Excerpt from The Complete History of the Johnstown and Conemaugh Valley Flood: Embracing Also a History of the Floods in Williamsport, Lock Haven, Sunbury, and All the Flooded Districts in the State of Pennsylvania, Also in Washington, D. C., New York, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia Chapter II. The Spectacle of the Conemaugh Valley after the Flood chapter III. Whatjohnstownwas chapter IV. The Fatal Trap and how it did its Work chapter V. Scenes and Incidents of the Great J ohnstown Tragedy chapter VI. Scenes and Incidents at J ohnstown - Continued chapter VII. The Adventures of a Hero who Saved Forty Lives chapter VIII. Perils and Terrors of the Great Flood - Continued chapter IX. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.