On April 14, 1872, volunteer firefighter and Civil War veteran Charles Ewing was racing to a fire on Sanderson Street in Pottsville when a tragic accident took his life before he reached the flames. His death stunned the town and drew a massive funeral procession. Read the Full Story.
The once imposing tower of the Miners' Journal building collapsed in a shower of sparks in October 1892
In December 1871, a devastating fire nearly claimed lives at the Kalmia Colliery in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Flames swept through the breaker, trapping miners and sparking rumors of arson by the Molly Maguires in this turbulent era of coal industry violence in Pennsylvania history. Read the Full Story.
Fire swept through Lykens in December 1900 and destroyed the offices of the town's oldest newspaper
On November 20, 1869, a massive fire swept through the Brookside Colliery above the growing village of Tower City, Pennsylvania.