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Flood 1993, St. Joseph News-Press, July 28, 1993Entry/Object ID
AM1993.33.18Scope and Content
Flood 1993 St. Joseph News-Press, July 28, 1993
News Photo: of A KC97 air-to air refueling plane on standby, formerly based at Rosecrans Memorial Airport in the '60s and '70s rests in a sea of floodwaters
News Photo: Elwood is gone, team says. Water lapped at the eaves of First Bank of Elwood on Tuesday afternoon.
News Photo: John DeWeese had to stop an ammonia leak at Artesian Ice and Cold Storage Co. 2700 Stockyards Expressway before the engine room could be pumped out.
News Photo: City workers Kenny Neiderhauser, left and
Matt Deets rode a frontend loader through the flooded city yards. The workers removed some chain saws and closed the yard's gates, which were left open during a hasty evacuation.
Elwood: a city under water. Picture of Rosecrans Memorial Airport. Water lapped at the top of the windows in the control tower.
News Photo: booms from partially submerged Snorkel lift machines rose into the Kansas sky above the floodwaters.
News Photo: dog left behind
News Photo: 55 gallon drum, propelled by currents and wind, floated past the front of Elwood School.
News Photo Sattelite dish and the top of a house are all that marked a house near Highway 36 in Elwood
News Photo Shirley Knapp, 7 spent her birthday at the shelter at Benton High School.
News Photo: Graig Trussell made 24 chili dogs at the Sack-N-Save grocery store. The store remained open during the flood because its owner, L.D. Newey said he thought South Side residents needed a source of food and supplies.Lexicon
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Flood, 1993, Missouri River, Missouri River Flood, Flood Evacuations, 1993, Flood Shelters, 1993, Elwood, Kansas Flood, Rosecrans Airport FloodRelationships
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