A gravestone is exposed after a tree fell at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., on Thursday. Photo courtesy Friends of Mt. Hope
A falling tree during high winds last week in Rochester, N.Y., exposed a century-old gravestone buried in the dirt.
Edna Amelia Goodman Allen, born in 1892, died at the age of 26 years in 1918, leaving behind her husband, John D. Allen, a son, mother, and six siblings. Presumably, the headstone had sunk underground as the tree's roots built up around it over the 108 years since she was buried.
A tree fell at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., on Thursday, exposing a gravestone. Photo courtesy Friends of Mt. Hope/Facebook
Winds gusted to 54 mph around 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday at the Rochester airport. Trees were also reported down on Sanford and Shelter Streets during the event, both just north of the cemetery.
