Laurel Valley High School - Laurel Yearbook (New Florence, PA)

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g Flood f 1977 causes traglc loss of To the worldfxsit was the tghirdptragikc Johnstown lflood, but the July 20 ca- tastrophe was equally devasting o to the small Laurel Valley communities. Sec- tions of Bolivar were inundated, but the iifi New Florence andgScward regions boerdering the Conemaugh'River bore the brunt 'of the tdisastcr.,iyBotgh towns had mobile home parks situated along the river. A timely warning permitted all the New Florenceyresidents to be safely. evacuated, but iiii for' many from Seward, 'the oitme warning never arrived. Both trailer parks were totally destroyedl but in Seward I3 ietl lives were lost, Hung dreds ofisurvivors spent hours clinging to trees and roofs beforeibeing rescued by helicopters. lncludedywere parents who yyy managed to keep their small chil- dren safe againstfthe- force ofyitheirush- ing fwaters. Many students returned to Laurel Valley in September still not fully recovered from. theyshock of a dis- aster which changed their lives. ' is The scenes at rightand below reveal how mobile. homes and autos yyvere strewn together by 'the force of the floodiwaters that ravaged,the,Se- ward area. ,The trailer' court, located along the banks of the 'Conernaugh River,,was com- pletelygdestroyed, Photos courtesy of the In- diana Evening Gazettef '. js: ,Z

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