Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVI, Number 14, July 15, 1889:
BLOUGH - On the 31st of May, in Johnstown, Pa., of drowning in the Johnstown flood, Samuel, son of John and Rachel Blough, aged 32 years, 4 months and 1 day. Buried on the 2d of June, when services were held by Jonas Blough and Samuel Gindelsperger. His wife and only child were also drowned. The wife's body was found on the 4th of June, and buried on the 5th by the side of her husband. The body of the child has not been found. May the Lord bless the bereaved friends.
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Samuel owned a jewlery store in downtown Johnstown at the time of the 1889 flood. He had taken up the clock and watch making line of trade without any kind of training in that line, and invented an electric clock, possibly the first of that kind. He occupied the first floor for business and lived on the second floor. They had one child. The day of the flood they were in their room with some other people, and when the rush of water came he and his wife and child were at the front window watching it. The water tore the front of the building away and they were lost, while the rest of the people had retreated to the rear of the building and were saved. After several days of searching, the bodies were recovered and buried.
BLOUGH - On the 31st of May, in Johnstown, Pa., of drowning in the Johnstown flood, Samuel, son of John and Rachel Blough, aged 32 years, 4 months and 1 day. Buried on the 2d of June, when services were held by Jonas Blough and Samuel Gindelsperger. His wife and only child were also drowned. The wife's body was found on the 4th of June, and buried on the 5th by the side of her husband. The body of the child has not been found. May the Lord bless the bereaved friends.
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Samuel owned a jewlery store in downtown Johnstown at the time of the 1889 flood. He had taken up the clock and watch making line of trade without any kind of training in that line, and invented an electric clock, possibly the first of that kind. He occupied the first floor for business and lived on the second floor. They had one child. The day of the flood they were in their room with some other people, and when the rush of water came he and his wife and child were at the front window watching it. The water tore the front of the building away and they were lost, while the rest of the people had retreated to the rear of the building and were saved. After several days of searching, the bodies were recovered and buried.
Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVI, Number 14, July 15, 1889:
BLOUGH - On the 31st of May, in Johnstown, Pa., of drowning in the Johnstown flood, Samuel, son of John and Rachel Blough, aged 32 years, 4 months and 1 day. Buried on the 2d of June, when services were held by Jonas Blough and Samuel Gindelsperger. His wife and only child were also drowned. The wife's body was found on the 4th of June, and buried on the 5th by the side of her husband. The body of the child has not been found. May the Lord bless the bereaved friends.
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Samuel owned a jewlery store in downtown Johnstown at the time of the 1889 flood. He had taken up the clock and watch making line of trade without any kind of training in that line, and invented an electric clock, possibly the first of that kind. He occupied the first floor for business and lived on the second floor. They had one child. The day of the flood they were in their room with some other people, and when the rush of water came he and his wife and child were at the front window watching it. The water tore the front of the building away and they were lost, while the rest of the people had retreated to the rear of the building and were saved. After several days of searching, the bodies were recovered and buried.
BLOUGH - On the 31st of May, in Johnstown, Pa., of drowning in the Johnstown flood, Samuel, son of John and Rachel Blough, aged 32 years, 4 months and 1 day. Buried on the 2d of June, when services were held by Jonas Blough and Samuel Gindelsperger. His wife and only child were also drowned. The wife's body was found on the 4th of June, and buried on the 5th by the side of her husband. The body of the child has not been found. May the Lord bless the bereaved friends.
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Samuel owned a jewlery store in downtown Johnstown at the time of the 1889 flood. He had taken up the clock and watch making line of trade without any kind of training in that line, and invented an electric clock, possibly the first of that kind. He occupied the first floor for business and lived on the second floor. They had one child. The day of the flood they were in their room with some other people, and when the rush of water came he and his wife and child were at the front window watching it. The water tore the front of the building away and they were lost, while the rest of the people had retreated to the rear of the building and were saved. After several days of searching, the bodies were recovered and buried.
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