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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. cover

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.

Chapter 44: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:
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A detailed contemporary narrative reconstructs the collapse of the South Fork dam and the ensuing torrent down the Conemaugh Valley, describing the sweeping destruction of villages, the accumulation of wreckage at a railroad bridge, and the devastation of Johnstown. It blends chronological reportage with vivid eyewitness testimony to record rescues, harrowing escapes, suffering, and the identification and burial of the dead, while also documenting episodes of looting and local attempts to enforce order. Chapters provide industrial and local background, depict the physical pathway of the flood, and trace the national and international relief efforts that raised funds and organized aid.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:

Corrections

The use of larger or small capitals for “P.M.” and “A.M.” varies and have been left intact. Several apparent errors were noted, but have been allowed to stand, and are included in this list. The spelling of ‘Pittsburgh’ frequently omits the final ‘h’. Both variants are retained. Variants in other place names are retained as well.

An apparent confusion on p. 279: “Fonda, N. Y., June 5.—The people of Johnstown, N. Y....” is retained. Fonda and Johnstown N.Y. were and are neighboring communities.

In lists of contributions, missing or incorrect punctuation has been rendered consistent.

The following corrections were made where the errors are clearly inadvertent. Several instances of possibly nonstandard spelling have been noted with ‘sic’, which have been retained.

PageCorrectionExplanation
viii[108/106]Corrected page for Chapter VIII.
 13[7]Completed page for Chapter X.
17Franks[]town TurnpikeMissing hyphen at page break.
43here and there[.] EachAdded stop.
97[‘]To the hillsAdded single quote.
101as soon as [we] were in itAdded ‘we’.
129The Pitt[t]sburg ladyRemoved extra ‘t’.
135so we [we] did not pay muchRemoved redundant ‘we’.
149especially the [woman], fainted.sic
151that were intrusted to us.[”]Closing quote added.
177and Mary, nineteen years.”Added missing quote.
182SITE OF THE HU[R]LBURTElsewhere spelled Hurlburt.
204the Hotel Hurlbu[r]tElsewhere spelled Hurlburt.
224train was on a sid[]ingMissing hyphen on line break.
225to[-]dayMissing hyphen added.
287amounted to $687,872[,/.]68Comma replaced with decimal.
294Thomas Garner & Co[.]Period added.
297Saugerties[,] N. Y., $850;Comma added.
301débris / debrisBoth the accented and unaccented spellings are retained, here and elsewhere.
306nine hundred men [a]t workAdded missing ‘a’.
317was discovered w[h]ere anybodyAdded missing ‘h’.
319there was ample water t[e/o] coverCorrected typo.
  amount of water i[n/t] containedCorrected typo.
320ninety million cubic feet[.]Added missing ‘.’.
321Ho[u/a]ng-hoChanged to agree with other instances.
322But the b[r]each grewCorrected typo.
327A large rock was split assundersic
328and caused great dam[s/a]geCorrected typo.
329the Danube again o[u/v]erflowedCorrected typo.
  its turbulent waters i[u/n]toCorrected typo.
332At Whitehall, [N.G./N.Y.]Corrected typo.
  one hundred and nin[e]ty feetCorrected typo.
358Baltimore and Ohio Rail[a/r]oadCorrected typo.
377turned in[]to them by peoplesic
407Allegeheniessic
414draughty as a seivesic
434ever beat our time[.]”Added ‘.’.
458[Caniesto/Canisteo] riverCorrected typo.