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Adelman Smith Abbott

Birth: 24 Jan 1908
Bunkerville, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Death: 22 Feb 1963 (aged 55)
Saint Helens, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
Burial: Columbia Memorial Gardens Cemetery

Scappoose, Columbia County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 43266715 View Source

Children in 1940 census:
Lola, Leonard and Rea∼Victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster. The dam was built between 1924 and 1926 under the supervision of William Mulholland, chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, then called the Bureau of Water Works and Supply. Three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam catastrophically failed, and the resulting flood killed more than 450 people. The collapse of the St. Francis Dam is one of the worst American civil engineering failures of the 20th century and remains the second-greatest loss of life in California's history, after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire. The disaster marked the end of Mulholland's career. Many bodies were never recovered. Some were found as late as the 1970's.

Children in 1940 census:
Lola, Leonard and Rea∼Victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster. The dam was built between 1924 and 1926 under the supervision of William Mulholland, chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, then called the Bureau of Water Works and Supply. Three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam catastrophically failed, and the resulting flood killed more than 450 people. The collapse of the St. Francis Dam is one of the worst American civil engineering failures of the 20th century and remains the second-greatest loss of life in California's history, after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire. The disaster marked the end of Mulholland's career. Many bodies were never recovered. Some were found as late as the 1970's.

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Erma Prisbrey Abbott

1914–1992

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Created by: Mark and Glorene Stevens
Added: Oct 18, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43266715/adelman_smith-abbott: accessed ), memorial page for Adelman Smith Abbott (24 Jan 1908–22 Feb 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43266715, citing Columbia Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Scappoose, Columbia County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Mark and Glorene Stevens (contributor 47184907).

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