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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.Johnson, Willis Fletcher

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County)

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

   Williamsport's Great Losses--Flooded with Thirty-four Feet
     of Water--Hundreds of Millions of Feet of Lumber Swept
     Away--Loss of Life--Incidents of Rescue and of Death--The
     Story of Garret Crouse and his Gray Horse,                  421

   CHAPTER XXXIX.

   The Juniata Valley Ravaged by the Storm--Losses at Tyrone,
     Huntingdon and Lewistown--Destruction at Lock Haven--A
     Baby's Voyage Down Stream--Romantic Story of a Wedding,     435

   CHAPTER XL.

   The Floods along the Potomac--The National Capital
     Submerged--A Terrible Record in Maryland--Gettysburg
     a Sufferer--Tidings of Devastation from Many Points in
     Several States,                                             444

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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  MAP OF THE DELUGED CONEMAUGH DISTRICT,                           1

  JOHNSTOWN AS LEFT BY THE FLOOD,                                 19

  RUINS OF JOHNSTOWN VIEWED FROM PROSPECT HILL,                   37

  GENERAL VIEW OF THE RUINS, LOOKING UP STONY CREEK,              55

  RUINS, SHOWING THE PATH OF THE FLOOD,                           73

  TYPICAL SCENE IN JOHNSTOWN,                                     91

  JOHNSTOWN--VIEW CORNER OF MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS,            109

  VIEW ON CLINTON STREET, JOHNSTOWN,                             127

  MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS, LOOKING SOUTHWEST,                   145

  RUINS, CORNER OF CLINTON AND MAIN STREETS,                     163

  RUINS, FROM SITE OF THE HULBURT HOUSE,                         181

  THE DÉBRIS ABOVE THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BRIDGE,             199

  RUINS OF THE CAMBRIA IRON WORKS,                               217

  RUINS OF THE CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY'S STORE,                     235

  THIRD STREET, WILLIAMSPORT, PA., DURING THE FLOOD,             253

  WRECK OF THE IRON BRIDGE AT WILLIAMSPORT, PA.,                 271

  WRECK OF THE LUMBER YARDS AT WILLIAMSPORT, PA.,                289

  250,000,000 FEET OF LOGS AFLOAT IN THE SUSQUEHANNA,            307

  LAST TRAINS IN AND OUT OF HARRISBURG,                          325

  COLUMBIA, PA., UNDER THE FLOOD,                                343

  PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AT SIXTH STREET, WASHINGTON, D. C.,        361

  SEVENTH STREET, WASHINGTON, D. C., IN THE FLOOD,               379

  FOURTEENTH STREET, WASHINGTON, D. C., IN THE FLOOD,            397

  THE FLOOD IN WASHINGTON, D. C., OPPOSITE HARRIS'S THEATRE,     415

CHAPTER I.

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