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Original index title	Northwest History. Alaska. Floods & Flood Control.
Newspaper	Idaho Sunday Tribune ; 1937-05-16
Title	Alaska Metropolis Still Under Water As Ice Dams River.
Description	Alaska Metropolis Still Under Water As Ice Dams River.
Subject Keys	Alaska metropolis ; Fairbanks ; ice jams ; Tanana and Chena rivers ; E. B. Collins ; flood ; disaster assistance ; federal flood control project
Date.Original	1937-05-16
Resource Identifier	nwh-sh-10-1-40
Subjects	Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century Alaska
Resource Type	Text
Genre	Clippings
Source	Northwest History. Alaska. Box 10
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Full-Text	Alaska Metropolis Still Under Water As Ice Dams River FAIRBANKS. Alaska (/P)—Three-tropolis remained under water Saturday as ice jams continued to dam the flooding Tanana and Chena rivers. Mayor E. B. Collins said the city was in no immediate need of outside disaster assistance, but that he hoped the flood would arouse action on the long-sought federal flood control project. Flooded sections of the city were under from 'a few inches to several feet of water with about half the residences abandoned and homeless householders sleeping in public buildings and hotels. The water had receded from its flood crest, set Friday. Newspapermen, surveying conditions in this town of 2100 inhabitants, said there was no actual want or suffering.
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