PHOTO BY HORNICK AND LANGER |
Another disaster
Forty-seven years after a flood claimed 2,200 lives, Johnstown was under water again on March 17, 1936. Although only 12 lives would be lost this time, floodwaters triggered by melting snow and ice and a steady rain destroyed 77 buildings and severely damaged 3,000 others. Property loss was put at $50 million. Clockwise from top are downtown Johnstiown, the Franklin Street bridge from Somerset Street, Main Street at Clinton Street and the 500 block of Main Street. |
