[PRCo] Re: 1936___Flood

Harold Geissenheimer transitmgr2 at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 2 20:39:48 EST 2004


To all
In the 1960's there was a flash flood down Sandy Creek Road that killed some
people in a VW.  The entire road was a gully

Harold Geissenheimer

Derrick J Brashear wrote:

>On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Fred Schneider wrote:
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>>stage and also in paved streets in the Allegheny River valley.  If there
>>was any flood damage, it might have been from gullies that fed
>>tributaries to the Allegheny such as Sandy Creek.  I think think that
>>line had simply expired from an overdose of gasoline.
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>Maybe the Sandy Creek trestle but the rest of the line along the edge of
>the hill looked to still be intact (the right of way, not the tracks) 10
>years ago, at least.
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