Elizabethtown mourned a mother and daughters killed in a fire in 1996
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal,
On
The funeral for
The night before, hundreds of people attended a viewing for the three victims of the fire, who shared a single casket.
The cause of the fire was determined to be accidental - an electrical cord overheated. Several firefighters attended the memorial service for the Durgeys.
A neighbor who saw smoke coming from the house banged on the door, at which point
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In 1971, plans for what would become a sizable local landmark were revealed, as a 150-room resort was slated to be built along
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In the wake of a series of deadly fires in the summer of 1946, the Lancaster city fire department was undergoing a thorough self-assessment, during which everything from staffing levels to equipment functionality was being checked and evaluated.
Outside experts who were assisting with the investigation included representatives of the Associated Fire Underwriters, an organization of engineers representing insurance companies.
The most visible and spectacular part of that process was likely the testing of the department's pumper trucks, which were driven to the Conestoga one by one, where they were loaded up with water which was then blasted out over the river in massive sprays. Engineers were testing the trucks for capacity and volume of spray.
Though results of the equipment test were pending,
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