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The Johnstown Flood. Compare to image wea00788. This image wasaltered to make appear to have been taken at Galveston following the greathurricane of 1900. In: The Complete Story of the Galveston Horror edited byJohn Coulter, 1900. P. 315.

Display Date

1889 June

Location

Pennsylvania, Johnstown

Collection

Weather Service

Meteorological Monsters

Hurricanes General

Keywords

Monsters

Hurricanes

Damage