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

Governor Henry Horner stands near the waters edge during his visit to Cairo.

Governor Henry Horner is helped down from the Ohio Levee in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and several unidentified men cross the muddy street in front of the Halliday Hotel.

Works Progress Administration men raise the bulkhead on the Ohio Levee at Cairo.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins looks over flood damage in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins stands on the levee in front of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

Videographers film movies of Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and Governor Henry Horner as they stand on the Ohio Levee in Cairo.

Several men view the flood damage as the camera looks north from 8th Street along the Ohio Levee in Cairo.

A streetview shows flooding on 3rd Street in Tamms.

A view of flooding shows a largely submerged house on 3rd Street in Tamms, looking north.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and Governor Henry Horner pose for pictures as they stand on the Ohio Levee in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men trample down dirt in the bulkhead on the Ohio levee in Cairo.

Men work to re-enforce the bulk head next to water's edge in Cairo.

A streetview shows flooding in the northeast section of Tamms.

Men navigate a flooded town by boat.

Sand emerges from beneath a brick-paved road.

Sand appears from beneath a sidewalk.

A view of damage at the Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant from the sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue which has partly submerged the building.

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.

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

A group of men view the street cave in at 15th Street and Poplar Street caused by the undercurrent on a broken water pipe in Cairo.

A view of flooding from Route 51, looking south from South Cairo. The Highway Bridge can be seen in the distance.

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