Fire Rescue Co. Archives Preview
Fire Rescue Co. Archives Preview
Embedded Files
As Bertrand Library scans Smith's binders, they'll publish the digitized archival material on this site.
Here's a preview from two of Smith's shorter binders that focus on only a few stories, specific topic.
Fire Story: Washington School, Shamokin (1934)
Fire Story: Washington School, Shamokin (1934)
Fire Report
Fire Report
Date: January 23, 1934
Location: 109 E Sunbury St
Area: Shamokin
Description: Origin of fire undetermined - Flames, discovered shortly after 5:00 last evening, Not checked until early morning - Building had been under CWA construction - Several firemen hurt, one seriously.
Map
Map
Coal-Related Fires
Coal-Related Fires
Henry Clay Colliery (1894)
Henry Clay Colliery (1894)
Date: October 11, 1894
Location: Henry Clay Colliery
Area: Northumberland County, PA
Photo annotated with "Boiler explosion, one man killed"
Locust Gap Mine Fire (1904)
Locust Gap Mine Fire (1904)
Date: May 5, 1904
Location: Locust Gap Mine
Area: Northumberland County, PA
Article commemorating 100th anniversary of a fire that killed five miners (Michael Boylan, John Boylan, Michael Shannon, John Debo, and William "Little William" Krahinski). The recovery of the bodies was difficult and prolonged, with the last bodies found in June 1905, over a year later.
Thomas Coal Inc., Ranshaw (1963)
Thomas Coal Inc., Ranshaw (1963)
Date: March 13, 1963
Location: Thomas Coal Inc.
Area: Ranshaw (?)
Reidinger Breaker (1975)
Reidinger Breaker (1975)
Date: March 3, 1975
Location: Reidinger Breaker
Area: Northumberland County, PA
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