Death Toll Traced and Debris Cleared at Johnstown Disaster
Hundreds of volunteers press to clear debris along Main street as authorities estimate up to 4 000 deaths with about 2 000 bodies recovered. The Information Bureau opens to register survivors while guards and ferries aid movement amid ongoing fires and relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexham
Bureau of Information
Mate
Main Street
Adams Street
Hurlbert
Information Bureau
Johnstown
Maintreet
Relief Efforts Surge After Nineveh Flood Disaster
President Moxham pushed for cash payments to flood workers while relief facilities and post office services brace for volume. Affected towns like Cooperstown and Morrellville cope with corpses, looting, and rescue work as Battery B aids in rescue, and Pittsburg contributes funds and volunteers. The tragedy leaves many widowed or homeless and highlights swift aid, but also moral tension in distribution and disease risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxham
Baumen
Pittsburg
Hastings
J. P. Fordney
Alfred Clark
Doyle
Matthew Fagan
Lish
Chris Bennett
Nineveh
Cooperstown
Inquests Held Over Local Drowning Victims at Morrellville
A Morrellville inquest list identifies numerous drowning victims and companions including Miss Fisher Cambria City Mrs Tochar le and child James Welsh Emma Bridges and many others with some unnamed entries. The body was sent home tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Eathersochsild
Miss Fisher
Cambria City
Tocharle
Mra. Bare
James Welsh
George Muller
Emma Bridges
Christ Craig
John Polk
M. Dolan
Millvale
Henry Trumphey
Cinder Strest
Johns- Levi
Conemaugh
Mary M
Jesse Frank
Mary Ems
Sylvester Thomar
George Bowser
Laure Hull
William Emb
Hisle Emi
Fendra
Ann Gregor
Lizzie Wagner
Jesse Coleman
Calvin Unman
Charles Straus
Leroy Temple
Elmore Nue
August Hines
Fairfield Avenue
Morrellville
August Newell
Altoona
W. J. Williams
Dewis Steves
Jenkins Thomas
Miss Oswald
Mary Kuntz
California
Tom Davis
Willie
Maggie
Winnie
Sarah
Frank Harris
Bella May Stern
DR. Marburg
Idnas Rees
Annie Rees
David D. Rees
John Andrews
Miss Lambert
Eocine Edward O'Neil
Frank Davis
Steubenville
B. Ketchley
Johnstown Point
J.A. Little
Sewickley
Local Names Mentioned in Widow Hoffman Huff Family Notice
The text lists individuals including Eddie Homestein John Diehert Diamondoseph Ross Helen Cope Mrs Shoenhart Henry Hoffman Ellen Fox and two Hoffman Huff children plus Patrick O Connell, indicating a family or notice context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Homestein
John Diehert
Diamond
Oseph Ross
Helen Cope
Shoenhart
Henry Hoffman
Ellen Fox
Hoffman Huff
Patrick O'Connell
Brave Deed After Storm Creates Mountain Catastrophe
A dramatic sequence in the mountains follows a stormy period as a brave act precipitates a catastrophic outcome. The event highlights peril at high elevation and the players involved in the rescue and aftermath.
Myers Family Identified in Additions to Death Toll
Four staff correspondents report the following identified bodies adding to earlier ones: Catharine Myers Lizzie Annie Stella Charlie John and Philip Myers Elizabeth Myers nekee Harry Gaither Willie on John Clark and family of eight Edward Beckley Ann Waleer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonxsrows
Jute
Catharine Myers
Lizzie
Annie
Stella
Charlie
John
Philip Myers
Elizabeth Myers
Nekee Harry Gaither
Willie
John Clark
Edward Beckley
Ann Waleeer
Officials expected from Philadelphia to rebuild at once
Cambers officials expected to arrive from Philadelphia today and inform their principal here that they will rebuild at once. Good weather noted as Senet town reports progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sry Poe
Henry Lincoln
Charles Dick
Hero of South Fork warned of dam danger and saved lives
John G. Parke, a young civil engineer from Philadelphia, organized a new outlet with 30 Italians to relieve the lake pressure. He rode to Johnstown to warn residents as flood danger grew, sparing many from the Conemaugh Valley disaster. The dam did not hold, and the flood devastated the region, though Parke avoided blame for the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
John Fox
North Presbyterian Church
Allegheny
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnstown
Conemaugh
Souis Fork
South Fork
John G. Parke
Conemaugh Valley
Parke
Paul Revere
Mr. Parke
Land of the Living
Williamsport Flood Destroys Bridge. Dozens Drown
A special report from Lewissure Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna flood shows four feet above 1965 high water at Williamsport with five railroad bridge spans swept away. Gasworks water works and mills flooded. losses near seventy five thousand dollars. From Sunbury to Clearfield all bridges washed out. 50 to 80 people watching from Market Street bridge were swept away and drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williameport
Lewissure
Susquehanna
Sunbury
Clearfield
Williamequet
Lack Haves
Market Street
Williamsport
Milton
Williamsport Disaster Report Mixed On Casualties
Dispatches from Harrisburg quote a postal clerk Howley claiming 500 lives lost at Williamsport and many houses swept away while Mayor Forman’s report denies any houses were destroyed or fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Howley
Williamsport
Forman
Saloons Shut Up Orders Issued In Johnstown
Johnstown report from June 3 notes exhausted workers after recent strain leading to a rush for stimulants. President Moxam of the Citizens' Committee orders saloons closed to prevent drunkenness. some doors remained open and hush shops operated. Observers saw people visibly intoxicated, possibly using drink to dull distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
PHOMA
JoHnstonn
Moxam
Citizens’ Committee
Falevahie
Kare
Miraculous Escape Amid Pittsburgh Disaster Aftermath
June 3 Johnstown report notes a Braddock mother rescued from a collapsed attic and taken to hospital. The day ends with about 2,000 total deaths and six corpses found together at the Point as doctors and reporters gather from Pittsburgh Chicago and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
John Fredericks
Braddock
Vine Street
Union
J. C. Sheridan
Pittsburg
Latrobe
Cumberland
Ebensburg
Greensburg
Chicago
Altoona
New York Sun
Harper's Weekly
New York
Wheelling
Chambersburg
Epidemic Fear Grows Over Johnstown Flood Water Supply
Pittsburgh officials warn of possible epidemic as Allegheny and nearby rivers receive flood debris from Johnstown. Experts urge sanitary action. a steamer crew will clear drift piles and remove contaminated matter to protect public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Roberts
Monongahela Navigation Company
Southside
City Board of Health
State Board of Health
Allegheny
Johnstown
Serena
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Tyromoch
Jouxsrows
Johnson
Johnson Switch Company
Michael Dick
Pennsylvania Bridge
Pennsylvania
Woodvale
Posse Committatus
Gageby
United States Army
General Hastings
Begger
Battery B
D. H. Hastings
Norman WM. Smith
Millerstown
Mike Conway
The
Cambria Iron Works
PROM
Jon Netons
Squire Ambros
BR. RB. Edwards
Tillie Seatman
Seatman
Ond Oswald
Sheridan Station
E. W. Jones
Squire Ambrose
Ninevah
Boone
Prank Weekes
Midler
H. G. Ross
W. K. Humphrey
A. Bennhoff
Arthur B
Johns
E. M. Parsons
John Myers
James Jones
Thomas Thoburn
Leach
Mary Sharkey
David Surany
South Fourth Street
Alice Kenna
Christy
Butler
Margaret Stophel
Maria Lucas
A. R. Wilson
Patrick Fagan
John Murphy
Charles Beam
Mary Callahan
T. Beam
Samuel Hite
Emanuel Blough
Charles Marr
John D. Buchanan
John W. James
Shad
Charles Beneke
John Smith
Joseph Cramer
George Alt
Thomas Fogarty
Ereloe
Dmeraton
Tee
Ffouse
West Penn
Connelly
Mazer
Jonxstows
Charle
Aoe aennteany-aoAneomige Sey
John Grace
T. Crowley
Hurlburt House
Chronicle Telegraph
Kane
Pesti
Beaver
Dent
Him
Legislature
Washington Infantry
Phelan
Row the Fundy
Thompson
Tiver
Brilliant Station
Tom
Washington
Sanitary Corps
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