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The Johnstown Flood

HISTORY

OF

THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD

INCLUDING

ALL THE FEARFUL RECORD; THE BREAKING OF THE SOUTH FORK DAM;

THE SWEEPING OUT OF THE CONEMAUGH VALLEY; THE OVER-

THROW OF JOHNSTOWN; THE MASSING OF THE WRECK AT

THE RAILROAD BRIDGE; ESCAPES, RESCUES, SEARCHES

FOR SURVIVORS AND THE DEAD; REFIEF

ORGANIZATIONS, STUPENDOUS CHARI-

TIES, ETC., ETC.

WITH FULL ACCOUNTS ALSO OF THE

DESTRUCTION ON THE SUSQUEHANNA AND JUNAIATA RIVERS, AND THE

BALD EAGLE CREEK

BY

WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON.

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ILLUSTRATED

EDGEWOOD PUBLISHING CO.,

1889.

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