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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1937)
, 4 Tfcs OHZGON STATESMAN, Calm, Orcca, TfcxrsZxy Uoxrlzz Jxarsry 13, 1S37 PAGX3CIE2I PlWt og IDepi-cUieg : Goimdlittioims. iim r Midwest Mo(0)(il Areas J 1 1 zfv 2& V Mjjjr. . f i MA J; - r ,4 r p 1? - V FImuIbc oil ad cmoIIim which coread over flood water la the Bletnred ma ther easnlfed oil taaka. Thlrtr-two bm bnlldlmM iadvatrlal district of the city threatened to destroy Ciicianati, O- factories were destroyed, with fire losses estimated la excess of la this Hoandphoto, transmitted OTer telephone wires,' flames, are f 1500,000 International ninstrated News Soundphoto. This excellent aerial view shows a desolated section of Iionlsrille. Ky. To take the picture, the International Illustrated News cameraman flew low over the solaced area, while a steady downpoar added to terror of the panic-stricken people whose sitnatloa was acnte by loss of light nnd heat. T i av , , mrmUMuW! 1 Vw - -Ti-vv-ii-v -in f-Y-r v -:vK-i nMifl'if' toslsyiAsstfgff?2; rj A ' - ? ? - -art v t sTk ft J' fc a v I - ;w, ' w If if ' : 1 Vnshlnu torrents, sneeplns In from the Ohio river at Portsmouth, O., nuirooned this family. Later, they with many others were forced to top floors. Rescuers faced a huge task la trying to-transport more than 40,000 persons to safety In Portsmonth alone. Kxclnsire International Illustrated News Photo. S - rO. dwinnstl Bremen reseoe vtctlan ' '- - " " x. t-'-' f 't , v4vv fv w . at Nashville, -'I J ' " t 'x- ; 4 .'UUUUUj section of Cincinnati Inundated r . x, ; , v. A ,y i ( X,- -' , t h i " " " " 1 "t ... ; v " . ....;.v :. . . , ,, - - .-::;:N::o x::--::':::::::::.i.:j:f- --'V'liwlfc.K-,-'--- .......'.v.v.v.'iVi'. .w.w .-. ...-.'...'.jt;.-.-.-. y 'MMnHlr . .vF' jy s '.V -'...V.-.V.-.-?. .'v.-.-.-.-. . - X - Residents of Cincinnati found the problem of obtaining supplies a Motorists fa the vicinity of Meadvllle, Pa-, had better believe ta signs for their own -good Mue-i ther difficult one when flood waters tating deli very of food la boats. iy families. want to put pontoons oa their automobile. This rivers had overflowed their pnss wna typical of conditions after 0: - - - f t. ' y K ' . 1 . Hi roreed to flea for their Urea before the threatening flood waters which swept dourm on llcXeo Bocks, ra7 driving them from their home, these two little children and their mother, llrs. Theresa Grey, dropped to sleep with sheer exhaustloa oa the floor of a relief station. Refugees from the flood at New port, Ky.. strike the first bt of dry land they've seen since they - were forced to evacuate their horns. Tnousand hare ' bsoa ntmCarly foresd from their h ia br WreceSemt7nooi 1W T torreatUl rsias, swoaea rirer waters forced raOroad to clseo over telexhoae wires. lctres ejJl'ri2 acates. 'r ' 4