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Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning, N
Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning, N

Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning, N

Date6/25/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fire department boat on rescue duty sails along Highway 15 near Corning; N.Y.; which was under 10 feet of water. Rescue workers searched house-to-house in the area; where floodwaters were up to 10 feet deep and buried whole villages.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007332F
A coffin that floated away from a funeral home is towed to dry land in Corning, N
A coffin that floated away from a funeral home is towed to dry land in Corning, N
6/26/1972
Rescue workers use boats in the streets of Olean, N
Rescue workers use boats in the streets of Olean, N
6/25/1972
In corning, N.Y., one of hundreds of cars that were pushed through the streets by floodwaters lies entangled with debris as the waters subside. [incomplete]
In corning, N.Y., one of hundreds of cars that were pushed through the streets by floodwaters lies entangled with debris as the waters subside. [incomplete]
6/25/1972
12 Corning, These houses were smashed to pieces after they were wrenched from basements and carried away by flood waters. They're resting on top of a dike
12 Corning, These houses were smashed to pieces after they were wrenched from basements and carried away by flood waters. They're resting on top of a dike
6/25/1972
In portville, N.Y., 80 miles west of Corning, half the village is under water and 960 persons are quartered in the high school fitted out the emergency facilities
In portville, N.Y., 80 miles west of Corning, half the village is under water and 960 persons are quartered in the high school fitted out the emergency facilities
6/25/1972
Peddling along: Steve Brittain and Joe Hill find it's easier to get around the parking lot at Moodie's Motor Inn in the Pickering area in a pedal-boat than in a car
Peddling along: Steve Brittain and Joe Hill find it's easier to get around the parking lot at Moodie's Motor Inn in the Pickering area in a pedal-boat than in a car
2/14/1984
Paddling a rubber boat, 15-year-old Tony Cook passes a car stalled on Queen Frederica Dr. in Mississauga
Paddling a rubber boat, 15-year-old Tony Cook passes a car stalled on Queen Frederica Dr. in Mississauga
5/16/1974
Rice paddies: Homes on the outskirts of Chatham, near Highway 2, are still surrounded by water from the Thames River, although the levels are subsiding
Rice paddies: Homes on the outskirts of Chatham, near Highway 2, are still surrounded by water from the Thames River, although the levels are subsiding
2/26/1985
Main street -- St. Clair Beach, With his car in a ditch a flood victim makes his way along Riverside Drive, the main street in St. Clair Beach about 15 miles east of Windsor
Main street -- St. Clair Beach, With his car in a ditch a flood victim makes his way along Riverside Drive, the main street in St. Clair Beach about 15 miles east of Windsor
3/17/1973
Burlington Firemen worked yesterday evacuating houses along the Beach Strip area, as the homeswere being threatened by 10- to 15-foot-high waves which(...)
Burlington Firemen worked yesterday evacuating houses along the Beach Strip area, as the homeswere being threatened by 10- to 15-foot-high waves which(...)
4/9/1973
Fireman James Britton at No. 3 firehall of the Etobicoke fire department at 280 Burnhamthorpe Road, just west of Kipling. [Incomplete]
Fireman James Britton at No. 3 firehall of the Etobicoke fire department at 280 Burnhamthorpe Road, just west of Kipling. [Incomplete]
10/3/1979
These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau, are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]
These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau, are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]
4/11/1973