The Great Memorial Day Fire of 1945 and Other Schuylkill County Disasters
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The Great Memorial Day Fire of 1945 and Other Schuylkill County Disasters

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The Great Memorial Day Fire of 1945 and Other Schuylkill County Disasters

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Schuylkill County is no stranger to disaster.

Schuylkill County is no stranger to disaster. Protected by volunteers since 1811, residents have faced block-burning conflagrations like the Great Memorial Day Fire of 1945, which consumed sixty-seven buildings in the Mahanoy City Business District, and commercial airplane crashes like United Flight 624 near Ashland, with no survivors. The Red Church propane truck explosion near Orwigsburg caused twelve fatalities, and the Reading Railroad passenger train collision with a gasoline truck in Port Carbon sparked death and destruction, as well as a frantic search for burning money.

Telling these stories with the help of rare and many never-before-seen images, authors and veteran firefighters Michael R. Glore and Michael J. Kitsock revisit some of the region's most harrowing catastrophes.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2025
Edition
0
eBook ISBN
9781540266101
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. 1. Divinity and Justice: June 15, 1926
  7. 2. A Night to Remember: Cantwell Fire—January 22, 1947
  8. 3. Gone with the Wind: December 15, 1949
  9. 4. “My God, Get Me the Fire Department!”: September 20, 1949
  10. 5. No Rest for the Weary: May 31, 1945
  11. 6. Flight to Oblivion: June 17, 1948
  12. 7. No Work Tomorrow!: May 19, 1956
  13. 8. Day of Infamy: June 2, 1959
  14. 9. Penn-Val Dyeing Company Fire: March 7, 1957
  15. 10. Fire and Ice: January 19, 1971
  16. 11. No Matinee Tomorrow: December 27, 1965
  17. 12. Beware the Ides of March: March 28, 1954
  18. 13. So That Others May Live: April 27, 1982
  19. 14. The Fireworks Continued: July 5, 1990
  20. 15. Heartbreak Hotel: December 27, 1992
  21. 16. A Musical Tragedy: February 2, 1991
  22. 17. The Gibbsville Club: October 15, 1974
  23. 18. A Christmas Season Never Forgotten: December 20, 1980
  24. 19. Horses and Horsepower: March 9, 1916
  25. 20. Tee Time Is Canceled!: July 26, 1969
  26. 21. One Drink Too Many: January 2, 1911
  27. Glossary
  28. About the Authors

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