A distant view of Johnstown from the P. R. R. above the city, showing all that remains of the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception.

A distant view of Johnstown from the P. R. R. above the city, showing all that remains of the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception.

A distant view of Johnstown from the P. R. R. above the city, showing all that remains of the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception.

A plain on which once stood the beautiful manufacturing town of Woodvale.

A plain on which once stood the beautiful manufacturing town of Woodvale.

Residence of Captain West, showing debris drifted up on a back street.

Showing the broken dam of the reservoir above South Fork, from where the terrible flood started.

Showing the broken dam of the reservoir above South Fork, from where the terrible flood started.

Showing the broken dam of the reservoir above South Fork, from where the terrible flood started.

The Johnstown calamity. Beginning life anew, site of old home (R.Z. Replogle's).