Borough of Etna - Centennial Festivities Yearbook (Etna, PA)

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,,,,,..-f ! ai ,- MORE INTERESTING PICTURES MARCH 1956 jf 1, Q 'CM W , bpan 3 M111 along Builer Su-get Wileon Street looking toward Grant Axenue Kwaler rone 6 ft after picture taken! SI-R. All Saints Church Ball Field along Cresent Avenue I , V 5A.1,fp?Zi.-9,2 ,, ., is Ei ur ar-i T4 , Z , ' :xg P ,- . 1 Q , A , I ,, ,.,,,.. - ,-. 1,. f I 1..- 'Ag , ' V, , A, , W -,H . V., ...,..h ' uwxuifo A H .. T,.-,...- ' . ' . Q ' lf .kg if I s A7 ,l 4. haw ., .. -A. -- A- , E H ff ' 11.1.4 J: 1 xikigqv . 9, 2 .- A ,wi ,, 4 , , , ,, . . . . . l ' , 7 , ,. , b X if I a gi . .ff l '?f'x-:-4-'.l' I yigf- I I Q 111 ' ' ' L ' .1 , .-'V' ,em . '44 . V A 1. in f' ' ,gin I - . .. ' I , A r 80 f.. , v v , - X .. I ' ' I -. X X4 ' .:- ., , -, Q , Q'-411. u ' Q i . , ,Q I-1 - f I-X Y .X.-i:.'1.,i lj kfrllxlilv, lasik H .ph Q- , D - V 1 . --A.. ,. I 5' . K fn' ,-e-,-4 -1 Q- .SQ 34::,.....- ., --1, 1 V- 1 ' ' nu'-1 . 'I . ,- I WF-, 1 ' r 5 Ulll Slffiml 5lY l NWI l71'W ! gl- Butlc-r Stn-qt toward WestiIiIEIiYI-YwTVVYT- llsl lmuildifhg on left is centennial headquarters? , If ' Q I if , ff E :fy ig .E I ' 3' Ni-- .-+...-7..-, , ' I 5 . 2 V Y I ' H1 il . . 1 I E' in ' 5 A , b K Q 1 I , 1 W X 1 V 1 ' A? I A i Z 1: 7 ' i 1 . I i :if Y .uw , '- E . , ,I 7: vikl I -V Ex - . 4 - , I r',Ia1v 1 Y,,. 5: - - -' I f,iiii2g I TR 4 - gi A . ' ' 5 f , I T' I I -A ' :I , .1 . n A il 3 f ' li , . xi I I 4 ,I I ! , i I i , W , ii 7 I I l 1 f 4 , , , 1 x I. in i l ., I l e ' I iy wmv I ' 5 ll l I r ffl' N I A i If 5 1 14 v l ri 'UL A ' 'WC ' :Ps ' I F 1 ' il 1 'Lf-1 i E . of 1 : 1 ' M 340, X '13 W E' I . . x. M , H' . fl W' Q r 'S 4 ,ft ' I

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775 'J I V 'lvflvip ' xv- fi' L 1 .1 ' , uf X .Q V-yr... 3. R Union Street Fire - I 'Y VV. N 4.- YL V Q-, xi 0 4' ' f Y 1 F gli :1 m i 'L .:i?dlff. i-'L ' 3' f.. -N L Tj- A fjfgf N-H -K I ..sv'g1.+A.T,,.1 '. 1 , Q: ,. ey, ' 5. 2 --Mn 'imf2'f' J T' X- -.131 it 1 5 'vi ' 1' A- 1 f f N f--, ' - , 4 1 1 1 fc' ,L ,,, Q VAX F k V L Y , 1 , 2 Etna Forge and Bolt Burned Down LEFT Etna Forge and Bolt WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 At 4- A.M. Wednesday morning the water level stood at 39.1 ft. Most of lower Etna was under water, and the entire area was immobilized. Suddenly in the early morning hours, tragedy struck when 7 persons I5 children and 2 adultsj were killed in a fire that resulted from an explosion of the Etna Forge and Bolt Co. which was on Union St. The victims were trapped in a row of frame houses which were across from the factory. Because of the high water, and flames, the roaring inferno became their deathbed. John Bendig an eye witness to the blast recalls: 'There she was in the burning house holding her baby out of a window and screaming a prayer for God to save her Child. After a while she dropped the baby into the water which was better than burning, then attempted to climb out of the window when the wall caved in on herf, The waters crested early that evening at 46.1 ft., and the task of rebuilding lay ahead for thousands. '-- i....i Row of houses where 7 lost their lives Cnotice ,Water level during the firej

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uanelil X, --'-SA-Mfr-F'-'J X MARCH 18, 1936 to li . Looking down Cram Avenue. The water at it's highest reached to Weibel St. 1, ff, V ,4 .ji Ball Field at right. Dewey Street at upper left. Mflllllll. 1? Looking down Baker's Alley to Cherry St. and Sycamore St. 51,- li a ef-,,-, ,st 4-1, Site where the A 81 P now stands. Tir. Carnegie Fum2C'E lW'0lU'CTU5swallr'uvcrrR1R.htracks. f ' ..Lg.., Zig Corner of Clark Street and Isabella Streetg Jockey Club now off right. 8'