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Devastation at Johnstown after the great flood of 1889
From staff reports at Derry and Johnstown the Johnstown disaster is described in vivid detail. Rescue efforts move toward Long Hollow as hundreds of bodies are recovered. fires destroy homes and bridges buckle under floodwaters. Survivors recount harrowing scenes of loss, heroism, and the long night of disaster.
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Pittsburg
Derry
Johnstown
Long Hollow
Western Union
Conemaugh
Lang Hollow
Duncan
Israel
Deeey
Supervisor Hayes
Pennsylvania Road
Hays
Hayes
Cambrian City
Morrellville
Allegheny River
E. Pitcairn
Nivevah
Nineah
Mr. O'Connor
Longhollow
Dowell
E. Pitenirn
Messrs
Berry
Conemaugh Furnace
Nineveh
New Florence
J. D. Berry
Lacolle
Foreman Wryand
Bolivar
County Bridge
John Hesker
Cambria
H. Thompson
Blairsville
Steve Glucis
Steve Glacis
Imperial Hall
Seventh Avenue
New Grant Street
Mozart
Royal Italian Orchestras
Colonel Unger
South Fork
J. T. Delosier
Luke Be
Doloster
Delosier
South Fork Lake
E. Pitesirn
Pitcairn
Sixth Street Bridge
Union Line
Citizens’ Traction Railway
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg Traction Railway
Fifth Avenue
Central Passenger Railway
Wylie Avenue
Ali
United States
Pennsylvania
Altho