New - Pennsylvania Disasters added to the database at http://www.gendisasters.com Events That Touched Our Ancestors Lives: Allentown, PA Fireman Killed at West End Hotel Fire, Feb 1909 Allentown, PA Purse Falls Into Fire, Aug 1909 Allentown, PA school fire, Aug 1904 Allentown, PA school fire, Mar 1909 Allentown, PA Train Accident, Jul 1909 Armstrong County, PA Sugar Creek Township Tornado, May 1860 Athens, PA Bridge Destroyed by Flood, Apr 1916 Athens, PA High School Fire, Feb 1917 Beaver Brook, PA Mine Accident, Mar 1916 Blacklick, PA Fatal Lightning Strike, Jun 1907 Blakely, PA Trolley Accident, Mar 1904 Butler, PA Steel Mill Explosion, Oct 1907 Cambridge Springs, PA Tornado, Oct 1908 Carlisle, PA Train Accident, Mar 1916 Chester, PA Boy Falls Under Train, Aug 1915 Connellsville, PA Elderly Boarding Home Fire, Apr 1979 Danville, PA Insane Asylum Burns, Mar 1881 Flourtown, PA Train - Auto Wreck, Apr 1916 Franklin, PA Oil Refinery Fire, Oct 1911 Gibsons Point, PA Fatal Sailboat Accident, May 1891 Harrisburg, PA Downtown Fire, Feb 1907 Harrisburg, PA miners killed by lightning, Aug 1908 Huntingdon, PA Train Wreck, Mar 1876 Huntingdon, PA Train Wreck, May 1947 Hyndman, PA Train Wreck, Sept 1908 Johnstown, PA Train Wreck, Jan 1909 Johnstown, PA Train Wreck, Nov 1858 Kane, PA Portion Of Town Burned, Mar 1906 Kelly Station, PA Train Wreck, Aug 1907 Knoxville, PA Easter Sunday Tornado, Mar 1902 Kobeen, PA Head-On Collision, Oct 1912 Laporte, PA Laporte Hotel Fire, Mar 1916 Laurel Run, PA Train Wreck, Dec 1903 Laurys, PA Train Wreck, Dec 1899 Lockport, PA Train Wreck, Mar 1907 Lost Creek, PA Train Wreck, Oct 1888 Lovett Station, PA Train Wreck, Aug 1904 Madley, PA Train Wreck, Jan 1902 Manayunk, PA Locomotive Boiler Explosion, Dec 1854 Manor Station, PA Train Wreck, Oct 1895 McKeesport, PA Trolley Wreck, Jun 1901 Meadville, PA Train Wreck, Dec 1887 Merkles Crossing, PA Train Wreck, Jan 1939 Milton, PA Trolley Wreck, Aug 1906 Minooka Junction, PA train wreck, Jun 1913 Montana, PA Pottsville Engine House Fire, Aug 1871 New Castle, PA Train Wreck, Jan 1912 New Florence, PA Train Station Wreck, Feb 1910 New Florence, PA Train Wreck, Nov 1890 Newton Hamilton, PA Train Wreck, Sept 1858 Norristown, PA Train Accident, Aug 1895 Oswayo, PA McGonigal Hotel Fire, Nov 1900 Oxford, PA Depot Fire, Apr 1905 Philadelphia, PA "Pennsylvania Hall" Burns, May 1838 Philadelphia, PA boarding house fire, Jan 1905 Philadelphia, PA Fairmount Park Dam Drowning Rescue, Apr 1916 Philadelphia, PA fire engine - trolley accident, Dec 1908 Philadelphia, PA Firemen Thrown From Firetruck on Way to Fire, Aug 1915 Philadelphia, PA flood, Jan 1905 Philadelphia, PA freight depot fire, Mar 1904 Philadelphia, PA Refinery Explosion, August 16, 1900 Philadelphia, PA Steel Plant Accident, Apr 1911 Pittsburg, PA Theatre Fire, June 1905 Pittsburgh, PA 6th Street Restaurant Fire, Sept 1909 Pittsburgh, PA Columbian Film Exchange Fire, Sept 1909 Pittsburgh, PA street car fire, Feb 1904 Priceburg, PA coal mine explosion, Jun 1907 Reading, PA Train - Auto Wreck, Sept 1909 Sarvers, PA Train Plunges Off Embankment, Aug 1889 Shamokin, PA mill fire, Oct 1908 Sinnemahoning, PA powder company explosion, Jun 1907 Somerset, PA Highland Inn Fire, Oct 1909 Sunbury, PA Hotel Fire, Jan 1914 Swoyersville, PA House Fire, Aug 1915 Towanda, PA Drowning, Dec 1913 Troy, PA Train Wreck, Oct 1907 Warren County, PA Flood, Apr 1916 Wyoming Valley, PA Susquehanna River Flood, Apr 1916 Various Locations, NC, SC, VA, PA, NY, NJ, DE, MD Hurricane HAZEL, Oct 1954 Various States, NC, PA, NY, CT, VA, RI, NJ, MA Hurricane DIANE, Aug 1955 To view these and other disasters- click on "Browse by State" and then "Pennsylvania" or just go to http://www3.gendisasters.com/category/united-states/pennsylvania