The other cities of the Washington Territory rallied around Seattle and quickly sent food, supplies and money. On June 19, 1889, civil authorities ... emergency can be so great or so sudden ...

A poignant letter from a Seattle teenager who lived through the city's Great Fire of 1889 was donated to MOHAI ... relief of the sufferers of the great flood at Johnstown in the Pennsylvania ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A privately owned dam collapsed in western Pennsylvania 125 years ago on May 31, 1889, unleashing a flood that killed 2,209 people. The terrible stories from the Johnstown Flood ...

This story features four women who survived the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. The interview took place in the 1970's and the women, who were in their 90's at the time, shared the "harrowing ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — The people of Johnstown displayed extraordinary resilience and strength following the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. They collectively mourned the loss of those of those ...