Female. Age about four years. Plain hoop ring, one set on left hand. Female. However, as pointed out by historian David McCullough,[2] a man reported as presumed dead (not known to have been found) had survived; Leroy Temple returned to Johnstown eleven years after the disaster and revealed he had extricated himself from the flood debris at the Stone Bridge, walked out of the valley, and relocated to Beverly, Massachusetts. Two years old. Brown hair. Development included lowering the dam to make its top wide enough to hold a road and putting a fish screen in the spillway. Brown hair. The Great Johnstown Flood | Pennsylvania Center for the Book (2016). [9] Its existence is supported by topographic data from 1889[20] which shows the western abutment to be about one foot lower than the crest of the dam remnants, even after the dam had previously been lowered as much as three feet by the South Fork Club. Female. Taken to German Catholic Cemetery. One plain band gold ring. McAuliff Little girl baby in her arms when found. Valuables taken by her sister, Mrs. Ella Mulhern. Adult Body mangled. Height 5 feet 7 inches. Plain ring on finger of right hand. Freckled. Male. [2], According to records compiled by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, bodies were found as far away as Cincinnati, Ohio, and as late as 1911; 99 entire families died in the flood, including 396 children; 124 women and 198 men were widowed; 98 children were orphaned; and one third of the dead, 777 people, were never identified; their remains were buried in the "Plot of the Unknown" at Johnstown's Grandview Cemetery.[18][1]. Black comb and five cents. Knife. The Aftermath - The Johnstown flood of 1889 Female Age about five years. Two pocket-knives. Right leg and right arm only. Female. Black ribbed hose. Blue gingham striped apron Blue woolen dress. Dark blue waist. Ear drop with small balls attached. Male. Black hair. Female. Dark hair. Plaid dress pleated in front. Gray cotton socks. Identified by receipts found on her person. Age about ten. Weight about 170. Supposed to be Mrs. Christie. . Heavy gray beard on lower part of face. Gray eyes. Neither was Harry and Lula Teeters' home in Mineral Point. Low laced shoes. The devastating 1889 Johnstown Flood killed over 2,000 people in Age thirteen. Clerk at the Hulbert House. Supposed to be Mrs. Luckhart. White muslin skirt. Age twelve Weight 60. Height 5 feet 10 inches. 1 on person. Leather boots. Buried in Decker's cemetery, Morrellville, Pa. Slippers. Button shoes. Boy. Pocket-knife. Winter opening hours have begun for the Johnstown Flood Museum and Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Childrens Museum: we are CLOSED Tuesdays and Wednesdays; OPEN Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays from 10:00 am-5:00 pm; and OPEN Sundays from noon-5:00 pm. Age about thirty-five. Male. Female. Weight 150. Female. Large metal buttons. Blue dress with small stars. Condicin: Good Encuadernacin de tapa dura. Old scar on left side of face. Laced shoes. Age about four years. Male. Age fifteen. Dark clothes. Button shoes. Plain ear-rings. No vest. Gray silk dress. Dress of woolen goods, with small diamond figures. Supposed to be gray flannel shirt. [27], The authorities averting looting on Main Street, as drawn in Harper's Weekly, June 15, 1889. Red flannel skirt. Sacred heart. Dark brown hair. B. Bickenton, June 28th, and taken to Philadelphia for internment. 777 bodies were never identified, buried in unmarked graves. Male. Six years. Gum boots. Weight 150. Age about forty. Face very much disfigured. Tents and . No teeth. Fair complexion Brown hair Gray eyes. Body nude. Waist of narrow striped black and white goods. Black basque. Black stockings. Silver watch. Male Age seven years. Long shaggy eyebrows. Portage street, Conemaugh Borough. Age twenty. Plaid skirt. Weight about 45 lbs. Age fifty. Identified by her husband, Mr. Henry Viering, formerly reported from Nineveh, was incorrect. Son of Howell Powell. Black skirt Red underwear. Souvenir of Father Hollinger's scapular. Blue and white striped waist. Height about 5 feet 9 inches. In the years following the disaster, some survivors blamed the members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club for their modifications to the dam. Somerset street, Johnstown. The American Red Cross, led by Clara Barton and with fifty volunteers, undertook a major disaster relief effort. Blue eyes. Black and green striped skirt. Height 5 feet 6 inches. $1.10 in silver. McKean. Mr. Young, the clerk, has the rings. Light hair, one plait in back, one on each side of head. Had shoes on. . Male. 150 pounds. Money and pass book in express office. Gray woolen coat. Black silk tie. Light hair. Knife. Three watch chains. Knit stockings. by Mr. Hayes' order. Claimed by Wm. All the horrors that hell could wish, Age thirty-five. Part of a skirt of a petticoat, the band of which was made of ticking The shoulder strap holding up the skirt was of the same material. Figured waist and white underclothing. Male. No goods. Female. Female Age twenty-five. Full face. Blue eyes. Female. On Day Express. Age about forty. Male. Small plain gold ring and one thimble. Red alpaca dress. Name found on arm. Possibly a Jew. Medium height. Weight 160. Weight 85. Age nine or ten. Identified by his partner, Mr. Jas. Age about forty. Butchered husbands, slaughtered wives Plaid underskirt. $5.08 in pockets. H. Ocker, of Philadelphia, to whom she was engaged to be married, and removed by him to be buried at Shippensburg, Pa. Black eyes. Age three. Dark pants. One wire sleeve supporter. Female. Blue striped calico dress Gray striped flannel underwear. Identified by her mother. High gum boots. Baby. One thimble. Ring marked "K. T. Dark hair. Four years. Black hair. Short pants with small bottle in pocket. Like. Female Weight 120 Height 5 feet 6 inches Heavy plaid jacket with marble shaped buttons, Male Age twelve to fourteen Black corduroy coat, with two plaits down the back. Grand View, June 15th. 81. Height 5 feet 4 inches. Small coin purse, 20 cents. Slate pencil and door key. Coarse gray woolen underwear. "[23], Nonetheless, individual members of the South Fork Club, millionaires in their day, contributed to the recovery in Johnstown. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Large carved gold ring on third finger of left hand. Weight 160. Dark hair. Age twelve. Can't remove them. Hazel eyes. Dark clothes Paper collar. Female. Dark hair. Red waist. Male. Very large. Market street, Johnstown, Pa. Open faced gold watch. Supposed to have money stolen from her person. $1 10 in coin. Heavy brown hair. Age eight. It took workers three months to remove the mass of debris, the delay owing in part to the huge quantity of barbed wire from the ironworks entangled with the wreckage. Chemise with red border. Muslin skirt. Black stockings. White Age twenty-nine. Bunch of keys. Found in front of Cambria Iron Co.'s office. Sandy Vale, by friends, June 15th. Kid gloves in pocket. Black and gray barred woolen goods. Sandy hair. Rather small face Striped black and white skirt, pleated front and pearl buttons. Auburn hair. Rubber coat and boots. Blue and white ringed stockings. Body taken by Mr. Thos. Gold filled teeth. Two skirts of gray and black barred wool. Dark blue dress with light blue sleeve. Supposed to be the daughter of Jacob Babb. Gray eyes. Black stockings. Age about three years. Boy Weight 75. Blue waist. Two pair of stockings, one black and the other blue. Age thirty to thirty-five. Red and black striped skirt, wine colored skirt. Decomposing bodies and cremated human remains were found at an unlicensed funeral home in Johnstown, New York, police said. High buttoned shoe. Boy. Long black hair. Brown hair. 121 Park Place. Female. Breast-pin. Blue flannel skirt. Identified by his son. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Working seven days and nights, workmen built a wooden trestle bridge to temporarily replace the Conemaugh Viaduct, which had been destroyed by the flood. Lace waist over top of dress. Female. Blue calico dress. Dark hair. Male. 125 years after Johnstown: Facts about the deadly flood that helped Red Button shoes. Daughter of Godred Hoofman, Washington street, Johnstown, Pa. Round face. Height 4 feet 4 inches. Gray eyes. Male. 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. Pocket-book $7 35. Aged about thirty Blind in right eye. No shoes nor stockings. Very heavy brown hair tied with blue ribbon. Flash floods occur when heavy rainfall exceeds the ability of the ground to absorb it. 8 comments. Female. Height 5 feet 5 inches. Long breast-pin with brilliants. Male. Guttapercha comb holding heavy head of black hair. Weight 75. The Relief Effort - Johnstown Area Heritage Association Silver open faced watch. Button shoes. Weight 160. Gold ring, garnet set. Age twelve. Reverse the Lord's prayer. Red skirt. $1.00 silver clasped in hand. Age about sixty Weight about 140. height about 5 feet 6 inches. Male. Two gold rings. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Valuables given to John Marshall, his brother. No clothing whatever. 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. At its peak, the army of relief workers totaled about 7,000. Johnstown Flood | The Worst Dam Break in American History Buried on father's farm in Stony Creek. Gold watch and chain. Earrings. Age about ten. Weight about 160. Weight 160. Burnt up almost. Vol. About thirty families lived on the village's single street. Light complexion. Body lifted by Thos. Age three. Two rows of buttons, one on each side. 135 pounds. Check marked J? Breast-pin. Light hair. Dark hair. Plain gold ring on third finger of left hand. Identified by the father. Age eight. Two pocket-knives. Canton flannel underclothes. Necktie. Letter found on body addressed to Minnie Linton, Lincoln avenue, Johnstown, Pa Signed, S. Clark Dougherty, Female. Weight 80. Barred dress. Dark brown hair. Door key. Black jersey coat. No shoes. One broken. Flannel shirt. Miles of barbed wire became entangled in the debris in the flood waters. It began to prosper with the building of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal in 1836 and the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Cambria Iron Works in the 1850s. $497million in 2016), and 4 square miles (10km2) of downtown Johnstown were completely destroyed. Wife of Moses Owens. Gave valuables to R. Duncaster in presence of Corporal F.W. Barton would leave Johnstown a hero. Woolen skirt Blue belt around waist. About forty. On tab was "J. Kestler, 603 B. F. (Blast Furnace), Johnstown, Cambria county, Pa." Weight 160 to 175 Bald on top of head. Male. Height 4 feet 9 inches. Tape measure. (Package.). 15 cts. Blue eyes. Ear-drops, square one-half of the face of the ear-drop checkered, the other half engraved with a vine. Male. Bunch of keys and paper. Black alpaca coat. Female. Hosts of martyred little ones, Marden A. Dahlstedt wrote the young adult novel, Michael Stephan Oates wrote the historical fiction novel. Height about 5 feet 3 inches.