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Several men stand at one of Cairo's major sand boils at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue.

Several men stand next to a pile of sand bags at the sand boil at 40th Street in Cairo.

A close up view shows the interior of the sand boil at 40th Street in Cairo.

An overhead view shows the sand boil at 23rd Street and Poplar Street in Cairo.

Men navigate a flooded town by boat.

Two men stand among the flooding on U. S. Highway 51, 3 and 1/2 miles north of Cairo, looking east. The Cache River bridge can be seen in the background.

Floodwaters engulf Roy's Super Service on Route 51 in Mounds.

The view of flooding on Route 51, 1/2 mile south of Mounds shows submerged buildings.

A street view shows flooding looking north on Route 51 from the outskirts of Mounds.

A group of men survey the flooding on Route 51, 3 miles north of Cairo, looking south.

A street view shows flooding on Route 37 looking north in Mound City.

A street view shows flooding on Route 37 on the outskirts of Mound City.

A landscape view shows flooding looking north from North Main Street on Route 142.

A landscape view shows flooding on Route 13 looking west near Harrisburg. Peabody Mine Number 43 can be seen in the distance.

The view of flood damage looking west from the Ohio levee on Route 13 in Shawneetown shows flood waters and lumber filling the street.

The view of flooding looking north on Main Street from the intersection with Route 13 in Shawneetown shows a person in a boat in the middle of the flooded street.

The view of flooding looking west from Main Street on Route 13 near Shawneetown shows several small buildings turned on their sides in the center of the intersection.

A man in a boat travels the flooded streets as the camera focuses west on Route 13 from the suburbs of Shawneetown.

A street view shows flooding in part of the residential district in Mounds.

Works Progress Administration men re-set the sanitary toilet on the property of Edd Jennings in Junction.

Two men stand on the old I. C. dump next to some of W. A. Sinks' rescued livestock near the village of Cache. The view is looking west from Cache Depot.

Men paddle rescue boats in flooded Tamms.

Works Progress Administration men replace the toilet of Walsh Heath in the village of Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men replace a sanitary toilet after the flood on the property of George Walton in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men repair a gap on the south levee at Mounds. On verso: "This gap was cut to let flood water out of Mounds."