FLOOD WATERS ENTER AMERICAN CITY

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 149, 19 March 1936, Page 9

FLOOD WATERS ENTER AMERICAN CITY

At Least Ten Deaths Occur INHABITANTS FLEE TO NEARBY HILLS (Received March 18, 10 p.m.) New York, March 17. Sudden floods following heavy downpours swept across sections of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia to-day, causing thousands of people to flee from their homes and doing widespread damage. At least 10 persons perished and perhitps many more. The most serious situation appears to be .at Johnstown (Pennsylvania), where over 2000 persons lost their lives in the flood which occurred in 1889. The city of 75,000 inhabitants is situated at the convergence of two rivers, and to-night, according to telephonic reports received by the “New York Tinies,” streets were eight feet under water, with all transportation and most communications cut off, recalling the past disaster. The water in some parts reached a height of 20 feet. Many persons were in a panic, but engineers reported that the dams protecting the city were holding fast, although the waters are still rising. It is reported that, at.'least 10 persons perished- at Johnstown. The surrounding hills are crowded witli refugees.

The city-of Buffalo'; a few hundred ■miles .iioi'ihWard, suffered 24 inches. of snow, which wrecked a large ice skating rinkj. ; -.■■