Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Bay St. Louis, Miss: An elderly, infirm patient from Hancock General Hospital is moved from an ambulance to a Coast Guard helicopter 8/18 to be airlifted to the U.S. Public Health Hospital in New Orleans. Power and water failure due to Hurricane Camille made the evacuation of the hospital’s 53 patients.
Bay St. Louis, Miss: An elderly, infirm patient from Hancock General Hospital is moved from an ambulance to a Coast Guard helicopter 8/18 to be airlifted to the U.S. Public Health Hospital in New Orleans. Power and water failure due to Hurricane Camille made the evacuation of the hospital’s 53 patients.
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Bay St. Louis, Miss: An elderly, infirm patient from Hancock General Hospital is moved from an ambulance to a Coast Guard helicopter 8/18 to be airlifted to the U.S. Public Health Hospital in New Orleans. Power and water failure due to Hurricane Camille made the evacuation of the hospital’s 53 patients.

United Press International · [ca. August 1969]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Weather: Hurricane: Camille, Aug. 1969: Wire Photos

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