Road worker on storm shift killed; Carroll man in crash after Fran cleanup FINAL Edition

Flooding was also a concern yesterday in Westernport, a town in Allegany County that sustained storm damage. Roads and bridges were flooded, and several mobile homes were destroyed. Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency were to visit Westernport today to determine whether the area i...

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Published inThe Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)
Main Author Dan Thanh Dang Sun staff writer Brenda J. Buote and the Associated Press contributed to this article
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore, Md Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 08.09.1996
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Summary:Flooding was also a concern yesterday in Westernport, a town in Allegany County that sustained storm damage. Roads and bridges were flooded, and several mobile homes were destroyed. Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency were to visit Westernport today to determine whether the area is eligible for federal assistance, said a spokesman for Gov. Parris N. Glendening. At Baltimore's Inner Harbor, three contracting crews were cleaning up a diesel fuel spill yesterday that occurred about 4 p.m. Friday. A Liberian merchant ship attempting to dock at the South Locust Point Pier bumped into a pier, causing a football-size hole in the ship's hull. Besides minor flooding of some roads in areas of Baltimore, [Carroll] and Anne Arundel counties yesterday, the storm damaged some homes and marinas along Maryland waterways. Anderson. At the height of the storm, 3-foot-high water submerged docksand flooded Anderson's office, about 250 feet from shore In yesterday's "perfect boating weather" -- a slight breeze and 84 degrees -- workers and slip-holders who had helped each other secure boats during the storm were helping one another clean up in the aftermath.
ISSN:1930-8965