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The Flood quickly became the biggest news story of its day. Reporters wired thousands of words from Johnstown. Much of what these reporters wrote was nonsense, but their words opened the hearts, and wallets, of people around the world.
For the Johnstown effort, the Red Cross employed over fifty men and women, both paid and volunteer. It has been estimated that nearly 25,000 people were helped, at a cost of about $250,000.
A total of $3,752,818.78 was collected for Johnstown from around the world. |