How Did a Millionaires’ Club Drown 2,209 People? (No AI Used)

#TheDisasterTape #Johnstown #FloodDisaster May 31, 1889: Johnstown Flood in USA. 2,209 dead. Every image in this video is archival. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The Disaster Tape is a documentary series about the world's worst disasters — told minute by minute, with a running count of the dead. Every photograph and piece of footage in this video is a primary archival source. No AI-generated imagery is used. New episode every 3 days. No sensationalism. Built to honour the dead and the lessons they left behind. ▬ CHAPTERS ▬ 00:00 The USA, 1889 00:33 2,209 Dead 01:21 Before USA 03:09 The Warnings That Were Ignored 04:31 The 2,209 Who Died 07:01 Who Was Responsible 07:37 The Years After 09:06 Who Stood Trial 10:42 What Remains ▬ SOURCES ▬ ► "ASCE Special Committee on the Johnstown Flood — Investigation Report", by American Society of Civil Engineers, Special Committee on the Johnstown Flood, 1890-01. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood ► "Engineering Inspection Report on the South Fork Dam", by John Fulton, Mining and Civil Engineer; commissioned by Daniel Johnson Morrell, Cambria Iron Works, 1880. https://www.heritagejohnstown.org/heritage... ► "Warning Telegrams and Oral Notices Issued by John G. Parke Jr., Morning of May 31, 1889", by John G. Parke Jr., Civil Engineer, South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, 1889-05-31. https://www.geoinstitute.org/news/johnstow... ► "Survivor Depositions and Affidavits — Pennsylvania Relief Committee and Johnstown Tribune Collection, June–August 1889", by Pennsylvania Relief Committee; Johnstown Tribune, 1889. https://www.heritagejohnstown.org/attracti... ► "South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club — Membership Rolls, Dam Expenditure Ledgers, and Correspondence, 1879–1889", by South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, 1879. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Fork_F... ► "Johnstown Tribune — Flood Coverage, May 31–June 7, 1889", by Johnstown Tribune (editor: George T. Swank), 1889-05-31. https://www.heritagejohnstown.org/educatio... ► "Pittsburgh Dispatch — Johnstown Flood Coverage and South Fork Club Investigation, June 1889", by Pittsburgh Dispatch, 1889-06. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4... ► "The Red Cross in the Johnstown Flood — Relief Operations Report, 1889", by American National Red Cross; Clara Barton, Superintendent of Field Operations, 1889. https://www.heritagejohnstown.org/attracti... ▬ CHANNEL ▬ ► Subscribe for a new disaster every 3 days: https://www.youtube.com/@thedisastert... ► Watch the channel:    / @thedisastertape   ▬ CREDITS ▬ ► Music: original score generated for this episode ► Archival imagery: ► 11 images from wikimedia (CC-BY-SA ×10, CC-BY) — https://commons.wikimedia.org / Full per-file attributions: see channel About page. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The Disaster Tape remembers.