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A view of the sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue in Cairo shows the damaged Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant.

Four men stand at the back of the Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant looking at part of the major sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue in Cairo.

A view of the flooding at Camp Cache, located 1 and 1/2 miles north of Cache on Route 150. The image, looking southwest, shows several flooded buildings.

A view of flooding at Camp Cache, looking northwest, shows several submerged buildings.

A man wades through floodwaters at Camp Cache, Works Progress Administration project 2769, located 1 and 1/2 miles north of Cache on Route 150.

Floodwaters partially submerge a Catholic church in Mound City.

Two men examine the chlorinating unit set up by the State Board of Public Health at Mound City Water Plant.

Works Progress Administration men pump floodwater from the cistern of Cue Church at 824 West Church Street in Harrisburg.

A view looking south shows Civilian Conservation Corps boys of Company 1685 in Sparta working on the Ohio Levee 2 miles north of Cairo.

Civilian Conservation Corps boys of Company 1685 in Sparta work on the bulk head 2 miles north of Cairo.

Civilian Conservation Corps trucks assemble at Olive Branch ready for emergency calls.

The four-member sanitary inspection group poses for a photograph in front of a railroad car in Mound City. From right to left: Clarence Klassen, Sanitary Engineer of State Health Department; William Bestge, Works Progress Administration…

Works Progress Administration men clean South Commercial Avenue in Shawneetown.

Works Progress Administration men clean county record books at the Mound City Court House.

Works Progress Administration men clean North Main Street in Shawneetown.

Works Progress Administration men clean debris from South Main Street in Shawneetown.

Works Progress Administration men clean out a well on the farm of Clint Beagle, 1 and 1/2 miles west of Equality in Gallatin County.

Works Progress Administration men clean the well at the home of George Walton in Ridgway.

A Coast Guard boat leaves Cairo for Mound City.

Coast Guard boats sit on the Ohio River looking north from 25th Street in Cairo. The Illinois Central Railroad bridge can be seen in the distance.

Works Progress Administration men load condemned fruit and vegetables in Mound City.

A view of flooding in the central part of Shawneetown shows several submerged buildings with the courthouse in the background, looking southwest.

Sand emerges from beneath a brick-paved road.

A damaged home in the south section of Shawneetown, looking southwest, shows the condition of all the homes in the area.

A view of flood damage looking south on North Main Street shows several homes in Mound City.