On March 13, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, releasing billions of gallons of water. What else was making headlines on that tragic day?

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“Advertisement: Piggly Wiggly.” The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Washington), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

“Alice Corbett Case Mystery Two Years.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), January 16, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Attack On Girl Still Mystery.” News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Expect Girl's Story of Assault Soon.” The Bristol Herald Courier (Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee), March 12, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Missing Smith Girl Hunt Lead to Lonely Tea Inn Four Miles From College.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), January 16, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

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“A Clew That Failed.” Greenfield Daily Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

Day, Clifford L. “One-Eyed War Hero Starts Ocean Dash.” The Indianapolis Times (Indianapolis, Indiana), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

Donovan, John J. “Searchers for Girl Student Discount Theory of Romance.” The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), January 19, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

“Elsie Mackay.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, October 4, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Mackay.

“Family Believes Smith Girl Held.” The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), January 18, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

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“Hat ‘Planted’ New Theory In Attack On Miss Nancy Davison.” Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), February 1, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

“Hundreds of Lives Lost as Southern California Reservoir Dam Collapses; Death Toll Mounting.” Visalia Times-Delta (Visalia, California), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

International News Service. “Police Are Convinced Miss Smith Took Life.” Lancaster Daily Intelligence (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), January 25, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

Magazine, Smithsonian. “On Occasions like This, I Envy the Dead: The St. Francis Dam Disaster.” Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, March 12, 2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/occasions-i-envy-dead-st-francis-dam-disaster-180954543/.

“Nancy Davison Arrives Home in Auto; Walks Out of Hospital.” The Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), March 13, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

“Post Reporter Gives Thrill to Gotham: Revives Missing Girl Student Is Alive.” The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio), July 31, 1930. www.newspapers.com.

“Solution of Davis Case Balks Police.” The Richmond News Leader (Richmond, Virginia), January 25, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

Team, IASH. “Elsie Mackay.” Dangerous Women Project, July 31, 2017. https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/07/06/elsie-mackay/.

“Walter G. R. Hinchliffe.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 21, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_G._R._Hinchliffe.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.