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SF Bay Area Indymedia
March 1, 2018
During the Halloween weekend in 1948, twenty people in and around Donora, PA died, and an estimated 6,000 were sickened, as a result of an accidental release of fumes from the Donora Zinc works. As Christopher Bryson describes in his book “The Fluoride Deception,” independent scientists whoÃâà...
MLB.com
February 21, 2018
Griffey got his start as a 29th-round pick of the Reds out of Donora (Pa.) High School in the 1969 Draft, and was a part of the the Big Red Machine Cincinnati teams that dominated the National League in the 1970s. He first reached the big leagues in '73, and although he played just 25 games that season, Griffey impressedÃâà...
The Intelligencer
February 7, 2018
John Chanko John Chanko of Yardley passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, at Arden Court, Lower Makefield Township. He was 88. Born in Donora, Pa., Mr. Chanko lived in Levittown for over 50 years before moving to Yardley. Prior to his retirement, John was employed as a steel worker withÃâà...
Atlas Obscura
November 29, 2017
The residents of Donora, Pennsylvania, knew their riverside factories were dirty long before 1948. They could tell which sector of the American Steel and Wire complex was producing the bulk of the day's pollution from the air's tint—the open hearth produced reddish-brown exhaust, the blast furnace's wasÃâà...
Quartz
November 1, 2017
On Halloween weekend in 1948, two dozen people in a small American town suddenly died. The killer came in on the air—or rather, it was the air. The week prior began like any other; the 14,000 residents of Donora, Pennsylvania woke up to hazy skies, but they were used to that. It was two decades beforeÃâà...
Atlas Obscura
May 31, 2017
Donora, Pennsylvania. 5th Street Steps. Each step is a mere 4 inches tall, said to be measured by the stride of a woman wearing a hobble skirt. Edit Entry Ãâ÷ Add Photo. Been Here? 7. Want to Visit? 30. Add 5th Street Steps to a New List. 5th Street Steps. Share This. A postcard (circa 1911) depicting a man pointing at aÃâà...
BoxingInsider.com
May 25, 2017
Donora, PA, home of one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game was Stan “The Man” Musial who played from 1941 to 1963. He would overshadow another Donora resident who would become a professional boxer in 1946. IMG_3780. In 1944 Donora's Lee Sala served two years in the US Navy on theÃâà...
PennLive.com
April 21, 2017
People in Donora, Pa. in 1948 were accustomed to smoke spewing from the stacks of U.S. Steel Corporation's Donora Zinc Works and American Steel and Wire. But they weren't ... An unidentified nurse administers oxygen to Frieda Van Kirk, 66, Oct. 30, 1948 in Donora, Pennsylvania. She was rushed toÃâà...
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