If anyone has Archeological aspirations or connections, there was a train
wreck in the 1920s (give or take a decade)on the banks of the Susquehanna
River just south of the West and North Branch convergence in Shamokin Dam
where the RR made a 90 degree turn to go over the River to Sunbury, PA on
the other side.
Well it seems one Engineer running late was going a little to fast for the
curve. Some of the train went into the old Canal mud, the locomotive was
sucked into the mud due to its weight. The box cars were recovered,
according to an old newspaper article, but the locomotive it is still there!
It may be under what is now US 11 where US 11 splits from US 15 heading
towards the Northumberland bridge.
Dominick Kasmauskas
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Pennsylvania Train Wrecks, Fires & Other Disaster articles - just added at
gendisasters.com
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Allentown, Pennsylvania Train Wreck July 1858
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/trains/allentown-trainwreck-jul1858.htm
Surnames: Donnally, Field, Kinsey, Landers, Meyers, Wolf
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Ben Avon, Pennsylvania, Mar 1908
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/fires/benavon-fire-mar1908.htm
Surnames: Lee, Young
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Birmingham, Pennsylvania Fire Apr 1854
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/fires/birmingham-fire-apr1854.htm
Surnames: Davis, Gregg, Ihmsen, others
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Catasauqua, Pennsylvania Unicorn Silk Manufacturing Fire May 1890
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/fires/catasauqua-silkmfgfire-may1910.ht
m
Surnames: Everett, Frick, Good, Lottejeanni
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Confluence, Pennsylvania Lumber Company Train Wreck Jun 1901
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/trains/confluence-trainwreck-jun1901.ht
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Surnames: Baldwin, McPeck
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Connellsville, Pennsylvania Train Wreck Mar 1907
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/trains/connellsville-trainwreck-mar1907
.htm
Surnames: Burton, Cochran, Frederick, Hull, Irwin, Lape, McGovern, Roman,
Shipley, Smith, Tissue
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Erie, Pennsylvania Fire Feb 1857
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/fires/erie-firefeb1857.htm
Surnames: Atkins, Austin, Beatty, Brown, Clark, Clifford, Goebel, Goodrich,
Graham, Justice, Kendig, Kern, Law, Loomis, Lytle, Metcalf, Moore, Murphy,
Rindernecht, Rosenswaig, Scripture, Sweney, Tanner, Whallon, Wright
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Lockhaven, Pennsylvania Storm Nov 1900
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/storms/lockhaven-stormnov1900.htm
Surnames: McCormick, McKeague, Patterson
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McKeesport, Pennsylvania Trolley Wreck June 1901
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/trains/mckeesport-trolleywreck-jun1901.
htm
Surnames: Foy, Jordan, McQuaid, Monetville, Montgomery
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Manayunk, Pennsylvania Locomotive Boiler Explosion Dec 1854
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/trains/manayunk-trainboilerexp-dec1854.
htm
Surnames: Hopple, Long, Lynch, Miller
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New Castle, Pennsylvania Train Wreck Jan 1912
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/trains/newcastle-trainwreck-jan1912.htm
Surnames: Cunningham, Gannon, Smith
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New Castle, Pennsylvania Flood May 1893
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/floods/newcastle-flood-may1893.htm
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Petrolia, PA Fire, Dec 1889
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/fires/petrolia-fire-dec1889.htm
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Flood March 1907
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/floods/pittsburgh-flood-mar1907.htm
Surnames: Bartley, Beers, Cantwell, Greenway, Hero, Johns, Johnston,
Mikesell, Pender, Shute, Thorpe, Weyand
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Trolley Car Wreck Oct 1895
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/trains/pittsburgh-trolleycarwreck-oct18
95.htm
Surnames: Bartley, Beers, Cantwell, Greenway, Hero, Johns, Johnston,
Mikesell, Pender, Shute, Thorpe, Weyand
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania West Point Boiler Works Explosion Mar 1899
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/explosions/pittsburgh-westpointexp-mar1
899.htm
Surnames: Aulenbache, Carter, Clark, Linnebau, Rheinheimer
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Schuylkillhaven, Pennsylvania Locomotive Boiler Explosion Nov 1892
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/trains/schuylkillhaven-boilerexp-nov189
2.htm
Surnames: Allison, Cowey, Cowley, Dobbins, Kendrick, Mackey, Moyer
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Titusville, Pennsylvania Fire Mar 1866
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/fires/titusville-fire-mar1866.htm
Surnames: Andrews, Backus, Barron, Beven, Bloss, Boven, Brown, Bunting,
Buser, Cushmyns, Eaton, Gelb, Gottshall, Haight, Harley, Hull, Jewhurt,
Kibbie, Marks, Mauger, Mills, Munsen, Murdock, Olmstead, Randall, Rickett,
Russ, Rust, Strouse, Van Sickle
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Events That Touched Our Ancestors's Lives
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