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; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., etc., With Full Accounts also of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and J

Name: 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; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., etc., With Full Accounts also of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and J
Author: Willis Fletcher Johnson

Willis Fletcher Johnson · 1931

The Conemaugh Valley in Springtime--Johnstown and its Suburbs--Founded a Hundred Years ago--The Cambria Iron Works--History of a Famous Industry--American Manufacturing Enterprise Exemplified--Making Bessemer Steel--Social and Educational Features--The Busiest City of its Size in the State, 15 Conemaugh Lake--Remains of an Old-time Canal System--Used for the Pleasure of Sportsmen--The Hunting and Fishing Club--Popular Distrust Growing into Indifference--The Old Cry of "Wolf!"--Building a Dam of Straw and Mud--Neglect Ripening into Fitness for a Catastrophe, 31…

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