By Harold H. Strayer and Irving L. London

.Locust Street, from Clinton to Franklin was jammed with houses of all descriptions. This view from the Merchant's Hotel shows the Methodist Church at top left, the Kress home on Locust Street at the center. Prospect shows in the background. The school building was Johnstown's first high school but at the time of the flood it served as the B&O Railroad passenger station.

The Gautier Wire Mill and Steel Works were located in both Woodvale and Conemaugh Borough. Their six or eight departments were completely demolished and heaps of sand and debris buried what machinery was left. Large rolls of barbed wire entangled with the rubbish and wound tightly about scores of the four hundred men, women and children who by this time were fighting for life in the swift current. Held in the grip of the wire, fastened by timbers or sinking from exhaustion, young and old met death in forms that were horrible. 314 lost their lives in this area. On the left is St. John's Convent which is still standing. Next to it is Roland's Feed Store (on Railroad Street and also still standing) and the large building on the right is St. Joseph's Church on Railroad Street. This picture was taken from Clinton Street and the Woodvale woolen and flour mill can be seen in the background.