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When the water stops,more than 2,000 people lie dead.
水停后 兩千多人死于橫禍
One in three are so mutilated they can't even be identified.
其中有三分之一尸體殘缺 甚至無法辨識身份
1,600 Homes are destroyed...
1600間房屋被摧毀
...and over four square miles of the town are completely leveled.
超過四平方英里的城鎮 被夷為平地
The Johnstown Flood is the worst man-made disaster in the United States prior to 9/11 .
約翰斯頓洪災是9/11襲擊之前 美國所經歷的最惡劣的人禍
Bodies will be found for years to come.
很多年后還能找到死難者的尸體
Some as far away as Cincinnati,350 miles from Johnstown.
有些甚至被沖到了辛辛那提 離約翰斯頓350英里
Volunteers come from across the country to assist in the recovery.
全國各地的志愿者 參與到恢復行動
The Flood is the first major peacetime relief effort of the recently formed American Red Cross.
這次洪災是成立不久的美國紅十字會第一次展開和平時期救援行動
As outrage over the flood grows,the public looks for someone to blame.
隨著對洪災憤怒的升級公眾開始四處尋找責任者
Most of that blame falls on the members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.
大多數指責都指向了南叉漁獵俱樂部的會員
But the members deny responsibility.
但這些會員拒不承擔責任
Lawsuits are filed......But they're ultimately unsuccessful.
人們打起了官司但最終卻未能勝訴
In the eyes of an angry public,the South Fork members-- including Henry Frick--have gotten away with murder.
在憤怒的公眾眼中 南叉會員 包括亨利·弗里克 行為無異于謀殺 卻逍遙法外
