Red flannel skirt. Blue cloth knee pants. Female. Weight 160. Age forty-five. Sandy hair. Assistant Treasurer of Cambria Iron Company. Female. Gray pants and coat. Papers, etc. Four bladed knife. Female. Supposed to have been a passenger east bound train. Black ribbed hose. Lead dollar with hole in it. Ear-drops, one broken. Age twenty. johnstown flood bodies Short hair, smooth face. Derby hat and paint brush found with body. Silver open-faced watch and chain Three keys. One ring with red set. Two rings with clover leaf pearl set. Black basque. Lace shoes with half soles. Screw-driver. Male. Weight 90. Buried at Prospect. "D.E. One band ring on finger of right hand. Crooked legs. Gold band ring on third finger of left hand. Two sisters and three brothers lost. Blue calico dress. R.R. Female Age about five years. Rather heavy build. Medium stature. Black stockings. Female. Flash floods are the most dangerous kind of floods, because they combine the destructive power of a flood with incredible speed. P.R.R. Female. Lady's brown cloth basque with plaid front. Black dress buttoned in back. John Parke, an engineer for the South Fork Club, briefly considered cutting through the dam's end, where the pressure would be less to create another spillway, but eventually decided against it as that would have quickly ensured the failure of the dam. Round face. White canton flannel drawers. Buttoned shoes. Male. Buttoned shoes. Buried at "Prospect," June 9. Catholic. Burned beyond recognition. Blue eyes. Two small bags. Height 4 feet 2 inches Found on Walnut street. Knee pants. Dark garnet dress. Breast-pin. Supposed to be Miss Zimmerman. The club was successfully defended in court by the firm of Knox and Reed (later Reed Smith LLP), whose partners Philander Knox and James Hay Reed were both club members. Sandy mustache and goatee. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Dam-Breach hydrology of the Johnstown flood of 1889challenging the findings of the 1891 investigation report", Sid Perkins, "Johnstown Flood matched volume of Mississippi River", "Johnstown Flood National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)", "The South Fork Fishing & Hunting Club and the South Fork Dam", Johnstown Flood Museum, "Johnstown Flood Museum: Pennsylvania Railroad Interview Transcripts". Weight 150. Height 4 feet. Height about 5 feet 3 inches. Many bodies were never identified, and hundreds of the missing were never found. Manhood age. Bodies were found as far away as Cincinnati (600 miles), and as late as 1911. Female. Plush dress. 11 shoe. According to nps.gov, "of the 2,209 people that died 900 bodies were never found." . Male child. Red stockings. Female. Female. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Band ring on third finger of right hand, hoop ring on left hand. Effect on the development of American law. Weight about 140. Their calculations found . Buttoned shoes. Identified by his son. Button shoes. Spring heel button shoes with half soles. Black hair. Postcard Real Photo Main Street Flood Body Found Johnstown Pennsylvania Age thirty. Brown eyes. Height 5 feet Light complexion. Red waist, worked. Height 4 feet. Weight 160. Babe. Watch-chain with keys attached. Height 2 feet 6 inches. Black skirt. Age thirty. Weight 225. Well dressed. Gray hair. Height 5 feet 5 inches. Before daybreak, the Conemaugh River that ran through Johnstown was about to overwhelm its banks. Papers found on body. Large upper front teeth. Male. $25 00 in paper $1.68 in silver. Dark blue vest. Afterwards identified as Mrs. Frawater, mother of Colonel Frawater. One rule. Prospect, June 14th. Weight about 110 pounds. Papers, keys, etc. Weight about 200. "Prospect," 6/10. Height 5 feet 6 inches Heavy band ring lettered inside from H W. S. to A. M. L., January 1, 1881. Plain gold ring on third finger of left hand. 18 April 2007 . Male. Age twenty-three. Large plain band ring on third finger of right hand. Sent to Prospect. Barred gingham apron. The demolition expert "Dynamite Bill" Flinn and his 900-man crew cleared the wreckage at the Stone Bridge. Lace shoes. Blue woolen stockings. Body removed by his brother, Harry W. McKee. Age five or six. Dark gray mixed woolen suit Red flannel underwear. Ring on left hand. Male. Blue calico dress. Gray side whiskers. Age about twenty-two. "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. Weight 125 pounds. Blue and white barred gingham bib Small chased gold ring. Age unknown. Blue calico wrapper, brown and white stripes. Brown hair. Black hair. Gum boots. Taken to Cambria City. Female. Full round face From Merchants' Hotel Identified by A. Adair. Age twenty-five or thirty. Watch chain. Jersey jacket. Female. Age about sixty-five years Knife. The burst dam sent a wall of water and debris, 40 feet high and half a mile wide . Blue eyes. Female. Height 5 feet 7 inches. Mustache and beard. Age thirteen. Female. Black hair. Residence unknown. Age about sixty. true. GC-PP: Grandview Cemetery Public Plot-Bodies found but not recovered by family/friends GCS: German Catholic Cemetery (Sandyvale) LYC: Lower Yoder Catholic Cemetery Silk umbrella with two patches on it. Female. Ear-rings with glass sets. Charm with different metals set in. Pocket-book. Three pair hose, two pair black, one pair black and white stripe. Gray cotton socks. Empty pocket-book. Weight 65 Height 4 feet 6 inches. $2.00 bill. No money or valuables. Female. Keys with name on stencil. Blue and black barred flannel skirt. A dam broke causing a huge flood, but before it could hit the town, the flood wiped out a barbed wire company. Weight 65. Weight 160 Height 5 feet 6 inches. Son of Phillip Rapp, of Hornerstown. Dark blue cotton shirt with white bar. F. Miller, 4422 Leipert St, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa., June 10th. Weight 160. Black hair. Mechanic's pin. Female. Age about twelve. Male child. Weight 150. $7.26 in change One English penny. Valuables given to G.A. Ear drop with small balls attached. This led to American law changing from a fault-based regime to one of strict liability. Female. White. Black stockings. Weight 145. Open-faced silver watch. Age fifty to fifty-five. Large gold button, oval shape, engraved. About eighteen. Supposed to be Mr. Evans, Machinist. Plaid dress, belt with two buckles. Age about ten years. Buttoned shoes with spring heels. Height 5 feet. Son of James Reese, Conemaugh street, Johnstown, Pa. Age two years. Female. Gold watch, No. Red bandana handkerchief Blue and white cotton hose. [3] Lowering the dam by as much as 3 feet (0.91m) and failing to replace the discharge pipes at its base cut the dam's safe discharge capacity in half. Female Age about ten Weight 75 Spring heel shoes Blue and brown barred woolen waist Black and red barred flannel skirt. Brown hair. Gum shoes. Light hair. Gray eyes. Medium height. No shoes. Rosary and scapula left on body. Age fifteen. Height 4 feet 5 inches. Double chain with square slide and square locket, charm black stone set on one side and blue stone set on the other. Wore long stockings marked H. S. T. Female. Weight 130. Aged. Fair complexion Brown hair Gray eyes. Shoe buttoner. Found on river bank at Coopersdale. Full face. Light hair. Hair gray. Age about three. Pricing & History. Blue and white ringed stockings. Gum boots. Blue and white barred calico dress. Age thirty-five. Valuables. Female. Age thirty-eight. Gray dress. Two black hair pins. Bunch keys Match safe. Brown hair Dark blue stockings with white soles. Here is a list of some of the most descriptive facts about the Johnstown flood. Buttoned shoes. 1977 flood | Images of destruction, death and hope: Photographers saw Pocket-book containing $10 bill and one silver dollar. Black pants. Light complexion. Gray eyes. Black coat. Weight 65. Blue dress. Nearly bald. Red and white striped skirt. Received valuables of 267. Female. Small button shoe spring heel. Four keys. false. Red flannel underwear. Light hair. Height 3 feet 6 inches. Black jersey. Fifty-seven years. Two collar-buttons. Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Light brown hair, cut very short. Weight 150. This is the list as published on July 31, . White cotton stockings. Height 4 feet 6 inches. Brown hair. Female. Weight 120. Body and valuables shipped to Beauregard, Tenn., on telegraphic order of Mrs. D.H. McGavock, Nashville, Tenn., on June 11th. Female. Male. Black and white plain skirts. No valuables. Black ribbed hose. $49.85. Hosts of martyred little ones, . Female. Pocket-book with $30. Pocket-knife. Glove on left hand. Black hair. 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. [20] William Shinn, a former partner of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, became the new president of ASCE in January 1890. Handkerchief. Female About eight. Lead-pencil. $13.30 in change Open-faced silver watch. Gold watch and chain. Silver ring. The Johnstown Flood (1926) - IMDb Two knives. Barred underclothes. Collar with scapular and cross crape around it. Light hair slightly gray. Male. Badly burned. Male child. Blue dress. Blue dress. Top of head bald. Sun glass. Green and purple striped dress. . Red underwear. White muslin. Order book. Reported as having committed suicide. Middle-aged. Small child. Fair complexion. Body sent to Blairsville, Pa., by John Henderson, June 10th. Weight 75. Age thirty. Leather boots. Valuables taken by T.J. Espey. Breast-pin. Barton would leave Johnstown a hero. Pearl buttons. Pennsylvania's South Fork Dam exploded and unleashed a 40-foot wall of water. 2 1/2. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Middle-aged Full head dark brown hair. The Relief Effort - Johnstown Area Heritage Association Age five years. White and black striped skirt. Embalmed, and at the request of Mr. Friedman enclosed in a rough box. Gray hair. Female Height 4 feet 9 inches. Height 5 feet 5 inches. Female. Black diagonal coat and pants. Light complexion. Prospect, June 11th. Age sixty. Black hair. Could not be removed. Female. Male. Small gold ring. At his father's request sent to Irish Catholic Cemetery. Emblem pin of A.O.K. Male. Banged hair. Dark blue woolen cloth dress. Grand View. Lace waist over top of dress. Earrings Silver ring on middle finger of left hand. Open-faced watch with chain. Female. In their final report,[20] the ASCE committee concluded the dam would have failed even if it had been maintained within the original design specifications, i.e., with a higher embankment crest and with five large discharge pipes at the dam's base. Black silk tie. Papers marked W.E Kegg found upon him Mother lives in Harrisburg. White. Brown hair. Black dress. Sandy hair Plain ring on third finger of left hand (with initials inside "C. R. Disinterred and found not to be Walter Jones. Ear-drops, square one-half of the face of the ear-drop checkered, the other half engraved with a vine. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Age forty. Brown hair. Plaid coat and vest Black cork-screw pants. Female. Cash in wallet, $312.51. Age forty Black pants. Large pocket-knife and five cents. Age thirty-five to forty. Colored. Collar and tie remained on neck. Height 4 feet 4 inches. Age two years. Female. Three double teeth and one small tooth out on right side lower jaw, on left side first and fourth double tooth out. Female. Weight forty. Hulbert house, Johnstown, Pa. Two plain gold rings, one marked "Sister" inside. Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Viering aged one year. $46.25. Dress wine color with metal buttons. Buttoned shoes. Weight 170. One small ear-drop. Weight about 50. Comb in pocket. false. No clothing whatever. Female. Male. Black and gray striped pants. Black hair. Breast-pin. Grand View, June 15th. Round face. Membership grew to include more than fifty wealthy steel, coal, and railroad industrialists. Female. Age fourteen years. Blood set. Wife of Neal M'Arreny. Age thirty-five to forty. Black stockings darned in both heels. Height 5 feet. Age thirteen 10 cts. Gold earrings. Barred dress. Home A Bustling, Industrial City . Found with Mrs Nitche. No vest. Three watch chains. The Woman in the Photo by Mary Hogan | Goodreads Green cloth dress Blue checkered apron and white apron underneath Gold ring with red set. Wore truss and had false teeth. Female. One set diamond ear-drops. Weight about 110. Black hair slightly gray. Weight 110. Twice, under orders from Unger, Parke rode on horseback to a telegraph office in the nearby town of South Fork to send warnings to Johnstown explaining the dangerous situation unfolding at the dam. Ring with the words, "Gott, Schutz, Dick." 1936 Press Photo A Flood Of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Which Was Flooded T . Male. Watch No. Female. $2.00 in bills. Main street. Congress gaiters. Locating the bodies was a challenge. Scapular around neck. Fifty cents. Age about thirteen. Claimed by James Blander, his brother-in-law. Female. Black stockings. Female. Male child. Hazel eyes. Gray jersey cloth vest and jacket, with large metal buttons, swan stamped upon them. Weight 150. Delicate nose. Weight 75. Weight 40. A female. White Bunch of keys. Female Age seven. Weight 180. Bodies filled morgues in Johnstown and river towns downstream until relatives came to identify them. Breast-pin. Weight 150. Face very much disfigured. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Height about 5 feet 9 inches. Brown calico sack. Supposed to be John C. Clark's son. Age two years. Weight 135. Wart on left hand front finger. (Mr. Taken by James Murphy, "K.". 41, No. Black handle knife, two blades broken 11 cents in change. Gray eyes. Neither was Harry and Lula Teeters' home in Mineral Point. Knit purse with $7 75. Female. The valley had large amounts of runoff from rain and snowfall. Height 3 feet 8 inches. Sent to New Florence. High button shoe. Gingham dress. Male. Three gold rings placed on body. Silver pencil. Short sack coat. Make sure youre always up-to-date by subscribing to our online newsletter. Black hair. Dark hair. Black hose. Black pants and coat. Calico dress, striped blue and white. 15 Walnut street. Gold ring with rhinestone set, rubbed with sand. Passenger on the day express Given to R. B. Bates, Racine, Mich. Two breast-pins. Male. Brown eyes. Age about sixty. Very heavy build. Height 5 feet 2 inches. Red waist Wore a truss. Light brown hair. One chased band ring. Blue shirt. Reese. Valuables given to John Marshall, his brother. Dark dress. The flood caused 17 million dollars in damages. Valuables in hands of John H. Scott. Height 5 feet 3 inches. Weight 100 White. The . Black stockings. Weight 120. Age about twenty-five. Bricker, Henry, Grandview Cemetery Public Plot-Bodies found but not recovered by family/friends Bridges, Chas., 2, Cambria, Lower Yoder Catholic Cemetery Age sixteen to eighteen. Weight 130. Rubber hair pins. White plaited waist. Full face. Black jersey. Weight about 75. Button shoes. Pocket-book with 26 cts. Weight 80. Long white dress. Canton flannel drawers. Female. Small key. Blue eyes. Brown hair. Knife, books, papers, etc. Calico dress. Samples of dress and skirt on coffin. Weight 140. Black wool hose. Thin silver ring on third finger of left hand. Brown hair. Black wool underskirt. Child's gold breast-pin. Woolen stockings. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Rubber eraser. Wore scapulars. Weight 160. Age forty. Purse and small iron key on a ring. No valuables. Female. Medium stature Bunch of keys Prospect June 11, 1889. Weight 150. Red underwear. Male. Age about thirty-five. One knife. Received by her brother. Body shipped by B.&O. Weight about 135. Female. Upper Prospect, June 17th. Said to have been Mary Hamilton or Miss Mollie Richards, but afterward found to be wrong. Weight 40. No valuables. Black jersey. Telegraph lines were downed and rail lines were washed away. Small earring, white setting. Light eyes. Red hair. Instrument used for cutting washers or gaskets. Black hair. Female. Blank book. Thirty-eight years. Male. Weight 150. High buttoned spring heel shoes. Gold watch and chain. Fair complexion. White underclothing. Male Age about thirty to thirty-five. Age eighteen to twenty Height 5 feet 6 inches. One body was even recovered 100 miles away in Steubenville, Ohio (Coleman 2019). Boy two years. Little black waist Red undershirt. Breast-pin. Black hose. Gold band on third finger of left hand. Female. Severe Weather 101: Flood Basics - NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory No socks. 5 cts. Valuables delivered to her husband. Age twenty-five. Muslin drawers. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Male child. Dark hair. Red socks. Black stockings. Female. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Mustache black. White. Two rings on left hand. Gosline. Pocket-book, containing $1 in paper and $1.30 in silver. Blue eyes. Harvey D. Williams. Supposed to be Mrs. Christy, of Butler, Pa. A girl about twelve years of age. Two pocket-knives. Full face. Sacred heart. Dark hair. Female. Brown dress. Weight 100. The devastating 1889 Johnstown Flood killed over 2,000 people in Blue collar with white dots. Black and brown vest. Purse with one cent. Dam-Breach hydrology of the Johnstown flood of 1889 challenging the findings of the 1891 investigation report, Heliyon. Male. Age about thirty-eight. Moreover, a system of relief pipes and valves, a feature of the original dam which had previously been sold off for scrap, was not replaced, so the club had no way of lowering the water level in the lake in case of an emergency. Jersey jacket. Female. Tall and large. Stencil plate marked with name Pocket-book containing $75 94. Black knee pants supported by suspenders. White. Johnstown Police detectives were . Hazel eyes. Gum overshoes and shoes. The Johnstown Flood (Short 1989) - IMDb Heavy sandy moustache Black hair. Dark clothes. Middle-aged. Gold ring. One dollar gold ear-rings. Brown ribbed stockings. Paper No. Male. Right foot and leg deformed. Female. Kid gloves in pocket. Letters found on body. St. John's, June 13th. Age about twenty-five. Son of Godfrey Hoffman. Continuing on its way downstream to Johnstown, 14 miles (23km) west, the water picked up debris such as trees, houses, and animals. Age about sixty-five. Very heavy brown hair tied with blue ribbon. The Johnstown Flood: Directed by Irving Cummings. Female. Dark red hair. Full suit of blue chevoit. Blue coat and vest. Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Bible. Donations for the relief effort came from all over the U.S. and overseas. Sent to Prospect. Letters, etc., etc. Female. Plaid skirt. Portions of the Stone Bridge have been made part of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, established in 1969 and managed by the National Park Service. Brown or hazel eyes. Dark complexion. Coleman, Neil M., Davis Todd, C., Myers, Reed A., Kaktins, Uldis (2009). Heavy build. Female from Hulbert House. Bunch of keys. Pocket-knife. Age about forty-five years. Female. Purse with $1.19. Beckley.". Black hair. Black silk stockings. Plain ear-rings. Loesch. Female. Empty purse Buried at Prospect, June 9th. Effects delivered to mother. Supposed to be Patrick Fagan. Gold watch Elgin No. Gingham apron. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Black ribbed jersey Black dress. Those who reached attics or roofs, or managed to stay afloat on pieces of floating debris, waited hours for help to arrive. Two keys. Bunch of keys. "Johnstown flood of 1889 destruction and rebirth" (Presentation 76-9). [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. By the early twentieth century, entertainers developed an exhibition portraying the flood, using moving scenery, light effects, and a live narrator. Dark hair. Prospect, June 14th. A Pittsburgh man. Weight 140. Canton flannel drawers. Knife. Very dark brown hair. Identified and taken by friends. Spring heeled shoes. $2 note. Height 5 feet 4 inches. 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. Unfortunately, Parke did not personally take a warning message to the telegraph tower he sent a man instead. Male Weight 90. A determination of peak discharge rate and water volume from the 1889 Johnstown Flood (Presentation 76-10). Female. Female. Boy. Burned beyond recognition. Red bandana handkerchief. Black stockings. The dam and lake were part of the purchase, and the railroad sold them to private interests.[9]. Over the course of a four-day investigation, the Johnstown Police . Age nine. Pearl buttons. Female. Clerk at the Hulbert House. Age about six. Female. Oroide watch. Recognized by his father.
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