The rich really are above the law: Andrew Carnegie once killed 2000 people and got away with it!

The rich really are above the law: Andrew Carnegie once killed 2000 people and got away with it!

The Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889. It was the result of the failure of the South Fork Dam situated on the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The flood was made worse by several days of extremely heavy rainfall.

The dam's failure unleashed a torrent of 20 million tons of water from the reservoir known as Lake Conemaugh. With a volumetric flow rate that temporarily equaled that of the Mississippi River, the flood killed 2,209 people and caused US$17 million of damage.

The club's members were some of the richest men in America—including Andrew Carnegie—but efforts to hold them legally responsible went nowhere.

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