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Title: The Johnstown Horror
or, Valley of Death being A Complete and Thrilling Account
of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin

Author: James Herbert Walker

Release Date: December 31, 2008 [EBook #27669]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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DEDICATION.

TO THE
SURVIVING SUFFERERS
OF THE
APPALLING CALAMITY AT JOHNSTOWN
AND
NEIGHBORING VILLAGES
THIS WORK
WHICH RELATES THE THRILLING STORY
OF THE GREAT DISASTER
IS DEDICATED.

THE
JOHNSTOWN HORROR!!!

OR

VALLEY OF DEATH,

BEING

A COMPLETE AND THRILLING ACCOUNT OF THE AWFUL
FLOODS AND THEIR APPALLING RUIN,

CONTAINING

Graphic Descriptions of the Terrible Rush of Waters; the
great Destruction of Houses, Factories, Churches, Towns,
and Thousands of Human Lives; Heartrending Scenes
of Agony, Separation of Loved Ones, Panic-stricken
Multitudes and their Frantic
Efforts to Escape a Horrible Fate.

COMPRISING

THRILLING TALES OF HEROIC DEEDS; NARROW ESCAPES
FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH; FRIGHTFUL HAVOC BY
FIRE; DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF SURVIVORS;
PLUNDERING BODIES OF VICTIMS, ETC.

TOGETHER WITH

Magnificent Exhibitions of Popular Sympathy; Quick
Aid from every City and State; Millions of Dollars
Sent for the Relief of the Stricken Sufferers.

By JAMES HERBERT WALKER,
THE WELL KNOWN AUTHOR.

FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH SCENES OF THE GREAT CALAMITY.

H.J. SMITH & CO.,
249 South Sixth St., Philadelphia

CHICAGO, ILL.:
NOS. 341-351 DEARBORN ST.

KANSAS CITY, MO.:
NO. 614 EAST SIXTH ST.

OAKLAND, CAL.
NO. 1605 TELEGRAPH AVE.

COPYRIGHTED, 1889.

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