Ice Causes Heavy Damage--A residential street here today is completely filled with broken branches from trees after a hard freezing rain last night covered wires and trees with a heavy coating of ice. Electric service to this East Texas town was disrupted for a time and all communication lines are down. Estimates of damage to property in the area ran into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Title:
Ice Causes Heavy Damage--A residential street here today is completely filled with broken branches from trees after a hard freezing rain last night covered wires and trees with a heavy coating of ice. Electric service to this East Texas town was disrupted for a time and all communication lines are down. Estimates of damage to property in the area ran into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Title (alt.):
Ice Causes Heavy Damage in Texas-A residential street in Palestine, Tex., is completely filled with broken branches from trees after a hard, freezing rain covered wires and trees with a heavy coating of ice. Electric service to this East Texas town was disrupted for a time and estimates of damage to property ran into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Ice: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. February 1951]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Weather
Ice
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 211 x 256 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/s4658h42c
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001527_0008
Barcode:
39999088103245