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Explosion at St. Philomena’s Lower School injures worker
A maintenance man mistook a gas line for a water line and triggered an explosion in the basement kitchen area of St. Philomena’s Lower School at Baltimore and Highland avenues. Six windows were blown out and 160 students were evacuated and dismissed. One man, Rocco Panteleone, 61, of Yeadon, suffered minor burns. No other injuries reported. Fire units from Lansdowne and East Lansdowne investigated and cleared the scene.
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Daily Times
Nsdowne
St. Philomena
Rocco Panteleone
Yeadon
Dick Harris
Lansdowne Fire Co
Panteleone
Harris
Fitzgerald Ee Teesee
Marian Hall
Robert Chapman
St. Ma’s Church
Baltimore and
Highland Avenues
Charles Lausch
Father Chapman
Lansdowne
East Lansdowne