Victim Of Flood Says We've Lost Our Religion
Isabel Sutton reports in Gazetta Star on Mrs Murphy of Johnstown recounting the 1889 and current floods. The 97-year-old survivor recalls screams, fires, and separations, contrast with today as she seeks to resume life amid debris, while officials mobilize Red Cross aid, National Guardsmen, and food distribution. The piece chronicles relief efforts, deaths, and city rebuilding as floodwaters recede.
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Isabel Sutton
Gazetta Star
Sofia
Conemaugh
Ginipant
Johnss
Yesteryear
William Murerphy
Irene Street
Urphy
Johnstown
J Dack McGlaughlin
School Street
South
American Legion Auxiliary flood relief donation day
The American Legion Auxiliary of Indiana Unit 141 sponsors a flood relief donation day at Memorial Hall from morning to night. About 100 gallons of soup will be made and food clothing and blankets are needed for Red Cross distribution. Members are asked to assist at the Mall tomorrow and a car will collect items if needed.
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American Legion Auxiliary of Indiana Unit No. 141
Memorial Hall
Red Cross Distribution
Legion
Boy Scouts of
Homer City
Towanda Flood Toll and Fire Devastation Reported
Harrisburg dispatches describe Towanda and surrounding areas as nearly ruined by a flood with martial law in effect. Widespread homelessness, salvage of provisions by Red Cross efforts, and at least five deaths confirmed. Townsfolk sheltered in Curtin Junior High and schoolhouses on the hills as fires consumed multiple buildings.
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Harrisburg
Towanda
Bloomsung
Pennsylvania
Marsh Hill
Williamsport
Ater
High Street
Hospital Place
C. Arthur Bullock
Bradford County Red Cross
W. W. Emery
Judd Lindauer
Emery
WRAVE
Williamsport Amateur
Curtin
Earle
Hundreds of refugees return to ruined Huntingdon after floods
Emergency relief stretches across the region as power and phone service lag. Water remains sufficient but food shortages loom unless supplies arrive. National Guard ambulance and hospital units reach Wellsboro and Mansfield. In Huntingdon the Juniata river rose to a record high, then fell two feet in 20 hours, leaving streets mud covered with debris and homes destroyed.
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Marietta
Associated Press
Upper
Ohio River Valley
Ohio City
Marietta College
National Guard
Wellsboro
Mansfield
Thomas P. Miller
Towanda
Fred Hassenplug
Williamsport
Hassenplug
Miller
Huntingdon Huntingdon
Mar
Juniata
Huntingdon
Smithfield
Portstown
Lewistown
National
103Rd Cavalry
Boalsburg
Obituary Evord Gunar Nelson 51 Cherry Tree resident dies
Evord Gunar Nelson 51 of Cherry Tree died at 4 p m Thursday in Spangler Hospital. He is survived by his wife Nellie and five children Martha George Robert William Edward all at home plus three brothers Arthur Elmer and Frank Nelson of Painsville Ohio. Funeral at Cherry Tree Presbyterian Church 2:30 p m Sunday with interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery Cherry Tree. Angela Flamminio 57 mother and wife dies in Saltsburg
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Evord Gunar Nelson
Cherry Tree
Spangler Hospital
Nellie Nelson
Martha
George
Robert
William
Edward
Arthur
Elmer
Frank Nelson
Painsville
Cherry Tree Presbyterian Church
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Angela Flamminio
Rocco Flamminio
Salisburg
Joseph
Salvatore
Thomas
John Flamminio
Saltsburg
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
West Pa Death Report Continues From Page One
A continued West Pennsylvania death report notes hospitals overflowing with injured persons after a disaster. Several pumping stations have been activated though most facilities remain overwhelmed as rescue efforts proceed.
European Situation Sets Path for Peace Conference Goals
The Locarno Council proposes a Western European peace plan, eyeing a league of nations with a revised covenant to address postwar problems. The Nazi regime doubts the accord while France and Britain discuss aid assurances, and an international conference in May may shape policing of the remilitarized Rhineland and Germany’s return to the league.
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Associated Press
Western Europe
Council of
League of Nations
Rhineland
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Weather Bureau calls disturbance the perfect storm
Washington March 20 The Weather Bureau described the East’s flood of the century as a perfect storm. W P Day of the storm section outlined seven chain factors that created the disaster. The storm began in Texas, moved northeast, and combined warm moist air with cold wedges over Canada and Alaska to produce heavy rain as snow melted in the high ranges.
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Washington
W. P. Day
Weather Bureau
Texas
Appalachian Highlands
Gulf
Atlantic
Canada
Labrador
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
Alaska
Destructive flood waters sweep Sunbury and Lewistown
Destructive floods left 20,000 homeless with damages over 10 million in the upper valley as Sunbury and Lewistown faced devastation. Refuges crowded hotels, rescues saved 125 people, and relief efforts began while rail links struggled and a Viscose Rayon plant reeled from damage.
Indiana Rally Aids Flood Victims in County
Red Cross and veterans groups coordinate relief across Indiana County Hospitals armories and churches host canteens and supply lines with full care network. Saltzburg Hamilton Blairsville reported families and individuals under care while planes failed due to fog and trucks delivered by road.
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Saltsburg
Hamilton
Blairsville
Red Cross
American Legion
National Guard
Cors
Indiana
Two Indiana Residents Face Flood Delays in Town Visit
In heavy rain, an Indiana resident named Mr. King departed around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for Johnstown to visit customers. He noted Broad and Washington streets and nearby markets showed no sign of high water, with merchants unprepared for rising conditions.
Flood Tides Sweep Through Cambria City and Westmont
Eyewitness account describes driving through rising waters with Stony Creek raging and bridges submerged. Westmont and Broad Street streets flooded, city dammed at stone bridge, hundreds stranded, elderly patient evacuated from Lee Hospital in Johnstown.
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Eves
Moxham
Doneeth
Stony Creek
Ferndale Bridge
Franklin Street
Walter
Cambria City
Broad Streat
Morrellville
Brownstown Hill
Broad Street
Mundy's Corners
Biyy
Brownstown
Westmont
Mundy’s Corner
Floods Spread as Dam Failures Trigger Widespread Panic
Panic and desolation sweep eastern cities as reports spread of dam failures and record crests. National guardsmen mobilize near Lewiston Maine while Ohio validates flood threats in Marietta. Wheeling Martins Perry area sees 17 or more dead with thousands displaced across Pennsylvania, Maryland, and beyond.
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Lowell
Merrimack
National
Lewiston
Maine
Gulf Island
Ohio
Marietta
Wheeling-Martins Perry
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Conemaugh River
Red Cross
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Potomac
Washington
Richmond
James River
North Carolina
New England
West Virginia
Vermont
Connecticut
Virginia
Massachusetts
Maryland
Georgia
Washington D.C
New York
New England Struck by Disaster with Casualties and Homelessness
Reports from Connecticut confirm multiple deaths in the disaster with three confirmed as killed. Thousands displaced across the region with widespread damage and ongoing relief efforts.
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Connecticut
Flood Devastates Six States Amid Looting and Blackouts
Across Pennsylvania New York and New England cities face mass evacuations as floods rise, supplies dwindle, and homes are abandoned. 12,000 homeless in Wilkes-Barre and 15 dead in Johnstown signal wide disaster. Federal and state relief mobilized. rail and bus services halted. National Guard deployed to curb looting.
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Springfield
Northampton
Lowell
Mass
Navnal
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut River
New England
John Maloney
Springfeld
Maloney
Merrimack River
Manchester
Nashua
Concord
Merrimack
Haverhill
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Maine
Rumford
Androscoggin
Waterville-Winslow
Wennebec
Waterville
Wyman
Kennebec
National Guardsmen
Windsor
Brattleboro
Bennington
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Passumpsic
St. Johnsbury
Connecticut
Vernon
National Guard
Wilkes “Barre
Williamsport
Arads
Ohio
Bellaire
Flooded Williamsport Described by Red Cross Worker
Elmira Advertiser reports Williamsport flood scenes with 2500 refugees fed in a school, marooned residents seeking floating food, and fires and a transformer plant blaze. Red Cross aid includes blankets and bedding. water mains may be broken and deaths unknown.
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Sentinel
Elmira
Williamsport
Newell
Red Cross
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Williamsport Sun
Canton Red Cross
George Lamade
Williamsport Red Cross
Lamade
Newall
Stock Market Summary of 72 Percent and 30 Percent Figures
Market list shows many named companies across sectors from auto to chemicals and utilities. Notable entities include Ford, DuPont, Bethlehem Steel, US Steel, General Electric, Coca Cola, J.P. Morgan, Texaco, Phillips, Illinois Cent, New York Central, Northern Pacific, and Santa Fe. The long scan includes percentages like 72 percent and 30 percent with varied figures, signaling mixed performance across extensive stocks and industries.
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Air Redue
Auburn Auto Baldwin Lee Band
Bendix Avia Bell
New Beth S
Knox Borten Borg Wari Ye Briggs Mtg
Burr
Chrysler
Coca Cola Colum
del Lack
Douglas Aire DuPont Eastman
el Auto
Gillette
Hudson
Nick Can
Manv
Kennecott Lehi
Loews Lorillard
Monig
Ward Nash
Nor Am
Penna RR
Phillips
Sears Roe Socony
St &T
Tex Corp
Transama
Aire Corp Unit Corp Unl Gas Im
Ind Alo US
Rub US
US ‘Steel Vanadium Viek Chem Wes
UN Tel Wes
el and
Woolworth ' Ark
Nat
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Pennroad Tah
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