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Floods

Atlantic Coast, NY, NJ, NH, CT, MA, RI Hurricane "Long Island Express," Sept 1938

Napatree Point RI Before Hurricane

HURRICANE, FLOODS SWEEP NEW ENGLAND.

296 WERE KILLED IN STORM ALONG ATLANTIC COAST; PROPERTY DAMAGE ENORMOUS.  read more »

Madison, IN Rain Storm And Flooding, Aug 1846

TERRIBLE FLOOD AND LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.  read more »

Williamsburg, MA Dam Break And Flood Catastrophe, May 1874

Mill River Flood MASS 1874 Broken Dam.jpg

TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE !!

BURSTING OF A WATER RESERVOIR IN MASSACHUSETTS !!

EVERYTHING CARRIED BEFORE THE TORRENT !!

FOUR VILLAGES ALMOST DEMOLISHED !!

NEARLY 200 LIVES LOST !!  read more »

Morehead, KY (Other Areas), Flash Flooding, July 1939

SEARCH FOR FLOOD VICTIMS CONTINUES.

FIFTY-FIVE BODIES RECOVERED AND MANY STILL MISSING; FIGHT LAUNCHED ON DISEASE.  read more »

Lampasas, TX Flood, Sept 1873

Disastrous Flood at Lampasas.

From the Lampasas Dispatch Extra, September 29.  read more »

Fort Wayne, IN Sewer Washout, Jul 1880

The Washout of a Sewer Causes Great Damage at Fort Wayne

Special to the Sentinel:  read more »

Bath & Hornell, NY Area Flood, Jul 1935

Frightful Toll Is Taken by New York Downpour With Towns Isolated After Dams Collapse

Damage in Millions

Hundreds Are Homeless and Showers Continue; Autoists Are Marooned  read more »

Wilmington, DE Storm & Flood, Jul 1937

FEAR TWO DROWNED AS DOWNPOUR BRINGS FLOOD IN DELAWARE  read more »

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