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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:dam
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gptkbp:aftermath
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public outrage over dam maintenance
widespread destruction of Johnstown
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 2,200
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:disaster_response
gptkb:historical_event
Pennsylvania history
19th-century disaster
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gptkbp:cause
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failure of South Fork Dam
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gptkbp:commemorates
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gptkb:Johnstown_Flood_Museum
May 31 (annual remembrance)
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:dam
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earthen dam
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gptkbp:dam_built
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1838
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gptkbp:dam_failed
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May 31, 1889
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gptkbp:date
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May 31, 1889
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gptkbp:distance
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14 miles
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gptkbp:documentedIn
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books
films
photographs
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Johnstown Flood (1889)
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gptkbp:influenced
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dam safety regulations
disaster relief practices
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Johnstown,_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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nationwide
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gptkbp:memorial
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gptkb:Johnstown_Flood_National_Memorial
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gptkbp:notable_for
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one of the greatest losses of civilian life in U.S. history
deadliest flood in U.S. history
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gptkbp:notableSurvivor
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Frank Shomo (last known survivor, died 1997)
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gptkbp:notableVictim
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entire families lost
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gptkbp:owner
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gptkb:South_Fork_Fishing_and_Hunting_Club
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gptkbp:precededBy
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days of heavy rainfall
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gptkbp:propertyDamage
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$17 million (1889 USD)
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gptkbp:relief_leader
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gptkb:Clara_Barton
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gptkbp:reliefEffortsBy
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gptkb:American_Red_Cross
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gptkbp:river
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gptkb:Little_Conemaugh_River
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gptkbp:speed_of_flood
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40 miles per hour
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gptkbp:survived
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approximately 1,600 homes destroyed
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gptkbp:water_height
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up to 60 feet
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Johnstown,_Pennsylvania,_USA
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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