HomeMy WebLinkAboutflood of 1935 enfield and surround area scrapbook historian collection (40).SMASHED AUTOMOBILES buried in I county as drainage ditches were turned
the wreckage of buildings and boulders ! into rivers and streams appeared where
was a common scene throughout the I none had ever been seen before.
TYPICAL FARM DAMAGE is indicated of tons of valuable top soil, buried cultl-
in the above photo reflecting ravages of sated fields under silt and gravel and
the flood which swept away thousands drowned uncounted hundreds of live-
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carried oHk iron railroad bridge over F'nil
Creek just wesl of taluga St. withstood a terrific bat-
tering from the hdc that sq.ept Away lesser spans.
ONE OF THE MOST graphic scenes caused by the
flood are the suspended Lehigh Valley Railroad tracks
just west of the Municipal Airport. Flood waters that
swept around and over the solidly built stone culvert
fashioned a hazard for the night train from Buffalo
which an alert train crew stopped just short of a
, disaster.
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FROM THE GRAVEYARD of old fire had already been a curio for years re- Gov:
engines came this horse drawn steamfleeted the ingenuity of Ithacans in re- AV(J i8
pamper to serve in the emergency. Use spending to the greatest disaster in the
of the decommissioned steamer Which I memory of most, 3' 1t T
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