March 1913 - Rain...and Snow

For many years, Lloyd V. Tuttle contributed historic photos and information to the Defiance Crescent-News for his column: "A Backward Glance."  This article was undated, but shows the B & O bridge during the flooding of 1913.
(Poor photo...)

"IT SNOWED after the deluge of rain that caused the devastating flood that occurred in March of 1913; it was a light snow and there was no ice in the rivers.

Here is a view of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge over the Auglaize River in Defiance during the flood.  A train of steel rails and coal was kept on the bridge to weight it down.

The picture was brought in by Mrs. Elsie Colwell, rt. 8, Defiance."