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    1. Re: [PACENTRE] Pleasant Gap Train Wreck June 22, 1948
    2. Craig and all, Thank you for posting that train wreck article. Ray Miller was a relative of mine. My grandparents, now in their mid-70s, were newlyweds living in their first home in Axemann in 1948, almost across the street from the crash site. When I asked them about the wreck, my grandmother remembered the terrible crashing sound when the trains hit -- and the people spread out on picnic-blankets on that hillside across Logan's Branch from the wreck. My grandfather pointed out to me the exact location of the tragedy, so I now know where these two men lost their lives. He told me that the car was crunched up very badly indeed. Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist and Historian of Central PA and Beyond View my homepage: http://members.aol.com/JKHouser84/index.htm Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) President, Bellefonte Area HS Class of 2003 Student Representative, Bellefonte Area School District Board of Education Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) Member, Valley View United Methodist Church (near Bellefonte, PA) "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature"

    07/21/2002 05:13:51