The following gallery represents over 60 sketches depicting the horrors of the flood.
Map of the district swept by the flood
Distributing supplies to the destitute
Rioting
How the Coffins Were Carried
The bridge, where a thousand houses, jambed together, caught fire
Carrying supplies over the river
A railroad train delayed by the flood
Swept away on the train
Firemen on duty at the bridge
Nineveh Station, where two hundred bodies were found
Valley of the Conemaugh near Johnstown
Wreck of the Day Express
Distributing clothing and other supplies
In the valley of death
Johnstown after the Flood
The Johnstown Flood
The remains of Cambria City
The Village of Johnstown before the Flood
The awful rush of waters
Taking dead bodies from a roof
Carrying children to burial
Distributing supplies from the relief train
Rescues at the signal tower
Mother and babe cast up by the waters
Encampment of relief parties
The wrecked houses burning at the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge
The lists of missing and dead
The Break Two Hundred Feet Wide
Clearing the Cambria Iron Works
Locomotives swimming in the torrent
Child found thumping on a wrecked piano
The children
Johnstown Flood
A father’s despair at the loss of his family
Meeting of friends and relatives after the flood
Made orphans by the flood
Timely Warning to Escape.
Contributing to the Relief Fund in Philadelphia
The river bank
Lynching and drowning thieves
Relief for Johnstown – Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Philadelphia
Preparations for burial
General Hastings directing the police
Selling damaged goods
A woman’s body lodged in a tree
Interior of the morgue
An engineer’s terrific race in the valley of death
Swept away by the torrent
A mother and child perish together
The militia at rest
Johnstown Flood
A crazed soldier commits suicide
Scene on South Clinton Street
Collection: Walker, James Herbert. The Johnstown Horror! or Valley of Death : being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin. H. J. Smith & Co. 1889.
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