Catastrophic Johnstown Flood Toll and Recovery Efforts
Reports from Johnstown and surrounding boroughs detail a devastating flood era with hundreds buried or missing. Physicians and volunteers describe mass wreckage along Aimy Creek and Stony Creek as rescue teams brace for thousands of corpses. Officials estimate death tolls vary from eight thousand to over ten thousand as registration efforts begin to tally survivors and missing.
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Johnstown
Cambria
Morrellsville
Burnville
Conemaugh
Superntendent Morgan
Cambria Iron Company
Hastings
McConnaughy
Bureau of Registration
President Harrison Leads Johnstown Relief Meeting in Washington
President Harrison presided at Willard's Hall over a relief gathering for Johnstown disaster victims. Officials, military officers, and citizens contributed money, provisions, and clothing as Harrison delivered a brief, stirring address eliciting applause. District Commissioner Douglas opened the meeting and introduced the President.
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Washington
Washfladun
Orst
Johnstown
District Bar
Miller
John W Thompson
National Metropolitan Bank
National Bank of the Republic
Halford
Noble
George H. Lemon
Bancroft Davi
Proctor
John Lynch
Washington City
Army
Navy
Harrison
Douglas
Harison
Flood relief fund totals ripple across cities
Governor Beaver receives 10000 from New Haven and dispatches from Williamsport report 7000 raised for relief. Chicago sent 15000 with expectations of 50000 by tonight. Cleveland raises 38000 including 3000 from schoolchildren. Ottumwa sends 1900 to Johnstown Davenport already 2000. Sioux City mayor contributed 1000 and San Francisco wired 10000, with Galensburg and many others at work.
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Beaver
New Haven
Conn
Williamsport
Chicago
Cleveland
Ottumwa
Johnstown
Davenport
Lynched Burglary Suspect After Double Wounding
In Topgxa Kansas a burglar who shot A T Rodgers and his wife during a 4 am break in fled but was captured by a mob. A lynch party stormed the jail, dragged the man to a telegraph pole, and hanged him after he confessed his guilt and pleaded for execution.
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Topgxa
Kan
N. Oliphant
A.T Rodger
Rodgers
Roger
Rogers
Heco
William Flynn Leads Johnstown Relief Effort Amid Aftermath
William Flynn arrives to marshal 10 000 workers to clear streets in Johnstown Pa after the disaster. He proposes rotating Ohio Valley manufacturers for weeklong labor, while volunteers from western Pennsylvania Ohio and New York assist, with food first and $2 daily pay.
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Joxxstown
William Flynn
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Masons
Knights of Pythias
The
Royal Arcanum
Knights of the Mystic Chain
Odd Fellows
Scene from Johnstown to Conemaugh Freaks of the Flood
Eyewitness report from Johnstown Pa June 6 describes flood devastation along the valley. The flood twisted metal, tore up a four track railroad, scattered engines and cars, and altered the river’s course as fire raged, creating a sight few will believe exists.
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Wood Monument
Johnstown
Ugh
Gulph
Oonenjaugh
Conemaugh
Chad
Great Bridge Holocaust Horrors Eyewitness Report
An eye witness from JonesTown, Pa recounts harrowing scenes at the Great Bridge railroad site on Friday night. Moans and shrieks rose above flames as ruins burned, with a woman's arm seen amid the rubble before a sudden sheet of fire ended the terrible sight.
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JonesTown
Dore
Missing Passengers In Rail Crash Put At Twelve
Railway officials report twelve people missing after a railroad incident. Mrs Lew Wallace is reported safe, while Robert Pitcairn and Superintendent Starr acknowledge two sections of No 8 may have faced danger. Telegrams were sent to confirm fates and locate survivors.
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Pirtesura
W. L Brown
South Fork
Bangi Hollow
Walted Press
Debria
Tare
Mineral Point
Conemaugh
Fiat
Johnstopn Ito E
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnstown
Lew Wallace
Brainant Renson
Kabanapolia
Intiman
Harrison
Wallace
Indianatalts
New York
Mra Wallace
Rubison
Robert Pitcairn
Starr
I . A. Wallace
Destruction Along Susquehanna after Floods
The text describes immense property losses in the Barred Barre area, including a million valued and other goods to around 100000, with the Powell furnace at Saxton sustaining 900000 in damage. Bridges were swept away, logs along the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers are incascitable, valleys ruined, and three lives lost at Lock Haven. Senator McAteer wires Latta that Alexandria’s destruction cannot be described yet reports no lives lost.
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Jounstows
Jettstown
Antil
Johnstonn
Cambrian Ron Company
Johnstown
Cambria Iron Works
Stackhougss
Cambria Lronompany
W B Jones
Evan Jones
Rars
Stony Creek
Mateat
Lock Y
Powell
Saxton
Susquehanna
Junia
Lock Haven
McAteer
Latta
Pennsylvania Railroad
Barre
Alexandria
Horror-Stricken Passengers Hear Johnstown Disaster News
Passengers aboard the City of New York arriving in Quinstown were horror-stricken by news of the Johnstown disaster. Several travelers from Pennsylvania declared they would return on the next steamer.
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Quinstown
City of New York
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
No Diminution in the Flow of Money to the Destitute Relief Gifts
Governor Beaver reports large and small contributions from national and local donors for Pennsylvania sufferers. Names include Chicago Jewelers association 1500, Mutual Life Insurance New York 10000, San Francisco Relief 10000, Adams Express 5000, West Presbyterian New York 1700, state of Connecticut 10000, and other gifts between 5 and 1200. Total contributions sum to 125906 33.
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Harrispurg
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Citizens of
Providence
R. L
Chicago Jewelers’ Association
Knoxville
Adams Express Company
Chester
West Presbyterian Church
New York
State of
Connecticut
Brewers Assist Johnstown Sufferers Thirty-Ninth Session
The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the United States Brewers Association opened at the Park Theatre in Niagara Falls New York. After the president's address P H Ruetter of Boston proposed a ten thousand dollar appropriation for Johnstown disaster victims and the motion passed.
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Niagara
Paris Voters Approve Relief for Johnstown Sufferers
Paris municipality voted 200 pounds for Johnstown relief. Minister Reid presided over a meeting of Americans with speeches by A Hewitt Gen Lawton and Meredith Read. A large sum was subscribed and Buffalo Bill offered proceeds from a special show.
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Paris
Johnstown
Reid
A. Hewitt
Gen, Lawton
Meredith
Buffalo Bill
Sympathy Resolution for Flood Sufferers Adopted
At a Wednesday municipal council meeting ex Lord Mayor Timothy D. Sullivan proposed a sympathy resolution for flood victims in Johnstown and other American locales. The council adopted the measure unanimously.
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Dusit
Timothy D. Sullivan
Johnstown
America
Prressuring aid from PrrissurG for Johnstown flood relief
PrrissurG Pennsylvania residents donate two hundred thousand dollars in money and fifty thousand dollars in provisions and clothing to aid Johnstown flood victims. Officials describe the relief as substantial and promptly delivered to relief agencies.
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Prrissurg
Johnstown
Syndicate Plans For New York Dry Goods Stores
The Sun reports merchant A Swan Brown has sailed to London to organize a syndicate to purchase leading retail dry-goods stores in New York and other American cities, mirroring brewery consolidation trends.
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New York
the Sun
A Swan Brown
London
Refused to Surrender and Were Shot in Helena Chase
In Helena Montana a sheriff's posse overtook silver city depot robbers after a long ride. The robbers refused surrender and fired on deputies. Return fire killed both suspects who were said to be unknown and possibly foreign.
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Helena
Sheriff's
Silver City
Marshall Il Oil Fever Flares In Quarrel At Edenboro
Disjointed OCR fragment notes Marshall Illinois alive with oil fever and a drinking dispute near Edenboro. A court official Brewer of the United Circuit Court is reportedly ill at Laviewort. In a quarrel a man named W Vi Jets Hichar allegedly struck Sohn Ney with an ax, leaving unclear outcomes.
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Marshall
Petroleu
Brewer
United Circnit
Laaveeworet
Edenbore
Nichols & Shepard inventors of the Vibrator threshing machine
The article recounts Nichols and Shepard of Battle Creek Michigan introducing a novel Vibrator threshing and separator design that revolutionized threshing. From five machines in 1858 they built a yearly output around 1,000 and displaced the Endless Apron style. They continue to lead with improved grain and seed threshers.
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Nichols & Shepard
Battle Creek
Mich
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