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Johnstown Flood Devastation Across Alleghenies
A vast torrent from the South Fork dam roared into Johnstown and nearby towns. Rescue efforts failed as hundreds were drowned or burned. cities along the Conemaugh faced ruin with thousands dead feared and relief pours in from Pittsburgh and beyond.
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Derry
Allegheny Mountains
Johnstown
Bolivar
Alleghenies
Conemaugh
Boliver
County Bridge
Garfield
Tracy Kintz
Rica Smith
John Hirsch
Myerelf
John Kintz, Jr
Mary Kintz
Miss Smith
Oliver Block
Young
Olivar
Cokeville
Lockport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cambria Iron Company
Harry Fisher
South Fork
Pittsburg
South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
Conemaugh Lake
United States
South Fork Club
Philadelphia
Conemaugh River
Hich
Mineral Point
Woodvale
Cambria City
Conemaughborough
Inmense Iron Works
Cambria Iron and Steel Company
Sang Frollow
New Florence
Bollivar
James Corry
Edwin Harsten
Gautier
Great Sea
Iife
Hulbert
Cambria Co’siron and Nail Works
Kiskimini
Allegheny
Ohio River
Rochester
Cambria
St. Columbia’s
T. Daylin
Maggie
Morrell
Ninevah
Borouchs
Lang Hollow
Cambria Iron Works
Highlands
Harrison
E. J. Halford
Matthews
Pitesirn
Main
Hugh
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