Pennsylvania Train Wrecks, Fires and other disasters

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Allentown, PA House Fire, Feb 1907

Allentown, PA School Fire, Mar 1909

Annville, PA Dynamite Explosion, Feb 1907

Austin, PA Disastrous Fire, Dec 1890

Bethlehem, PA Blizzard, Dec 1909

Carlisle, PA Fire At College, Mar 1904

Cecil, PA Flooding Caused By Downpour, July 1896

Centralia, PA Coal Mine Fire, Jul 1879

Chester, PA "Great Leopard" Fire, Apr 1971

Coatesville, PA business center fire, Jul 1911

Conneaut Lake, PA Hotel Fires, Apr 1908

Dushore, PA Tornado, June 1922

Dushore, PA Fire, Jun 1898

Easton, PA Resort Hotel Fire, July 1905

Easton, PA Trolley Cars Collide, Feb 1907

Elizabethtown, PA Tornado, Mar 1830

Middletown, PA Town Fire, Apr 1910

Middletown, PA Fire, Apr 1910

Minnie Station, PA Mill Explosion, Mar 1899

Mount Union, PA Downtown Fire, May 1924

Osceola, PA Destructive Fire, July 1870

Philadelphia, PA Business Block Fire, Dec 1851

Philadelphia, PA Explosion, Jan 1918

Philadelphia, PA Publishing Company Fire, May 1872

Philadelphia, PA Auto Wreck, Dec 1913

Philadelphia, PA Children Injured Playing with Matches, Jan 1907

Philadelphia, PA Roof Collapses During Blizzard, Dec 1909

Philadelphia, PA storm, Mar 1911

Philadelphia, PA train wreck, Feb 1893

Pittsburg, PA Disastrous Fire, May 1845

Pittsburgh, PA Folding Bed Accident, Mar 1909

Pittsburgh, PA Whiskey Explosion, Feb 1898

Pottsville, PA Mine Explosion, Aug 1908

Reading, PA Gas Accident, Mar 1909

Reading, PA Race Drivers Killed, June 1966

Reading, PA Tower Burns, Apr 1923

Roscoe, PA Glove Mine Accident, Jan 1916

Scranton, PA Mine Accident, Jul 1906

Sharon, PA Hay Accident, Jan 1907

Smethport, PA Bottle Factory Fire, May 1918

Warren, PA Hotel, School Other Buildings Burn, Apr 1872

Washington, PA Tornado, Mar 1830

Waynesburg, PA Plant Explosion, Feb 1914

Williamsport, PA Planing Mill & Furniture Factory Fire, Apr 1879

Braddock, Pennsylvania Edgar Thompson Steel Works Explosion Aug 1895

Read about the explosion in Furnace H

Killed: John Grengo, Joseph Luckni, John Prokopovic, Stephen Havlin, John Mika, Joseph Csop, Andrew Drobuah, Mike Kafines

Injured: James Harrison, others

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Dunbar, Pennsylvania Mine Explosion June 1890

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Killed: Joseph Brigner, Richard Brigner; Milt Forney, Barney Moss; Peter Egan, Robert McGuill; Martin Cavener; John Cope, Andy Cope, Pat Devlin, John Dehanney, John Joy, John Dehanney, David Davis, Thomas Davis, Pat Cahill, William Cahill; Pat Courtney, John Courtney, Jack Mitchell, Dan South, James Shearn; Danny Shearn; David Hayes, William Hayes, James McCleary, Thomas McCleary, Elmer Dewey; Joseph Bigley, Barney Maust, Emanuel Maust; Pat Courtney, George Courtney, John Mitchell.

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