Height 5 feet 8 inches. Gum coat. Buried in Union Cemetery, East Conemaugh. Black hose. One pin K. of P. Finger rings. Blue and white striped ticking skirt. Corsets. Age twenty to twenty-three. Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 140. Although some were temporarily interred in makeshift memorial sites, 1,222 . Female. Age about eight. Three bunches of keys Three door keys. Male. Gold leaf earring, diamond set in centre Old number lost. By the time this weather pattern reached western Pennsylvania two days later, it had developed into what would be termed the heaviest rainfall event that had ever been recorded in that part of the U.S. About fourteen. Black jersey. Light brown hair Gray eyes. Age twenty-four. Two pocket-knives. $5.08 in pockets. Height 5 feet. Weight 115 to 120. Female. Male. Female. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. Black hair. It's a story of great tragedy, but also of triumphant recovery. Weight 50. Ear-drops. Female. Blue flannel skirt. Two rings on left hand. Pocketbook. Brown striped dress. Blood set. Blue dress. Female. Bible. Striped flannel shirt. Two plain rings on third finger of left hand. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Reddish brown hair. Mary Ellen, twenty-two years; daughter of Jerry Harrigan, 17 Ridge avenue, Minersville, servant in the Hulbert House. White muslin or canton flannel underwear. Blue wool skirt. Weight 185. Papers, etc. Male. Pass book. Female. Elastic garter. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Napkin ring. Scarred scarf pin No. Age forty. Female. Receipt to Robert Bossett, from Geo. Supposed to be Patrick Fagan. Dark red hair. One ring with red set. A. Dewald, father, care of Jos. St. Louis, Mo Lady's gold open-faced watch, stem-winder. Age twelve years. Red woolen stockings. Age about thirty. Valuables placed in hand of Mr. Ossenburg, brother-in-law. Height 5 feet Dark hair Plaid dress, black, red and blue barred, Her child prematurely born was along with her Weight about 140. Boy. Age about eight. Age twenty-eight Weight 160. Calico waist. Supposed to be Miss Gordon of Hager Building. One plain band gold ring. Height 5 feet 8 inches. White and black barred flannel skirt. Fair complexion. Spectacle case. Bunch of keys with checks and name. Blue calico dress with small crescent dots. Small child. Slippers. Brown eyes. Badge marked C. I. Co., employment. Catholic. Weight 225. They were buried in the "Plot of the Unknown" in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, where a memorial statue stands to this day. Height 4 feet. Gold watch Elgin No. Age three years Height about 3 feet 5 inches. Blue and brown striped shirt pleated in front, pearl buttons. Heavy set. Large man. Pocket-knife. The scale of the Johnstown flood of 1889 is difficult to visualize. Of Germantown, Philadelphia. Davis T., C., Coleman, Neil M., Meyers, Reed A., and Kaktins, Uldis (2009). Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Height 4 feet 6 inches. Large broad face. Male. Supposed to be a Fitzharris. Brown badge, O. O. S. of A. Cotton undershirt. Two pairs of gold glasses. Blue calico apron with small round spot. Buried in his own lot at Sandy Vale. Blue waist. Dark hair. Female. Age about forty-five. Tin tobacco tabs. 932,645. Age twenty-five. Height about 4 feet. Buttoned shoes. Hair long and brown. Black hose. Black stockings. Ring with the words, "Gott, Schutz, Dick." Supposed to be the daughter of Patrick Fagan. Male. Looking-glass. Silver watch. Female. Valuables placed in hands of John J. Geis. Female. Brown hair. About thirty-five years of age. Weight about 225. Height 5 feet 6 inches. One pair of ear-drops. Male Pair of red socks. Male. Buried on lot of A.J. One small key. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. Female child. Fortunately those rumors were false, but nonetheless, damage was extensive. Auburn hair. Age eight. Remains were found for months, even years after the flood - The final remains were found in Cincinnati in 1911. Thirty-five years. According to records compiled by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, bodies were found as far away as Cincinnati, Ohio, and as late as 1911; 99 entire families died in the flood, including 396 children; 124 women and 198 men were widowed; 98 children were orphaned; and one third of the dead, 777 people, were never Age about thirty. Buried on father's farm in Stony Creek. Male. Development included lowering the dam to make its top wide enough to hold a road and putting a fish screen in the spillway. Small heart on right arm. Daught of James J. Froenheiser. Johnstown was the eastern terminus of the Western Division Canal, supplied with water by Lake Conemaugh, the reservoir behind the dam. 18 April 2007 . IED New Advertisements. Light complexion and light hair. Gray side whiskers. Ages cannot be estimated. Unrecognizable. Bracelet and ring on left wrist and hand. Gold watch and chain. Striped dress. Diamond ring on third finger left hand with garnet. Clerk at the Hulbert House. Black and brown striped pants. Identified by his partner, Mr. Jas. Black hair. Afterwards thought to be Miss Masterson. Had valuables. Red barred flannel underskirt. Light complexion. Blue calico dress with small white vines. Extremely heavy golden hair. High-buttoned shoe. Taken by his brother, Charles W. Female Fair. Bodies were found as far away as Cincinnati (600 miles), and as late as 1911. Blue calico dress, white flowers. A female. Buttoned shoes. Sandy beard and moustache. Female. Female. The flood had suddenly taken the life of one of every nine people in Johnstown. Unfortunately, Parke did not personally take a warning message to the telegraph tower he sent a man instead. Body taken by Mr. Thos. Identified by the father. Button shoes. Age about thirty. Light eyes. About five years of age. Buried at St. John's, June 9th. Daughter of Godred Hoofman, Washington street, Johnstown, Pa. McAuliff Little girl baby in her arms when found. Female. Male. Supposed to be John C. Clark's son. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Dark striped velvet basque or overskirt, with ruffled fringe trimmings. Below stomach teeth and two side teeth. Weight 60. Cuff-buttons. Black clothes, with patch on trouser knees. Son of James. High and round forehead. Large. Found in arms of Miss Brown. Age about seven. Blue waist. Conemaugh Borough. Male. The . Large lips. Height 5 feet 2 inches. White dress. Breast-pin. Full face. Male. Female. Brown cloth shirt, plaited in front, small plaits. Age two and a half years. Sex unknown. One lead pencil Book of rates E.L. A.S. 1000 mile pass book. Oroide watch. Cotton shirt, brown and white stripe with small pleats in front. No coat nor vest. Age twelve. Black pants. Blue check shirt. High button shoes, spring heel. One tooth-brush. White muslin. Prospect, June 14th. Light complexion. Donations for the relief effort came from all over the U.S. and overseas. Along with about half of the club members, co-founder Henry Clay Frick donated thousands of dollars to the relief effort. Female. Short nose. Collar with scapular and cross crape around it. Interred in Sandy Vale or Grand View. Black cheviot coat, knee pants, coat pleated in front White waist figured with dog's head and red collar. Cash $2 16. Height 4 feet 3 inches. Buried Prospect, June 10th. Heavy set. Buttoned shoes. Age eleven. Flannel skirt and red woolen stockings. Eyes unknown. Red flannel drawers. Male. D. Rees, his nephew, June 4. Aged. Three double teeth and one small tooth out on right side lower jaw, on left side first and fourth double tooth out. Officials say the search at the . Hair sprinkled with gray. Light hair Dark brown eyes. Female. Lady's hunting-case gold watch and chain. Skewered by a huge tree uprooted by the flood, the house floated down from its location on Union Street to the end of Main. Long shaggy eyebrows. Burlap apron. Female. Height 5 feet 10 inches. White and black barred flannel skirt. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Silver hunting-case watch and gold chain with charm representing surveyor's compass Leather spectacle case. Height 3 feet 8 inches. Blue dress. Six people, including the owner Mr. Schultz, were inside the house when the flood hit. Found in Charles Mesher's store above stone bridge. Becker kept it under wraps until the time of ASCE's convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1891. Cash $6.21. Green cloth basque. Body taken by her brother. Height 4 feet 3 inches. High buttoned shoe. Pearl buttons on clothes. Gold chain. Black ribbed stockings. Dark garnet dress. Height about five feet 3 inches. Blue eyes. Blue chevoit suit. Ladies' hunting-case gold watch. Woodvale. Height about 5 feet 6 inches. Coleman, Neil M., Davis Todd, C., Myers, Reed A., Kaktins, Uldis (2009). The second "great flood" to hit Johnstown, Pa., happened on July 20, 1977. Brown dress. Full face. Brown hair. Age sixteen to eighteen. Red dress. Figured wrapper. Band ring on third finger of left hand. Two-collar buttons, one a pearl, the other gold plated with set. High-buttoned shoes. Watch chain. Two children, Alfred and Roy, drowned with them. Two passes for street cars. Breast-pin, collar-buttons, cloth dress, gray and white barred No. Female Age about six months. Light hair. Cow-lick on right forehead. A medal monogram, "J. H. G.". Received of J.A. High top button shoes. THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. Fifty cents. Plain ring on finger of right hand. Blue calico dress, figured half moon and stars. But it is the missing - such as little Michelle with her sweet smile - that Rudy Keck, now 70, thinks and wonders about. Grand View, June 15th. . Chased band ring. About eighteen. Female. Heavy build. Identified and removed by her mother. Height 5 feet 4 inches. "Johnstown Flood." Nps.gov National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior. of M.C. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Pair blood stone cuff-buttons. Brown sacque. White and black or blue striped collar. Blue eyes. Hair cut short, very dark color. Weight 160. Shoes number 5 or 6. Red and white striped calico dress. Black and swollen. Bunch of keys. Male. Male. Black ribbed stockings. Black and white flannel petticoat. Weight 140. Red flannel shirt. Lead pencil and pocket-knife. Large ring. Weight 100 Height 4 feet 6 inches. Papers, etc. Sent to Prospect for burial. Light brown hair, slightly gray. Height 5 feet 5 inches. Brown and black mixed pants No coat or vest. By dawn, the city was under water that reached as high as 8 feet (2.4m). Weight about 110. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Female. Age sixty-nine. Height 5 feet 9 inches Sandy hair. Height about 3 feet 6 inches. Heavy knit stockings. Large waist. Red calico waist. Weight 150. Weight 110. Blue shirt waist. 1869.") Age about twenty. Age about twenty-two. Age forty. Buried Prospect, June 9th. Ring on forefinger of left hand. Weight about 170. Weight 130. Male. Full face. Black jersey. Gray skirt with red stripe. Valuables given to Alex. Very black hair. Brilliant ear-drops. Dark hair. Barred gingham apron or dress. Female. Black clothes. Glove on left hand. Female. Letters found on body. . The Homeless. A strong surface low pressure of around 1000 mb is centered over Kentucky at this hour and heavy rain is falling . Age about two years. ISBN 978-0-671-20714-4. page 264. Dark hair. Barred flannel skirt. Female. Knife. With a population of 30,000, it was a growing industrial community known for the quality of its steel.[7]. Dark blue suit. Sun glass. Female. Worked with H. Martin, Wire Mills. Female. Button shoes. . Throwing his locomotive into reverse, he raced backward toward East Conemaugh, the whistle blowing constantly. Prospect, June 14th. Brown hair. Buried at Prospect. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Scapulary. Age about thirty-six. Age sixty-five. Hazel eyes. Age about sixty. Brown hair. Brown wool hose, white feet. . Tape measure. White Age two years. Button shoes. Light hair. One cuff-button and large key. Brown hair. Black dress. The last victim wasn't found until 1911. 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. Sacred heart. Age about sixteen. Male. Valuables taken by her sister, Mrs. Ella Mulhern. Height 5 feet 7 inches Weight 145. Cash $8.19. Woolen skirt. Supposed to be Mrs. John Oswald. Dark hair. Male. Enciente. Black comb and five cents. Eardrops with black sets. Blue and white barred gingham apron. ; MORE PEOPLE THAN REPORTED BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DROWNED", "Note: The Floodgates of Strict Liability: Bursting Reservoirs and the Adoption of, "Silent Era: Progressive Silent Film List", "Theater Loop Chicago Theater News & Reviews Chicago Tribune", Shelley Johansson of the Johnstown Flood Museum, "First Person: The Swedish Johnstown flood", https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017NE/webprogram/Paper290358.html, https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2016.e00120, https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Paper283665.html, Benefit event for Johnstown Flood Sufferers held on June 14, 1889, "The Johnstown Flood", Greater Johnstown/Cambria County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Google Earth view showing Johnstown and the South Fork Dam site, "'It's still controversial': Debate rages over culpability of wealthy club members" by David Hurst, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnstown_Flood&oldid=1137812179, 1889 natural disasters in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from May 2017, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, "A True History of the Johnstown Flood" by. Weight 90. Brown suit. Age thirty. Four years. Dark flowered calico waist. Valuables placed on body. McD." Age thirteen. Height 3 feet 6 inches White. White. The body of one victim was found more than 100 miles away in Steubenville, Ohio. Light calico dress. Female. Prospect, June 15th. Age forty five. Identified afterwards as Francis Fores (Feris). Comb. Probably ten or twelve years of age. Black and white striped flannel skirt. All other clothing gone. Babe. Heavy jersey. Identified by the husband, Mark Drew. One rubber sleeve holder with steel attachment. Supposed to have money stolen from her person. Buttoned shoes. Dress, white and brown stripes, blue jersey. Light complexion. 160 pounds. Gold watch-chain. About forty-five years. Black dress. Red and black striped skirt. Fair complexion. Male. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Three keys and a bunch of keys. Face very much disfigured. Black and gray striped skirt. Ring on right forefinger. Black hair. Weight 65. Age thirty. Dark brown hair Leather shoes with cloth top. Female. Black handle knife, two blades broken 11 cents in change. Quite aged. $1.94 in cash. Wife of J.H. Striped shirt. Slender. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Gray woolen sack. Female. Knife. Small piece of steel chain. Male. Two finger rings, one carved, the other ruby. Hair black. Age about twelve. Female. Weight 90 lbs. Small plain gold ring on left hand. Male. Black skirt Red underwear. Gray mixed undershirt Red flannel shirt. Plaid wool skirt. Five years old. Brown eyes. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Age about twenty-five. Age ten to twelve. White flannel skirt. Black hair. Black hair. Ring on left hand with "R" thereon. Short pants with small bottle in pocket. Blue and white striped waist. Gray woolen shirt. Small gold ring. [10] These alterations are thought to have increased the vulnerability of the dam. Female. Unger ordered all of his men to fall back to high ground on both sides of the dam where they could do nothing but watch and wait. Female. Male. Badge of Junior Mechanics 43 cents in change. Female. Weight about 135. Black hair. Removed Ring given to her sister, Mrs. Wm. Height 5 feet 2 inches. 121 Park Place. Cambria Iron and Steel's facilities were heavily damaged; they returned to full production within eighteen months.[1]. Brown hair. A few gray hairs on chin. Weight 50 or 60. Button shoes. Female. Height 5 feet 1 inch. Height 5 feet 7 inches. Height 5 feet 11 inches. Two gold rings on right hand. Red waist Wore a truss. Supposed to have been employed by W. A. Moses. Gun screw-driver. Woolen shirt, has evidently been blue. Identified by his mother, to whom valuables and body were delivered. Weight 125 pounds. Old scar on left side of face. Black pants with white thread. Black stockings. Large gold button, oval shape, engraved. 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. Purse with $1.96. Breast-pin, square shape. Age thirty-seven. Weight about 45 lbs. Female. Continuing on its way downstream to Johnstown, 14 miles (23km) west, the water picked up debris such as trees, houses, and animals. Unmarried. A house that was almost completely destroyed in the flood. Very heavy. Light hair. White and black checkered body. Black hair. Blue calico waist with white dots. Female. Female. Medium height. Male. Somerset street, Johnstown. Dark hair. Female. Light brown hair with gray appearance. Height 4 feet 4 inches. Received valuables of 267. Between twenty and thirty houses were destroyed or washed away, and four people were killed. Female. Male. Height 5 feet 6 inches. [6] Support for victims came from all over the U.S. and eighteen foreign countries. Letters, etc., etc. Small plain ring on left hand. false. [21] The long-awaited report was presented at that meeting by James Francis. Weight 200 to 225. Long hair. Supposed to be gray flannel shirt. Age five or six. Purse $1.57 Pocket-knife. Plated gold ear-ring with pendent amethyst set. Black and gray barred woolen goods. Dark knee pants. White stockings, No. Plaid skirt. Dark hair. 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. Emblem pin of A.O.K. Black hair. White cotton underskirts. Striped white and blue stockings. Blue vest buttons. Plain gold ring with initials, "K. L. R." Plain gold ring and earrings with stone setting. Taken to Cambria City. Male Sandy beard and moustache, slightly gray. Rather heavy build. Barefooted. Height 3 feet 3 inches. Female. Black and gray barred underskirt. Gold ring enameled. Blue striped calico dress. Barred flannel waist with round pearl buttons. Weight 80. Male. Market street, Johnstown, Pa. Open faced gold watch. Oroide watch. Brown and gray striped knee pants. Black and white stripe wool skirt. Age twenty-two. Purse with street car ticket. At Johnstown, the Stone Bridge, which was a substantial arched structure, carried the Pennsylvania Railroad across the Conemaugh River. [9] Its existence is supported by topographic data from 1889[20] which shows the western abutment to be about one foot lower than the crest of the dam remnants, even after the dam had previously been lowered as much as three feet by the South Fork Club. Two red skirts. Presbyterian Church Morgue No. Age ten. Female. Male. Of firm of George G. Marshall & Co. Silver watch (open face), chain Pocket knife. "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. Plain gold ring. Was lost in the Hulbert House. The area surrounding the city is prone to flooding due to its location on the rivers, whose upstream watersheds include an extensive drainage basin of the Allegheny plateau. Imagen de la librera. Many were connected through business and social links to Carnegie Steel. Black hair. Smooth face. Black hair. Age about six. One large set ring. Ring on finger with amethyst, with G.L.H on stone. Supposed to be William Owens. Age forty-five. baggage check, No. Age seven. Weight 160. Button shoes. [17], The total death toll from the flood was calculated originally as 2,209 people,[1] making the disaster the largest loss of civilian life in the U.S. at the time. Right foot and leg deformed. Height 5 feet 3 inches Badly burned. Weight about seventy-five pounds. Age about twenty Brown hair. Ear-rings with glass sets. Female from Hulbert House. Blue waist. Cork-screw vest. Height 2 feet 6 inches. But within seven minutes, the viaduct collapsed, allowing the flood to resume its course. Oroide watch. Dark hair. Female Weight 140. Black set pin. Plain gold ring. Afterwards identified as James Dillon, of Somerset. Apparently not old. Perhaps the primary reason why the Johnstown Flood made such a profound impact on . Ear-rings. Brown hair. Blue overalls. White canton flannel drawers. Weight 150. Weight 180. Pocket-book with $30. Certificate of deposit for $1000 00 at John Dibert & Co. bank. Male Age thirty-nine. Red and blue striped petticoat. Scapular around her neck. Hair-pin. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Weight 20. Large man. 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. Bodies from the Johnstown Flood were found as far away as Cincinnati, Ohio. Age forty-five. Age fifteen. Age seven to eight. Red and black barred blue woolen stockings. Gold ring, garnet set. How many victims were never identified in the Johnstown flood? Gold ear-rings. Buried in lot 143, "Grand View.". Female. Age fifty-five. Height 4 feet. Black and white plain skirts. Dark dress. Before daybreak, the Conemaugh River that ran through Johnstown was about to overwhelm its banks. Two rows of buttons, one on each side. Age about eighteen months. Canton flannel drawers. Height 4 feet 4 inches. Black and green striped skirt. Age four years. Hulbert house, Johnstown, Pa. Two plain gold rings, one marked "Sister" inside. Female. No shoes. Coleman, Neil M., Wojno, Stephanie, and Kaktins, Uldis. Age fifteen. Dark blue vest. Light hair. White underwear trimmed with embroidery. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Full face, large forehead. Like. White shirt. Wooden pipe. Conemaugh street, Johnstown. The festival will take place Aug. 4-5. Round face. No coat or vest. 3 1/2 to 4 buttoned shoes. Medium hair. Brown and black stripe gray flannel shirt with collar. Brown stockings. Collar buttons. Morticians traveled by railroad. Found at Conemaugh furnace. Height 5 feet 4 inches. 5 large keys. Buried in. Chain trinket with Washington head. Wrench screw. Female. Gray hair. Pittsburgh, Pa. Pocket comb and maroon leather case. Age about sixteen years. Waist of narrow striped black and white goods. Age eighteen. Button shoes. Identified by brother. Locomotives weighing 170,000 pounds were wrenched from . Black hair. Blue and red stripe waist. Age about thirty-five. Light complexion. Female. Male. Age five years. Very short nose. Female. B. or J. Height 4 feet. Brown hair. Brown hair. $2.00 in bills. Combined with the failure of the Walnut Grove Dam less than a year later, the Flood brought national attention to the issue of dam safety.[29][30]. Male. Age about 55. Collar attached. Son of Howell Powell. Age about ten. Age fifteen. Too badly burned for recognition. Gray eyes. Red undershirt. Banged hair. Age sixty. Large seal ring on little finger of right hand, set gone. Supposed to be George B. Sutliff, Crawford county, Pa. Black hair. Button shoes with rubbers on. Female. Scalloped vamp. Pearl street. Female. Gingham apron. Male. Weight 160 Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 200. Incredibly, bodies continued to be found for months and even years after the flood, some as far away as Cincinnati. Barred woolen pantalettes with waist. Two rings on right hand. Black hair mixed with gray. Black stockings. Thirty-five years. Black dress and bustle Plain gold ring on third finger of left hand. Age about forty-five. Nothing else on him to identify him, unless a ticket from Nineveh to Johnstown and return. White cotton undershirt. Buttoned shoes, with patent leather tips. Male. Vest. Male. The city regained its population and rebuilt its manufacturing centers, but it was years before Johnstown fully recovered. One stud Taken by friends. Rather slender. Full face, full lips, small nose, light hair, pregnant. Silver tobacco box, with name and date, Jan., 1888 Silver open-faced watch and gold chain. Therefore, the official death toll should be 2,208. Sex unknown. Age fourteen years. Brown hair. Two bunches of keys. HE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. Identified by D. M. Given. Height 5 feet 6 inches Weight 160 to 175. Main street, Johnstown, Pa. Gold watch and chain with charm. Female. Very heavy brown hair tied with blue ribbon. One pocket-book containing two five dollar gold pieces, and one piece of gold bullion and one ten dollar gold piece, one key and one cent Also another pocket containing three pieces of old coin, two coppers and fifteen dollars in greenbacks. Gold ring with set collar-button. To find out more information about this flood, view pictures and video, visit the. Blue eyes. Bodies filled morgues in Johnstown and river towns downstream until relatives came to identify them. B.". in coin. Heavy jersey or coat badly torn. Age thirty-five. [7] The Conemaugh River, immediately downstream of Johnstown, is hemmed in by steep mountainsides for about 10 miles (16km). Washington street, Johnstown, Pa. Gold watch and chain. 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. Blue shirt with large bars on it. 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 . Leather boots. Height 5 feet 7 inches. Red dress, trimmed with lace. Female. Male. Weight about 50. Cuff-buttons and collar-buttons. Valuables. Heavy laced shoes. Tobacco box. Dark hair. Age twenty. Buried at No. Supposed to belong to the Salvation Army. Weight about 70. Three right teeth out. Small piece of green ribbon. Was to have been married on the next Tuesday. Died at hospital. Age twenty-six. Weight 60 Height 4 feet 4 inches. $36.85 in cash. Red and black striped flannel skirt. Gray eyes. 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. Red waist. Two gold rings chased. Black lace tie. Blue and white flowered sateen basque. Black jersey coat. Gold spectacles. Dark blue cotton shirt with white bar. A female. Many people were crushed by pieces of debris, and others became caught in barbed wire from the wire factory upstream and/or drowned. Locating the bodies was a challenge. Knee breeches black barred, coat of same. Light hair. Pregnant. Male. Dark brown hair. Two pocket-knives Forty cents in silver. Tents and . Age about twenty-five. Weight 100. Valuables recovered by brother, T. P. Keedy. Age six months. [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. Fair complexion. Height 5 feet 4 inches Spotted cloth dress, gray and black.
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