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Aerial view of the remnants of Camp Davis, showing where the Lecropane sisters and a friend walked over to Pinebrook Bible Retreat just before the flood. Courtesy |
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Workers
for the Erie Railroad clean up Courtesy Scranton Times-Tribune |
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Recovery volunteers, under the guidance of the Monroe County coroner, use makeshift gurneys to move bodies of flood victims to the truck that was serving as a hearse. Courtesy Scranton Times-Tribune |
Lydia
Gudemann of New Hope, Pennsylvania talks with neighbors Collection Dorothy Grider |
Young Richard Scheet holds his baby sister, Pat, above the floodwaters that inundate Lambertville, New Jersey's North Union Street. Collection Heather Buchanan
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A few days after the flood, the Koehler property on Canal Street in Riegelsville is the subject of much activity as trucks haul away piles of debris that was left by floodwaters. Collection Chris Koehler Wristen
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