Photographers Tell the Story
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Wreckage from the 1889 Flood. |
The flood left houses in piles. |
The Schultz house was pierced by a tree. |
Site of Central Park after the Flood. |
Damage to buildings that survived was severe. |
Ruins of St. John's Church, which burned during the Flood. |
 St. John's convent survived the flood, while the main church caught fire and burned. |
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood. |
30 acres of debris piled against the stone bridge. Cambria Iron Works is visible behind the bridge. |
The stone bride with debris piled in front of it. |
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood. |
Wreckage of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Day Express train. |
Wrecked locomotive below the round house at East Conemaugh. |
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