Project Gutenberg 2012-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 166 Johnson, Willis Fletcher 1857 1931 Johnson, W. Fletcher (Willis Fletcher) History of the Johnstown Flood Including all the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; the Over-Throw of Johnstown; the Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., etc., With Full Accounts also of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek. Produced by Charlene Taylor, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "History of the Johnstown Flood" by Willis Fletcher Johnson is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book provides a comprehensive chronicle of the devastating flood that occurred in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, focusing on the catastrophic breaking of the South Fork Dam, the destruction of the Conemaugh Valley, and the aftermath that ensued in terms of human suffering and community response. The opening of the book sets a stark and vivid scene of the valley surrounding Johnstown in springtime, highlighting its more tranquil features before the impending disaster. The narrative introduces the geographical layout of the region and the towns that thrived along the Conemaugh River, including Johnstown itself, which was a bustling industrial hub. As the text progresses, there are ominous hints of the flood disaster to come, with descriptions of the rising waters and the growing sense of alarm among the residents, emphasizing the tragic obliviousness of many to the signs that presaged the overwhelming force of nature that would soon be unleashed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41271/41271-h/images/cover.jpg en Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) F106 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 606176 606110 2024-09-17T10:39:34.509767 2023-09-18T05:43:27.313855 text/html text/html 611324 2012-11-02T15:02:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 2098382 2012-11-02T15:03:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 2345978 2024-09-17T10:39:42.551769 application/epub+zip 2350887 2024-09-17T10:39:35.869739 application/epub+zip 281805 2024-09-17T10:39:35.158750 application/epub+zip 2511709 2024-09-17T10:39:48.325746 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2457744 2024-09-17T10:39:41.801734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392248 2022-09-18T19:51:53.054843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 556900 556678 2024-09-17T10:39:33.426787 2023-09-18T05:43:26.345839 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 557179 2012-11-02T15:02:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 208017 2012-11-02T15:03:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 557168 2012-11-02T15:03:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 207956 2012-11-02T15:03:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20614 2024-09-17T10:39:48.481682 application/rdf+xml 9714 2024-09-17T10:39:35.265764 image/jpeg 1497 2024-09-17T10:39:35.212742 image/jpeg 2115506 2024-09-17T10:39:34.628787 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 en.wikipedia