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Height about five feet 3 inches. Female. Brown dress. One pair silver scissors. Height 5 feet 2 inches. Identified by A. Kerfline. Red stockings. Weight about 110 pounds. Professor of music. Dark hair. Bald on top of head. Hair turning gray. White corsets. One ring with red set. Age sixty-nine. Brown or hazel eyes. Weight 20. Red dress trimmed with fringe around yoke. Light hair slightly gray. Height 4 feet 2 inches. Black hair. Black stockings, No. Buttoned shoes with spring heels. Female. Large wallet. Red bandana handkerchief. 61 cts. Male. Male. White bone handle knife. Age about forty. Male. Cigar case Pocketbook containing ring, key and five cents. Weight 115. Buried at "Prospect," June 9. Light brown hair, cut very short. Brass hair pin. The Carnegie Library in Johnstown is now operated by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association,[28] which has adapted it for use as the Johnstown Flood Museum. Knee pants. Pair blood stone cuff-buttons. Female. Weight 150. Weight 115 Height 5 feet. Dark brown hair. Heavy head of hair. In Commodore Perry's expedition in Japan, that opened up the first treaty. Police and Johnstown firefighters were dispatched at 1:40 p.m. Saturday as the result of a welfare check call made by family members of the . Plain gold ring with raised square centre and diamond set, on second finger of left hand. Tom O'Day is loved by two women, Anna Burger and Gloria Hamilton. Weight 165. Female. Front teeth wide apart and protruding. Female. Age forty to forty-five. Pass book. 7, p.216. Male Age twelve. The force of the flood swept several locomotives weighing 170,000 pounds as far as 4,800 feet, $3,742,818.78 was collected for the Johnstown relief effort from within the U.S. and 18 foreign countries, The American Red Cross, led by Clara Barton and organized in 1881, arrived in Johnstown on June 5, 1889 it was the first major peacetime disaster relief effort for the, Johnstown has suffered additional significant floods in its history, including in. Age sixty. Black knee pants supported by suspenders. Aged about thirteen months. Striped waist, brown and white. Black hair. Three band rings, one with initials "F. M." Earring in left ear. Iron gray hair. Identified by brother. 48, No. Ring, marked I. Valuables given to James H. Green, brother-in-law. Black hair. As railroads superseded canal barge transport, the Commonwealth abandoned the canal and sold it to the Pennsylvania Railroad. The city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1800 by Swiss immigrant Joseph Johns (anglicized from "Schantz") where the Stonycreek and Little Conemaugh rivers joined to form the Conemaugh River. Age thirty-five to forty. Supposed to be John C. Clark's son. 10 cts. Weight 110. After the flood, Andrew Carnegie built the town a new library.[24]. Pocket-book, containing $1 in paper and $1.30 in silver. Dark clothes. Black and white flannel petticoat. Gold watch Elgin No. 2-foot rule in pocket. Slippers. Home knit wool stockings Brown and white spotted necktie. Gold band ring. Female Age about nine years. Gray jersey cloth vest and jacket, with large metal buttons, swan stamped upon them. Buried in lot of Henry Hesselbrie, Sandy Vale, June 9th. Short nose. Eleven years old. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Gold watch. Plain gold ring. Gum boots. No shoes. Dark, luxuriant hair. Weight about 170. The committee visited the site of the South Fork Dam, reviewed the original engineering design of the dam and modifications made during repairs, interviewed eyewitnesses, commissioned a topographic survey of the dam remnants, and performed hydrologic calculations. Brown hair. Height 5 feet 7 inches. Comb with glass beads. The South Fork Dam in Pennsylvania collapses on May 31, 1889, causing the Johnstown Flood, killing more than 2,200 people. Height 5 feet 10 inches. 5 ft. 4 in. Light hair. Light brown hair. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Sent to Prospect. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Age fifty. Chin whiskers. 1936 Press Photo A Flood Of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Which Was Flooded T . Dark dress Black stockings. [20] William Shinn, a former partner of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, became the new president of ASCE in January 1890. Male. Gold leaf earring, diamond set in centre Old number lost. White dress. (Worse than Herod's awful crime) Height 5 feet. Black stockings. Bunch of keys with tag and name. Female Age twenty-five. High forehead. At first supposed to be George Helsel, but found to be a mistake. Female. [11] Lake Conemaugh at the club's site was 450 feet (140m) in elevation above Johnstown. Female. Black and green striped skirt. Black and brown jacket. One lead pencil Book of rates E.L. A.S. 1000 mile pass book. Female. He quickly assembled a group of men to save the face of the dam by trying to unclog the spillway; it was blocked by the broken fish trap and debris caused by the swollen waterline. Dark striped velvet basque or overskirt, with ruffled fringe trimmings. One set of black stones. One rubber sleeve holder with steel attachment. Black jersey. $2,500 in bills, $600 in gold, $4.23 in silver and coppers. Black pants with white thread. Black hair. Female. Brown socks. Light hair turning gray. Blue stockings. No valuables. Age about five years. Female. Male. Male. Black hair. Light hair. Height 3 feet. Buttoned shoes. Plaid dress, woolen goods, barred red, brown and green. Female. Gingham apron. Two pocket-knives. Small piece of steel chain. Female. Freckled. The valley had large amounts of runoff from rain and snowfall. Received the above described ring: Mrs. Allison. Female. Age about twenty. Black and blue plaid dress. Blue and white striped dress. Full face. Light complexion. Debris at the Stone Bridge covered thirty acres,[18] and clean-up operations were to continue for years. At the Conemaugh Viaduct, a 78-foot (24m) high railroad bridge, the flood was momentarily stemmed when debris jammed against the stone bridge's arch. High-buttoned shoes, spring heels. Blue dress. Buried at Prospect. Burnt and unrecognizable. The demolition expert "Dynamite Bill" Flinn and his 900-man crew cleared the wreckage at the Stone Bridge. Blue and black barred flannel skirt. Male. Wire bustle. The biggest flood of the first half of the 20th century was the St. Patrick's Day flood of March 1936. Weight 140. Blue striped waist and dress. Small plain gold ring. Auburn hair. Weight 150. "[23], Nonetheless, individual members of the South Fork Club, millionaires in their day, contributed to the recovery in Johnstown. Auburn hair. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Female. Along with about half of the club members, co-founder Henry Clay Frick donated thousands of dollars to the relief effort. Long black hose Red bandana handkerchief. Weight 160. Age sixty. Male. Basque and overskirt. Navy blue vest and pants. Gold watch, No. Weight 40. Smooth face. Height 2 feet 6 inches. One wire sleeve supporter. White. Dark hair mixed with gray. Female. Ring at Fourth Ward Morgue. Dark hair. Female. Blue and white apron. Comb in pocket. Button-hook. Weight 70. Red calico waist. Identified by the husband, Mark Drew. Plaid skirt. Gray eyes. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Of Woodvale. Height 5 feet. Burned beyond recognition. Black cotton hose Button shoes. Pen-holder. Medium height. Watch. Nearly 12 inches (300 millimetres) of rain fell in 24 hours when . Reese. Weight 155 Height 5 feet 6 inches Black hair Woolen under skirt, red, brown and white barred cotton underskirt, striped white and red Black cashmere dress, with black glass buttons oval shape. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Buried at St. John's Cemetery. Sandy hair. Knee pants and brown and black striped, good. Buried as unknown 216, from Millville School Morgue, at Prospect Disinterred and buried in lot of Conrad Raab, Sandy Vale, June 12th. Badge of Junior Mechanics 43 cents in change. Two red skirts. Ear-rings with brilliants. Age nineteen. Racine, Wisconsin. Pencil Boots with brass heels. 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Text. Male. Buttoned shoes with spring heels. Male. Male Age about three years No marks. Dark brown hair. Female. Here is the story of one of the worst disasters in American history, a tragedy in 1889 which claimed more than 2,200 lives, and wiped out 99 entire families. Shippensburg, Pa. Human foot. Supposed to be the daughter of Patrick Fagan. Bald in front, with large wart on right side of head. Medium size breast-pin above shaped Q with one brilliant set. Mangled daughters, bleeding sons, Female. High buttoned shoe. 777 bodies were never identified, buried in unmarked graves. [14] A Lidar analysis of the Conemaugh Lake basin reveals that it contained 14.55 million cubic meters (3.843 billion gallons) of water at the moment the dam collapsed. Dark brown hair Weight 65. Two watch keys. Gold ear-rings. JOHNSTOWN, Pa.Pam Schilling is the reason Donald Trump is the president. Age about sixty. 12 cts. Female. Age fourteen years. Age about twenty. Cash $2.19 Two collar-buttons. Blue striped flannel shirt. Height 4 feet 4 inches. Lovers burnt and sweethearts drowned, Large waist, golden spotted. Instrument used for cutting washers or gaskets. Leaf pattern. Weight 150. Blue and white polka dog tie. White underwear. Red and black striped skirt, wine colored skirt. Age five years. Visit the Johnstown Flood Museum, which is operated by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, to find out more about this shocking episode in American history. Age forty or forty-five. Weight 200 to 225. Last summer, Beale's yellowing journals were found in an old Philadelphia carriage-house, shedding new light on a catastrophe that killed 2,209. Low round forehead. [3] Lowering the dam by as much as 3 feet (0.91m) and failing to replace the discharge pipes at its base cut the dam's safe discharge capacity in half. White cotton underwear with pearl buttons. It's a story of great tragedy, but also of triumphant recovery. Henry Clay Frick led a group of Pittsburgh speculators, including Benjamin Ruff, to purchase the abandoned reservoir, modify it, and convert it into a private resort lake for their wealthy associates. Supposed to be Mrs. Christie. Conemaugh Borough, Pa. Square-toed shoes. Plain gold ring on third finger of left hand. Female. Body taken by Mr. Thos. Weight 180. Middle-aged. Woodvale. Rather small face Striped black and white skirt, pleated front and pearl buttons. Dark hair. Plain gold ring Small ear-drop. Brown hair. Well dressed. Blue and red stripe waist. Red undershirt. Large buckle with half moon on coat. Delicate nose. Age about ten. On May 31, 1889, a neglected dam and a phenomenal storm led to a catastrophe in which 2,209 people died. Weight 80. Age three months. Age about sixty-five. One bunch of keys. Badly burned. Handkerchief. Encyclopdia Britannica. Gold ring on second finger with pearl setting. Light brown hair. Female. $1.00 silver clasped in hand. Thirty pennies. Spring heel button shoe. Male. Age twenty-five to thirty. Fair complexion. About sixteen years. Dark clothes Paper collar. The United States Army Signal Corps estimated that 6 to 10 inches (150 to 250mm) of rain fell in 24 hours over the region. Jeff Lees said the body that was found on the 2nd flood of the garage in the 1500 block of Franklin Street around 5:00 p.m. Sunday was severely decomposed. Steel buttons. A book, on front "M. H R" Steel rim glasses. Weight about 45 lbs. $13.30 in change Open-faced silver watch. Body taken by son-in-law, Friedman, to Pittsburgh. Very much decomposed. Height 4 feet 2 inches. Light eyes. Part of a skirt of a petticoat, the band of which was made of ticking The shoulder strap holding up the skirt was of the same material. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Height 5 feet 9 inches. Gold ring with set collar-button. Burned beyond recognition. Black silk stockings.