Wilbur M. Williams - Johnstown Telephone Company - hit a live wire on top of a pole in the Eighth Ward - killing him instantly.
N.D. Blough
Stephen Beebees
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
May 28, 1904 - Johnstown Girl Assaulted - Girl Nearly Drowns in Johnstown Flood Exhibit - A Sad Series of Misfortunes follow a Coopersdale Family
Sadie Stephens of Morrellville assaulted by three young men near the waiting room of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Company (Trolley system) that would have been down by where the Fairfield Avenue Underpass is now.
Gorl Saved from Drowning in Johnstown Flood Exhibit
A FAMILY'S AFFLICTION
Mrs. Charles Perdew
Monday, September 7, 2026
May 14, 1904 - AGED JOHNSTOWNER PASSES AWAY (Found Not Guilty of Murdering Son) & Negro Baby Found in Shallow Grave on Prospect Hill
Peter Malzi Sr. Johnstown
Dead baby found at 410 Ebensburg Road - Prospect found by John G. Bullinger.
Mrs. Annie Davenport - died from pleuropneumonia.
May 7, 1904 - Some Obits
Joseph Kost Sr. of Johnstown
DIES FROM DIPHTHERIA - 11 Year old Emma Clevenger
The Letters - April 29, 1919 - To Mrs. Anna Hay from her son John in Chester
Chester, Pa., April 29, 1919
Dear Mother,--
It was a terrible shock to us to hear of Dr. Wagoner's death (his uncle by marriage). Even more because of his recent visit here as we had a chance to see him in apparently excellent health and vigor. I remarked after returning from the trolley that he had made us all stretch our legs to keep up. We were so pleased with his visit and hoped for many more. The children were wonderfully taken with him, George particularly, can not get over it and the mystery of death, to him, is greater than before.
Give our love and sympathy to Gertrude (Wagoner's wife and sister to Mrs. Hay) and tell her although I could not come out for the funeral my regard and admiration for Dr. Wagoner has always been of the highest. So rare is it to find such admirable qualities so combined and so bountifully to one man makes his loss tremendous.
Will write you at greater length soon.
With love from us all
John (son of Mrs. Hay)
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Some background on Dr. Wagoner.
Dr. George Wagoner broke his leg in the 1889 Johnstown Flood, but that did not stop him from caring for the citizens of Johnstown. He and two doctors ran a clinic on the corner of South and Napoleon Streets. Along with the clinic, Dr. Wagoner was also in charge of sanitation in the Fifth and Sixth wards after the flood. These wards are the area of Kernville. After the flood, thanks to his diligent work as a doctor, Dr. George Wagoner became the first Secretary of Memorial Hospital.
Sunday, September 6, 2026
December 20, 1863 - Some Light-Fingered Thieves Roaming All Around Johnstown - Plus an Odd Cross-Dresser Nabbed
Stolen hog - John Dibert store.
Mr. H. Silverman
December 2, 1863 - Rowdyism in Johnstown - A Couple of Local Deserters Run Amuck Thru Out Town
Fink's Saloon, Updegraff's Grocery on Clinton Street and attacking John F. Barnes
Sam Johnson and Wiles (Wilson) Petterson - horses stolen
John Gore, "Gum" Smith and "Frees" Cupp.
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