Posted on: Venango Co. Pa Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/VenangoObits?read=397 Surname: McIntyre, Kilgore ------------------------- Venango Citizen-Press 1874 On Jan.2, 1874, about 11:00 AM a fire broke out at the Marshall House Hotel that is located at the West end of the wire bridge over the Allegheny River. Flames spread rapidly, destroying the Hotel and Toll House and heated the wires supporting the bridge. The weakened wires broke and the bridge collasped. Mrs. Mary McIntyre was on the bridge with her three children. George, Mary and Sarah McIntyre and Wilfred Kilgore who was a nephew. Mary was rescued with a broken shoulder. Wilfred's body was found in the wreckage. Mrs. McIntyre died three days later of injuries received in the collapse of the bridge.