Flood damage exceeded $500K from historic rainfall
115 Years Ago, 1911 transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Sunday’s flood damage will reach over a half million dollars. Heaviest rainfall in history of the city causes river and creeks to overflow and inundate property....” “The worst flood this city has experienced in many years occurred Sunday afternoon and evening. It was caused by a great downpour of rain, resembling a cloudburst, which raged from 11 o’clock in the morning until 5 o’clock in the evening, causing a property loss which will approximate half a million dollars. The flood drove ...
