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October 1918

The 1918 influenza pandemic tore apart this small Pennsylvania family

Posted on November 15, 2018November 12, 2018 by Jake Wynn

Influenza swept through the Hensel family of Sheridan, Pennsylvania in October 1918, leaving three dead and lives changed forever.

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Posted in Tower City, World War ITagged 1918 Influenza Outbreak, Coal Region, Influenza, October 1918, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Spanish Flu, Tower City, Williams Valley, World War I3 Comments

“May these sights soon cease” – Influenza in Pottsville, 1918

Posted on September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 by Jake Wynn

"Sorrow and woe stalk almost unceasingly in our midst," wrote the Pottsville Republican in October 1918.

Posted in Pottsville, Schuylkill CountyTagged 1918, 1918 Influenza Outbreak, October 1918, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Spanish Flu, World War 1, World War I1 Comment

Women faced great risks, but volunteered to save lives in Harrisburg during the 1918 flu epidemic

Posted on March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 by Jake Wynn

During the height of the 1918 influenza epidemic, the women of Central Pennsylvania jumped into action.

Posted in Harrisburg, World War ITagged 1918 Influenza Outbreak, Central Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Influenza, Nurses, October 1918, Spanish Flu, Volunteers, Women, World War ILeave a comment

During the height of the 1918 influenza outbreak, central Pennsylvania ran out of coffins

Posted on February 6, 2018April 11, 2018 by Jake Wynn

Undertakers in Harrisburg found their morgues full of flu victims in October 1918 with no way to give them proper burials.

Posted in Central Pennsylvania, WWITagged 1918, 1918 Influenza Outbreak, Central Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Influenza, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Medicine, October 1918, Spanish Flu, Steelton, World War I2 Comments

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