“Feb. 2 dawned a rainy, blustery day with some winds measured at 80 miles an hour In Bangor and more along the coast. Windows were broken and buildings otherwise battered by the gale force winds. but that was Just the beginning.”
“But in Bangor water showed itself to be a most clever menace, rising 15 feet in just minutes inundating some 2u0 cars parked in the downtown Kenduskeag Parking plaza.
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03 Feb 1976, 6 – The South Bend Tribune at Newspapers.com
There were larger floods in 1902 and 1846.