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From: "Dominick G. Kasmauskas CFPS" <>
Subject: Re: [PAGENWEB] Pennsylvania Train Wrecks,Fires & Other Disasters ....
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:32:45 -0400
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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
m

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
http://www.gendisasters.com

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