Hi Amy, Great site. I had never seen it before but have it bookmarked now. Val On 1 May 2008 at 22:09, Amy Lathrop <[email protected]> wrote: > > I live in Lackawanna also and have only ever heard that there was once > a hospital on site, but never a name. I assumed it was just called the > plant hospital. > > I'm using fultonhistory.com > > I did come across a newpaper article in the Buffalo Express saying > that an accident victim was refused at Moses Taylor Hospital because > he had not been injured at the plant. > > Yet there are other articles saying someone was injured at Ridge Rd. > and Holland Ave and taken there. (1926) Someone injured in an auto > accident on Lakeshore Road near Wanakah taken to Moses Taylor Hospital > in Lackawnna (1925) Harry Dunlap of 699 Riley street injured when car > he was riding in hit a pole at Bayview, taken to Moses Taylor > Hospital(1924) Edward Collins, 65, of 223 Swan, died in Moses Taylor > hospital after hit by a car on Hamburg Turnpike near the plant. (1924) > And many, many more. > > There are lots of employment adds for orderlies and Maids at Moses > Taylor Hospital, Lackawanna, NY. > > > > Amy L. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gail<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ; > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May > 01, 2008 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Moses Taylor Hospital in > Buffalo or Lackawanna - 1920 > > > If your interested in a short history lesson of Lackawanna, the city > has its own web site > www.ci.lackawanna.ny.us\<http://www.ci.lackawanna.ny.us/> then go to > enter site and history. The only hospital I ever heard anyone talk > about in Lackawanna was "Our Lady of Victory" (which is now low > income senior citizen apartments.) I have been living around and in > Lackawanna all my life and had numerous friends and relatives that > worked at the steel plant, but I have never heard any of them > mention this hospital....learn something new everyday. Sounds like > the plant (which was like a little city all of its own in those > days) must have had their own medical facility. Strange its not > spoken or written about that much. Makes you wonder why. Gail ----- > Original Message ----- From: "Val" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: > Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:51 AM Subject: [NYERIE] Moses Taylor > Hospital in Buffalo or Lackawanna - 1920 > > > > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming > message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: > 269.23.7/1409 - Release Date: 5/1/2008 > 8:39 AM > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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