Son of Howell Powell. Fur cape around neck. Age about thirty. Age forty-three. Mr. Young, the clerk, has the rings. Jersey jacket. Red flannel skirt. Male. Valuables given to his aunt, Ella Mulhern. Small earring, white setting. true. Age twenty-four. Such was the price that was paid for fish! Age six months. Large key. Upper and lower false teeth. Bones of a human body brought from vicinity of Cambria works. 99 entire families were wiped out, 396 of them, children. Buttoned shoes. A Hebrew. Blue and white striped dress Red undershirt Two plain gold rings on second finger of left hand. Black and white striped pants. Slippers tied with black bow. Red barred flannel underskirt. Blue and white striped shirt. Fifty-seven minutes after the dam collapsed, the flood hit Johnstown. Forty were killed by the Laurel Run Dam failure. Grand View, June 15th. Small gold ring, garnet set. Male. Blue eyes. Rather heavy build. Top of head bald. Female. Silver tobacco box, with name and date, Jan., 1888 Silver open-faced watch and gold chain. The last victim of the flood was reportedly found in 1911, twenty-two years after the disaster. Key ring. [3] Adding the width of the emergency spillway to that of the main spillway yielded the total width of spillway capacity that had been specified in the 1847 design of William Morris, a state engineer. Tents and . Found and coffined at Tunnellton, Pa. KEELER & CO., 1889 Disastrous flood (1889) in the town of Johnstown, Pa., U.S. Johnstown lies at the confluence of the Conemaugh River and Stony Creek; at the time of the flood it was a leading U.S. steelmaking centre. Weight 75. Weight 130. Pocket-book containing $151.00. Bunch of keys. 1 on person. Height 5 feet 2 inches. Male. Brown canton skirt. Black stockings. 61 cts. Blue calico dress with white spots. Cash in wallet, $312.51. Red and white striped calico dress. Black knee pants. Valuables placed on body. One witness on high ground near the town described the water as almost obscured by debris, resembling "a huge hill rolling over and over". Identified by Homer. Female. Light red hair. Female. Screw-driver. Lady's hunting-case gold watch and chain. Female. Female. White underwear Gold ring, cameo setting with full figure of a woman. Hair gray. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Pen and pencil $13 in bills 87 cts. A flood in 1936 killed another 25. Heavy gray beard on lower part of face. Received valuables. Light hair. Johnstown, Pa. Age thirty. Black jersey coat. Black and yellow pants. Female. Hair sprinkled with gray. Bunch of keys Sent to Prospect. Brown and gray striped knee pants. Many people were crushed by pieces of debris, and others became caught in barbed wire from the wire factory upstream and/or drowned. Light hair. Dark dress. the "Robber Barons" Hounded by the media, members of the club donated to the relief effort. Brown hair. 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. The Pittsburgh speculators built cottages and a clubhouse to create the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, an exclusive and private mountain retreat. Dark clothes. Black eyes. Dark clothes. Auburn hair. Age nine. Dark complexion. Weight 150. When it occurred, the Johnstown Flood had the highest death toll out of any previous U.S. disaster and is currently one of the top twelve deadliest floods of all time globally. On the morning of May 31, 1889, after a night of heavy rainfall, club president Elias Unger was alarmed to find that the water level of the lake had risen more than two feet since the previous evening. Height 5 feet 10 inches. Very large breasts. Earring. Weight 160. 424 Bedford street. The AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival has announced its headliners, Los Lobos and Keller Williams Grateful Grass feat. About twenty years. Catholic. Age thirty. Short sack coat. Blue dress. Brown hair. Dark brown hair. Female child. Female. in cash. Age forty to forty-five. Photo, Print, Drawing The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pa. Age eleven to fourteen years. Wife of Moses Owens. 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. Spring heel button shoes with half soles. [8] Developers' artificial narrowing of the riverbed to maximize early industries left the city even more flood-prone. [12] However the warnings were not passed to the authorities in Johnstown, as there had been many false alarms in the past of the dam not holding against flooding. Blue cloth knee pants. Of Woodvale's 1,100 residents, 314 died in the flood. Age thirty. Double chain with square slide and square locket, charm black stone set on one side and blue stone set on the other. Hager Block Plain band ring. Plain ring. Two knives. Heavy black jersey cloth coat. Black dress. Two rings, one engraved E. Male. Male. Blue eyes. White skirt. Buried at Grand View. Johnstown's Flood of 1889. Female. Dynamite was eventually used. Male. Age twenty-one to twenty-five. Watch and chain. Pin with square and compass. JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Lovers burnt and sweethearts drowned, Ear-rings with white set. Along with about half of the club members, co-founder Henry Clay Frick donated thousands of dollars to the relief effort. Age seven years. Three watch chains. Leather belt Piece tar rope around waist. Blue cloth panel. P.R.R. Breast-pin. Male. Weight 90 to 100. Valuables taken by her sister, Mrs. Ella Mulhern. After the flood, Andrew Carnegie built the town a new library.[24]. Height 5 feet 8 inches Black hair Gray eyes. Brown hair. No valuables. At its peak, the army of relief workers totaled about 7,000. Black ribbed hose. A round Harrison and Morton badge. Age forty Black pants. 56 cts. Bunch of keys. Age twelve. Male. Buried at Grand View. A female. Age eight. Decomposing bodies and cremated human remains were found at an unlicensed funeral home in Johnstown, New York, police said. Age about ten. Fair complexion. Key and one cent. Age thirty-seven. 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. Johnstown Flood. Red moustache and beard. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Dark brown hair. Plaid dress, belt with two buckles. Female. Hair brown and light. Female. Female. Brown hair. $170 in paper and $75 in gold. Buried at No. Blue and white barred gingham apron. Heavy wool shirt. Beale, D.D. 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. Male. Bricker, Henry, Grandview Cemetery Public Plot-Bodies found but not recovered by family/friends Bridges, Chas., 2, Cambria, Lower Yoder Catholic Cemetery Plaited underskirt with edging two inches wide. 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. Black hair. Plug of twisted tobacco. Letters, etc., etc. Burned beyond recognition. 11 shoe. Check apron. Unrecognizable. Male. Removed to Catholic Cemetery. One very small key. Male. Bunch of keys. Auburn hair. Supposed to be John C. Clark's son. Auburn hair. $47.16. Receipt to Robert Bossett, from Geo. In 1889, he and his family were living about 20 miles down river from Johnstown in the town of Lockport, Pa., where he was born. White vest. Plain ring on finger of right hand. One watch chain, one tooth brush, cash $1.20. Natural dent above right eye half an inch deep, like as if broken. Aged twenty-five. Button shoes. The burst dam sent a wall of water and debris, 40 feet high and half a mile wide . Dark blue suit. Buttoned shoes. Weight 120. Age eleven. Height 4 feet 3 inches Dark hair. Thirty years. Knee pants. Age eight or nine. Weight 160 Sandy moustache. Basque and overskirt. Female. Match box. Male. Flannel skirt striped gray and black. Heavy plaited chain and locket. Leather belt with nickel buckle. Age twelve. Light drawers. $5 bill. Brown hair. Son of Henry Viering. (Worse than Herod's awful crime) Orange color ribbon tied in bow around neck. Knife. Supposed to be Teny Rubert, married to Sabene. Dark hair and eyes. Telegraph instruments and chair found with body. O'Connell, of Washington street. 81 cents in change. has a watch, book, and over $12 in money which was taken from body of George Geddes. Striped skirt. Son of Mrs Thomas Howe. Sent to Prospect. To Sandy Vale for burial. Height 5 feet 4 inches Auburn hair. Wire bustle. Age about ten. Age forty to forty-five. Assistant Treasurer of Cambria Iron Company. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Sent to Prospect. Black ribbed stockings. Two photographs. Supposed to be Mrs. Conrad Snable, bar-tender in Kost saloon on Washington street. Female. Female. Age twenty. Black hair. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}402054.8N 784630.3W / 40.348556N 78.775083W / 40.348556; -78.775083. The Johnstown flood of 1889. White muslin or canton flannel underwear. Black pants and coat. Son of James. White cotton underskirt and red flannel skirt. Button gaiters. Gum boots. Male. 4. Suit of gray woolen underwear. False teeth lower jaw. Female. Dark brown hair. Dark brown hair. Button shoes. Found just below Lincoln bridge. Black hair. Female. One ring with red set. Tall and slender. Weight 130. Light hair. Buried at Prospect. Pair of shears Eye-glasses. Silver ring. Had been fifty-five years in America. Short nose. Male Age twenty. How many victims were never identified in the Johnstown flood? Ear-drops with glass set. Identified and removed by her mother. Gold watch, engraved Christmas 18-. Tall and large. Nothing but the bones. Sleeve-buttons. Age about ten years. Age about seven. Weight 250 to 300. Age about forty-five. Female. Male. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Girl. Age fifty five. Age two and a half years. Female. Black hair. Black and gray mixed knee pants. Oak-leaf breast-pin with three glass sets. Light complexion and light hair. Weight about 135. Weight 160. Buttoned shoes, tipped spring heels. "Johnstown flood of 1889 destruction and rebirth" (Presentation 76-9). Buried in lot of A. Loesch. Three bunches of keys Three door keys. Female. Odd Fellow's badge on pin. 5 cts. Age about five years. No valuables. Female. One knife. Weight 160 Height 5 feet 6 inches. Plaid wool skirt. Open-faced silver watch. Papers marked W.E Kegg found upon him Mother lives in Harrisburg. Valuables given to his brother James. Woolen shirt, has evidently been blue. No clothing. Weight 150. Eye-glasses. Tape line. Red woolen hose with black feet. But at around 10:30 a.m. Thursday - 39 years and one day to the date of the flood - workers with Everett-based Cottle's Asphalt Maintenance found that Yamaha 200 buried in the ground while they . Silver watch. Dark gray mixed woolen suit Red flannel underwear. Ring on finger. Supposed to be Mrs. John Oswald. Weight 65. Body shipped to Indiana, Pa., via. Charred in Pershing's field in a burnt drift pile beyond recognition. Female. Two years old. 7. Red flannel underwear. Certificate of deposit for $1000 00 at John Dibert & Co. bank. Short black pants. 5 feet 6 inches height. Purse and small iron key on a ring. Plain gold ring on third finger of left hand. Supposed to be nursing. Dark basque body. Male. Gold ring. Bracelets, seven strands and locket with initials, "E. M. One chased band ring. Large mouth. Spring heel button, shoes, half soles, heels repaired. Female. Red socks. Railroad street, Conemaugh borough Valuables. Blue underdress with red stripes Gingham apron. Small gray barred coat. Small plain gold ring and one thimble. Female Dark hair. Weight 75. Dress, white and brown stripes, blue jersey. Heavy sandy hair. Male. The morgues kept very careful records, but nearly one in three of the victims were never identified. Collar and tie remained on neck. Age thirteen. Female. Trevor Hughes. New shoes. Sent to New Florence. Purse $1.57 Pocket-knife. Taken from body and placed with valuables. Small plain ring on left hand. White handkerchief around neck. Stocking supporters. D. Rees, his nephew, June 4. on it. Scapular around neck. Gold breast pin with brilliant setting. Brown, white and blue plaid skirt. Checkered apron. (?) Weight 130. 80. St. John's, June 13th. Gold ring with white setting on second finger of right hand. Scarlet underwear. Crippled in both feet, and wore steel leg supporters. Brown eyes. Weight 110. Pearl buttons. Light brown hair. Red woolen stockings. Prospect, June 14th. With a population of 30,000, it was a growing industrial community known for the quality of its steel.[7].

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