Some Observations On The Handling Of The Dead In The Rapid City, South Dakota, Flood Disaster
Author(s) | Hershiser, Marvin R. | |
Date Accessioned | 2005-03-01T20:05:43Z | |
Date Available | 2005-03-01T20:05:43Z | |
Publication Date | 1974 | |
Description | On June 9, 1972, rains had swollen the river leading into Rapid City; the dam above the city had weakened.By late evening with little forewarning the weakened dam unleashed a torrent of water that swept through the city leaving 237 people dead. | en |
Sponsor | National Insitute of Mental Health, Applied Research Branch | en |
Extent | 226360 bytes | |
MIME type | application/pdf | |
URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/402 | |
Language | en_US | |
Publisher | Disaster Research Center | en |
Part of Series | Preliminary Papers;12 | |
Keywords | Flood Disaster | en |
Keywords | Rapid City, South Dakota | en |
Title | Some Observations On The Handling Of The Dead In The Rapid City, South Dakota, Flood Disaster | en |
Type | Other | en |