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Spanish Flu

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.

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 I4 Comments

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

Posted on September 6, 2018April 30, 2019 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

“Nothing to really compare with this” – A reflection on the 1918 influenza epidemic in Wilkes-Barre

Posted on March 27, 2018March 19, 2018 by Jake Wynn

"Three hundred miles of funeral processions, and the tears and groans that accompany these sad partings."

Posted in Coal Region, World War ITagged 1918 Influenza Outbreak, Coal Region, Disease, Influenza, NEPA, Pennsylvania, Scranton, Spanish Flu, World War ILeave a 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

Spanish Flu wreaked havoc in Tower City in October 1918, killed more than 110 people in three weeks

Posted on February 15, 2018February 17, 2018 by Jake Wynn

In the communities of western Schuylkill County, influenza caused terror and grief as it claimed dozens of lives in 1918.

Posted in Tower City, World War ITagged 1918 Influenza Outbreak, Coal Region, Healthcare, Hospital, Influenza, Schuylkill County, Spanish Flu, Tower City, Williams ValleyLeave 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

The Spanish Flu Outbreak in Williamstown – 1918

Posted on April 18, 2014January 15, 2018 by Jake Wynn

In the autumn of 1918, several hundred residents of this Pennsylvania town came down with influenza during the Spanish Flu pandemic.

Posted in Williamstown, World War ITagged Central Pennsylvania, Coal Region, Dauphin County, Featured, Influenza, Spanish Flu, Williams Valley, Williamstown, World War I2 Comments

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