'Tremendous damage': The St. Patrick's Day flood of 1936 devastated Pa.
‘Tremendous damage’: The St. Patrick’s Day flood of 1936 devastated Pa. Updated Mar 17, 2021; Facebook Share A reporter who took an aerial tour of the damage said he saw “considerable wreckage.” Damage was tremendous in Easton, Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Williamsport, Bloomsburg and Sunbury. The elements that caused the flood that hit Pa. March 17-20 that year started early in the year. A bus moves down Vaughn Street in Harrisburg during the March 1936 flood. (Source unknown) According to the book, “Great Floods of Pennsylvania” by William H. Shank, “The winter of 1935-36 had be...
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