Johnson, Willis Fletcher
History of the Johnstown flood including all the fearful record : the breaking of the South Fork dam : the sweeping out of Conemaugh Valley : the overthrow of Johnstown : the massing of the wreck at the railroad bridge : escapes, rescues, searches for survivors and the dead : relief organizations, stupendous charities, etc., etc. : with full accounts also of the destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek Willis Fletcher Johnson ; illustrated - Philadelphia : Edgewood Publishing Co., 1889. - 459 pages frontispiece (map), illustrations, portrait 20 cm Hardback book.
The Johnstown Flood of May 31st, 1889 occurred after the failure of the South Fork dam of the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles upstream of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Twenty two hundred people died, including whole families. This book written and published in 1889 gives an almost 'on the spot' account of deaths, survival, rescues, personal accounts and destruction in an immediate way that cannot be replicated by later accounts. With full accounts also of the destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek.
01010690
1800-1899
Floods--History--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--19th century.
Historic accounts.--Disasters.
Personal accounts.--Disasters.
F159.J7 / J7
904.5 Joh 15
History of the Johnstown flood including all the fearful record : the breaking of the South Fork dam : the sweeping out of Conemaugh Valley : the overthrow of Johnstown : the massing of the wreck at the railroad bridge : escapes, rescues, searches for survivors and the dead : relief organizations, stupendous charities, etc., etc. : with full accounts also of the destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek Willis Fletcher Johnson ; illustrated - Philadelphia : Edgewood Publishing Co., 1889. - 459 pages frontispiece (map), illustrations, portrait 20 cm Hardback book.
The Johnstown Flood of May 31st, 1889 occurred after the failure of the South Fork dam of the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles upstream of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Twenty two hundred people died, including whole families. This book written and published in 1889 gives an almost 'on the spot' account of deaths, survival, rescues, personal accounts and destruction in an immediate way that cannot be replicated by later accounts. With full accounts also of the destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek.
01010690
1800-1899
Floods--History--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--19th century.
Historic accounts.--Disasters.
Personal accounts.--Disasters.
F159.J7 / J7
904.5 Joh 15