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Holding back the river

Preparing for the crest


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Mary Lou Montgomery
This is a scene from the Hannibal riverfront at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, June 15.

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Hannibal Courier-Post
Posted Jun 15, 2008 @ 10:59 AM

Hannibal, MO —

Downtown Hannibal was a flurry of activity Sunday morning, June 15, as volunteers and city workers rallied to hold back the rising flood waters.

Hannibal firefighters were busy at North Street building a well to containing drainage water. In other parts of downtown, city employees were sandbagging and building up the flood wall.