Pocketbook Theft Near Prankstown Road
A. T. Bennett of Strongstown, described as poor, was relieved of a pocketbook on the Prankstown road near Johnstown. It contained over $3,000 in negotiable papers and about $60 in cash before the thief, a quadroon named Bennett, was stopped and arrested. The incident highlights Pick-up thefts in the area and notes the suspects.
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Prankstown Road
Johnstown
A. TL. Bennett
Strongstown
Bennett
Trankstown Road
Tragic Fire at Rhoads Opera House On Jan 14
In Boyertown Pennsylvania a catastrophic blaze destroyed the Rhoads Opera House during a St Johns Lutheran Sunday school benefit. Footlights used coal oil lamps toppled as panic and stampede spread flames. Dozens of women and children were trampled or trapped, with estimates of 50 to 75 dead and many more injured. Fire apparatus failed, and rescue efforts faced severe crowding and disarray as hospitals and neighboring towns responded.
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Boyertown
Rhoads Opera House
St. John's Lutheran Sunday School
Pottstown
Reading
Parsons
Ledhean
T Hough
Byary
Opera House
Foltstown
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