Social Organizations
Knox was a member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which maintained an earthen dam for a lake near its clubhouse upriver of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The dam failed in May 1889, causing the Johnstown Flood and severe losses of life and property downriver. When word of the dam's failure was telegraphed to Pittsburgh, Frick and other members of the South Fork Club gathered to form the Pittsburgh Relief Committee for assistance to the flood victims. They decided together to refrain from speaking publicly about the club or the flood. This strategy was a success, and Knox and Reed were able to fend off all lawsuits that would have placed blame upon the Club’s members.
Knox was also a member of the elite Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh.
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