March floods hit Waynesboro (PA) and vicinity
When it rains, it pours, as the say. And it rained a lot in March 1936. What’s more is that that the winter in many areas of the northeast and mid-Atlantic had seen a lot of snow over the winter. Because the temperatures had climbed above freezing what could have been more snow that March was rain. However, that rain pelted the snow pack on the mountains, melting it. The ground was still frozen for the most part so all of that rain and melted snow had nowhere to go but downhill. All over the northeast water filled up the streams and rivers beyond their capacity, leading to one of the worst floods that the region has seen. While Franklin County wasn’t on the receiving end of some of the worst flooding, it did have problems. The bridge to Read more…
Right city, wrong state
It’s bad enough to get a call that your son’s in jail and needs you to bail him out, but what happens when you show up at the county jail with bail money and the corrections officer has never heard of your son? You may want to look at a map. James Ridings was a 21 year old from Keyser, W.Va. was driving through Franklin County, Pa., on the evening of April 7, 1961. He was a mile north of Waynesboro, Pa., when he pulled onto the Waynesboro-Quincy road from a side street without paying attention to oncoming traffic. His car hit a northbound car being driven by Kenny Cook, Jr. from Quincy, Pa. The crash sent Cook’s car off the road and into a tree. The impact pushed one of the front wheels on the car back three feet. Read more…
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