Two Pennsylvania Floods Compared in Potter County
Ustin town in the Sinimahoning valley suffered a dam break after heavy rains. Bayless Paper Mill dam failure released a flood that devastated Goodyear Lumber Company and Bayless Paper Mill with vast timber losses. Total property losses reach about 8 million dollars and death toll nears 100 with 88 bodies recovered and most identified by Tuesday. Investigations seek dam responsibility.
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Ustin
Sinnimahoning
Potter County
Pennsylvania
Bayless Paper Mill
Goodyear Lumber Company
Costello
Johnstown Flood of 1889 Devastates Conemaugh Valley
The May 31 1889 dam failure on the Conemaugh reservoir unleashed a 40 foot high flood sweeping Johnstown Conemaugh Woodvale and Cambria. About 2285 deaths and 10 million dollars in property losses were reported with the Cambria Iron Company plant destroyed valued at five million.
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Johnstown
Conemaugh River
Conemaugh
South Fork
Woodvale
Cambria
Cambria Iron Company
Disastrous Floods Through Modern Times
A chronological list highlights major flood events from Holland in 1580 to Johnstown in 1889, with casualty and displacement figures. It names cities such as Saint Louis, Pittsburgh, and Navarre, plus regions like Catalonia and Zeeland, noting dates and estimated deaths and homeless totals.
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Holland
Catalonia
Zeeland
Hamburg
Navarre
Lorca
Spain
Dantzig
New Orleans
Sheffield
Mill River Valley
Northampton
Mass
Pittsburgh
Szegeden
Hungary
Murcia
Worms
Ontario
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Calicia
Montreal
Canton River
Limoux
France
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Johnstown
Daughter Born to Pastor and Mrs Krajir in Palmyra Home
A daughter was born at the home of Pastor and Mrs Krajir in Palmyra a BN last week. The report notes the birth as a family event with local significance.
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Krajir
Palmyra
Krapf
Admiral Schley Dies On New York Street
Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley collapsed and died on Forty fourth Street near Fifth Avenue in New York City. Born 1839 he entered the navy in 1860 and fought in the Civil War and the Spanish American War commanding the Flying Squadron during the capture of Cervera’s fleet at Santiago. He had been retired since 1901 and was 72.
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Hile
New York
Winfield
Scott Schley
Forty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Admiral Schley
Navy
Annapolis Academy
Cevera
Santiago
Laymen's Missionary Movement to Hold Large Lancaster Convention
The Laymen's Missionary Movement plans an October 19 to 21 convention in Lancaster. about 2000 delegates are expected. The movement aims to awaken Christian men to missionary work with the motto Evangelization of the world in this generation and emphasizes a movement not an organization.
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Lancaster
North America
United States
Canada
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Austin
Laymen’s Missionary Movement
the Ladies’ Guild
Presbyterian Church
Will, Holdan
Hershey Park
Harpel’s Art Store
Cumberland Street
Lebanon, PA
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