"They would be cousins of mine," Koenigsberg said. The Costlows died during the Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889, when the South Fork Dam broke, sending a churning wall of water through the Little ...

From this sheltered spot, a half mile as the crow flies from Johnstown Flood National Memorial ... route taken by a deadly deluge more than 100 years ago. On May 31, 1889, an earthen dam at the foot ...

Late in May, 1889, rain was falling an inch per hour in the hills of western Pennsylvania. Rivers were running six to seven feet above normal levels. The lake created by the South Fork Dam was ...

The verse from the Song of Solomon is a perpetual reminder of the Locust Street church’s role in the 1889 Johnstown ... to the flood that killed 2,209 people when the South Fork Dam on the ...

When the South Fork Dam in Pennsylvania collapsed on 31 May 1889, the Red Cross had only been formed for eight years. The Johnstown Flood was its ... rivers swell and break their banks, but ...

It was the club’s earthen dam that broke May 31, 1889, the day of the Johnstown Flood. History shows club members did not replace draining pipes that had been removed, and screens they installed ...

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 335 Locust St., Johnstown, will host a special Community Common Prayer Service commemorating the 130th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood and the role that St ...

Pennsylvania The Great Johnstown Flood of 1889 happened due to the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam. 14 miles upstream from Johnstown, the South Fork Dam held back the waters of Lake ...

Heavy rains caused the local Laurel Run Dam to fail, killing 40 people ... After reading David McCullough’s book about the Johnstown flood of 1889, Farabaugh decided to continue the story ...

JOHNSTOWN — Johnstown police are searching for a veiled individual who allegedly broke into at least seven vehicles over the weekend. Police said that an unidentified person attempted to open a ...