Record #:

7841

Author(s):

Jeter, Frank

Abstract:

In 1947, Greensboro, received large amounts of rain. As the streets flooded and the streams began to swell, the editors of the Greensboro Daily News and the Greensboro Record became excited about the condition of the Lake Brandt Dam. The editors were sure that a disaster, much like Pennsylvania's Johnstown Flood, would occur that night. They sent a team of reporters to record the dam breaking. Reporters witnessed water flowing over the earthen dam, but no disaster ensued.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 8, Jan 1987, p21

Subject(s):

Floods--Greensboro