Dietrich – Zimmerman Suicide, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, December 14, 1906: SUICIDE AT DIETRICH Henry Zimmerman of Dietrich, who has been despondent for some time, committed suicide by shooting himself in the top of […]
From the Lykens Standard, December 14, 1906: SUICIDE AT DIETRICH Henry Zimmerman of Dietrich, who has been despondent for some time, committed suicide by shooting himself in the top of […]
After a wave of robberies in Coaldale, west of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in December, 1906, the Lykens Standard seemed to call for vigilante justice in its December 21, 1906, […]
On March 28, 1906, a Polish immigrant living in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was instantly killed by a fall of slate at Short Mountain Colliery. Two other men were injured. […]
This story of two men attempting to rob a house in Coaldale, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was reported in the Lykens Standard of November 23, 1906. One was caught and one […]
He was known by various combinations of Benjamin Walter “Archie” Roe [or Row] and also known as Benjamin Row Dietrich [or Deitrich]. He died as a result of falling down […]
Normally, one person killed in a mine accident did not result in extensive news coverage. In this case though the victim was a well-known sports figure who had a brief, […]
A photograph of the briquet plant from about 1921 or 1922. The plant was located at the western end of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1919 and […]
At the height of the Christmas shopping season in 1923, a load blast was heard in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, followed by a large cross burning on the culm bank […]