Return to Work as Johnstown Rebuilds After Flood
Reporting from Joh na town on June 5 a staff correspondent describes fires lighting up waste places and streets cleared of debris. Survivors recall mothers preserving children and men grappling with grief as the Cambria Works begin partial restart. The South Fork dam testimony details run from 85 foot length to 95 foot height with debates on safety and prior warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria
Downs
Jonws
Westmoreland County
Hammer
Greensburg
South Fork Dam
Nineveh
E. E. Wible
H. M. Guy
A. L. Bethune
W. H. Work
B. Reyes
Justice McCarthy
Destructive flood tales and railroad relief efforts
Voices recount the flood devastation as houses and a mill crash into the river, a woman clinging to a roof. Amid the disaster, railroads expand relief work with Baltimore and Ohio prioritizing relief trains while Pennsylvania works to reach its freight depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
King
Pennsylvania Railroad
Simpsox
Fever Fears Mount for 600 at Johnstown Borough
A group of 600 residents in Johnstown Borough, including Burgess Evans of Woodvale, face a looming fever outbreak after days on bread and pork. Scrubbing of houses is ordered, relief is urged as Dr. Hammel and 17 physicians arrive from Philadelphia with medical supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Burgess Evans
Woodvale
Hammel
Philadelphia
Lepias Surgical
Plan to mobilize 5000 men for Pittsburgh debris work
Johnstown report describes contractor William Flinn and others pushing for a paid, rotating workforce to clear debris after a disaster. Flinn cites 3000 on payroll and 200 horses, proposes 50 to 150 workers from Pittsburgh institutions weekly, with foremen and timekeepers, tents, and coordinated through the Chamber of Commerce. A labor bureau and weekly pay are outlined as goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Flinn
Johnstown
Flinn
Captain Jones
Mr. Flinn
Pittsburg
Cambria
Scott
Simmison
Victims in the Boroughs Afloat in Johnstown Flood Report
Seventeen missing in Franklin borough and nine in East Conemaugh add to twenty six bodies lost. Mineral Point reported nineteen. South Fork saved. A boy on horseback reached safety six minutes before a wave overwhelmed the town. Debris clearing to be funded by state or boroughs. Names of the dead include Mr. Atkinson Mrs. Gus McHugh and three children Mrs. Coy and two children Mrs. John Burke Dr Wilson and wife and others identified.
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Conemaugh
Hastings
Cyrus Elder
Ito Tee Disratch
Mr. Ludiam
New York
Cambris Works
Aedes
Exid
J. E. Potts
Pittsburg
Oil City
Jounstoowwen
Franklin Borough
East Conemaugh
Mineral Point
South Fork
Little Mountain
Franklin
Atkinson
Burgess Evans
Kate Sample
Pollie McKean
Indiana
Johnstown
Maggie Roberts
John Keeper
Stephen Roblin
McGhough
John Burkhart
Death Raft Chronicles of Johnstown Flood Rescue
A staff correspondent recounts a dangerous raft and foot search along the Conemaugh from Johnstown to Sheridan and Nineveh. rescuers pull bodies from sand. a woman mourns a lost family member. Judge James Potts survives with daughter, son, while Jennie remains missing. various witnesses describe harrowing escapes and ruined homes.
17 000 Accounted For As Bodies Recovered In City
Staff correspondent reports on the fifth day of work noting 17 000 people accounted for. Three bodies found at Main and Clinton, about 200 bodies recovered that day, sand filled with remains, forty more placed in the Fourth ward. Continued on sixth page.
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JonNsTows
Main
Clinton Street
Pleasant of Thieves in Johnstown During Relief Effort
A staff report from Johnstown describes widespread robberies amid the flood ruins. Adjutant Campbell and local police seized flour sacks, barrels and hams from three houses on a hill above the Pennsylvania Railroad depot and sent the loot to the Woodville Relief Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Campbell
General Hastings
Parkstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Campbell
Fred Niesbaugh
John Williams
C. Rockhill
Woodville Relief Corps
Hastings
Israel Eisenbeis
Tam
Relief Committee
Willing Hands and Red Cross Aid at Bedford Street Hospital
A June Bedford Street Hospital report details Red Cross Relief workers from Altoona aiding wounded rail travelers. Nurses and volunteers transport patients, staff the wards, and arrange transfers to Pittsburg hospitals, while doctors treat injuries with care and gentleness.
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Johnstown
Bedford Street Hospital
Pennsylvania Railroad
Red Cross Relief Society
Altoona
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Mercy
The Johnstown Flood and Its Aftermath From Conemaugh Valley
Eyewitness reportage describes the flood’s vast destruction around Conemaugh and Johnstown. The damming and bursting of rivers, ruined mills and factories, debris filled sands, and ongoing rebuilding efforts by Cambria Iron and Gautier steel mill, with photographers touring the valley.
Worse Than Battle Fields in Woodvale Tragedy
In Johnstown on June 5 a superintendent reports discovering a baby’s body under an overturned car as workers lift it at Woodvale. A 14 year old girl lay trapped with a crushed leg around her neck. A mother has not yet been found. The scene horrified locals and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley of Death
Long Hollow
Pittsburg
James Potts
Johnstown
Jennie
Superintendent Miller
Woodvale
Ismael
Great Mystery Flood Destruction Reported At Conemaugh
Staff correspondent recounts a devastating flood at Conemaugh and nearby towns. William Davis and others describe water full of debris, trains in the yard, and houses swept away within minutes. Several drownings and injuries are noted, including a baby killed by a falling joist and a woman losing her grip and perishing. Foreman Kelly notes wind driven water demolishing structures as survivors struggle to explain how many escaped.
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Foreman Kelly
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnstown
Jape
William Davis
Conemaugh
Kelly Jum
Kelly
Smith
Day Express
Fox
Johnstown Flood Refugees and Relief Efforts Detailed
Reports describe the arrival of 13 flood survivors including seven children from Johnstown. Ambulances moved wounded to Mercy, West Penn, and Homeopathic hospitals while relief committees provide shelter and meals at the Friendless Home in Allegheny. The Women's Committee aided the homeless and needy, with donations and accommodations expanding relief operations.
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Johnstown
West Penn
Mercy
Homeopathic
Union
Baltimore and Ohio
Pertone
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Department of Public Safety
G. A. Stick
Wheeler
Mercy Hospital
Mra Jatonay
Walker
West Pens Hospital
W. B. Cooper
Homeopathic Hopital
Julia Brady
Marcytal
Geo. Miller
Allegheny
Mountain
Women's Committee
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Cradlee
Corres
Denti
Man
Colonel Unger
Ietter
South Fork Club
Frank M. Bochansn
Conemaugh Valley
Steinman
Cambria Iron Company
C. B. Moore
David Horne
Henry Moore
L. D. Stull
Frank Lawn
Unger
Mr. Park
Judge Potts
Conemaugh River
the Bafr “Dispatch
Jose 5
Sheridan
Here
Gulf
Walnut Street
McMillian
Potte
Delmont
Upper Westmoreland County
Austin Lount
Water Street
Elmer G. Speck
HL. Childs & Co
Nina
Mr. Speck
Rosensteel
Curtis Williams
Louis Williams
Curtis Wi
William Henchman
Mia
Henchman
George W. Hamilton
New Florence
Morrell Institute Safe and
Siath
JonnsTown
June
Stineman
Ebensburg
Legrett
Kernville
Debria
THE
RED Cross
Bedford Pike
Red Cross Society
Dr. McCann
Grimes
Stewart
Patterson
Markel
Currie
W. D. Green
Black
Burling
James Major
Ed Taylor
T. E. Downing
Thomas L. Hopkins
G. M. Ellsworth
Harry Schwarts
Harry Ickes
H. M. Brockem
H. A. Mayer
Grant Fink
Vincent Hudson
W. C. Westfall
Noble
McSwreax
Stony Creek
Morrellville
Johnson & Co
Gautier Steel
Bohn
Cambria Blast
Israel
the Woman’s Committee
Tinues
Johnstown’s Business
Peresons
Ing Club
Chamber of Commerce
Old City Hall
Father Taboey
Johnstows
Poole
Bareae
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