May 31. Johnstown Flood, 2200 people die after dam failure above Johnstown, PA in 1889.

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May 31, 1889. Johnstown flood kills 2200.Stereo vies of the rebuilding of a major bridge destroyed by the flood in Johnstown, by George Barker dated 1889. 

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