History of the Great Flood in Johnstown, Pa., May 31, 1889: By which Over Ten Thousand Lives Were Lost |
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History of the Great Flood in Johnstown, Pa. , May 31, 1889, by Which Over ... J. S. Ogilvie No preview available - 2008 |
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Adjt.-Gen afternoon Allegheny arrived awful banks Blairsville broken bruised building buried burned Cambria City Cambria County Cambria Iron Company carload carried caught Church coffins Conemaugh River corpses crowd death débris desolation disaster drift drowned engine escaped fire floating FLOOD IN JOHNSTOWN floor Friday friends girl gorge Greensburg Hastings horror houses hundred Hungarians John JOHNSTOWN BRIDGE Juniata County Kernville looked lost lying mass maugh miles Mineral Point morgue morning mother mountain night Nineveh o'clock passengers Pennsylvania Railroad persons pile Pittsburg raft reached recovered reported rescued roof rope ruins rushed Sang Hollow saved says scenes seen side South Fork stone bridge Stony Creek stood story stream street stricken swept taken telegraph thousands timber to-day to-morrow to-night told torrent town track train trees valley washed Western Union wife wires woman women Woodvale wreck wreckage yesterday