The Johnstown flood a thriving city of 30,000 inhabitants and many great industrial establishments nearly wiped from earth . . . : the above narrative is gathered from the accounts of correspondents, eyewitnesses, refugees from the unfortunate district, and other sources, and is a most clear and interesting narrative of this terrible catastrophe
"Many thousands drowned or burned to death ; property worth many millions of dollars destroyed. An avalanche of water sweeps down the Conemaugh Valley destroying everything in its descent. A blockade of wrecks of houses, timber, etc., at the railroad bridge ; miraculous escapes and rescues ; whole f...
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| Language: | English |
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[Philadelphia :
J.C. McCurdy & Co.,
1889.]
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Cambria 900 Di |
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