History as They Saw It by Wolfgang Wild

Author:Wolfgang Wild [Wild, Wolfgang & Lloyd, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2018-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

June 1889: A tree pierces a house in the Johnstown flood calamity, Pennsylvania

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

(George Barker / Library of Congress)

The Johnstown calamity of May 31, 1889 annihilated the Pennsylvanian city of Johnstown. The city, located at the intersection of three rivers, was protected by the South Fork Dam, fourteen miles upstream. But, when six to ten inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours, the dam broke, releasing 20 million tons of water. A vast wave of water swept over the city. More than 2,200 people lost their lives – at the time, the single biggest loss of civilian life in the US.

This picture shows the impact of the flood on John Schultz’s house. The entire building was swept to the end of Main Street from Union Street. Schultz and five other people were in the house and all survived.

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