My grandfather and grandaunt went to school in Oberlin, not sure if it was this school. Might you happen to know them??? William Henry Evans Jr. and Betty Jane Evans? My grandfather in now dead but I am not sure about Betty Jane. I would love to find my grandaunt, if she is still alive. Deb > From: "kenneth" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:37:39 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] West Side School Bldg. Furnace Explosion, 1895 - > Elyria > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:37:25 -0600 > > Was this Gates School that is on Lake Ave? I went there in the 30ths but I > didn't think the building was that old. I think the building is now used for > the county welfare dept. My mother went to the old School Street School > which is a block in back of gates and is on School St. That building was a > wooden frame structure. ( I realize that Lake Ave may have a new name.) Ken > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:05 PM > Subject: [OHLORAIN] West Side School Bldg. Furnace Explosion, 1895 - Elyria > > >> Elyria, O., Feb. 7 -- The furnace in the new West Side public school >> building blew up with terrific force during the noon recess of the school. >> The northern wall of the main building was blown completely out. Fire >> immediately started and was only extinguished after much damage had been >> done. Had the explosion occurred 15 minutes later, when 200 children >> would >> have been in the building, a frightful loss of life would have occurred. >> The loss on the building will be about $7,000. >> >> Source: Richland Shield & Banner (Mansfield, Richland, Ohio): 09 >> February >> 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 39 >> >> >> ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page >> http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >> >> > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >

There was another school on the west side of Elyria on Lake Avenue that was later Alma Apartments just south of the Griswold Rd. intersection. I can't remember the name of the school -- maybe it was just called Lake Ave. school?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deb Evans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] West Side School Bldg. Furnace Explosion, 1895 -Elyria > My grandfather and grandaunt went to school in Oberlin, not sure if it was > this school. Might you happen to know them??? William Henry Evans Jr. > and > Betty Jane Evans? My grandfather in now dead but I am not sure about > Betty > Jane. I would love to find my grandaunt, if she is still alive. Deb > >> From: "kenneth" <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:37:39 -0700 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] West Side School Bldg. Furnace Explosion, 1895 - >> Elyria >> Resent-From: [email protected] >> Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:37:25 -0600 >> >> Was this Gates School that is on Lake Ave? I went there in the 30ths but >> I >> didn't think the building was that old. I think the building is now used >> for >> the county welfare dept. My mother went to the old School Street School >> which is a block in back of gates and is on School St. That building was >> a >> wooden frame structure. ( I realize that Lake Ave may have a new name.) >> Ken >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Amy" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:05 PM >> Subject: [OHLORAIN] West Side School Bldg. Furnace Explosion, 1895 - >> Elyria >> >> >>> Elyria, O., Feb. 7 -- The furnace in the new West Side public school >>> building blew up with terrific force during the noon recess of the >>> school. >>> The northern wall of the main building was blown completely out. Fire >>> immediately started and was only extinguished after much damage had been >>> done. Had the explosion occurred 15 minutes later, when 200 children >>> would >>> have been in the building, a frightful loss of life would have occurred. >>> The loss on the building will be about $7,000. >>> >>> Source: Richland Shield & Banner (Mansfield, Richland, Ohio): 09 >>> February >>> 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 39 >>> >>> >>> ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== >>> Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page >>> http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >>> >>> >> >> >> ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page >> http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >> > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > >

You are correct, on the name of that school. I went to school there for the first through third grades. It was, indeed, called Lake Avenue School.... Just my two cents worth, Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "NatureGem" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] West Side School Bldg. Furnace Explosion, 1895 -Elyria > There was another school on the west side of Elyria on Lake Avenue that > was later Alma Apartments just south of the Griswold Rd. intersection. I > can't remember the name of the school -- maybe it was just called Lake > Ave. school?? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Deb Evans" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:53 PM > Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] West Side School Bldg. Furnace Explosion, > 1895 -Elyria > > >> My grandfather and grandaunt went to school in Oberlin, not sure if it >> was >> this school. Might you happen to know them??? William Henry Evans Jr. >> and >> Betty Jane Evans? My grandfather in now dead but I am not sure about >> Betty >> Jane. I would love to find my grandaunt, if she is still alive. Deb >> >>> From: "kenneth" <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:37:39 -0700 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] West Side School Bldg. Furnace Explosion, 1895 - >>> Elyria >>> Resent-From: [email protected] >>> Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:37:25 -0600 >>> >>> Was this Gates School that is on Lake Ave? I went there in the 30ths but >>> I >>> didn't think the building was that old. I think the building is now used >>> for >>> the county welfare dept. My mother went to the old School Street School >>> which is a block in back of gates and is on School St. That building was >>> a >>> wooden frame structure. ( I realize that Lake Ave may have a new name.) >>> Ken >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Amy" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:05 PM >>> Subject: [OHLORAIN] West Side School Bldg. Furnace Explosion, 1895 - >>> Elyria >>> >>> >>>> Elyria, O., Feb. 7 -- The furnace in the new West Side public school >>>> building blew up with terrific force during the noon recess of the >>>> school. >>>> The northern wall of the main building was blown completely out. Fire >>>> immediately started and was only extinguished after much damage had >>>> been >>>> done. Had the explosion occurred 15 minutes later, when 200 children >>>> would >>>> have been in the building, a frightful loss of life would have >>>> occurred. >>>> The loss on the building will be about $7,000. >>>> >>>> Source: Richland Shield & Banner (Mansfield, Richland, Ohio): 09 >>>> February >>>> 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 39 >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== >>>> Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page >>>> http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== >>> Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page >>> http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >>> >> >> >> ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page >> http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >> >> > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN > >