Lackawanna Steel Co.(Previously Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co. and later, Bethlehem Steel Corp.) came to the Stony Point/Limestone Hill area of West Seneca, NY(Now Lackawanna, NY) from Scranton, PA in 1899. The city is so named FOR the steel company. There WAS a hospital wholly connected with the Bethlehem(Lackawanna Steel) Co. It was probably located on the Plant grounds. OR it could have been located in "the first ward" which was a community built exclusively for the Steelworkers and their families. IF it was in the First Ward, I'm going to guess it was on Wilkesbarre in what was, more recently, the Erie. Co. Health Dept. Clinic building. But I think it makes more sense, considering the type of work, and thereby the type of emergencies, that it be closer to the Plant than that. Could it have been named Moses Taylor Hospital? Sure. Why not? Makes sense to me, The Co. having come from Scranton, PA. Could it have been widely unknown that it was called Moses Taylor Hospital? Sure. I would think it's official name could have have been only commonly known by those living/working in/around the plant. I think you could conclude then, the hospital he died in was the Steel Plant Hospital. If you live nearby, Go to the Lackawanna Branch Library on Ridge Rd. There is a Steel Plant museum in the basement. I guarantee that someone there will be able to tell you something, or will be able to put you in touch with someone who does. Good Luck. Hope you find what you need. Amy L. Here is some contact information you could try. Lackawanna Area Historical Association P.O. Box 64 Lackawanna, N.Y. 14218 Lackawanna, City of, City Historian William Emerling 80 South Shore Boulevard Lackawanna, NY 14218 Lackawanna, City of Steel Plant and Local History Museum 560 Ridge Road Lackawanna, NY 14218 (716) 823-0630 Fax: (716) 827-1997 ----- Original Message ----- From: Joann H. Nichols<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Moses Taylor Hospital in Buffalo or Lackawanna - 1920 Was the company Lackawanna Steal Co. or Lackawanna Steel Co.? Have you googled it? Good luck, Joann Nichols Val wrote: > Hi All, > > My Granduncle was killed when he fell from a crane at the Lackawanna > Steal Co. on Sept 27, 1920 during a freak storm. Lightening hit 3 > places in the area that day and he lost is footing when a flash > startled him. > > I'm trying to put together a scenario of his last day as part of > writing his story but I haven't been able to find the locations of > the Steal company or the Hospital. > > He was living at 544 Perry St., Buffalo at the time and I have that > location on a map. He would have gone to work at the Lakawanna Steal > Co. in the morning but I haven't been able to find it's location > other than Lackawanna the city is only 4 miles from Perry St. Does > anyone have an address for the Plant in 1920. > > He fell at 4 pm and was taken to Moses Taylor Hospital where he died > at 6:05 pm. The only Moses Taylor Hospital that I have been able to > locate is the one in Scranton PA but it is more than 4 hours away > going at the speed of today's cars so it's impossible for them to > transport him to that hospital within 2 hours. > > I have reason to believe that there was a branch of this hospital > near the steal works plant and that there is some connection between > the plant and the hospital. Does anyone have more information on > this hopital and where it was located. > > The name of the plant could be The Lackawanna Iron and Steal Co. but > the name on my records show The Lackawanna Steal Co. > > I found a reference to the hospital here: > http://www.railfan.net/lists/erielack-digest/200608/msg00727.html<http://www.railfan.net/lists/erielack-digest/200608/msg00727.html> > > But it still doesn't give me the location. > > Hope someone out there can help. > > Val > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have your answer. April 12, 1903 The Buffalo Illustrated Express. "One of the features of the Lackawanna Steel Company's plant that attests ( ? ) the breadth of view of those who have founded that institution is the Moses Taylor Hospital that has been designed for the benefit of employees of the plant. It will be a building 100 feet long, with wings running back 80 feet, and within it the best ideas as to modern hospital equipment will be employed." I'm finding many articles about people who are treated or died at Moses Taylor Hospital, many articles specifically saying the hospital is in Lackawanna. . ----- Original Message ----- From: Joann H. Nichols<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%3Cmailto:[email protected]>> ; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%3Cmailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Moses Taylor Hospital in Buffalo or Lackawanna - 1920 Was the company Lackawanna Steal Co. or Lackawanna Steel Co.? Have you googled it? Good luck, Joann Nichols Val wrote: > Hi All, > > My Granduncle was killed when he fell from a crane at the Lackawanna > Steal Co. on Sept 27, 1920 during a freak storm. Lightening hit 3 > places in the area that day and he lost is footing when a flash > startled him. > > I'm trying to put together a scenario of his last day as part of > writing his story but I haven't been able to find the locations of > the Steal company or the Hospital. > > He was living at 544 Perry St., Buffalo at the time and I have that > location on a map. He would have gone to work at the Lakawanna Steal > Co. in the morning but I haven't been able to find it's location > other than Lackawanna the city is only 4 miles from Perry St. Does > anyone have an address for the Plant in 1920. > > He fell at 4 pm and was taken to Moses Taylor Hospital where he died > at 6:05 pm. The only Moses Taylor Hospital that I have been able to > locate is the one in Scranton PA but it is more than 4 hours away > going at the speed of today's cars so it's impossible for them to > transport him to that hospital within 2 hours. > > I have reason to believe that there was a branch of this hospital > near the steal works plant and that there is some connection between > the plant and the hospital. Does anyone have more information on > this hopital and where it was located. > > The name of the plant could be The Lackawanna Iron and Steal Co. but > the name on my records show The Lackawanna Steal Co. > > I found a reference to the hospital here: > http://www.railfan.net/lists/erielack-digest/200608/msg00727.html<http://www.railfan.net/lists/erielack-digest/200608/msg00727.html<http://www.railfan.net/lists/erielack-digest/200608/msg00727.html%3Chttp://www.railfan.net/lists/erielack-digest/200608/msg00727.html>> > > But it still doesn't give me the location. > > Hope someone out there can help. > > Val > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%3Cmailto:[email protected]>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%3Cmailto:[email protected]>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Amy, Thanks for all that background. I'm much too far away to visit the Library. I'd love to take a research vacation some day and walk the streets and visit the libraries and cemeteries but it is too far for me to go for a quick visit. Maybe someday I will find someone who knows exactly where that illusive hospital was. Val On 1 May 2008 at 12:54, Amy Lathrop <[email protected]> wrote: > Lackawanna Steel Co.(Previously Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co. and > later, Bethlehem Steel Corp.) came to the Stony Point/Limestone Hill > area of West Seneca, NY(Now Lackawanna, NY) from Scranton, PA in > 1899. The city is so named FOR the steel company. > > There WAS a hospital wholly connected with the Bethlehem(Lackawanna > Steel) Co. It was probably located on the Plant grounds. OR it could > have been located in "the first ward" which was a community built > exclusively for the Steelworkers and their families. IF it was in the > First Ward, I'm going to guess it was on Wilkesbarre in what was, more > recently, the Erie. Co. Health Dept. Clinic building. But I think it > makes more sense, considering the type of work, and thereby the type > of emergencies, that it be closer to the Plant than that. Could it > have been named Moses Taylor Hospital? Sure. Why not? Makes sense to > me, The Co. having come from Scranton, PA. Could it have been widely > unknown that it was called Moses Taylor Hospital? Sure. I would think > it's official name could have have been only commonly known by those > living/working in/around the plant. > > I think you could conclude then, the hospital he died in was the Steel > Plant Hospital. If you live nearby, Go to the Lackawanna Branch > Library on Ridge Rd. There is a Steel Plant museum in the basement. > I guarantee that someone there will be able to tell you something, or > will be able to put you in touch with someone who does. > > Good Luck. Hope you find what you need. > > Amy L. > > Here is some contact information you could try. > > Lackawanna Area Historical Association > P.O. Box 64 > Lackawanna, N.Y. 14218 > > Lackawanna, City of, City Historian > William Emerling > 80 South Shore Boulevard > Lackawanna, NY 14218 > > Lackawanna, City of Steel Plant and Local History Museum > 560 Ridge Road > Lackawanna, NY 14218 > (716) 823-0630 > Fax: (716) 827-1997 > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joann H. Nichols<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ; > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May > 01, 2008 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Moses Taylor Hospital in > Buffalo or Lackawanna - 1920 > > > Was the company Lackawanna Steal Co. or Lackawanna Steel Co.? Have > you googled it? > > Good luck, > Joann Nichols > > Val wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > My Granduncle was killed when he fell from a crane at the > Lackawanna > Steal Co. on Sept 27, 1920 during a freak storm. > Lightening hit 3 > places in the area that day and he lost is > footing when a flash > startled him. > > I'm trying to put together > a scenario of his last day as part of > writing his story but I > haven't been able to find the locations of > the Steal company or > the Hospital. > > He was living at 544 Perry St., Buffalo at the > time and I have that > location on a map. He would have gone to > work at the Lakawanna Steal > Co. in the morning but I haven't been > able to find it's location > other than Lackawanna the city is only > 4 miles from Perry St. Does > anyone have an address for the Plant > in 1920. > > He fell at 4 pm and was taken to Moses Taylor Hospital > where he died > at 6:05 pm. The only Moses Taylor Hospital that I > have been able to > locate is the one in Scranton PA but it is more > than 4 hours away > going at the speed of today's cars so it's > impossible for them to > transport him to that hospital within 2 > hours. > > I have reason to believe that there was a branch of this > hospital > near the steal works plant and that there is some > connection between > the plant and the hospital. Does anyone have > more information on > this hopital and where it was located. > > The > name of the plant could be The Lackawanna Iron and Steal Co. but > > the name on my records show The Lackawanna Steal Co. > > I found a > reference to the hospital here: > > http://www.railfan.net/lists/erielack-digest/200608/msg00727.html<ht > tp://www.railfan.net/lists/erielack-digest/200608/msg00727.html> > > > But it still doesn't give me the location. > > Hope someone out > there can help. > > Val > > ------------------------------- > To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message