Black woolen mitts Black cloth jacket. One with two hearts, other with three sets. One small ear-drop. Black and red barred flannel skirt. Two skirts of gray and black barred wool. Age twenty-four years. Black pants with white thread. Front teeth wide apart and protruding. Light brown hair plaited. Age sixty or sixty-five. Black hair. Grand View, June 15th. Brown hair Dark blue stockings with white soles. Male. (Worse than Herod's awful crime) National Guard uniform. Valuables given to his son-in-law. Male Weight 90. Leather belt Piece tar rope around waist. Gold watch, engraved Christmas 18-. Height 5 feet 7 inches Light complexion. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Black gray mixed pants. Two pocket-knives Forty cents in silver. Black vest. Light hair. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Male. Scapular around her neck. Age twenty. Age fifty. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. Age seventy-eight. Age eight. Upon completion, the Corps proclaimed Johnstown "flood free.". Light complexion. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Small earring, white setting. Brown hair. Small plain gold ring on left hand. Franklin street, Johnstown. Age thirteen. Age about thirty-five. Catholic. Female. Weight 220. Two purses containing $19.45, one $2 bill, rest in silver, all halves and quarters except $2 and four nickels. Male. Barefooted. Female. Prospect, June 14th. Buttoned shoes. Light hair. Female. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Plain gold ring, with J L B. engraved on inner side, Female Weight 115. Collar-button One handkerchief. It began to prosper with the building of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal in 1836 and the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Cambria Iron Works in the 1850s. Brown hair. Son of Mrs Thomas Howe. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Describe the flood that devastated Johnstown. Instrument used for cutting washers or gaskets. Purse $1.57 Pocket-knife. Male. Pittsburgh, Pa. Male child. Short pants with small bottle in pocket. Wife of J. W. Tross. By the early twentieth century, entertainers developed an exhibition portraying the flood, using moving scenery, light effects, and a live narrator. Heavy gray undershirt. White dress with spots. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Male. The Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located close of the town of Johnstown. Two gold rings. Somerset street, Johnstown. Maroon colored dress. Buried at Grand View, June 9th. Male. Plush collar. Weight 180. Bracelets, seven strands and locket with initials, "E. M. Female. 35 Maple avenue, Woodvale. Weight 40. Height 5 feet 9 inches. Striped brown and yellow overalls Striped drawers. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Height 5 feet 10 inches. Calico dress. Blue woolen shirt. 1 on person. Female. Identified by her friends. Female Age eighteen. Piece of dress. Double chain with square slide and square locket, charm black stone set on one side and blue stone set on the other. Taken by her father. Light hair. Medium height. Age twelve Weight 60. Earrings. Two small rings. Spotted calico dress. Female. Weight 120. Age about nine. White Age twenty-nine. Weight 115 Height 5 feet. Knife. Red woolen stockings. Apparently not old. The flood had suddenly taken the life of one of every nine people in Johnstown. Flash floods are the most dangerous kind of floods, because they combine the destructive power of a flood with incredible speed. Short nose. Gray woolen coat Blue calico waist. Check marked J? Johnstown was the eastern terminus of the Western Division Canal, supplied with water by Lake Conemaugh, the reservoir behind the dam. 5 shoes. Fair complexion. Catholic prayer-book. Mangled daughters, bleeding sons, Buried at Prospect, June 9th. who'd learned of the Johnstown flood growing up in Pennsylvania. Age forty-three. The dam was 72 feet (22m) high and 931 feet (284m) long. Age twelve to fourteen. Height 4 feet 7 inches. Market street, Johnstown, Pa. Open faced gold watch. Blue eyes. Male. . Button shoes. Cash 54 cts. The flood of 1889 killed 2,209 people in Johnstown. Long hair. Weight 140. Female. Pocket-knife. Pocket-knife. Papers, etc. Brown calico wrapper with polka dots. Back tooth out right side lower jaw. Height 5 feet. Black hair. Female. Supposed to be Paul Geddes. Canton flannel drawers. Age ten years. Head, arms, legs burnt off. Height 5 feet 6 inches Black and white striped skirt. It was, however, the third flood to devastate the town in Cambria County - the first in 1889 killed more than 2,000 . Age about twenty. Red and black striped shirt. Black stockings, with red and gray stripes on the top. Small gold ear-rings. Buttoned shoes. About three feet eight inches in height. Identified as Robert Buchanan. Valuables. One small gold ring. Little black waist Red undershirt. Six years old. Male. Hair cut close. Breast-pin. The fire burned for three days. Large; about forty years old. Age seven Weight 45. Bunch of keys. Mary Ellen, twenty-two years; daughter of Jerry Harrigan, 17 Ridge avenue, Minersville, servant in the Hulbert House. Dark, luxuriant hair. Buried at Grand View. Age sixty. Height 4 feet. Calico dress. Male. White shirt. Female Age seven. Gold ring enameled. Markers on a corner of City Hall at 401 Main Street show the height of the crests of the 1889, 1936, and 1977 floods. A female. A coupon book, Johnstown and Stony Creek R.R. Height 5 feet 4 inches Auburn hair. Silver ring. Blue and white striped waist. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Two bunches of keys. White dress. Plain old-fashioned earring. Identified by A. Kerfline. Pencil Several letters. Said to have been Mary Hamilton or Miss Mollie Richards, but afterward found to be wrong. Age six or seven years. Blue and white striped ticking skirt. Ring at Fourth Ward Morgue. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. White undershirt. Female. Keys with name on stencil. Slippers tied with black bow. Full face. Two rings on finger of left hand. The Wagner-Ritter House is closed for winter until April 19, 2023. Height 5 feet 6 inches Weight 160 to 175. Wife of Philip Myers Cinder street, Johnstown. In 1988 he said that the high water . Dark eye-brows. Female. Small button shoe spring heel. Female. Plain gold ring Small ear-drop. Age six. Weight 75. Knee pants. By dawn, the city was under water that reached as high as 8 feet (2.4m). 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. [25][26], The Johnstown Flood was the worst flood to hit the U.S. in the 19th century. Gum rubbers. Supposed to be Mrs. Shabler, or Mrs. McClaren, or Mrs. Murphy, of Hotel Brunswick. One tooth-brush. Bunch of keys with checks and name. Found with Mrs Nitche. "Johnstown Flood." Nps.gov National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior. Female. Laced cloth gaiters. Weight 145 pounds. Knee pants. Badly burned. Weight 100 Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 225. Fair complexion. Eleven years old. Pocket-knife. Wife of H. K. Smith, of Osborne, Green co, Ohio. About sixteen years. Black alpaca coat. White collar. Male. Red and black skirt. Large waist. Shoes number 5 or 6. Button shoe. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Male. Silver watch. Male. Male. Light brown hair. Male. Bald in front, with large wart on right side of head. Prospect, June 14th. $5.08 in pockets. Full suit of clothes of brown and red and black checkers. Dark pants. Supposed to be James Barrett or James Lewis. Bunch of keys. Wart on left hand front finger. Sleeve-buttons. Full face. Cotton pants Dark coat Blue calico waist, white spots. Weight 225. Light hair. Girl Age about eight years old. Weight about 225. Blue eyes. Fifty cents. Black silk stockings. Gray woolen dress with red and white mixed stripes and brass buttons. Smooth shaven face. Blue shirt White undershirt. "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. Large upper teeth, front second tooth on left side broken or removed. Coat with belt. Age about twenty-five. Age thirty-five. Short pants. 15 cts. B.". Light complexion. One thimble. No goods. Height 5 feet 6 1/2 inches. Valuables recovered by brother, T. P. Keedy. Gold ring, garnet set. Breast-pin shape of star. Female. Dark brown hair. Oak-leaf breast-pin with three glass sets. Sandy hair. Full face. Russell all above-named articles. Height 5 feet 6 inches Heavy band ring lettered inside from H W. S. to A. M. L., January 1, 1881. About fifteen years. Son of James Reese, Conemaugh street, Johnstown, Pa. Age two years. Black dress Canton flannel drawers. Key and one cent. Boy. Taken by relatives. Dark basque body. Wore truss and had false teeth. Door key. Sandy beard and moustache. Laced shoes. His family survived the flood. Red and white striped skirt Buttoned shoes. Three white stripes black hose. Gun screw-driver. Black skirt. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Overall, I'd rather have a flood hit a brewery and be filled with barrels than barbed wire. Black stocking with red tip. Female. About forty. Weight 60 Height 4 feet 4 inches. brown hair mixed with gray. Age fifty. Child. The Johnstown flood was a horrible disaster and this written account is well done and harrowing. Male. Age thirty. Female. Very heavy. Adding to these factors, slag from the iron furnaces of the steel mills was dumped along the river to create more land for building. Hair brown and light. Light hair. . Garnet earrings. Black and white barred flannel drawers. Found in Conemaugh Borough. Leather boots. False upper teeth. Black hair. Long, dark brown hair, calico dress. Male. Female. Height 4 feet. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. New Orleans. Blue clothes. 15 Walnut street. High and round forehead. Identified by papers, watch, etc. Some patches of quilt on body. Black stockings. Female Age forty-five to fifty Weight 160. Female. Gray hair. Blue striped flannel shirt. 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. Weight 40. One pair of ear-drops. One broken. Black hair and mustache. Green and purple striped dress. Full beard three-fourths gray. [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. Scapular. $108 65 in pocket-book. Blue shirt. Seersucker dress. White. Age forty-seven to fifty. Age about ten. Age twenty-one years. Female. Pocket on left side. Frank Shomo, the last known survivor of the 1889 flood, died March 20, 1997, at the age of 108. The body of one victim was found more than 100 miles away in Steubenville, Ohio. Black jersey. Short nose Round face. Red and black striped skirt, wine colored skirt. The Homeless. Red flannel skirt. Light hair. Go. Open-faced silver watch. Female. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Female. Colored. Heavy black coat. W. K. Endsley's bank book. Body and valuables shipped to Beauregard, Tenn., on telegraphic order of Mrs. D.H. McGavock, Nashville, Tenn., on June 11th. Download. The body entirely nude, excepting two small pieces of skirt or petticoat Found at Ten Acre in the river, July 3d. Black stockings. Female. Identified by Homer. HE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. Home knit lace collar. Gold spectacles. Blue cloth panel. Black alpaca dress White underskirt. Boy. Valuables given to his aunt, Ella Mulhern. Gold hunting-case watch and chain with charm attached. High forehead. The perceived injustice aided the acceptance, in later cases, of "strict, joint, and several liability," so that even a "non-negligent defendant could be held liable for damage caused by the unnatural use of land. Two pair stockings. White. Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Viering aged one year. Female. Upper and lower false teeth. on it. Large. Gray cotton socks. James, Somerset. Female from Hulbert House. Light complexion Blue waist. One band ring. Height about 4 feet 6 inches. Hair long and brown. Black and bronze barred wool basque. Her husband is injured and in the hospital. Age fourteen. Light hair slightly gray. Weight 185. Souvenir of Father Hollinger's scapular. Weight 70. Band ring on third finger of right hand, hoop ring on left hand. Green dress. Calico dress cut in two at waist. Age about thirty-five. Female. 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. Baby. Weight 75 pounds. Lisle thread mitts. Woolen stockings. Male. Height 5 feet 6 inches Auburn hair. At first supposed to be George Helsel, but found to be a mistake. Male. Johnstown, PA had always been prone to flooding, but nothing could compare to the tumult that unfolded after a nearby decrepit dam gave out. Large gold ring on third finger of left hand. Glove on left hand. Female. Female. Human foot. Weight 140. Package of photographs. Light blue eyes. Height 5 feet 9 inches Light complexion. Massive flood of Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1889. Penknife and buttonhook. False teeth upper and lower. David McCullough was born on July 7, 1993 ,and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Purple suit. Plaid dress, belt with two buckles. Age about eight. Valuables to D P. Hensill. Blue calico dress. Calico waist. Weight 135. Young man. Band ring on third finger of left hand. One pin K. of P. Finger rings. 1911 was the year the final body was found. Buried in his own lot at Sandy Vale. Gaiters. Silver ring and gold ring on second finger of left hand. Supposed to be a Fitzharris. Blue eyes. Gray eyes. Valuables turned over to Mrs. Lee. By 1889, Johnstown's industries had attracted numerous Welsh and German immigrants. Aged. Valuables given to James H. Green, brother-in-law. Dark blue suit. Height 5 feet 7 inches Weight 145. Age about six. Female. Black and gray mixed coat. 4. High above the city, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania built the South Fork Dam between 1838 and 1853 as part of a cross-state canal system, the Main Line of Public Works. Calico dress, red and brown. Age four years. Female. Gold breast pin with brilliant setting. Skull cap in pocket. The flood was as wide as the Mississippi River and three times more powerful than Niagara Falls. Weight 110. Brown hair. Fair complexion, light hair. Age eight or nine. Supposed to be Mrs. Conrad Snable, bar-tender in Kost saloon on Washington street. Small purse. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Dark blue dress, blue and gray striped. Ring on left hand. Brown hair. Dark hair. An autograph album near her hand belonged to Blanche S. Wilson. Woodvale. White. Male. Black dress buttoned in back. Boy Weight 75. Black hair. Bodies filled morgues in Johnstown and river towns downstream until relatives came to identify them. Female. Coarse laced shoes. However, Johnstown was rebuilt on its original site. Black wool hose. Female Age twenty-five. A female. Blue skirt with short stripes of black braid in front. Age about twenty-five. Male. Age thirty-eight. Miles of barbed wire became entangled in the debris in the flood waters. Weight 165. Rhinestone ear-rings ruby set, two sets lost out. The in-depth story of the deadly 1889 Johnstown Flood caused by the Johnstown Dam Collapse.On Memorial Day of 1889, western Pennsylvania was caught by a mass. Female. Black cashmere dress. Black necktie with red stripe. Female. 2 Aug. 2006. Plain gold ring. 56 cts. Age twenty. Lead dollar with hole in it. Age thirty. Scapular around her neck. Red dress trimmed with fringe around yoke. Button shoes. Wort near ear. O'Connell, of Washington street. Fair complexion. Daughter of Charles Prosser, of Cresson. Heavy plaited chain and locket. Very much decomposed. Weight 130. Received valuables of 267. Suppose to be James Haltzman. Identified by her father and shipped to Dayton, Ohio. Stocking supporters. One out left side. Two rings on left hand. Brown black hair. Cotton shirt, brown and white stripe with small pleats in front. Officials say the search at the . Height about 5 feet 8 inches. Large carved gold ring on third finger of left hand. Blue gingham dress. Body delivered to her brother. Male. Black dress with velvet collar. Small-pox marks on face Light hair. Age sixteen. Watch and chain. Blue silk tie with dots. Light brown hair. Debris at the Stone Bridge covered thirty acres,[18] and clean-up operations were to continue for years. 8 comments. Gray hair. Male. Heavy nose. Black stockings. Brownish red hair. Dark striped velvet basque or overskirt, with ruffled fringe trimmings. Male. [3] This fatal lowering of the dam greatly reduced the capacity of the main spillway and virtually eliminated the action of an emergency spillway on the western abutment. Gold ear-rings with five blue sets. Letters, etc., etc. Valuables given to Sallie McKeen. Earring. Knife. Red bandana handkerchief. White underwear Valuables, receipt of deposit in First National Bank of Racine, Wisconsin, of $60 00, $74 20 in cash, three gold rings Ladies' gold watch and chain, one trunk check marked C. 562 Breast-pin. Slim waist. About. Height 5 feet 7 inches. Red and white striped calico dress. Ear-drops with glass set. Small button shoes. The John Schultz house at Johnstown, Pennsylvania after the flood. Gingham waist. Identified by Mrs. Julia A. Hatzinger. Two gold finger rings with sets. Two collar-buttons. Marden A. Dahlstedt wrote the young adult novel, Michael Stephan Oates wrote the historical fiction novel. Black hair. 7. No valuables. Female. Bones of a human body brought from vicinity of Cambria works. [9] During the night, small creeks became roaring torrents, ripping out trees and debris. Identified by the father. Weight about 135. Female. Identified by her husband. Age thirty-one Weight 140. A man about fifty years of age. $5.00 in gold. Sandy hair. No valuables or other articles. Nine years old. Red and blue stripe handkerchief. Black pants. $1 10 in coin. Short knee pants, black and white. Weight about 110. Age about twelve. Small gray barred coat. Female. Black wool hose. Auburn hair. Male. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Pair of scissors. Medium size. Fair complexion. Female. Racine, Wisconsin. Ear-rings with glass sets. Quite aged. Canton flannel underclothes. Age about twenty-two. Child. Claimed by Wm. Male. Age twenty. Gingham apron. A Pittsburgh man. Silver watch and chain. Watchman at Wire Mill. Two rings on right hand. Black cheviot coat, knee pants, coat pleated in front White waist figured with dog's head and red collar. Male. Age thirteen. Black basque. Pocket-knife. Pocket-book containing $10 bill and one silver dollar. Body nude. About eight years. Height 5 feet 1 inch. Age five or six years. Head severed from body. Two black hair pins. Bunch of keys. Plain cloth dress. Weight 140. $2.50. Tin tobacco tabs. Portage street, Conemaugh Borough. Female. Red stockings. Heavy set. Tobacco box. Black hair. Black hair. Assistant Treasurer of Cambria Iron Company. Black hair. 178-5. Ring on left hand with "R" thereon. Silver watch. Age about 55. Blue and white striped skirt. Rosette breast-pin, black, bound with gold and set with pearls. He was walking around among the mass of debris, looking for his family. Small key. Red and white striped skirt. Plain ear-rings. Height 4 feet 5 inches. Female. Female. Claimed by his son Henry, and buried in Sandy Vale. 12, Grand View. Red undershirt. Brown ribbed stockings. Dark knee pants. Female. Weight 140. Sent to Prospect for burial. Age two months. Height 5 feet 2 inches. Open-faced silver watch. THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. Light dress. Match-safe. Black hair. Height about five feet eight inches. Male. The cleanup operation took years, with bodies still being found months (and years) after the flood. Male. Following the 1936 flood, the United States Army Corps of Engineers dredged the Conemaugh River within the city and built concrete river walls, creating a channel nearly twenty feet deep. Scapular around neck. Charm with different metals set in. Afterwards identified as Mrs. Frawater, mother of Colonel Frawater. Gold ring, octagon shape. Age about ten. One pin. Height five feet. Age about thirty-five. They carted off debris, distributed food, and erected temporary housing. Weight about 110. Age about twenty-one. Low laced shoes. $497million in 2016), and 4 square miles (10km2) of downtown Johnstown were completely destroyed. Auburn hair. One large set ring. Brown and white ring hose. Male. Pocket-knife, black handle. As everyone had dreaded, disease followed in the wake of the flood, and typhoid added 40 more lives to the 2,209 that had already died. A Hebrew. Small coin purse, 20 cents. Ring on right hand. Blue calico shirtwaist with light chain stripe. Gosline. Weight 110. Tape measure. R.R. Black ribbed hose. Age six months. Height 5 feet 4 inches. It took workers three months to remove the mass of debris, the delay owing in part to the huge quantity of barbed wire from the ironworks entangled with the wreckage. Male. Eyes unknown. White and blue stripe dress. Red flannel skirt, with blue and white checkered waist attached. Two gold rings on left hand, one with amethyst setting and one plain, marked "M. J. H.". Full face. Red sacque with blue trimming. Age eleven. Brown hair. Female. Gold chain with charm, marked "God with us." 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.