[hampdenkid]

I don’t actually remember it ... but were my dear old Italian mother alive now, she would be reminding me of it time and time again. Here’s the Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knickerbocker_Storm

[metmom]

Interesting, and surprising that I had never heard of it.

Thanks for the link.

[Palladin]

An interesting sidelight of history.

I had never heard about that disaster.