Female. Canton flannel drawers. Age three. . Female. On tab was "J. Kestler, 603 B. F. (Blast Furnace), Johnstown, Cambria county, Pa." Weight 160 to 175 Bald on top of head. Black ribbed hose. Brown and white dress Barred gingham. Red flannel drawers. Female. Female. Female. Buttoned shoes. Bible. Weight 100. Seersucker skirt. Spectacles. Skewered by a huge tree uprooted by the flood, the house floated down from its location on Union Street to the end of Main. Body nude. brown hair mixed with gray. Silver open faced watch. Supposed to be the daughter of Patrick Fagan. White shirt. Female. Age one year. Heavy sandy hair. Supposed to be Manfield. USA TODAY. Knee pants. Deformed. Female. Black stockings Cardinal jacket, with brass buttons. Female. Weight 135 Blue calico dress with figure on it. Valuables. Tape measure. Door key. Female. Height 4 feet 4 inches. White. Watch-chain with keys attached. Aged about five years. Brown and white gingham apron Gray skirt with white stripes. Brown wool hose, white feet. Unrecognizable. Gold head ring. Red waist Wore a truss. Buttoned shoes. Here is a list of some of the most descriptive facts about the Johnstown flood. 7. Taken by husband. Blue waist. Male. High buttoned spring heel shoes. Female. Brown hair. Age about six years High buttoned shoes with heel. Collar-button. Black hair. During the middle of the flood, rumors circulated that a dam upstream of the city was going to fail, and this sent citizens in a rush to get to higher ground, fearing a repeat of 1889. Male. Of Maple avenue, Woodvale. Gum shoes. Seventy-five cents in coin. Too badly burned for recognition. Age about twenty-two. Blue eyes. Height 5 feet 9 inches. Age about fifty. Age two years. Bunch of keys. Black and gray barred woolen goods. As railroads superseded canal barge transport, the Commonwealth abandoned the canal and sold it to the Pennsylvania Railroad. Penknife. The Johnstown Flood Analysis - 1190 Words - Internet Public Library Dark hair. Had shoes on. Supposed to be Ernest Mayhew. Mary Ellen, twenty-two years; daughter of Jerry Harrigan, 17 Ridge avenue, Minersville, servant in the Hulbert House. White shirt. Blue eyes. Young man. Age about twenty-five. Bodies turned up 600 miles away in Cincinnati, and as late as 1911. . Dark coat Gold watch, open-faced, with a short chain. At Johnstown, the Stone Bridge, which was a substantial arched structure, carried the Pennsylvania Railroad across the Conemaugh River. Age thirty-eight Weight 145. Age eight. Male. The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pa. Flood, 1889]: Carrying body out Age fifty to fifty-five. Weight 135. "Johnstown". A few weeks old. About twenty years. Age about thirty-five. $2.56 money. Weight about 150. Rather heavy build. Large hair-pin. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Red woolen undershirt. Age about twenty. Button shoes. Weight 120. Black striped vest. Male. Dark hair mixed with gray. Square-toed shoes. Buried Prospect, June 9th. Age about thirty-eight. Black basque. Short black pants. Among the . Received by her brother. Knife. Age twelve years. Son of Dr. L. T. Beam, 142 Market street, Johnstown. HORROR STORIES Age about sixty five. Knee pants. Waist of narrow striped black and white goods. 81 cents in change. Thin ring on third finger of left hand. Full suit of clothes of brown and red and black checkers. Very much decomposed. Light hair partly gray. Red and white barred calico dress. Heavy set. Male. The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles (23km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Black hair. Heavy woolen stockings. Light hair. Bracelet on right wrist. Large. Heavy gray undershirt. Dark eye-brows. About fifteen years. White muslin skirt. Two plain rings on third finger of left hand. 10 cts. Height 5 feet 5 inches. Height 5 feet. Male. has a watch, book, and over $12 in money which was taken from body of George Geddes. Male. The high, steep hills of the narrow Conemaugh Valley and the Allegheny Mountains to the east kept the development of Johnstown close to the riverfront areas. Weight 120. Male. Height 5 feet 3 inches. Dark brown hair. Buried on lot of A.J. White shirt and linen lay-down collar. 5. Male. Female. Hair half gray. Brilliant ear drops Blue chintz dress, with yellow and white flowers, Adult Only two charred feet A bunch of keys found with the above three pairs of feet, Short and stout build Weight 110. Light hair Gray wool dress pleated. Age ten years. Two rings with clover leaf pearl set. Age about forty-five. Weight 150. One light plain gold ring. Dark brown hair Leather shoes with cloth top. Age twelve years. Black eardrops. Plaid dress, no sleeves. Female. Female. Two keys. Weight 40. Ring on right forefinger. The flood caused 17 million dollars in damages. Light complexion. Blue and white barred skirt. Female. The burst dam sent a wall of water and debris, 40 feet high and half a mile wide . Jazz is the use of a whole range of rhythm without improvisation. Found just below Lincoln bridge. Marden A. Dahlstedt wrote the young adult novel, Michael Stephan Oates wrote the historical fiction novel. His family survived the flood. Black stockings. Female. Rather slender. When the flooding began, the area's telegraph lines were down, preventing anyone. Weight 115. Female. Hair gray. Muslin drawers. $1.00 bill. Small gold ring. Black hair. Burnt below left ear. Two collar-buttons. Auburn hair. Catholic. Brown hair. Age twenty-one to twenty-five. Age thirty-one Weight 140. on grave is 333. An hour after the dam's failure, a 60-foot wall of water and debris smashed into the thriving 30,000-person community of Johnstown at 40 miles per hour. Button shoes. Purple suit. Wore truss and had false teeth. The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pa. JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Age about ten. Age about sixty. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Brown black hair. White collar. Female. Height 5 feet 2 inches. Male child. Prospect, June 15th. Height 5 feet 4 inches Spotted cloth dress, gray and black. Stiff hat Heavy band ring with letter Z and star inside on little finger of right hand. ticket. Boy baby. Knife. Large buckle with half moon on coat. Initials, I. P. or J. P. Male. Flannel shirt ribbed in front, brass buttons in it. Cloak gray mixed wool goods. A lady about twenty-five years of age. Bodies filled morgues in Johnstown and river towns downstream until relatives came to identify them. Woolen skirt Blue belt around waist. Spring heel button, shoes, half soles, heels repaired. [7] The Conemaugh River, immediately downstream of Johnstown, is hemmed in by steep mountainsides for about 10 miles (16km). Female. Small heart on right arm. Supposed to be Mrs. White. Female. Age about six months. Age twenty five. Height about 5 ft. 5 in. Blue striped flannel shirt. Sister of Capt. Dark blue vest. $5.00 in gold. Large metal buttons. Wore No. That flood also reached Pittsburgh, where it was known as the Pittsburgh Flood of 1936. Papers, etc. Some patches of quilt on body. Initials R. A. W. Valuables. One pair of ear-drops. Gray wool undershirt. Supposed to be Meredith, above Caldwell's store. Thirty-eight years. Weight 130. Striped calico dress. Afterwards identified as Mrs. Samuel Lenhart. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Gray woolen dress with red and white mixed stripes and brass buttons. Red flannel underwear. Blue dress, red braid bottom. Two gold rings, one pair ear-drops. Short black pants, old. The body of one victim was found more than 100 miles away in Steubenville, Ohio. Female. Manhood age. Gingham apron. Blue waist. Female. Food, clothing, medicine, and other provisions began arriving by rail. Red and black skirt. engraved thereon. Gray hair. Very large. Aged. White. Two bodies were found as late as 1906. Home-knit hose. White undershirt. Female. Small purse. Medium size. Last summer, Beale's yellowing journals were found in an old Philadelphia carriage-house, shedding new light on a catastrophe that killed 2,209. Female. Black stockings darned in both heels. Two rings on left hand. Age about twenty-five. Age sixteen to eighteen. HISTORY OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. Moreover, a system of relief pipes and valves, a feature of the original dam which had previously been sold off for scrap, was not replaced, so the club had no way of lowering the water level in the lake in case of an emergency. One pair earrings. Light complexion. Female. Heavy leather boots. . Found in arms of Miss Brown. About twelve years. Red underwear. Gold ring marked James Potts, died March, 1874. Black dress. Iron gray hair. Black hose. Weight 140. Male child. Face very much disfigured. Age twenty-five. Female. Child. Thirty years. 2 1/2. Height 5 feet 1 inch. Red and black striped skirt, wine colored skirt. Height 5 feet. Found hear Sheridan station. Female. Height 5 feet Dark hair Plaid dress, black, red and blue barred, Her child prematurely born was along with her Weight about 140. Cash $2.19 Two collar-buttons. High forehead. Black handle knife, two blades broken 11 cents in change. Brown hair. Crooked legs. One bar pin. Age twelve. Brown suit. Pair of steel knuckles Key. Age forty-five. Age twenty-four. Gold ring with white setting on second finger of right hand. Sandy hair. Hair brown and light. Age twelve Weight 60. Female. Pocket book $1 31. Weight 125 pounds. Girl. White canton flannel drawers. Brown hair. Winter opening hours have begun for the Johnstown Flood Museum and Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Childrens Museum: we are CLOSED Tuesdays and Wednesdays; OPEN Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays from 10:00 am-5:00 pm; and OPEN Sundays from noon-5:00 pm. Pair of new gum boots. $1.10 in silver. Front teeth wide apart and protruding. Brown stockings. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Barred underdress. Male. Female. However, owing to the delay at the stone arch, the flood waters gained renewed hydraulic head, resulting in a stronger, more abrupt wave of water hitting places downstream than otherwise would have been expected. Diamond ring on third finger left hand with garnet. Blue and white striped skirt. High gum boots. 464. Male. Blue underskirt. This number of deaths was later surpassed by fatalities in the 1900 Galveston hurricane and the 9/11 attacks. Female. Black hair. Gun screw-driver. Height 4 feet 4 inches. Small earring, white setting. Match safe. Lace shoes nearly new. Eighty. Age about four. Red and black barred necktie. Large upper teeth, front second tooth on left side broken or removed. Male. Black ribbed hose. Short hair. The ASCE committee completed their investigation report on January 15, 1890, but its final report was sealed and not shared with other ASCE members or the public. Weight 140. Breast-pin. Male. Black stocking. Height 5 feet 10 inches. Age about fifty. Catholic. The Pennsylvania Railroad restored service to Pittsburgh, 55 miles (89km) away, by June 2. Male Age about thirty to thirty-five. Cigar case Pocketbook containing ring, key and five cents. Dark dress. Age sixty-five. Female. Black pants with white thread. Body removed by her son, Warren W. Cope. Female. Supposed to be Paul Geddes. Light hair. Eleven years old. Female. Paper with Chinese letters. Weight 90. Large waist. One tooth on right side filled with gold. Black wool underskirt. White dress. Slender. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Dark hair. Barred flannel skirt. Male. More 1889 flood resources. Black stockings. Brown auburn hair. Corsets. One pair silver scissors. Left foot of child. Button shoes, size about 4 1/2. Gold watch-chain. Coarse cotton socks. As the Johnstown Area Historical Association notes, the dead were found hundreds of miles away and continued to be found for decades after the flood. Identified by the husband, Mark Drew. Green corded petticoat. Height 5 feet 9 inches Dark hair. Plaid dress, woolen goods, barred red, brown and green. Very short nose. Pocketbook. Age about thirty. Large buckeye in pocket. Male. Male. Striped skirt. In the years following the disaster, some survivors blamed the members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club for their modifications to the dam. Female. Weight 130. Brown socks. Hair light brown. Buttoned shoes, tipped spring heels. Buried in Sandy Vale, June 11th. Black coat. John Parke, an engineer for the South Fork Club, briefly considered cutting through the dam's end, where the pressure would be less to create another spillway, but eventually decided against it as that would have quickly ensured the failure of the dam. Female. Eyes unknown. Female. It's like the Johnstown Flood in PA in the 19th century. Female. Black stockings. Gray pants with black stripe. Door key. Effects delivered to mother. Age thirty to forty. Age about twelve. History of the Johnstown Flood, p.178 Plain gold ring. Female. Empty pocket-book. Age about thirty-five. Age about eight. 1869.") Ring with the words, "Gott, Schutz, Dick." Knee pants. Height about 3 feet 9 inches. Breast-pin shape of star. Cambria borough, Broad street One pocket-book $1.95 in silver. Male. Blonde hair. Height 6 feet. Empty purse Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Age three months. Dressmaker. Ear-drops. Buttoned shoes, soles well worn. The Johnstown Flood. Sack coat. Watchman at Wire Mill. Weight 110. Black dress. Height 6 feet. Female. Breast-pin. Blue eyes. With George O'Brien, Florence Gilbert, Janet Gaynor, Anders Randolf. Over 2,000 die in the Johnstown Flood - HISTORY Blue woolen stockings. Height 3 feet 3 inches. Supposed to be Mrs. John C. Clark. Rosette breast-pin, black, bound with gold and set with pearls. Female. Age eleven. 5 shoes Diamond ring carved, one crescent pin, set with brilliants, with star in centre. Front teeth good. Wore a sacque Blue stripe stockings. Low laced shoes. Dark brown hair. Large full face. Little boy. Male. Darlings lost but never found! Age about fifty. One chased band ring. However, as pointed out by historian David McCullough,[2] a man reported as presumed dead (not known to have been found) had survived; Leroy Temple returned to Johnstown eleven years after the disaster and revealed he had extricated himself from the flood debris at the Stone Bridge, walked out of the valley, and relocated to Beverly, Massachusetts. It is estimated that one out of nine residents was killed by the flood. Large seal ring on little finger of right hand, set gone. Age about thirty. Gray woolen sack. Age nineteen. Female. Purse with street car ticket. 2,209 killed: Johnstown flood's legacy lives on 125 years later Age twenty. Female. Wine color skirt with ticking waist Black hose. Body taken by Mr. Thos. Calico dress. Black and white striped pants. Small earrings with ball attached. Richland township. Male. Interred in Sandy Vale or Grand View. Barred flannel waist with round pearl buttons. Fair complexion. Scapular. Red flannel underskirt. Most remained on top of the dam, some plowing earth to raise it, while others tried to pile mud and rock on the face to save the eroding wall. Laced shoe. Male. Weight 100. Cash 54 cts. Silver tobacco box, with name and date, Jan., 1888 Silver open-faced watch and gold chain. Blue suit. Red socks. Brown hair. Black stockings. IMage: library of Congress. Killed on P. R. R. July 14, 1889. Short knee pants, black and white. Bone collar-button. On May 31, 1889, the world took notice of a small town in Pennsylvania. Female. Black ribbed hose. 7, p.216. Female Age ten years. Age four. Age fifty. Revisiting the timing and events leading to and causing the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Age twelve. Age thirty-five. "Statistics about the great disaster", Johnstown Flood Museum, https://archive.org/stream/StillCastingShadowsASharedMosaicOfU.s.HistoryVol.I1620-1914/StillCastingShadows1_djvu.txt, "Frank Shomo, Infant Survivor Of Johnstown Flood, Dies at 108", "Arizona's 1890 dam disaster killed more than 100 people - The Prescott Daily Courier - Prescott, Arizona", "THE ARIZONA DISASTER. Red and white striped skirt. Light hair. Black knee breeches with white thread running through the material. Female. Age about thirty. Male. Green dress. Red underskirt. P.R.R. Blue dress. Knife. Earrings. Red undershirt. Plain gold ring. Breast-pin. Small plain gold ring. Brown hair Dark blue stockings with white soles. 733 Lake Road Tall Brown hair. Striped white and blue stockings. Female. Nearly 12 inches (300 millimetres) of rain fell in 24 hours when . Height 5 feet 4 inches. Female. Gray hair. White shirt. Pennsylvania History, v. 80, no. The Youghiogheny River cuts through Laurel Ridge in Ohiopyle. Age eleven. Earring-drop. Two photographs. Black hair and moustache. Brown, white and blue plaid skirt. Weight 150. Weight 125. Gold spectacles. Weight 120. Height 5 feet 8 inches Hazel eyes. Identified by D. M. Given. Black stockings. Female. Pearl street, Johnstown. Buried in his lot at Grand View. Decomposing bodies, remains found at funeral home: NY cops - Miami Herald Black cotton hose Button shoes. Black stockings. Gray and white jacket trimmed with woolen lace. Gold watch and chain. Female. Weight 125. Black corkscrew coat and vest. Black alpaca coat. Full face. Found in water at Ten Acre. Age about twenty-two. Aged. Ear-drops, enameled black, with blue setting. Gauze undershirt. Blue gingham striped apron Blue woolen dress. The Tragic Story Of The Johnstown Flood - Grunge.com Plaid dress, belt with two buckles. Male. Black necktie with red stripe. Blue calico dress, new, with white vine stripes. Catholic. Heavy jersey or coat badly torn. Spring heel shoes Red flannel undershirt. Boy of sixteen or seventeen years (Johnstown). Sent to Prospect. Watch. Common gingham apron. Very heavy brown hair tied with blue ribbon. Flash floods are the most dangerous kind of floods, because they combine the destructive power of a flood with incredible speed. Boy baby. 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. Recognized by his father. Female. Age three months. Male. Dark blue woolen cloth dress. Small ball drop earrings. Bunch of keys. Nearly bald. Dark hair. Smooth shaven face. Below stomach teeth and two side teeth. Male. Age about fourteen. Very much decomposed. Massive flood of Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1889. G.B. Female Age twenty-five. Found near Sang Hollow. People who . Male. Dark hair. ExplorePAHistory.com Female. No goods. The Johnstown Flood (1926) - IMDb Female. [9] Unger, Parke, and the rest of the men continued working until exhausted to save the face of the dam; they abandoned their efforts at around 1:30p.m., fearing that their efforts were futile and the dam was at risk of imminent collapse. Johnstown, Pa About three-fourths of body. Black hair. He had just sat down to eat his supper when the crash came, and the whole family, consisting of wife and eight children, were . Female. 49, No. High-buttoned shoes. Weight 20. The death toll hit 2,209 with one out of three bodies found being unidentifiable. The Johnstown flood is a story of humans manipulating nature without due understanding and caution. High button shoes. Two pair stockings. Short nose. Button shoes. Age forty. Watch and chain. Red dress. Taken by her father. Red stockings. White skirt, Woolen underwear. As it hit Johnstown, all hell broke loose. Oroide watch. No valuables. Life insurance agent. Supposed to be Sarah Wengle. Age about forty. Stucke, of Sewickley. High-buttoned shoes, spring heels. Age eighteen. Breast-pin. Age forty or forty-five. The new river walls withstood Hurricane Agnes in 1972, but on the night of July 19, 1977, a severe thunderstorm dropped eleven inches of rain in eight hours on the watershed above the city and the rivers began to rise. Gum boots. White. R. O., 1886. White. Dark hair. Dark hair. Mineral Point. Gray jersey cloth vest and jacket, with large metal buttons, swan stamped upon them. Female. White and black striped skirt. Emblem pin of A.O.K. Supposed to be Cooney or Conrad Schnable. Throwing his locomotive into reverse, he raced backward toward East Conemaugh, the whistle blowing constantly. Figured waist and white underclothing. Age fourteen years. Wrench screw. Brown eyes. Worsted coat. Ruby glass ear-rings. Age thirty-five. Blue calico dress with star figures. Bunch of keys. Age fifty or fifty-five. Identified by his mother, to whom valuables and body were delivered. Two gold rings chased. The flood lasted only 10 minutes, but the destruction and fear continued . White undershirt. Gold watch. Pocket book with $1.25. Weight 70. Black stockings. Collar and cuff buttons. Breast-pin. Female. Blue waist. Age two and a half years. Black hair. Button gaiters. Popular feeling ran high, as is reflected in Isaac G. Reed's poem: Many thousand human lives- The morgues kept very careful records, but nearly one in three of the victims were never identified. Dark garnet dress. White. Dam-Breach hydrology of the Johnstown flood of 1889 challenging the findings of the 1891 investigation report, Heliyon. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Male. Blue and white flowered sateen basque. About sixteen years. St. John's. Flat nose. White muslin or canton flannel underwear. Thirty-five years. Buried in his own lot at Sandy Vale. By 1889, Johnstown's industries had attracted numerous Welsh and German immigrants. Female Age twenty-five. Heavy black cloth jacket. Dark wool pants. Brown hair. The Homeless. Age about ten. Hosts of martyred little ones, Male Age seven years. Age twenty. Cotton pants Dark coat Blue calico waist, white spots. Blue and white striped waist. Male. Age about 55. Calico dress. Short in stature Very heavy. To Sandy Vale for burial. Black and white striped dress with a black cross stripe. Red and black striped shirt. Ring on finger. White lace collar. Boy. John Burkhard, guardian of the above. Age eighteen. Female. Handkerchief in coffin. Fifty cents. Black and white woolen dress. $170 in paper and $75 in gold. Working shoes. Medium height. Fifty-seven years. 11 cents in pocket-book. Dark hair. Male. Supposed to be Annie Fitzner, but very doubtful. Female. Dark blue suit. Dark hair. No socks. Red shirt with white stripes Dark striped stockings. Breast-pin. Nickel five cent piece. Weight 100. Age forty. Red alpaca dress. Age thirty to thirty-five. Valuables. Dark brown eyes. Plaid underskirt. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Adding to these factors, slag from the iron furnaces of the steel mills was dumped along the river to create more land for building. Weight 160. Supposed to be Katie Krieger. 15 Walnut street. Aged. Brown hair. Boy. Breast-pin, collar-buttons, cloth dress, gray and white barred No. Barton would leave Johnstown a hero. Vine street, Johnstown, Pa. Large. Buttoned shoes Knee pants. Age about forty. Park Archives: Johnstown Flood National Memorial - NPS History Of Woodvale's 1,100 residents, 314 died in the flood. 11 shoe. Age three years Height about 3 feet 5 inches. Age about fifty. Female Age eighteen. No vest. Male. Babe. Age about nineteen. Age about ten. Height 5 feet. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Wore black belt with double clasp. Dark brown hair plaited and tied with ribbon. Blue collar with white dots. Full face. Age fifty-five. Weight 75. Handkerchief marked "E. Supposed to have been employed by W. A. Moses. Hulbert house, Johnstown, Pa. Two plain gold rings, one marked "Sister" inside. Red and black barred flannel skirt. Best 10 Dog Treats in Hollsopple, PA with Reviews Black pants. Short white hair. Age about forty. Collar buttons. Blue dotted waist and new buttoned shoes. Black hair. One pair new gum boots. This month, authorities . B." Sandy complexion. Age forty. Congress gaiters. Light hair. Weight about 140. H. Ocker, of Philadelphia, to whom she was engaged to be married, and removed by him to be buried at Shippensburg, Pa. No valuables. Muslin drawers. Female. Brown and mixed cotton socks. Age about twenty. Female. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Age about thirty-six. Letters, etc., etc. Sandy hair. Blue calico dress. Female. Male. Female. Purse with seventeen cents. White underclothing. Height 5 feet 1 inch. Small finger on third finger of left hand. Weight about 160. Weight 140. Dark dress. Breast-pin. Female. Round face. Black corduroy coat. Brown mustache. Ring with setting on right hand. Weight about seventy-five pounds. Buttoned shoes. Medium stature Weight about 140. Auburn hair. White. Black and white flannel petticoat. Black overcoat. Male. Pocket-knife. Age about thirty-five. Female. Plaid skirt. Black lace tie. Calico dress, striped blue and white. On May 28, 1889, a low-pressure area formed over Nebraska and Kansas. Conemaugh Borough. Davis T., C., Coleman, Neil M., Meyers, Reed A., and Kaktins, Uldis (2009).