The 1937 Flood Journal

The 1937 Flood Journal

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Henry T. Bannon's Torrent of Words

'Until the Last Dog Barks': Portsmouth Utilities Vow Uninterrupted Service

'The People Around Portsmouth Were All Kind of Upset'

'We're Going to Have a Flood'

WHAS Broadcasts Weather Bureau Warning and Louisville Mayor's Address

Sealing the Bank Vault and Other Flood Preparations

Author Notes: Uncovering a Family Diary and Other Flood Sleuthing

Water Nears the Top of the Levee

The Fields and Sagebiels Evacuate

'People Are Greatly Alarmed'

Threatened on Two Sides

'A Symbol of Invincibility'

Author Notes: 'How High's the Water, Mama?'

Red Cross: 'The Worst Disaster of Record Was at Hand'

Old Riverman: 'I Have Never Seen Anything Like This'

A Speech in a Storm

Inauguration Day

A Deadly Cyclone and a Ghost Named Potsie

Pumping Water Day and Night

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