cemeteries. Because of their age and height they are at risk in severe
weather and several trees at Mt Vernon Cemetery here in Abington
suffered damage during Tropical Storm Irene.
What was striking about it was the type of damage. Officials had warned
that because of the heavy rain trees would be pulled out by the roots by
the high winds. Such was not the case here where it looks like the trees
were snapped or split by the force of the winds.Luckily it did not
appear that any headstones were damaged by the fallen tree trunks.
I hope the same is true in the other cemeteries I've photographed over the
previous months.
That looks like a big cemetery in Abington. I've been trying to help my sister-in-law with her family. They descend from a Charles Bates family in Abington. Have you run across any Bates from Abington in your research?
ReplyDeleteRegards, Jim
Jim, do you have some dates for the Charles Bates family? I'll
ReplyDeletego check for you next week after the rain washes the snow away.