081620 Photos

FLOOD DAMAGE – The fron porch and garage of this Bradys Bend home werer destroyed in Thursday's (August 14, 1980) Flood. Butler Eagle Photo.
Butler Eagle photo from the Bradys Bend Flood of August 14, 1980.
Butler Eagle photo from the Bradys Bend Flood of August 14, 1980. Flood Damage.
STREET COLLAPSES – In East Brady, flood waters ripped away sections of Brady Street, revealing storm sewers. August 14, 1980. – Butler Eagle Photo

Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Butler Historical Society Lowrie House artifacts.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Forty years ago, August 14, 1980, a flash flood claimed the lives of 9 people along Rt. 68 in East Brady. Florence Debacco's home pictured here, housed 35 people in their home the night of the flood. According to Debacco, the flood waters nearly reached the first floor of the home.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Florence DeBacco remembers the night when she housed 35 people in her home during a flash flood that claimed the lives of 9 people. The flood waters flooded the first floor of the house behind her in the photo.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Florence DeBacco remembers the night when she housed 35 people in her home during a flash flood that claimed the lives of 9 people. The water nearly covered the cinder blocks of her basement behind her in the photo.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Florence DeBacco remembers the night when she housed 35 people in her home during a flash flood that claimed the lives of 9 people.

Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Forty years ago, August 14, 1980, a flash flood claimed the lives of 9 people along Rt. 68 in East Brady. Florence Debacco's home pictured here, housed 35 people in their home the night of the flood. According to Debacco, the flood waters nearly reached the first floor of the home.

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