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![The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood, 1889]: Wreck of the Catholic Church](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLWpvaG5zdG93bi1jYWxhbWl0eS1qb2huc3Rvd24tcGEtZmxvb2QtMTg4OS13cmVjay1vZi10aGUtY2F0aG9saWMtY2h1cmNoLTk4NDFkNC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/202/jpg "The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood, 1889]: Wreck of the Catholic Church")
![On the deck of the Slocum, showing the effects of the fire on metal work and s[tee]l. G[enera]l Slocum Di[saste]r, New York H[arbo]r, June 15, 1904](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvb24tdGhlLWRlY2stb2YtdGhlLXNsb2N1bS1zaG93aW5nLXRoZS1lZmZlY3RzLW9mLXRoZS1maXJlLW9uLW1ldGFsLXdvcmstYW5kLTZiN2QwMi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "On the deck of the Slocum, showing the effects of the fire on metal work and s[tee]l. G[enera]l Slocum Di[saste]r, New York H[arbo]r, June 15, 1904")
![The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood, 1889]: Carrying body out of the wreck](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjQvdGhlLWpvaG5zdG93bi1jYWxhbWl0eS1qb2huc3Rvd24tcGEtZmxvb2QtMTg4OS1jYXJyeWluZy1ib2R5LW91dC1vZi10aGUtd3JlY2stOTlhZmE3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/25/webp "The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood, 1889]: Carrying body out of the wreck")
![The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood, 1889]: Somebody's darling - unclaimed - unknown](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvdGhlLWpvaG5zdG93bi1jYWxhbWl0eS1qb2huc3Rvd24tcGEtZmxvb2QtMTg4OS1zb21lYm9keXMtZGFybGluZy11bmNsYWltZWQtOTZjMjg5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/25/webp "The Johnstown Calamity [Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood, 1889]: Somebody's darling - unclaimed - unknown")
