Norman Gasbarro | August 7, 2013
H. B. LONGSDORF DIED FRIDAY WAS ONE OF HERNDON’S MOST AGED AND RESPECTED CITIZENS WAS LAID TO REST TUESDAY Herndon lost one of its most highly respected christian [sic] men in the death at 8:15 o’clock Friday morning of Henry B. Longsdorf. Death was caused by illness incident to old age. He had been ailing […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 5, 2013
A listing of the July 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Schifferstadt Architectural Museum Henry Keiser at Gettysburg Henry Keiser: After Gettysburg The Hegins Draft Riot How Far Was the Battle of Gettysburg Heard? Lykens Valley Coal Strikes During 1863 Six Killed, Many Injured in Train Wreck Troop Train Wreck on […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 2, 2013
One hundred years ago, on 2 August 1913, two explosions occurred in the East Brookside Colliery near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, resulting in what was the worst mining disaster in the area and the eventual loss of life of twenty miners and laborers. The connection of this disaster to the family of Josiah Hand, […]
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