A photograph taken of a street in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, during the flood of 22 June 1972.
Photo Caption: Water from the Pine and Mahantongo Creeks made Klingerstown look like a model of Venice with roads and streets completely covered with water.
Continuation of the Klingerstown story:
Rev. Robert Johnson of St. Michael’s Church not only acted as a spiritual leader, but also as a liaison with the Red Cross, makeshift host, cook and rescuer. About a dozen H.U.D. [Housing and Urban Development] trailers were supplied by the Federal Government for the persons who could not immediately occupy their homes.
There is still a great deal of repair work to be done individually, to both private homes and businesses, but the degree of recovery in the short time since the floods is nothing short of amazing.
There is another change in Klingerstown, made possible in a sense, by the flood — community spirit. These people share terrible memories, but “Agnes” brought together friend, enemy, neighbor and outsider, in a bond that cannot be broken.
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From “Collector’s Limited Edition” of Lykens and Williams Valley Flood of 1972, published by the Lykens Standard, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in June 1972.
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