The Washington times., 1936-03-20
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away yesterday, and two houses
opposite the island and between
the river and the canal were
under water.
The water was still swirling
close 70 the floor of old Chain
Bridge, and the terrific current
was pounding away at the piers,
but crews of workmen were al
ready on the job, repairing the
damage done yesterday by the
current, which smashed debris
against the old structure.
Damage to Parks
With many of the Capitals rec
reational facilities ruined by the
floods, the meeting of the Park
boards was called in an effort to
devise some means of finding
funds to repair the damage.
While the water is still deep
in the parks, preliminary survey
indicated that the golf courses in
AnacoStia and Potomac Parks
were so badly damaged that they
would have to be reconstructed,
while the bride paths will prob
ably have to be entirely rebuilt.
The golf clubhouSeS and the
tea room at HainS Point were
under several feet of water and
will need extensive repairs, it was
believed.
Water penetrated the engine
room that operates the draw span
of the Memorial Bridge, but a
survey today showed that no
damage had been done to the ma
chinery.
Down the river Alexandria S
waterfront was still flooded, with
considerable age done in
, warehouses. While the waters
were receding, the piers were still
covered, and the Norfolk boat
did not attempt to land there
on the upward trip.
Second Dyke Holds
A survey made today showed
that the dykes which kept the
flood from sweeping through the
Federal Triangle and the Penn
: SylVania Avenue business section
gave at only one point, On the
: Monument Grounds between Six
teenth and Seventeenth Streets
But a semicircular secondary
dyke hastily thrown up behind
the main barricade served to
stem the waters.
Recovering in Emergency Hos.
pital today was the only victim
of the flood here, Lloyd PenroSe,
26-year-old radio operator at the
Washington Airport.
PenroSe with two companions
T. G. Rae and F. L. Reed, was
rowing across the airport when
their small boat was overturned
by a small whirlpool. Rae and
Reed clung to the upturned boat
and were swept to safety, but
Penrose was carried along by the
current until finally he managed
to grasp a tree and cling there
until rescue party reached him
just as he was about to drop off
from exhaustion. He was taken
to the hospital, where it was said
he will recover.
Water Supply Safe
All the sewage pumping plants
were working at top speed to clear
the water clogged streets. The
city water supply is safe from con-
tamination, a survey showed.
The Defense Highway at the
Peace Cross in BladenSburg was
resported as still flooded today,
causing traffic to detour, but no
damage was done, it was reported.
The bridges today showed the
havoc played by the flood at its
height. Boats, houses, barns, all
sorts of debris, including the
bodies of animals, rested against
the piers.
Washington Navy Yard, which
was closed down yesterday and
the fires drawn when the flood
invaded the yard and for a time
threatened the big power plant,
will be closed until Monday, it
was announced. The $500 EN-
ployes are furloughed until that
time.
Street car service was still off
below Pennsylvania Avenue, the
power slots being filled with water
Scores of cars were abandoned in
the streets yesterday, but a few
were being moved out today.
Meanwhile extra busses were
placed in service by the Capital
Transit Company to accommo
date residents and workers in that
section.
Red Cross Active
The AnacoStia River was return
ing to normal, and the water had
receded at the Benning Power
Plant which was menaced by the
flood yesterday, the waters coming
close to the Sandbag parapetS and
fire engines were ordered into SerV
ice to protect the power supply.
In Montgomery county the
health officer, DR.. V. L. Elliott
issued a warning that all muddy
water should be boiled before being
drunk.
With several hundred persons
whose homes along the river were
carried away yesterday being
cared for by the Red Cross, thai
organization today was mobiliz
ing all its relief agencies to as