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<br />, <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Fascimile article from the Frederick Farmer and Miner of May 8, 1869. <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 Erie High 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 /> <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 most recent flood in Erie apparently occurred sometime in <br /> <br />1972, as revealed in the following item from Erie: Yesterday and Today~ <br /> <br />In 1972, Coal Creek bridge north on County Line Road <br />was damaged again, and the east side of Coal Creek bridge <br />east of town was washed out again.42 <br /> <br />The peak discharge recorded during that year at the Coal <br /> <br />Creek gaging station near Plainview was 30 cfs on May 6, 1972. <br /> <br />This suggests the flood at Erie in 1972 was caused by rain <br /> <br />rather than snowmelt. <br /> <br />42'~'d <br />~. <br /> <br />-17- <br />