Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Warren Times Mirror
Tuesday, October 6, 1908
Scores Fighting Forest Fires
Flames Are Raging on Both Sides of Laurel Ridge
Greensburg, Pa., Oct. 6. Two forest fires are raging on either side of the Laurel Ridge and are being fought by half a hundred men. One fire started at 5 oclock Sunday afternoon near Kingston, on the Ligonier Valley railroad, midway between Ligonier and Latrobe.
Forty acres of woodland have already been burned over and the fire threatens to enter the town of Bradenville. It is thought the Pennsylvania Brick company, near the burning woods, will be consumed.
Shortly after the fire started, from an unknown cause, 25 men were sent from Latrobe to fight the flames. Starting in Kelleys hollow the fire swept up the side of the ridge and headed toward the northeast, towards Johnstown, 22 miles away, and connected the entire distance by forests.
A Laurelville, on the other side of the ridge, fire started in twenty acres of the forest at 5:30, and is being fought by a large force of men and boys. Both sides of Loyalhanna creek for several miles are in flames.