History of the Johnstown Flood
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Preface
1:21 -
Chapter I
16:23 -
Chapter II
9:25 -
Chapter III
9:52 -
Chapter IV
14:32 -
Chapter V
15:29 -
Chapter VI
15:52 -
Chapter VII
9:30 -
Chapter VIII
12:44 -
Chapter IX
15:10 -
Chapter X
10:58 -
Chapter XI
7:43 -
Chapter XII
7:42 -
Chapter XIII
9:20 -
Chapter XIV
9:02 -
Chapter XV
7:35 -
Chapter XVI
11:55 -
Chapter XVII
7:37 -
Chapter XVIII
10:08 -
Chapter XIV
10:44 -
Chapter XX
9:08 -
Chapter XXI
12:38 -
Chapter XXII
15:34 -
Chapter XXIII
17:16 -
Chapter XXIV
13:07 -
Chapter XXV
13:28 -
Chapter XXVI
9:04 -
Chapter XXVII
26:54 -
Chapter XXVIII
9:02 -
Chapter XIX
11:10 -
Chapter XXX
5:42 -
Chapter XXXI
11:30 -
Chapter XXXII
8:42 -
Chapter XXXIII
7:47 -
Chapter XXXIV
5:00 -
Chapter XXXV
6:35 -
Chapter XXXVI
10:58 -
Chapter XXXVII
10:01 -
Chapter XXXVIII
14:34 -
Chapter XXXIX
9:16 -
Chapter XL
17:46
History of the Johnstown Flood (1889) is a public domain work.
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The breaking of the South Fork Dam turns an industrial Pennsylvania valley into a disaster scene in Willis Fletcher Johnson's account of the 1889 floods. His history begins with Johnstown, its suburbs and the Cambria Iron Works, then follows the water through the Conemaugh Valley. The contents extend the account to damaged railways, escapes, relief organizations and floods along other rivers, giving the catastrophe a setting in the region's working life.
Railroad testimony makes the danger immediate. In one passage, Engineer Bennett checks his locomotive near a blocked bridge, and the men run up a hillside as the flood carries away the structure. Another passenger describes a train loaded with donated provisions, displaced families and workers clearing tracks. Published in 1889, the book offers readers a contemporary account of how witnesses described the crisis and how transport, communication and organized aid shaped the response.
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- Willis Fletcher Johnson
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