Motorboat Visits Flooded Farm Home - A motorboat nudges up to the front porch of a flooded farm home near Fort Calhoun yesterday. The Missouri River bottom farm about 10 miles upstream from Omaha is one of several flooded by the rising river. The Omaha Weather Bureau forecasts a crest of about 26 feet at Omaha about April 17. The Omaha stage was 20.06 feet last night.

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Motorboat Visits Flooded Farm Home - A motorboat nudges up to the front porch of a flooded farm home near Fort Calhoun yesterday. The Missouri River bottom farm about 10 miles upstream from Omaha is one of several flooded by the rising river. The Omaha Weather Bureau forecasts a crest of about 26 feet at Omaha about April 17. The Omaha stage was 20.06 feet last night.

Associated Press · [ca. April 1952]

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CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: 1952: Wire Photos

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