Suday August 6, 2023
The South Fork Dam broke on May 31 1889 and the huge reservoir that it was holding in place for the fishing and boating pleasure of the elite members of the Southfork Fishing and Hunting Club (Carnegie) sallied down the valley towards Johnstown. A wall of water and debris about 40 feet high, traveling between 15-40 mph, headed where geography and gravity could only take it. About 2,000 died, approximately 1 out of ten. The flood was indiscriminate. It killed horses, cows, pigs, cats, dogs, old men and women, middle aged, and the young.
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