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<br />, <br />I <br />! <br /> <br />F~csimilc article from the Frederick Farmer and Miner of May 8, 1969. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />ERIE CHURCH USED AS <br />SHEL TER DURING STORM <br /> <br />Residents of the area along a dike on <br />Coal Creek here were being evacuated <br />shortly after noon Wednesday to the <br />Methodist Church in the community. <br /> <br />Officials at Eric Hiqh School reported <br />students were dismissed at 12:30 p.m., <br />terming the traffic situation east of town <br />as ~next to impossible" because of a <br />number of road washouts. They said bus <br />routing would be limited. <br />A number of bridges in the Erie area <br />were threatened as water in Coal Creek <br />continued on the rise Wednesday noon. <br /> <br />-from the Times-Call <br /> <br />Flood of 1972 <br /> <br />The ~st [ecent flood in Erie apparently occurred sometime in 1972, <br />as revealed in the f0110,,1nll ite," from Erie: Yesterday and Today: <br /> <br />In 1972, Coal Creek btidge nor~h on County Line Road <br />waS damaged again, and the ea.t side of Coal Creek bridge <br />east of town was washed out again.42 <br /> <br />" .1 <br />SOCl.O OilY <br /> <br />aod History cla~.es of Erie High School, Edition 2, page 27. <br /> <br />- 3:; - <br /> <br />-36- <br /> <br />" <br />" <br />" <br />- <br />" <br />~ <br />< <br />" <br />0 <br />- <br />- <br />" <br />~ <br />~ <br />" <br />~ <br />. <br />< <br />. <br />. <br />, <br />- . <br />~ ~ <br />" ~ <br />0 <br />0 - <br />8 - <br />z <br />- 0 <br />. 0 <br /> 0 <br />" <br />" 0 <br />~ - <br />0 ~ <br />" z <br />:3 " <br />. <br /> <br />., <br />~ <br />o <br />o <br />" <br />. <br />