Transcriber's Notes Any corrections made are catalogued in a note at the end of this text. Italics are rendered using the '_' character as _italics_. Text printed in a bold font is rendered using the '=' character as =bold=. All small capital letters are printed as uppercase. The abbreviations "A.M." and "P.M." appear in normal uppercase as well as in small capitals. They are also variably printed with intervening spaces (e.g., "A. M."). They are rendered here as uppercase with the spacing as found in the text. The text contained illustrations, which could not be included in this version. They are indicated using [Illustration: <caption>]. Their position in the text may have changed in order to re-join paragraphs and/or to avoid interrupting the text. The page numbers in the list of illustrations are, therefore, approximate. Please use the html version from Project Gutenberg to view the illustrations. [Illustration: MAP OF THE DELUGED CONEMAUGH DISTRICT.] HISTORY OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. INCLUDING ALL THE FEARFUL RECORD; THE BREAKING OF THE SOUTH FORK DAM; THE SWEEPING OUT OF THE CONEMAUGH VALLEY; THE OVER-THROW OF JOHNSTOWN; THE MASSING OF THE WRECK AT THE RAILROAD BRIDGE; ESCAPES, RESCUES, SEARCHES FOR SURVIVORS AND THE DEAD; RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS, STUPENDOUS CHARITIES, ETC., ETC. WITH FULL ACCOUNTS ALSO OF THE DESTRUCTION ON THE SUSQUEHANNA AND JUNIATA RIVERS, AND THE BALD EAGLE CREEK. BY WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON. _ILLUSTRATED._ EDGEWOOD PUBLISHING CO., 1889. Copyright, 1889, by WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON. PREFACE.