The Great Flood, as it would come to be called, remains the deadliest in UShistory, killing more than 2,200 people and causing Traveling 40 miles an hour, with swells as high as 60 feet, the deadly floodwaters razed the mill town-home to 20,000 people-in minutes. Gathering speed as it flowed southwest, the deluge wiped out nearly everything in its path and picked up debris-trees, houses, animals-before reaching Johnstown, a vibrant steel town fourteen miles downstream. At 3:10 P.M., the dam gave way, releasing 20 million tons of water. Though the engineers telegraphed neighboring towns on this last morning in May warning of the impendingdanger, residents-factory workers and their families-remained in their homes, having grown used to false alarms. Central Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889: After a deluge of rain-nearly a foot in less than twenty-four hours-swelled the Little Conemaugh River, panicked engineers watched helplessly as swiftly rising waters threatened to breach the South Fork dam, built to create a private lake for a fishing and hunting club that counted among its members Andrew Mellon, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Carnegie. history-from NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker.
"A gripping new history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood-the deadliest flood in U.S.
Presents a narrative history of the 1889 Johnstown Flood to chronicle key events, the damage that rendered the flood one of America's worst disasters, and the pivotal contributions of key figures, from dam engineer John Parketo American Red Cross founder Clara Barton.
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