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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1890
Page
4
Reconstruction progress in the flood devastated Conemaugh Valley shows 213 stores operating in 1889 rising to 303 in 1890. The report traces business revival across South Fork, Woodvale, Johnstown wards, and surrounding townships as homes, shops, and warehouses rebuild after widespread destruction.
The Conemaugh Valley shows a surge in trade as new stores open and reconstruction accelerates after the flood. Newcomers own many shops while lumber flows to repair sites. about 3,000 homes were swept away and roughly 1,000 new houses have risen, with $1,000,000 spent yet far from complete.
The article details rebuilding across Johnstown noting extensive repairs and new brick structures on Main Street and Bedford Street. It cites substantial costs for church refitting, home restorations, and commercial blocks, with Gautier Steel Works expanding over the former floodplain and a mix of vacant lots and rising brick frontages marking urban renewal.
A survey along Union and John streets details extensive reconstruction from Kernville to Bedford and Locust streets. New frame and brick stores rise where homes stood, churches remain damaged, and the consolidated city parks a paved electric future while Moxham grows from name to neighborhood.
The article sketches rebuilding in Wood Morrell Co s Stora suburbs with new frame homes dotting Ou nree Hornerstown and surrounding hillsides as Johnstown today appears busy and evolving with much still to do.
The Johnstown Young Men's Christian Association plans a June excursion to Ohio Pyle Falls via the Baltimore and Ohio route. Flood destruction wiped out last year’s outing and printing for posters tickets and bills shipped from this city. Percy F. Smith recalled the incident saying he printed a duplicate order yesterday to substitute for the lost materials.
Stark verse chronicles the Conemaugh disaster with nightlong floods tearing through mountains and town. Fire, debris, and corpses fill the riverbank as survivors wail, torches glare, and families search for missing loved ones amid ashes and ruin.
The Commission will publish a large work exceeding 1000 pages outlining the body's work and all financial operations. It will trace every dollar to its source and explain how it was spent. A disaster narrative will reveal previously unpublished details about the extreme rainfall.
The Hustlers Who Reported the Flood will assemble Saturday for a memorial reunion. About 100 Pittsburgh newspaper workers and families ride a special train to Johnstown for services, cemeteries, and a visit to South Fork, with luncheon on board and sightseeing along the line.
Proposals will be received at the City Controller’s office until Thursday May 20 for repairing and remodeling No 1 Engine House on Fourth Avenue near. Plans and specs are at P J Ost Architect 42 Fifth Avenue Pittsburg. Bid must include bond and be approved by the Mayor City Clerk. The Department of Public Safety reserves right to reject any or all bids.
The Dispatch cites The Story of Johnstown by J. J. McLaurin of Harrisburg and Rev. D. J. Beale of Johnstown for historical material. Photographs of contemporary Johnstown were taken for The Dispatch by Herbert E. King of the city.
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