Project Gutenberg 2008-12-31 Public domain in the USA. 155 Walker, James Herbert The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Charlene Taylor, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Johnstown Horror!!!" by James Herbert Walker is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book provides a detailed narrative of the catastrophic flooding that devastated Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and surrounding villages, resulting in immense loss of life and property. The narrative is marked by graphic descriptions of the calamity, touching on personal tragedies, heroic rescues, and the overall devastation wrought by the flood. The opening of the work sets a somber tone, detailing the sudden catastrophe that struck the towns along the Conemaugh River. It vividly recounts the build-up of water pressure behind the South Fork dam and the subsequent rush of floodwaters that obliterated homes, swept away families, and left the area in chaos. Eyewitness accounts are introduced, showcasing both the desperate struggle of residents attempting to escape and the harrowing sights of those caught in the flood’s wake, emphasizing the scale of destruction and the heartbreaking stories of loss interspersed with acts of bravery. The message is clear from the outset: the disaster affected not just Johnstown but resonated throughout the country, evoking widespread sympathy and calls for aid in the aftermath. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) F106 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 788152 788077 2024-10-12T04:50:15.524908 2023-09-12T08:23:28.352680 text/html text/html 792654 2021-01-04T14:44:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4148864 2021-01-04T14:44:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4116956 2024-10-12T04:50:29.647352 application/epub+zip 4123716 2024-10-12T04:50:19.375409 application/epub+zip 385108 2024-10-12T04:50:17.008396 application/epub+zip 4394920 2024-10-12T04:50:36.655251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4332592 2024-10-12T04:50:27.688301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591191 2022-09-13T04:00:39.343619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 706027 705798 2024-10-12T04:50:13.443898 2023-09-12T08:23:26.600672 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 705798 2021-01-04T14:44:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 267314 2021-01-04T14:44:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 705789 2021-01-04T14:44:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 267293 2021-01-04T14:44:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20972 2024-10-12T04:50:36.802269 application/rdf+xml 13421 2024-10-12T04:50:17.774436 image/jpeg 3640 2024-10-12T04:50:17.481346 image/jpeg 4526006 2024-10-12T04:50:15.739852 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog