Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever (51 page)

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Brand, Henry,
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Brandon, Frank,
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Branning, Henry E.,
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Breen, Clarence,
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Brown, Grover,
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Brown, Michael,
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Bryant, Mrs. F.,
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Burnham, Robert,
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Burns, Shelly,
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Caise, Anna,
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Cassidy, Edwin “Dock,”
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Cassidy, Mike,
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Cement and Engineering
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Chalmers, Hugh,
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Chalsont, Lucy,
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circus,
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Clark, George Rogers,
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Clark, John,
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Clark Gable: A Biography,
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Cleary, George,
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Clements, Clara,
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Cleveland, Grover,
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Clevenger, Alexander,
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Coots, Charles E.,
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Daily Register
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costs of,
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from tornadoes,
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Daniels, Clifford,
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Daniels, Clifford, Jr.,
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Daniels, Delbert,
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Daniels, Luella,
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Davis, George W.,
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“Day the Dam Broke, The,”
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Dayton Evening News
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De Thebes, Mme.,
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Devine, Edward T.,
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Dickens, Charles,
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Dickensheet, Joseph,
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Dickensheet, Julia,
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Dickerson, George L.,
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Doudna, Edward,
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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drowning,
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“drowning season,”
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Dunlap, Hazel,
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Dunn, R. A.,
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Dutoit, Albert E.,
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Eagle, Pretty Voice,
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earthquake,
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Eastman, John,
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Edholm, Hanna,
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Edison, Thomas,
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Edmonds, T. J.,
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Eilleck, F. E.,
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Electrical World
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Fanning, Ella,
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Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA),
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Feightner, Clyde,
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Finnell, J. R.,
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Fisher, Martin,
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Fitzgerald, John J.,
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Fitzgerald, Rose,
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Fleming, Stephen,
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flood control legislation,
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flood control system,
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Flood of 1898,
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Flood of 1912,
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Flood of 1927,
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Flood of 1937,
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floods

aftermath of,
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cleaning up after,
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damage from,
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polluted water,
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receding waters,
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Flounders, Russell,
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Flynn, Johnny,
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Foose, John P.,
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“For Annie,”
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Ford, Charles,
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Ford, Robert,
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Fries, Mary,
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Fries, W. Otterbein,
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Front Page, The
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Geoghegan, Ambrose Denton,
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Gibbs, George,
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Gone with the Wind
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Gonschrlitz, J. E.,
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Goodman, S. J.,
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Gore, Albert B.,
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Gore, Flora,
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Grand Plans: Business Progressivism and Social
Change in Ohio's Miami Valley
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Grand Traverse Herald
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Grant, Cary,
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Grant, Ellsworth,
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Gray, Philander,
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Gray, William,
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Great Baltimore Fire,
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Great Dayton Flood of 1913
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Great Flood of 1913,
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Great Flood of 1937,
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Great Mississippi Flood of 1927,
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Green, David M.,
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Green, Thomas E.,
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Greene, George,
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Griffin, Catherine,
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Griffin, James,
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Grimes, W. A.,
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Grimes, William,
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Guy, William,
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Hamilton Evening News
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Hamlet
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Hand, Elizabeth Hensley,
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Hanley, Tom,
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Harris, Isaac,
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Harris, Sam,
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Harris, Warren G.,
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Hartford Herald
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Hartzell, William,
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Hawthorne, John,
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Haynes, George Edmund,
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Herald of Gospel Liberty
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Herbert, Arnold,
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Herbig, E. T.,
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Hiatt, Ed,
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Hicks, Nelson,
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Higgins, Ella,
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Higgins, Mabel,
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Higgins, William,
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“High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire, The,”
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Girl Friday
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