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Yukon's Waters Flooding Towns. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 18. (/P)—Fresh floods in the Yukon river basin washed through Nenana and Fort Yukon today and drove residents from their homes and places of business. Several feet of water flowed through Fort Yukon, a trading post 150 miles northeast of her...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/91514 2023-05-15T18:45:56+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska. Floods & Flood Control. Spokane Chronicle 1937-05-18 Yukon's Waters Flooding Towns. 1937-05-18 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91514 English eng nwh-sh-10-1-48 nwh-sh-10-1-49 (duplicate) http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91514 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History. Alaska. Box 10 Yukon river Fairbanks Alaska floods Nenana Fort Yukon business Porcupine rivers railroad yards damage Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1937 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:18:40Z Yukon's Waters Flooding Towns. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 18. (/P)—Fresh floods in the Yukon river basin washed through Nenana and Fort Yukon today and drove residents from their homes and places of business. Several feet of water flowed through Fort Yukon, a trading post 150 miles northeast of here at the junction of the Yukon and Porcupine rivers. The residential district of Nenana, 50 miles southwest of here, lay deep in the overflow of the Tanana river which covered the lower part of the town with 14 feet of water at the crest. Water ran through the business section and railroad yards. Estimates of property damage were unavailable at either place. Radiophone reports from Fort Yukon and Nenana mentioned no fatalities. Text Yukon river Alaska Yukon Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Fairbanks Pacific Yukon |
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Yukon's Waters Flooding Towns. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 18. (/P)—Fresh floods in the Yukon river basin washed through Nenana and Fort Yukon today and drove residents from their homes and places of business. Several feet of water flowed through Fort Yukon, a trading post 150 miles northeast of here at the junction of the Yukon and Porcupine rivers. The residential district of Nenana, 50 miles southwest of here, lay deep in the overflow of the Tanana river which covered the lower part of the town with 14 feet of water at the crest. Water ran through the business section and railroad yards. Estimates of property damage were unavailable at either place. Radiophone reports from Fort Yukon and Nenana mentioned no fatalities. |
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