Who is to blame for the Johnstown Flood?

1. Divinity, Man, and Nature:
Who is to blame for the Johnstown Flood?

2. • Background
• Survivor Accounts
• Newspapers
• Conclusion

3. The South Fork Dam
• Built 1838-1853
• Earthen structure

4. Disaster Strikes
• May 31, 1889
• 3:10 p.m.

7. J.J. Maclaurin
• Newspaperman
• 1890, The Story of Johnstown
• Contractors, Fishing Club

8. David Beale
• 1890, Through the Johnstown Flood
• Fishing Club
• Natural Causes

9. Divinity
Johnstown Weekly Democrat -- July 26, 1889

10. Man
Allentown (PA) Democrat -- July 17, 1889 Pittsburgh Dispatch -- June 12, 1889

11. Nature
Johnstown Weekly Democrat -- August 9, 1889 Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette -- August 9, 1889