The Disaster Which Eclipsed History: The Johnstown Flood
R. K. (Richard Kyle) Fox
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THE DISASTER WHICH ECLIPSED HISTORY THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
THE DISASTER WHICH ECLIPSED HISTORY THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
ILLUSTRATED PUBLISHED BY RICHARD K. FOX, FRANKLIN SQ., NEW YORK. PRICE, 10 CENTS. Copyrighted 1889, by Richard K. Fox. PARIS UNVEILED —OR— An Expose of Vice AND Crime —IN THE— GAY FRENCH CAPITAL. Depicting in a truly graphic manner the doings and sayings of the liveliest people on the face of the earth in the liveliest capital in the world. Handsomely and profusely illustrated with innumerable Engravings. Translated from the French Expressly for Richard K. Fox PRICE BY MAIL, 25 CENTS. RICHARD K.
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HORROR!
HORROR!
THE JOHNSTOWN DISASTER WHICH ECLIPSED HISTORY. A DEATH-DEALING DAM. Hundreds upon Hundreds of People Swept Away by the Flood. There is not one chance in a million that the Conemaugh river would ever have been heard of in history had it not been for its action on Friday evening, May 31. The Conemaugh river is, or rather was, a simple little stream that meandered through Northwestern Pennsylvania and made glad by its peaceful murmurings those who dwelt by its bankside, or bore tokens of affection
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Transcribers’ Notes
Transcribers’ Notes
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained. Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained. Text refers to both “Kernsville” and “Kernville”, “Nineveh” and “Ninevah”. Page 9 : “the fire was so fierce they” originally was printed as “fieree”. Page 23 : “the land was made ground built up” was printed
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