Show TO vaten nu nui i 20 KNOWN DEAD IN flOOD AREA I Hf Martial Law Prevails in Two Alabama Communities Corn Com ATLANTA Ga March 13 AP- AP known de deaths from floods that have overrun portions of Alabama Giorgia and Florida reached twenty today with fear expressed that ad fatalities would be dis el closed sed by re receding eding waters The delugo that 11 in southeaStern hit or of all the flooded areas waz as receding today and the aters Were moving down on r P Florida or of the known deaths were in Alabama three were dead in gia and one in Florida Ella Elba Ellah h hl tho greatest toll with ten listed Two were dead in fn ene a two at Flomaton and two at Pollard AU three ot those drowned in Georgia were swept from a a. highway bridge wh whilo o the Fp Jda casualty was an 10 aged man who ho diet or of exposure f TROY TROT Ala lar is United rr Press Martial s l law prevailed pre in Elba and Genev Ala today VE W. W E. E Persons ot of the Alabama national guard fuard d on the lid after Colonel Milton MUton Stono or of Go Gr l es personal staff reported to the Governor there ero guardsmen In the th flood flood- stricken areas ot of the state to cope the tho situation LOOTING REPORTED Lo Looting Ung was growing And althouGh the public health serIce service ser ser- vice Ice reported disease well under control guardsmen were ordered to instruct all persons nov ow In the area themselves at the vario van van- vari- vari o s rescue camps for The health service has reported b tiit t nineteen cases ot of measles and than a dozen cases or of influenza all ot of these had bad been segre- segre gated Colonel Persons however is reported to have asked Governor Graves for tor p permission to force those persons still sUIl lit fn the towns ot of Elba and Geneva to leave lea to prevent pre pre- vent ent spread ot of disease and lootinG Governor Go Graves Gra it Is reported lias Issued a statement asking a are relief re- re lie lief fund or of He announced late Ide yesterday esterday the funds would to be received by Charles Charlest t chairman or of the state board or of administration until Tues Tues- dAy Then the governor said a program pro pro- gram ram be mapped out to re- re the wrecked areas The flood waters In their three three- ay rampage have taken a a. known death toll or of twenty lIles and eau caused ed damage amounting to 15 according to the most accurate ae ac- curate reports obtainable today HOMELESS The muddy waters In the Elba have e receded leaving lea In their wake homeless persons Opp Ala where Elba refugees ref ref- were taken after arter being res res- cued is reported isolated and call call- lug ng for medical aid and food Selma Ala is reported in straits almost as serious At least 1000 persons er are homeless there IL 1 southwestern Georgia the river Is again out of oC its banks the people or of Newton Newlon Ga alrea ly y laving left their homes for tor the time this year The Tho grand total to- to tat tal of damage is expected to rIse considerably as a a. result ln In Florida better conditions pre pre- Tail indicating receding of oC the vaters aters In the Alabama section Ing ig from its disaster In tor tory scenes ot of utter desolation are being revealed as the swollen Pea rIver subsides Stories of stark suf- suf erIng privation and death are beIng be- be Ing told by rescuers alike El Elba a. a which apparently bore the brunt of the suffering now v Is but avast aast mud flat in ruins and practically abandoned DAMAGE The property damage here alone alones is s estimated at by Y W W. president or of the Elba bank This business man one of oC those trapped In the courthouse despairs of the rebuilding or of the town Whether we e will rebuild on this spot pot I dont don't know he said Not ot a 3 building building- In the tho mud covered coy coy- ered town is undamaged Hundreds t them were ere completely destroyed and scores were carried away on the crest ot of the flood and swept down the Pea river AU All or of the homeless or of the town ue are being being- cared for by tho Red Cross The They are being fed and given warm blankets along with the ref ref- Ug S from Geneva and several veral other stricken communities At t Elba the paved streets were away away- and an all over the landscape land land- cape are carcasses carcasses' or of hogs cows dogs and horses Removal Remo or of th se js one or of the first tasks or of national guardsmen who now are in charge ot of all work Stories of flood survival find the humorous occasionally mixed meted Iron Iron- with the pathetic WOMEN V Rainey the bank president told ef being marooned In the courthouse court court- house hose from Thursday morning until Saturday afternoon He was out out- in his praise or of th the br bravery very Gr o the women or of Elba The water began to rise in the tho streets about U 11 a. a m. m Thursday h lie said and everyone began begay to run llin I started across the street and before belore I got to the other side th the water was as up to my w waist st st. Once In the courthouse we- we wew w wire re sate safe for fora a time at least Ye We needed ater badly but most or of us had taken food with Us Troopers searching the ruins yesterday yeste yes yes- te day reported finding a poodle Q apparently deserted hall tamed tam tam- ed for want ot of water arid and mirac- mirac sate sare on top ot of a high re- re or in a a. butcher shop The Ehe dOg wagged Its taU tail and barked joyfully the troopers said when t. t they ey took jt it safely to t More troopers reported finding two wo pigs sate on the second fl floor or of If the courthouse S L A. A Boyd ot of Montgomery after I all a search fo nd h t daughter Mrs T. T II H. Murphy and her three children on top ot of the May building City Without Water Light t or Pow Power r VINTON VINTO Ia March 18 AP- AP Without water light Ot or power following to- to lowing the flooding of the municipal municipal pal power plant here Sunday Sunda this city or of persons was facing a serious situation toda today Practically aU all industries log ing the Cedar Valley Times were shut down The gas ga plant was expected expected ex- ex to close chose within a few hours Schools were not in session Water Vater mains have been empty empt since early Sunday afternoon when water from th flooded Cedar river swamped the pumping machinery at the city plant and a few min mm- utes later stopped the generation ot of electricity Citizens today were getting gettin water from a few private wells but Jt it was feared eared these would be drained by night I |