The Johnstown flood : a thriving city of 30,000 inhabitants and many great industrial establishments nearly wiped from earth :

Ancestry.com. The Johnstown flood : a thriving city of 30,000 inhabitants and many great industrial establishments nearly wiped from earth : [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Dieck, Herman.. The Johnstown flood : a thriving city of 30,000 inhabitants and many great industrial establishments nearly wiped from earth : many thousands drowned or burned to death : property worth many millions of dollars destroyed : an avalache [sic] of water sweeps down the Conemaugh Valley destroying everything in its descent : a blockade of wrecks of houses, timber, etc., at the railroad bridge : miraculous escapes and rescues, whole families annihilated : the wonderful benevolence of the American people : relief organizations everywhere : money, food, clothing and furniture lavishly contributed : General Hastings in command in Johnstown : the above narrative is gathered from the accounts of correspondents, eyewitnesses, refugees from the unfortunate district and other sources, and is a most clear and interesting narrative of this terrible catastrophe. unknown: unknown, 1889?.