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High Bridge, viewed from Jessamine County. In 1851, the Lexington & Danville Railroad, with Julius Adams as chief engineer, retained John A. Roebling (who later designed the Brooklyn Bridge) to build a railroad suspension bridge across the Kentucky River for a line connecting Lexington and Danville, Kentucky, west of the confluence of the Dix and Kentucky rivers. [1]
5+ deaths – A tornado destroyed the community of Rogana, which consisted of two stores and eight homes. A railroad bridge was wrecked as well. At least 50 people were injured. The tornado may have continued farther than listed, causing many more casualties; up to 20 people may have died and as many as 100 may have sustained injuries. [18] [19] F3
Western Kentucky: 58 deaths (including one indirect) Bowling Green, Kentucky: 17 deaths (including one indirect) 94 1969 February 1969 nor'easter: Winter storm Northeastern United States: 93 1918 Malbone Street wreck: Accident – railroad Brooklyn, New York: Some accounts give death toll as 101.
From a 1939 flood that killed 79 people, to a 1997 flood that affected 50,000 homes in just one city, here are some of the past major flooding events in Kentucky.
He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1972-1985 and 1987-1989, and a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1994-2005 and 2013-2021. Robinson’s career of service to Kentucky ...
The High Bridge census-designated place consists of the community of High Bridge as well as rural land comprising the inside of the bend on the Kentucky River where the bridge is located. Kentucky Route 29 leads northeast from High Bridge 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to Wilmore, and Nicholasville, the Jessamine county seat, is 10 miles (16 km) northeast ...
Tornado hit and damaged a local high school. Also heavily damaged homes in western Bismarck. F4: Cincinnati to N of Mason: Hamilton, Warren: OH: 21:28 19.8 miles (31.9 km) 2 deaths – Formed from the same thunderstorm that spawned the Sayler Park tornado, with the first damage seen in northern Cincinnati. Some homes in Mason were completely ...
The storm also claimed 11 lives in Indiana and five in Kentucky. bagallion@dispatch.com This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: 46 years ago today: Blizzard of '78, 'Storm of ...