Tug Valley recalls the ‘Great Flood of ’77’
By Rachel Dove, Williamson Daily News, W.Va. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
No one was truly prepared, nor did they imagine in their wildest dreams that the
When the totals came in for the damage caused by the flood, it totaled more than
The results of a survey conducted by the
Businesses in the
First damage estimates for the flood totaled
The Williamson Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, which was located West of
The damage to the
The G.C. Murphy Murphy store, which was located on
Belle's Sewing Center reportedly suffered nearly
"I'm not going to stay here and let this happen again within 10 years from now," owner
A detailed investigation by the
Other reports showed that more than 20 percent of the businesses suffered damage so severe that they did not expect to reopen after the flood. Business losses resulting from the temporary closing of the area coal mines affected by the flooding exceeded
Although residential damage was the most immediately felt, commercial and industrial loss was greater. It was estimated that damage averaged about
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