Horrors of the Flood In Conemaugh Valley Rattle Johnstown
Reports from Johnstown Pa describe a devastating flood with extensive loss of life and property. Workers gather bodies from ruins at the railroad bridge while authorities race to bury the dead and prevent pestilence. The Fourteenth Regiment is ordered to aid, and relief efforts spread from Pittsburgh to New York and London amid widespread distress.
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Harrisburg
Middle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hattie H. Smith
Osborne
Ohio
Blanche Hornish
Miss Hornish
William Gaffney
Chilken
Prrrasunre
Allie Gheny
Pittsburg
Johnstown
Washington
Sanitary Corps
State Board of Health
City
Allegheny River
Kiskiminetas
Alleghany County
Beaver
Rauthedusy
W. B. Lemon
Emeeun Anes
Sapecusl Dtea
Union St
Charles F. McKenna
Prrrancan
PL D. Perchment
Col Perehment
Prnate
Solomno
ChicaGo
A. N. McCreery
Council Chamber
London Stock Exchange
New York
Jane
Momra Prince & Whitely
Coburn
Lewisburg
Tyrone
Bellefonte and Nittany Valley
Lewiston
Milesburg
Bellefonte
Oeth County
Jessup
The
Herald
Scranton
Scranton City Bank
Stanton
Terrible sights seen on four miles walk along the river
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recounts a harrowing river journey from New Florence to Johnstown describing bodies along the banks including a mother with a baby, a couple embraced, and widespread wreckage. He notes a grand piano and two iron boilers stranded by the current, with Cambria Iron works partially standing amid the devastation.
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Beaver
Jounstonn
Chicago Tribune
New Florence
Johnstown
Cambria Iron Company
Cambria Iron Works
Distress at Williamsport Floods City with 34 Feet of Water
A Williamsport Pa flood report details the Susquehanna surge cresting 34 feet, destroying mills and logs and claiming many lives. Water filled Market Square floors six feet deep and submerged three quarters of the city as wreckage spread from rails to hotels.
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Williamerest
Market Square
Park Hotel
Lews
Charles Edwards
Shults Aude
Wiliam Dietrich
Miteh- 1
Devastating Susquehanna Flood Destroys Bridges and Towns
June reports describe towns along the river struck by a severe flood. Dozens drown including families near Nippenos and Baker's Camp. Lewiston Junction cut off with nine feet of water, bridges washed away, and property losses mounting to tens of thousands. Keanville reports every house a hospital with graves exposed.
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Lewiston Junction
Lewiston
Keanville
Kernville
Clergyman Proposes Mausoleum System to Halt Decay
Rev Charles K Treat lectured at the Academy of Music on a new disposal method to prevent decay. He described a concrete mausoleum using superheated air currents to desiccate and incinerate bodies, with rooms designed to individual wishes.
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New York
Charles K Treat
Church of the Archangel
Academy of Music
Charles L
Lockout and starve-out paralyses mines and economy
A wave of labor unrest closes coal mines in Spring Valley and Braidwood. Operators order workers to remove tools as militia withdraws. The indefinite shutdown, expected to last, threatens regional business and productivity. Deputy sheriffs posted to enforce order amid ongoing tensions.
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Shzaldweed
Spring Valley
Jose
Braidwood
Witaaivetos
Chicago and Wilmington Coal Company
Uraidwood
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