That flood also reached Pittsburgh, where it was known as the Pittsburgh Flood of 1936. Black hair. Age nineteen. Gosline. Cotton shirt, brown and white stripe with small pleats in front. Brown eyes. Blue and brown striped shirt pleated in front, pearl buttons. Had valuables. Blue overalls. Blue dress. Pocket book $1 31. Plain gold ring, received by her mother, Ellen O'Connor. Small piece of green ribbon. Buttoned shoes, spring heel. Common gingham apron. White stockings, No. Very bad condition. Height 5 feet Fine buttoned gaiters, Male Age twelve. Supposed to be Mrs. Luckhart. Daughter of James Jones. Button shoes. After the flood, Andrew Carnegie built the town a new library.[24]. Condicin: Good Encuadernacin de tapa dura. Weight about 45 pounds. Male. Height 5 feet 5 inches. Height 4 feet. Sandy hair Plain ring on third finger of left hand (with initials inside "C. R. Striped waist, brown and white. Comment. Female Age seven or eight years. Hair half gray. Cuff-buttons. Head, arms, legs burnt off. Found just below Lincoln bridge. Age sixty-five. 121 Park Place. Blue eyes. Female Age about forty-five. All but the hips and lower limbs burned away. Weight 200. Black pants. Text. Weight 160 Height 5 feet 9 inches. Supposed to be Katie Fitzharris. One small ear-drop. Spring heel button shoes. Weight 50. Button shoes. Age one year. Blue gingham dress. Age forty. The body of one victim was found more than 100 miles away in Steubenville, Ohio. Age about twenty-five. Two dollar and a half gold breast-pin. Can't take it off. Handkerchief. Age about nineteen. Saloon-keeper, Clinton street. Male. One with set and the other with inscription. 65 and collar-button worked in. Blue calico waist. Male. The flood caused 17 million dollars in damages. Upper part of face shaven, also upper part of lower lip. Small purse. Her husband is injured and in the hospital. Johnstown Flood | The Worst Dam Break in American History Age twenty. Weight 135. Age about thirty-six. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Female. Catholic. National Guard. One ear-ring with red star set. Large metal buttons. Delaine dress with metal buttons. Weight 115. Boy. Purse delivered to brother. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. Male. Gingham apron. Wrench screw. Plain gold ring on third finger of left hand. Black hair. Supposed to be Mrs. Christie. Long gold breast-pin with stone setting. IMage: library of Congress. Red hair. 22 years after the flood. False teeth upper and lower. Bunch of keys with tag and name. Buried on father's farm in Stony Creek. Black and white barred flannel drawers. Female. Gray eyes. Tape line. Gray woolen dress with red and white mixed stripes and brass buttons. Black hair. Grand View, June 14. Height 5 feet 4 inches Black cork-screw pants. Dark hair. Gold watch. Dark shirt Dark pants. Little boy. Female. $2,500 in bills, $600 in gold, $4.23 in silver and coppers. Wire bustle. Bunch of keys. Spiral garters. Weight 130. Blue calico waist. The body of one victim was found more than 100 miles away in Steubenville, Ohio. Weight 130. Catholic. Male. Faces of the Flood: Some victims were never found Weight 120. Supposed to be gray flannel shirt. Boy baby. Small plain gold ring and one thimble. Weight 200 to 225. Black hose. Female. Taken by Jack Watkins, Walnut Grove. Dress alternate black and red with black flowers. Baby. Blue waist. 178-5. Light brown hair, slightly gray. Supposed to be nursing. Penknife and buttonhook. Band ring on third finger of left hand. Low laced shoes. Black jersey. Twelve years old. Button. Woolen cloth waist barred gray and black. 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Dark hair. Six people, including the owner Mr. Schultz, were inside the house when the flood hit. Age about forty-five. Bodies filled morgues in Johnstown and river towns downstream until relatives came to identify them. Gum rubbers, No. Bracelet on right wrist. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Small key. Age three months. Knife. Age twenty to twenty-five. White corsets Red striped body. Nine years old. Identified by receipts found on her person. Black lace tie. Age three. 5 cts. The scale of the Johnstown flood of 1889 is difficult to visualize. Buff dress with yellow, brown and black spots. Cotton undershirt. 5 feet 6 inches height. Age about sixty. One watch chain, one tooth brush, cash $1.20. Light brown hair. Age fifty to fifty-five. One old knife. Female. Height 4 feet 6 inches Brown hair. Sandy hair mixed with gray. Pocket-book with $33.50. Male. Female. Imagen de la librera. JOHNSTOWN For lots of people, the Johnstown Flood of 1977 was the kind of disaster that defines a career.For other people, it started theirs.John Barron, now a district judge, was in his early 20 . Male child, about ten years old White. Photo, Print, Drawing The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pa. Age fifteen. Weight about fifty. Female. As railroads superseded canal barge transport, the Commonwealth abandoned the canal and sold it to the Pennsylvania Railroad. Ring on finger. Female. Black jersey. Weight about 110. Female. $1 10 in coin. Tobacco box. $25 00 in paper $1.68 in silver. Blue eyes Black Hair. Nearly bald. 119 Market street. Dark knee pants. Height near six feet. Black alpaca clothing. Female. Age two and a half years. Son of Phillip Rapp, of Hornerstown. Blue collar with white dots. Thirty-five years. Male child. Weight 125. Body in advanced stage of decomposition. Gray pants and coat. Garter shoes. Three keys and a bunch of keys. Breast-pin. Dark blue dress, blue and gray striped. Light brown hair. About fifteen years old. Barred calico dress. White muslin skirt. Becker kept it under wraps until the time of ASCE's convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1891. Weight 150. Plain string and bag around her neck. White handkerchief around neck. Blue and white striped shirt. Male. One with two hearts, other with three sets. Height 5 feet 1 inch. Age about thirty. Black and white plain skirts. Weight about 75 pounds. Two pairs of gold glasses. Weight 100. Two pocket pieces. Presbyterian Church Morgue No. Bracelets and rings duplicates of Miss Well's. Blue dress. The Great Johnstown Flood | Pennsylvania Center for the Book All the horrors that hell could wish, Coleman, Neil M., Davis Todd, C., Myers, Reed A., Kaktins, Uldis (2009). Purse with $200 gold. brown hair mixed with gray. Female. Male. Gave valuables to R. Duncaster in presence of Corporal F.W. 16518. High button shoes. Fair complexion. She is one . Age about one year. Killed on P. R. R. July 14, 1889. Buttoned shoes. Female. Red and black flannel skirt. Age twenty-four years. Rubber coat and boots. Male child. Age fifty-five. White. Red undershirt. Two children, Alfred and Roy, drowned with them. Light hair, one plait in back, one on each side of head. Ear-drops, square one-half of the face of the ear-drop checkered, the other half engraved with a vine. Female. Top of head bald. 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. Found at Conemaugh furnace. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Height 5 feet 1 inch. When the flood hit, it picked up the still-moving locomotive off the tracks and floated it aside; Hess himself survived, but at least fifty people died, including about twenty-five passengers stranded on trains in the village. Purse $1.57 Pocket-knife. 3 1/2 to 4 buttoned shoes. Weight about 60. Identified 12th August by her sons, Matthew and D. A. Matthews. Pennsylvania's South Fork Dam exploded and unleashed a 40-foot wall of water. Height 5 feet 5 inches. Slender. R.R. Vol. Vest. Height 5 feet. Gold chain. Child. Red skirt, with six inches of checkered cloth at top of band. Calico dress. Age thirty to thirty-five. Long gold breast-pin. District Judge remembers task of identifying every '77 Flood body Height 5 feet 4 inches. This claim has since been challenged. Light hair. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Two gold rings, one plain and heavy, one light band ring with "L.S.H." Fifty cents. Gray and black striped knee pants. Pocket-book. Light complexion. Blue calico dress with white spots. Gold spectacles. Unrecognizable. Rings in possession of R. B. Rodgers. [8] Developers' artificial narrowing of the riverbed to maximize early industries left the city even more flood-prone. Blue and white polka dog tie. Gray dress. . Brown hair. Weight about seventy-five pounds. Blue woolen shirt. Female. Ring on left hand. Female. Greatly decomposed. Gold head ring. Gingham apron. Ring on right hand. White bone handle knife. Blue and white ringed stockings. The Johnstown flood occurred when a Pennsylvania dam failed after days of heavy rain. Age fifty. Male child. Gingham apron. Shumaker. White cotton undershirt. Identified and removed by her mother. Black stocking with red tip. Weight 160. Relief committees were organized in all the larger American cities. Weight 160 Height 5 feet 6 inches. Supposed to be the daughter of Patrick Fagan. Padlock, key and 15 cts. Dark clothes Paper collar. Blue eyes. Buried in Decker's cemetery, Morrellville. For more, visit the section about the 1889 flood in the Archives & Research section of this site. Age four. Small gold ring. Height 5 feet. Female. McD." Age thirty-eight Weight 145. Cameo ring with man's head. Red, blue, black and green plaid dress, woolen goods Red flannel skirt. Old scar on left side of face. Two small bags. Height 4 feet 2 inches Found on Walnut street. Father a letter carrier. Supposed to be J. Tyler. Separable collar-buttons. One bar pin. Laced cloth gaiters. Buried at Grand View. Crucifix. Plush collar. Male. Striped flannel shirt. Age thirteen. [19] At ASCE's annual convention in June 1890, committee member Max Becker was quoted as saying, We will hardly [publish our investigation] report this session, unless pressed to do so, as we do not want to become involved in any litigation.[19] Although many ASCE members clamored for the report, it was not published in the society's transactions until two years after the disaster, in June 1891. Age about thirty-seven. Blue cloth knee pants. 5 shoes. Gray hair Gold necklace. White shirt. Dark blue suit. Black pants with white thread run through. Blue calico apron with small round spot. height. Female About thirteen years. Spring heel button shoe. Mark on stomach looks like a burn. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. June 15th. Red calico dress. Male. Blue and white barred gingham bib Small chased gold ring. Female. Knife. Black cloth wrapper, buttoned in front to knees. Gum boots. by Mr. Hayes' order. Small plain gold ring on left hand. About 5 feet 6 inches height. Street picture of a german village after the recent flooding. Cigar smoker, nickel. Leather boots. Large seal ring on little finger of right hand, set gone.
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