Button shoes. Cash $6.21. Earrings plain gold. Blue and white striped waist Pearl button coat, gray, black and red mixed, wool. Silver open-faced watch and chain Three keys. Black ribbed stockings. Blue eyes. White and blue apron. Height 4 feet 7 inches. Tobacco box. Earring-drop. Extremely heavy golden hair. Reported as having committed suicide. Buried at "Prospect," June 9th. White. 8. Weight 130. $5.00 in gold. Auburn hair. Female. Corsets. Brown and black mixed pants No coat or vest. false. The dam ruptured after several days of extremely heavy rainfall, releasing 14.55 million cubic meters of water. Age about twenty-five. Male. Body taken by her brother. Age thirty. Daughter of Mr. John Gardner. The demolition expert "Dynamite Bill" Flinn and his 900-man crew cleared the wreckage at the Stone Bridge. Son of James. Three bunches keys. Height 3 feet. Black woolen stockings. Brown and black stripe gray flannel shirt with collar. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Laced shoes. Revisiting the timing and events leading to and causing the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Weight 160. Male. Red flannel skirt. Red and black striped skirt, wine colored skirt. Navy blue vest and pants. No vest. Gold pocket rim spectacles. Leather boots. Black pants with white thread run through. Catholic. The festival will take place Aug. 4-5. Weight 135. Stocking supporters. Height about 4 feet. Weight about 140. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Pocketbook. Male Age about thirty to thirty-five. Dam-breach hydrology of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 Challenging the findings of the 1891 investigation report. Button gaiters. Gray eyes. White. Son of Dr. L. T. Beam, 142 Market street, Johnstown. Buttoned shoes. Black ribbed hose. Small button shoe spring heel. Blue dress. Checkered knee pants. Pearl street, Johnstown. Age fifty-five. Full face, large forehead. Age about sixty. Smooth shaven face. Red alpaca dress. Bunch of keys. Hand-knit open-worked sacque. Dark complexion. Button shoes. It is estimated that one out of nine residents was killed by the flood. Weighs about one hundred and eighty. Gray cotton socks. 15 cts. Age two years. Large front teeth not close together. Two plain band rings. Shoes number 5 or 6. Popular feeling ran high, as is reflected in Isaac G. Reed's poem: Many thousand human lives- Full face. Buried on father's farm in Stony Creek. Light hair. Make sure youre always up-to-date by subscribing to our online newsletter. Dark brown hair. Brown hair. Black hose. Buckeye in pocket. Light red hair. Red skirt with ruffles. At his father's request sent to Irish Catholic Cemetery. Male. Heavy plaited chain and locket. Black coat and vest. Leather boots. Age about twelve years. A few weeks old. Two gold rings on left hand, one with amethyst setting and one plain, marked "M. J. H.". Plain ear-rings. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Pocket on left side. Between 2:50 and 2:55p.m. the South Fork Dam breached. Beale explained that this is a list of the flood victims as they were brought to the various morgues, embalmed and numbered by the undertakers. Female. Dark hair. Age about sixty-five years Knife. Received valuables of 277. Five pennies in purse. Received by her brother. on it. Female. At Johnstown, the Stone Bridge, which was a substantial arched structure, carried the Pennsylvania Railroad across the Conemaugh River. Pair of shears Eye-glasses. $13.30 in change Open-faced silver watch. Unrecognizable. Weight 160 Height 5 feet 9 inches. Two $5.00 gold pieces. No shoes. Light brown hair. Light complexion Blue waist. 48,196. Police and Johnstown firefighters were dispatched at 1:40 p.m. Saturday as the result of a welfare check call made by family members of the . Female. Brown hair. Dark hair. Coleman, Neil M., Davis Todd, C., Myers, Reed A., Kaktins, Uldis (2009). to "M S. Weight 115. Dark brown hair. Gold watch Elgin No. P.R.R. Male. Gingham apron. Letter found on body addressed to Minnie Linton, Lincoln avenue, Johnstown, Pa Signed, S. Clark Dougherty, Female. Slate pencil and door key. Vol. Left leg off three inches below the knee. Female. Light hair slightly gray. Blue and red stripe waist. Scarlet underwear. Red flannel drawers. Sacred heart. Knee pants. Age forty-seven to fifty. Red shirt with white stripes Dark striped stockings. Height about 5 feet 9 inches. Height 5 feet 6 inches Auburn hair. Age four. Grand View. Red stockings. Full face. Female. McCullough, David (1968). Aged about five years. Black ribbed hose. Female. Age nineteen. White underclothing. By 1889, Johnstown's industries had attracted numerous Welsh and German immigrants. Paper with Chinese letters. Age unknown. Female. 29-10. Black and white woolen dress. Vest. Found in arms of Miss Brown. White canton flannel drawers. Pair of spectacles and tin case. Female. Three white stripes black hose. Light calico dress. Height about 5 feet 6 inches. Buried in lot of C Rabb, Sandy Vale. Height 5 feet 9 inches Sandy hair. Brown and red stripe bosom, puffed at shoulders. Earrings. Cash $167.65. Light complexion. Gas key. Identified by the husband, Mark Drew. Female. Female. Hazel eyes Two plain gold rings on right forefinger. Passenger on the day express Given to R. B. Bates, Racine, Mich. Two breast-pins. Male. New buttoned shoes No. Age fifteen. A boy. Identified by his son. A female. Striped flannel shirt. Red and black flannel skirt. Purse with $1.19. Brown hair. Barred cotton dress pleating in front, buttoned behind. Female. Ex-policeman. Male. Rather heavy build. Wife of J.H. Aged. Brown hair Dark blue stockings with white soles. Black hair. Daughter of Charles Prosser, of Cresson. Small heart on right arm. Two rings on left hand. Black corkscrew coat and vest. Lead-pencil. Brown calico wrapper with polka dots. The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on Friday, . Knee pants. Son of Robert Phillips, Johnstown, Pa Age thirteen. Age about twelve. Woodvale. Knife. Black stockings. Calico dress. Wife of Moses Owens. National Guard uniform. Ear-rings with white set. Black ribbed hose. Age thirty-five to forty. Male. Key ring with Yale flat key and two door keys. Small gold ring. Male. Buried at "Prospect," June 9. Bodies turned up 600 miles away in Cincinnati, and as late as 1911. . That flood also reached Pittsburgh, where it was known as the Pittsburgh Flood of 1936. Knit purse with $7 75. Black and swollen. Blue vest buttons. The village of East Conemaugh was the next populated area to fall victim to the flood. Flannel skirt striped gray and black. Blue gingham striped apron Blue woolen dress. Bald on top of head. Watch-chain with keys attached. About 5 feet 6 inches height. St. John's. Female. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 140. Age forty. Wife of Neal M'Arreny. Green cloth basque. Finger-rings and gold stud. Blue calico dress. Large. Red flannel skirt. Brown eyes. About forty-five years. Watch No. Blue eyes. Barred gingham apron. Male. Low cut shoes. 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. Female. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Heavy knit stockings. Black dress. Reddish brown hair. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Barred underclothes. Rubber eraser. Black lining with red polka dot. Light underwear. Female. Found in Conemaugh Borough. Brown hair. Boilers exploded when the flood hit the Gautier Wire Works, causing black smoke seen by Johnstown residents. Auburn hair. Female. Pair of cuff buttons. Height about 5 feet 3 inches. Weight 180 to 200. Two black hair pins. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Black stockings darned in both heels. Spring heel button shoes. Knife. One chased band ring. Fifteen years old. Male. Identified by his mother, to whom valuables and body were delivered. Bald in front, with large wart on right side of head. according to records compiled by the johnstown area heritage association, bodies were found as far away as cincinnati, and as late as 1911; 99 entire families died in the flood, including 396 children; 124 women and . Light hair. Unger ran outside in the still-pouring rain to assess the situation and saw that the water was nearly cresting the dam. Eighty. B. I. or J. Steel spring gaiters. Blue striped calico dress Gray striped flannel underwear. Congress gaiters. Son of Mrs Thomas Howe. Debris at the Stone Bridge covered thirty acres,[18] and clean-up operations were to continue for years. Black hair. Buttoned shoes. Age ten to twelve. Badly burned. Gray hair. 22 years after the flood. Wrench screw. Grand View, June 15th. Buttoned cloth shoes, with patent leather tips. Age twenty to twenty-three. Height 2 feet 6 inches. This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 16:00. Gum boots. Mangled daughters, bleeding sons, White skirt. Supposed to be John C. Clark's son. Tom O'Day is loved by two women, Anna Burger and Gloria Hamilton. When the South Fork Dam broke on May 31, 1889, the wave of water and the damage it caused eventually claimed 2,209 lives. Silver watch, open-face. Brown hair. Male. Black hair. Black and gray striped skirt. Height 5 feet. Gum coat. Taken by his brother, in presence of D.J. Male. Weight 180. Height 4 feet. Weight 190 Dark hair. Very heavy build. Knee breeches black barred, coat of same. Purple coat with small black stripes. Twelve years. Barred underdress. Knee pants and brown and black striped, good. Child about two years old. The flood was as wide as the Mississippi River and three times more powerful than Niagara Falls. Male. Male. Gold filled teeth. Black stockings. Gum garters. Two pair of stockings, one black and the other blue. Weight 140. No valuables. Seventy-five cents in coin. Weight 150. Light brown hair. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Cambria borough, Broad street One pocket-book $1.95 in silver. Gray woolen sack. Grand Army Badge. Black hose. Age sixteen to eighteen. Heavy black coat. Pocket-knife. Coleman, Neil M., Kaktins, Uldis, and Wojno, Stephanie (2016). Taken by Jack Watkins, Walnut Grove. Weight about seventy-five pounds. Age about twenty. Age fifteen. Male. White. Body delivered to her husband and taken to Morrellville, Pa. Gold charm. Red and black checkered skirt. Dressmaker. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Knee pants. Height 5 feet 2 inches. 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. Age sixteen. Weight 170. Black hair. Congress gaiters. 7. Record of Bodies. Male Pair of red socks. Height 5 feet 9 inches. Supposed to be Dr George Waggoner. National Guard. 15 (11thed.). Buried Prospect, June 10th. Unfortunately, Parke did not personally take a warning message to the telegraph tower he sent a man instead. Height 5 ft. 7 in. Purse with $1.23. $108 65 in pocket-book. Two children, Alfred and Roy, drowned with them. "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. 41, No. Tom has no idea of Anna's love for him, and he becomes engaged to Gloria. Female. Buff dress with yellow, brown and black spots. Coat, pants and vest off. Plain white underskirt. Found foot of Main Street in a cellar. Age about twenty. Blue calico dress with white spots. Ear-rings with glass sets. Blue eyes. Pink bow in hair. After the flood, survivors suffered a series of legal defeats in their attempts to recover damages from the dam's owners. Lisle thread mitts. Weight about 135. Light brown hair. Necktie. White Age two years. Very heavy. Black alpaca clothing. Upper and lower false teeth. Age about thirty. Light hair. Button shoes. Money and pass book in express office. $25 00 in paper $1.68 in silver. Identified by Mrs. Julia A. Hatzinger. Brilliant ear-drops. Dark hair. (106) 6.8 1 h 4 min 1926 ALL. Height 3 feet 4 inches. Red flannel dress. Silver pencil. 11 shoe. Plaid dress, no sleeves. Age about thirty-six. Small piece of steel chain. Female. Sandy hair Height 5 ft 5 in. No upper teeth. Sent to Prospect for burial. Height 5 feet 2 inches. of M.C. No valuables. Large gold ring on third finger of left hand. Number 4 shoes. Pearl buttons. Female. Grand View, June 14. Woolen underskirt. . 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. Large plain band ring on third finger of right hand. Black and gray mixed coat. Blue waist, crescent figure. Age thirty. Gold watch. Blue dress. Nickel five cent piece. Male. Age sixty. Age about thirty. Suppose to be James Haltzman. Male. Blue and white striped shirt. Adding to these factors, slag from the iron furnaces of the steel mills was dumped along the river to create more land for building.