Concise article describing the course of the flood and its aftermath.

National Parks Service site with many photos and eye-witness accounts.

Three articles published in the immediate aftermath of the flood.

Two nineteenth century articles describing the flood's effect on the local railroad.

Article by Walter S Frank. Footnoted history of why a reconstructed dam failed. Civil engineering perspective.

Short article drawn from contemporary accounts. Published by the NOAA Photo Library.

Poem about the flood by famously bad poet William McGonagall, with historical footnote and links.