Man, W. VA: Grim, remnants of 2/26 flood in Buffalo Creek Valley 2/28 are a mud covered child's tricycle, home off its foundation, and car pushed head first into pile of debris. Sixty-six bodies have been found so far, 285 persons are so far unaccounted for. and 4,000 are homeless.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Man, W. VA: Grim, remnants of 2/26 flood in Buffalo Creek Valley 2/28 are a mud covered child's tricycle, home off its foundation, and car pushed head first into pile of debris. Sixty-six bodies have been found so far, 285 persons are so far unaccounted for. and 4,000 are homeless.

United Press International · [ca. February 1972]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: 1970s

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