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Photo 3: Debris at the stone bridge.

Photo 4: Rescue workers searching
for survivors and bodies.

Photo 5: Locomotives from the
East Conemaugh trainyard.

Questions for Photos 3, 4, & 5

1. Do these images help you to understand the impact of the flood? If so, how?

2. Why did so much debris collect at the stone bridge? Why did so many deaths occur there?

3. What would have been some of the challenges faced by rescue workers?

* The photos on this screen have a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high quality version of Photo 3, Photo 4, and Photo 5, but be aware that each file will take as much as 35 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.