Buffalo Creek Dam disaster in West Virginia...

THE EVENING TELEGRAM, Herkimer Ilion, New York, February 28, 1972  The two-line, three-column headline reads "W. Virginia Dam Breaks, 61 Die". "National guardsmen and hundreds of volunteers set out at dawn today in search of an estimated 400 missing persons, victims of flooding that left 61 known dead and wiped out whole communities... Ben Tudor, general superintendent of the Burralo Mining co., said the situation had been building for a long time... 'They were too concerned about the trout down-stream,' Tudor said. 'It either had to be the people or the trout and now both are gone.'..."
Also on the front page is "After Historic Week -- Nixon Back from China".
Other news of the day, sports and advertisements.
Complete in ten pages and in nice condition.