These sites describe the great flood of May 31 1889, which struck Johnstown PA causing over 2200 deaths and making thousands more homeless.
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- Johnstown Flood National Memorial National Park Service site with many photos and eye-witness accounts. Includes information for visitors.
- New York Times Articles Three articles published in the immediate aftermath of the flood.
- A Roar Like Thunder Concise article describing the course of the flood and its aftermath.
- The Cause of the Johnstown Flood Article by Walter S Frank. Footnoted history of why a reconstructed dam failed. Civil engineering perspective.
- The Pennsylvania Disaster Poem about the flood by famously bad poet William McGonagall, with historical footnote and links.
- The Johnstown Flood Short article drawn from contemporary accounts. Published by the NOAA Photo Library.