Disastrous Johnstown Flood Described in Detail
A May 31 center of tragedy report details Johnstown Pennsylvania and surrounding towns wrecked by a dam break. It cites ten thousand workers on debris and widespread deaths possibly up to twenty thousand with $40 million losses.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Conemaugh River
Great Reservoir
State Board of Health of
Allegheny
Ohio
Prensa Lira
Notable Johnstown Flood Death Toll Rises To 10000
June 3 reports from Lane, Pa place the Johnstown disaster death toll between 8000 and 10000 as two Pennsylvania Railroad trains were swept away in the Conemaugh flood. Rescue efforts continue while scenes of devastation, stench, and mass burials unfold amid a broad regional crisis.
Burying the Victims in Johnstown After Disaster
The Johnstown relief effort moves to mass burials across suburban cemeteries as corpses are identified. Undertakers collect the dead at the morgue in the Fourth Ward School, guarded by soldiers to preserve order amid a mourning crowd.
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Johnstown
Pittsburg
Fourth Ward
City of the Dead: Ninevah Strewn With Corpses Across Town
A Ninevah morgue reports 230 dead found after a field uncovering 188 more corpses. Most victims were women and children pulled from the river, many embalmed at local shops. Temporary burial sites and cross town efforts reflect a town-wide disaster scene.
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Sampson &Davos
Robert Kerns
Graham
Harvey Moorhead
Nineveh
Ninemacher
Great Catastrophe Caused by Dam Weakness at South Fork
The president of the South Fork Fishing Club admits no water-spout caused the disaster. the dam’s frailty and water pressure were sole factors. Pittsburg millionaires invested heavily, with cottages and club houses now at the brink of a vast ruin five miles long and two deep. Built over three years by the old Pennsylvania Canal company, it served as a reservoir and was later destroyed as rail interests rose. Ten years ago the lake and surrounding ground were bought by Pittsburgh millionaires to make an exclusive American resort.
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Conemaugh Lake
United States
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South Fork Fishing Club
South Fork Lake
Pennsylvania Canal Company
Dam at Conemaugh Lake Built of Dirt Says Sun
New York reports the Conemaugh Dam was dirt with a light rubble facing and gates closed to save fish. In Johnstown the flood death toll is estimated around 8,000 to 15,000 as registration records show 6,500 survivors already registered and 29,500 residents before the disaster.
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the Sun
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Conemaugh
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Morgan
Cambrian Tron Commpany
Nichols & Shepard's Vibrator threshers change grain harvests
Nichols and Shepard of Battle Creek Michigan introduced the Vibrator threshing machine revolutionizing the industry. From a start of five machines in 1858 they reached a yearly output of about one thousand and eclipsed the Endless Apron design. They continue to innovate with a superior second threshing machine for grain and seeds.
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Battle Creek
Mich
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