Evening star., 1942-10-17
High Wafer Recedes
Al Fredericksburq;
Heavy Loss Seen
Train Passengers and
Motorists Stranded by
Flood Leaving City

Fredericksburg, Va, today began
to recover from the city's worst
food, which apparently surpassed
the $l000,000 damage caused by the
1886 high waters. as the Kappa
hammock River began to recede
from a crest of As feet above normal
Hundreds of passengers who were
stranded In the city when trains of
the Richmond, Fredericksburg &
Potomac Railroad were unable to
get past high waters that blocked
the tracks were moving out as trains
began moving over the railways
lines, the Associated Press reported
Receding waters of the Kappa
hammock allowed northbound mo-
torists to leave the city this morn
ing by way of the bridge one mile
south of the Falmouth Bridge which
was damaged by the high waters. It
was learned this morning that while
the river had fallen below the Fal-
mouth Bridge surface, the bridge
had been damaged by the flood and
probably would not be put back into
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Work to Restore Power.
Fredericksburg was still without
power, but officials there predicted
that current would again be on this
afternoon.
Fredericksburg officials estimated
that as many as 1000 persons had
been evacuated from flooded homes
and other buildings during the high
waters. Homes free of water were
crowded with evacuees last night,
and many slept in automobiles in
higher parts of the city.
The city faced the necessity of
using polluted water this morning,
but had been warned by Mayor w.
Marshall King to boil all drinking
supplies before use. Five incubation
stations were in operation in the
city and health officials were pre-
pared to administer as many as
10000 shots of typhoid serum. One
station yesterday inoculated 100 per-
| sons in an hour.
Hospital Escapes Damage.
The flood waters we're receding from
the first floor of the Mary WASH
ington Hospital, but no report Of
damage there was made. All pa
tients had been moved from the
first floor before the flood had
reached its crest About 100 Mary
Washington College girls also were
forced to leave dormitory on Ken
more avenue when water covered
a depth of several feet in the build
ing.
The big Slyvania Corp. plant
south of Fredericksburg, which had
been completely surrounded by
water. was still idle today and was
expected to remain so for several
days.
The Rappahannock, which had re-
ceded to IL above normal by this
morning, reached its crest of As feet
above normal at p.m. yesterday
when it began to recede slowly
AS food waters were receding ir
Northern Virginia today. the swoller
James River was tapping at the
gates at Richmond where it is ex-
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crest of "a feet. This is about foul
feet under the damaging food o.
1896.
Transportation officials reported
today that Virginla's worst tie-ur
in years due to floods was being
eased as trains again began moving
over tracks inundated by higf
waters.
In addition to trains, which began
moving north from Fredericksburg
the Southern and the Baltimore &
Ohio railroads likewise began NOV.
ing trains through the State
The C. e. O. however, was forcee
to reroute its main line trains over
Southern tracks to Lynchburg. II
was blocked on the Blue Ridge al
Alton Mountain by an extensive
washout.
At Harrisonburg, where damage
was reported not extensive, power
had been resumed this morning.
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