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Pittsburgh, PA Flood, Mar 1936 - The Mail Must Go Through
Posted November 13th, 2007 by Linda Horton
Mail Clerks Use Miner's Lamps in Flooded Districts
PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 20 (AP).---Two hundred and fifty mail clerks wore miners' lamp caps to keep the mail moving after flood conditions deprived them of light.
The United States Bureau of Mines furnished lamps. Bureau crews also installed an emergency power plant to light the post office for the first time since the flood cut off the normal source of supply.
Mail planes maintained schedules throughout the flood.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 21 Mar 1936
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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