Next on American History tv, author and history professor michael ross discusses his book on the 1870 kidnapping of molly digby. She was abducted by two black women and it exacerbated racial tensions. The Pratt Library hosted this 50minute event. Good evening. Its very nice to be here at the Pratt Library surrounded by pictures of Edgar Alan Poe and books about poe. Baltimore in many ways has a feel a lot like new orleans, an old port city with traditions and quirky and sometimes spooky history. I always kind of feel at home in baltimore just as i feel at home in new orleans. Where i lived for ten years. What i want to do tonight is introduce you to this case that has kind of disappeared from the american memory. But for the summer of 1870 captivated the nation. Newspaper readers across the country. Try to explain it to you so that you can see what i saw as i stumbled across it. I began writing i found this story while i was doing much more traditional legal history. I was researching
Says that he hopes that the sand bags help prevent any more blooding. That makes you safer . A little bit. Maybe it runs again, like were going to be along the way, several houses which were flooded still have their driveways blocked off by yellow caution tape. While the creeks overflowed in some areas, sit cry officials noticed seepages along the boil. Ishmael rosales lives along the way, but says that while residents appreciate the sand bags, they would like a more permanent solution. Its something, but its like trying to heal a wound thats already been cut. You know. They have not done anything influential to make sure that we are safe. Reporter the creek is running along the area, and all residents can did right now is run the rain forecast for tonight. Its not horrible today. We hope. Reporter and back to a live picture here in east palo alto, this is bay shore road here. The flood stage here is 15 feet. We just checked the river gauges, the creek gauges a short time ago, only abo
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Good morning, everyone. Im in for marty bass this morning. Another gorgeous day heading into the last weekend of september. Its hard to believe the month is going out this way and its looking very nice but were going to be starting to look more like summer as we head into the end ever the weekend. 59 in elkton. 63 in ocean city. The temperatures reflecting a bit of a very mild pattern right on target for whats average this time of year. 74 degrees is our normal high. Today up around 73 but we do start to warm up heading into the next several days. Well talk about how it plays out coming up in your complete first morning forecast. Sounds good. Thanks, tim. Now lets go to sharon for a check of your commute. A little busier than we usually like it. We have a handful of problems one just coming into us on 95. A medical emergency. Thats on 95 northbound just past the toll plaza. Watch for emergency crews on the scene there. Also an accident 83 southbound the jfx approaching the northern par
Nearly a dozen vehicles in a chainreaction crash. What led to the accident. Hello again. Im linh bui. Commuters along interstate 83 north hope for an easier ride home later this afternoon after a massive tencar pileup backed up traffic for miles and left several people injured. Mike schuh has the latest. Reporter good afternoon, everyone. The problem with the roadway like 38 is north of hunt valley, there are very 83 is owe roadway 83 is north of hunt valley, there are very few exits. Its about eight miles into pennsylvania. I had people yelling into the truck at me whether i was all right. Reporter jordan calabrese was driving the flat bed seen here on its side when he was hit from behind. All of a sudden i felt a hard bang and was being pushed forward and the truck flipped over. Reporter he was briefly trapped inside his truck. He managed to crawl out a window. What he saw he says looked like a war zone. It took emergency workers hours to clear the scene shutting down 83 north. Thank