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By CCC Men
An unverified report of a
woman who gave birth to an In-
fant while being rescued from
her west side home during last
] night's disaster was made today
by Civilian Conservation Corps
men who turned out 216 strong
as a rescue squadron.
The rescuers were unable to
give the woman's name, and no
such case was admitted to any
Ithaca hospital.
The CCC men, who worked
throughout the downtown "flats"
on assignment from police, also
declared they rescued a city fire-
man who was swept off his feet
by the stiff current while trying
to cross Fulton Street. The man
was unidentified.
A man in the South Aleadow
Street section was attempting to
get to his barn to release some
cattle when he went down in the
flood, and a CCC detail leader
named Swartout came to his
rescue.
Company 1205, quartered at
the Morse Chain Works, was the
company that turned out on re-
quest of the police. Working
under direction of Capt. Edward
T. Owens, camp commander, they
rescued more than 75 families
and took them to the camp bar-
racks where they were given
shelter for the night and break-
fast this morning. More than
100 women and children were
among those given lodging.
On one CCC detail, five women
In a car on South meadow Street
bridge were caved from drown-
ing. Within a very few minutes
after their rescue, the water went
over the top of their car.
A detail of the CCC boys was
atiji on assignment to the police
thin tnornine.
Water Supply
Not Af fected
By Downpour
The water supply of the city was
reported today as completely satis-
factory despite the flood.
No particular damage was re-
ported. The water was stated to
be sanitary and wholesome. A
New York State health inspector
happened to be in the city, and
after careful checking with local
officials, he reported everything
satisfactory. Only four of the
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city filters are working
they are doing a good job.
At 12:30 p. m. the water behind
Van Natta's Dam was four feet
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--Journal Staff Ph_,t"
lower than the high it had r a`h
during the night. r'reorge
penter, Ithaca Rater Deportmi
superintendent, was out all ni4
with a gang of workers.slinot
reported great damage, hut
Ithaca proper -
A, large section of road in fr,
or the Old Stone House on
T/Umansburg road just up the
from the city was washed out.
little farther out two main's w
cracked open. The water to
Tuberculosis Sanatorium and
Odd Fellows Home was shut of
A water main on North Sul
Drive, west of Cayuga Veit
Road, cracked and was sPnu
water some 40 feet in the air
culvert on Overlook Road nort
Wyckoff washed out 25 feet of t
and affected tite water su
there. The mains were shut o
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