Athens, PA High School Fire, Feb 1917

Athens, PA High School Fire, Feb 1917

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Photos showing the school before the fire and ablaze with a newspaper article about the fire.

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Pennsylvania Fires, Train Wrecks and other disasters

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors Lives:

Butler, PA oil company fire, Jun 1907
Bellefonte, PA High School Fire, Feb 1939
Philadelphia, PA Leather Works Factory Destroyed, Dec 1910
Pittsburgh, PA Train Wreck, Sept 1911
Hollidaysburg, PA Court House Fire, Mar 1917
Barnesboro, PA School House Burns, Mar 1909
Bellefonte, PA County Prison Fire, Jan 1959
Brandtsville, PA Train Cars Explode At Wreck Site, April 1963
Westport, PA Train Wreck, Aug 1871
Uniontown, PA Destructive Fire, July 1943
Meshoppen, PA Hotel Fire, Jan 1904
Dunmore, PA Marywood College Fire, Feb 1971
York, PA Rolling Mill Explosion, Aug 1908
Mechanicsburg, PA Printing House Fire, Jan 1903
Mechanicsburg, PA Bowling Alley And Apartment Fire, Mar 1956
Tyrone, PA Pennsylvania House Hotel Fire, Jan 1972
Marcus Hook, PA Tanker Explodes After Collision, Jan 1975
Ardmore, PA Train Accident, May 1896
Rankin, PA Boiler Explosion, Apr 1900
Pottsville, PA Mine Explosion, Feb 1895
Philadelphia, PA Grand Central Theatre Fire, Apr 1892
Bus Crash Kills Seven near Lancaster Pa Dec 1969
Marianna, PA Mine Explosion Disaster, Nov 1908
Shiremanstown, PA Fires Sweeps Through Town, Sep 1908
Salisbury, PA Loss By Fire Of Portion Of Town, Sep 1924
Ebensburg, PA Destructive Fire Throughout Town, Feb 1915
Philadelphia, PA Refinery Fire, Aug 1975
Cheswick, PA Harwick Mine Explosion, Jan 1904
Greensburg, PA Train And Truck Collision, Sep 1924
Altoona, PA Lyric Theatre Burns, Feb 1907
Lancaster, PA Warehouses Burned, Jan 1907
Briar Hill, PA Bucket Accident Kills Four, Jan 1904

Unknown School Photo, New Castle, PA

Unknown School Photo, New Castle, PA

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Perhaps you might recognize someone or the school in the background.

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N & S. V. Depot, Blain, PA, early 1900s photo

N. & S. V. Depot, Blain, PA early 1900s

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Photo from a postcard shows a group of unknown residents waiting for the train at the N. & S. V. railroad depot in Blain, Perry County, PA.

Perhaps you might recognize some of these folks.

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Pennsylvania Disaster Articles - just added at http://www.gendisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Carmichaels, PA Robena Coal Mine Explosion, Dec 1962
Charleroi, PA Area Auto Accidents, Aug 1960
Clymer, PA "Sample Run" Mine Disastrous Explosion, Aug 1926
Courtney, PA Cincinnati Mine Explosion, Apr 1913
Five Points, PA Dreadful Mining Accident, Aug 1855
Gettysburg, PA Area Storm, Jan 1939
Johnstown, PA Commuter Plane Crashes On Landing, Jan 1974
Kensington, PA Boating Accident, July 1880
Knoxville, PA Street Car Wreck, Dec 1917
Media, PA Fatal Cigar Smoking Accident, Dec 1909
Myerstown, PA Troop Train Rams Freight Train, Jan 1946
Near Allentown, PA Under-Water Blast Kills Diver, July 1960
New Oxford, PA Auto Wreck, Jan 1939
New Smithville, PA Bus Crashes Through Guardrail, July 1970
Northeast Pennylvania Forest Fires, May 1880
Parnassus, PA Valley Camp Coal Company Mine Explosion, Mar 1929
Philadelphia, PA Destructive Tornado, Apr 1856
Philadelphia, PA Fell from Pole, Apr 1896
Pittsburgh, PA Monongahela House Banquet Hall Fire, Apr 1897
Pittsburgh, PA Plane Crashes After Attempted Landing, Mar 1937
Portage, PA Mine Explosion Kills 63 Workers, July 1940
Powys, PA Farm Home Fire Near Williamsport, Jan 1931
Shenandoah, PA mine cave-in, Nov 1938
Spangler, PA Reilly Shaft No. 1 Mine Explosion, Nov 1922
Springville, PA Tornado and Storms In Pennsylvania, July 1871
Various Towns, PA Tornado and Storm Damage, July 1853
Wilkes-Barre, PA Deadly Mine Explosion, Dec 1947

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