. The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise and progress, industrial growth, and appalling flood on May 31st, 1889 . his inxolves ! Two hun<!redand fift\-ii\e were swept awaw leavin-.; av/ <//<• /,t of the the extension iIk- town beyond the railroad. Tlie- rest liad been drawninto the di.;cz\ water>. wliich rubbed olf the tiniest atijms of , leaNanL, the 9^ THE STORY OF JOUXSTOWX. naked rock to point out the site of the eliminated suburb. On the soutliside of the creek, the row of tenements aliove the iiridge, the breweryand a coup
. The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise and progress, industrial growth, and appalling flood on May 31st, 1889 . his inxolves ! Two hun<!redand fift\-ii\e were swept awaw leavin-.; av/ <//<• /,t of the the extension iIk- town beyond the railroad. Tlie- rest liad been drawninto the di.;cz\ water>. wliich rubbed olf the tiniest atijms of , leaNanL, the 9^ THE STORY OF JOUXSTOWX. naked rock to point out the site of the eliminated suburb. On the soutliside of the creek, the row of tenements aliove the iiridge, the breweryand a couple of shanties art The street-car sheds and stables wereswept a\\a\. with all the cars. eiL;lil\-nine horses and thirty tons of hay Thestrip of land \\\\v^ on tlie north side, known as ?? Clarks (iro\e. was coveredwith sand from tuo to six feet in tleptli. The Conemaui;h chau^ed its courseand, dividing into two branches, so continued to the lower end of the town,where it reunited. Wood vale had ceased to be!. ovoro »ii«^:;?>*.--™»»i?<,-,- - ^: f|f wpr-f^-^i- rf .•JiSM- ?^ -^M Mi y\.v:- /J ? fpy^i^^.^h •/??•?I
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