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Johnstown Flood

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Johnstown Flood

Disastrous flood (1889) in the town of Johnstown, Pa., U.S. Johnstown lies at the confluence of the Conemaugh River and Stony Creek; at the time of the flood it was a leading U.S. steelmaking centre. At 3:10 PM on May 31, the South Fork Dam, a poorly maintained earthfill dam holding a major upstream reservoir, collapsed after heavy rains, sending a wall of water rushing down the Conemaugh Valley at speeds of 20–40 mph (30–60 kph). A 30-ft (9-m) wall of water smashed into Johnstown at 4:07 PM, killing 2,209 people.


Johnstown Flood
Pennsylvania city destroyed by flood (May 31, 1889); 2,200 lives lost. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1427]
See : Disaster


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If the Johnstown flood came, they need to be safe," he said.
The house was built after my grandparents and one infant were washed out in the Great Johnstown Flood of May 31,1889.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial honors the 2,209 people who died in the Pennsylvania town's 1889 flood.
 
 
 
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