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Works Progress Administration men fill in the old toilet on the Walsh Heath property in Ridgway.

Floodwaters reach the roof line of a farm home located between Mound City and Mounds.

Works Progress Administration men pump flood water from the cistern of the Everett Mathis property in Shawneetown.

A street view shows flooding looking east on Elm Street from Poplar Street in Harrisburg.

A view of flooding looking east on Route 37 from Mound City.

A truck unloads at the dumping grounds created for flood clean-upa 1/2 mile north of Shawneetown.

Works Progress Administration men dump condemned fruit and vegetables at the burying ground southwest of Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men turn pages in wet books while drying them.

Works Progress Administration men float a drowned mule down High Street in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men drain flood water through a gap in the back levee at Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men work to drain floodwater through the gap cut in the levee at Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men clean and repair the Douglas Colored School in the village of Cache.

Works Progress Administration men repair the Douglas Colored School building after it was under floodwaters in the village of Cache.

Works Progress Administration men pile up destroyed office furniture in the Mound City Courthouse.

A view looking west shows Works Progress Administration men cleaning debris from south 5th Street in Mound City.

Sand appears from beneath a sidewalk.

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

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

Sand emerges from beneath a brick-paved road.

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

Works Progress Administration men load condemned fruit and vegetables in 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.

A Coast Guard boat leaves Cairo for Mound City.

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

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.