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The Great Flood of 1972 – A Coal Town With Guts

A news article that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald, 5 July 1972, published in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, describing the gutsy response to the Great Flood of 1972, […]

March 15, 2020
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News from Bendigo Airport, 1974

AROUND TOWN by Mary Charlesworth Shadle We’re proud of our own Williams Valley with its progress in developing new locations for homes and businesses. Just take a ride through our […]

March 12, 2020
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Gratz News – Mid-April 1944

The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, probably in mid-April 1944: Mrs. Amanda Coleman of Lykens spent a few days of last […]

March 10, 2020
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The Great Flood of 1972 – “… and her name was Agnes”

The following is a story by C. L. Peters which appeared in the Lykens Standard, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 13 July 1972: ______________________________________ With a lot of interest we sat […]

March 9, 2020
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Gratz News – August 29, 1934

The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of August 29, 1934: Mrs. Jacob Maurer, of Herndon, is spending [sic] […]

March 6, 2020
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The Great Flood of 1972 – A Night to Remember in Lykens

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER! A flood in Lykens? Impossible! The impossible happened… at 1:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 22 [1972], Lykens saw the beginning of the greatest single disaster to […]

March 3, 2020 1 Comment
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Gratz News – February 10, 1944

The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 10 February 1944: Mrs. Albert Deibler and children of Lykens spent last week with her […]

March 1, 2020
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Photos of the Train Collision at Herndon, 1972 (7)

A photograph from the Borough of Herndon Pennsylvania, 1902-2002, of the aftermath of the freight train and coal train collision that occurred at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. __________________________________________ Corrections and […]

February 26, 2020

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