ing. All of her neighbors, whose
homes fringed the river front. de-
serted at the first sign of high water.
They we're Richard Watts and his
family, Jerome Combs and his family, |
Ernest Combs and his family. Charles
Purcell and his family and George
Langley and his family.
Reports from scattered sections of
Virginia showed that the damage was
widespread throughout the State. In
the Northern Neck the loss was esti-
mated at $4,000. Cornfields were laid
fiat and bus and automobile traffic
was retarded by washouts.
Virginia Roads Closed.
Thousands of barrels of corn in
fields along the James River were
ruined. and at Winchester the Shen-
andoah River was roaring torrent.
Dispatches from Tappahannock said
that flood waters had endangered
homes along the Rappahannock River.
The Virginia State Highway Com
mission announced that as a result |
of the storm the following roads were
Route 2. Richmond to Fredericks-
burg; Route $50. Richmond to Tap
Route so, Richmond to
Williamsburg; Route 10, Richmond
Hopewell- -Smithfield; Route so, Rich
mond, Amherst-Lexington Route 3,
Lancaster Kilmar-
mock; Route S, Richmond Charles |
City, Williamsburg: Route II, Fred
ericksburg -Saluda- Newport News.
The highway department said
Route 1, the Richmond Washington
Highway, might be flooded by the ris-
ing North Anna River at boswell
some time today.