This Marion Daily Republican article was written on Tuesday, February 27, 1979 as a follow up to the previous weekend’s record snow. See also, Snow Storm of 1979. Continue reading
Category Archives: Acts of God
The winter of 1979 started brewing in January with numerous deaths in the Northern U.S., the Midwest and Europe attributed to record snowfalls and sustained zero and subzero temperatures. Continue reading
Just how deep the snow was in the record January 1918, seems to grow with the years of those who remember. Continue reading
Sunday, March 27, 1977– More than five inches of rain soaked Marion in 12 hours, triggering flooding up to six feet in some areas of the town. Continue reading
City officials and property owners were still engaged today in surveying the damage done by Saturday’s earthquake which damaged homes and other buildings in every part of the city. Continue reading
