Salt Lake Herald | 1889-09-18 | Page 1 | A Big Dam Bursts

A Blsr Dam Bursts WKSTCHESTEK Pa Sept nlhe breast of a large dam located at Highborn bursted this morning and the tremendous amount of water rushed down the Braudywine river overflowing banks and sweeping everything before it A large bridge below the dam was swept away and several frame buildings carried down to Coates vie Several of the streets of Coalesville are four feet under water So fa a heard from no lives have been lost In places the meadows are covered to a depth of eight to ten feet