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Great Floods Sweep Shenandoah Valley and Johnstown
A sweeping May 30 31 1889 storm caused record floods across Virginia West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Rail lines washed out bridges and crops while towns like Johnstown and New Florence faced massive loss of life and property with estimates ranging from thousands to over ten thousand dead. Relief efforts mobilized nationwide with large sums pledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
New Market
Virginia
West Virginia
James River
Mayo
Richmond
Shenandoah
Potomac
Harper’s Ferry
North Fork
Shenandoah River
Plains Mills
Neff’s Mills
Mt. Jackson
Timberville
Gen
Smith’s Creek
Roanoke
Pocahontas
Laurel Creek
Winchester
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Charleston
West Va
Kanawha
Chesapeake and Ohio
Cabin Creek
Curwensville
Clearfield
Opera House
Carlisle
First Presbyterian Church
Starrisburg
Lilly's Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnstown
New Florence
Long Hollow
G. W. Esch
Ninevah
Cambria
Lane Hollow
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Fenn
Kernville
Conemaugh Lake
Conemaugh
Woodvale
Cambria City
Conemaugh Borough
Cambria County
Stony Creek
Conemaugh Creek
Conemaugh River
Altoona
Pittsburg
Cambria Iron and Steel Company
Cambria Company
Jas. A. Beaver
South Fork
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Connecticut
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Georgetown
Schofield
Sandy Hook
Rockingham County
Elmira
N. Y
Northern Central Railway
Steuben County
Registry of the Living