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Authors : Connelly, Frank., Jenks, George C.
Title: Official history of the Johnstown flood
Print source: Official history of the Johnstown flood
Connelly, Frank.Jenks, George C.
Pittsburg: Journalist Pub. Co, 1889
Publication Info: Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, Digital Research Library
1999
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This work is believed to be in the public domain with no known restrictions on access and use.
Subject terms:
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--History--19th century.
Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County).
URL: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=00aee6473m;view=toc;c=pitttext

Contents
Official history of the Johnstown flood
[Titlepage]
Contents
List of Illustrations
Book I. \\ Chapter I. Bursting of the South-Fork Dam
Chapter II. The Burning Debris at the Bridge
Chapter III. The Wreck of the Day Express
Chapter IV. The Fate of the Hotels
Chapter V. The Lake Before and After
Chapter VI. The Identified Dead
Chapter VII. The Financial Losses -- History of Cambria Iron-Works
Chapter VIII. Reorganization of Johnstown
Chapter IX. The History of Johnstown
Book II. \\ Chapter I. Condition of the Survivors After the Flood -- Hairbreadth Escapes, etc.
Chapter II. How One Evil-Doer Was Driven to His Death -- Relic Hunters and Sight-Seers
Chapter III. Establishment of Morgues and How They Were Conducted
Chapter IV. Pathetic Scenes in the Cemeteries on the Hill-Sides Where "Unknowns" Were Laid to Rest
Chapter V. The Ride of Daniel Peyton, the Hero of the Conemaugh
Chapter VI. The Roll-Call at the Gautier Mill -- the Remnant of an Army of Workmen
Chapter VII. The Churches of Johnstown
Chapter VIII. Rebuilding in the Town and on the Railroads
Book III. \\ Chapter I. Formation and Work of the Pittsburg Relief Committee
Chapter II. Trials of the Relief Committees Early on the Scene
Chapter III. The Americus Republican Club of Pittsburg
Chapter IV. The Secret Societies and What They Accomplished
Chapter V. Heroic Work of the Undertakers and Embalmers
Chapter VI. The Red Cross Society
Chapter VII. Newspaper Correspondents -- How They Worked and Lived
Chapter VIII. The Men for the Emergency
Chapter IX. Work of the Volunteer Physician
Book IV. \\ Chapter I. Adjutant General Hastings's First Visit to Johnstown -- a Sketch of His Life
Chapter II. The Fourteenth Regiment and What It Accomplished at Johnstown
Chapter III. How the Money Was Raised and Appointed by the State
Chapter IV. The State Takes Charge of Johnstown
Chapter V. Clearing Away the Debris
Chapter VI. The Members of the State Commission
Chapter VII. How the State Distributed the Money
Chapter VIII. Johnstown a Month After the Flood
Index